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Cigar Minnow
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| I have just got back from gulf shores fished the whole week we only caught a few sea trout and 1 flounder and i caught a 1 mangrove snapper about 2 pounds in the little lagoon but we did catch a lot of rays and small sand sharks off the beach i was cutting the lines at the beach on the rays because i really did not know how to get them unhooked can someone tell me a better way to get them unhooked thanks for the help
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Trigger
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i just step on the tail and use pliers,you could use the pliers to pull the rays barb and not worry about it.
i do not support any commercial fishing.
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Trigger
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| do it exactly the opposite way the crocodile hunter does it.
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Flip it on its back & then use pliers to de-hook.
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Cigar Minnow
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| I thought about stepping on the barb but most of the time i was barefoot and drinking i did not think it was a good ideal
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Trigger
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Just clip the line above the hook. Like most fish/sharks, they'll get that thing out in no time.
You can run, but you'll only die tired!
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| Or you could use the old school mullet netters method, if you got the guts, which I readily admit I do not. My father-in-law, the late Fred Haushalter, a third generation native Pensacolian, would remove entangled stingrays from his cast net by grabbing the tip of the tail in one hand and the head in the other. And then, WITH HIS TEETH, he would bite down on the rays' barb and tear it from the tail. After spitting the barb out, he would then safely set the ray free. By using this method he did not have to wade all the way to shore just to untangle a ray. "Old School Guys" are amazing!
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Ruby Red Lip
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| flip it over, hold down its tail and remove the hook. I keep a lot of them for shark bait
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| Two words..............................................Very Carefully. Seriously, I have caught quite a few of 'em surf fishing, and I usually bring the ray far enough up from the surfline that it isn't splashing around in the water, flip it over, stabilize it with my rod holder (sand spike), and then remove the hook with pliers. Don't, I repeat, DON'T attempt to immobilize the stingray with your foot! Once you get the ray immobilized, you'll be alright. I usually have to trash the hook, though.
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Cigar Minnow
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all you do is pull the line tight and pick "the great speckled bird".
seriously.
thats just a little redneck humor from up here in the mountains of east tennessee.
im going with reelf...belly up, tail secured but not damaged, good pliers, drag to water and bye bye.
the best way to release a stingray is to pull your line tight and pick ''The Great Speckled Bird". they will pop right off your hook at that point.
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i usually flip them on their back, hold the tip of the tail w/ some pliars, and then i'll slide a knife down the tail and cut the barb off. once you do that, he's pretty much harmless. just don't stick your finger in one's mouth, they have VERY strong jaws for crushing stuff and can easily bend a hook. get a finger in there, and they can do some damage.
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Trigger
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that sounds to me like youve had experience with gettin bit by stingrays.
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