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Mingo
 
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| i have some guys flyin in on wensday from iowa who are looking for big rays. i have been petty lucky in finding them most time some well over 100lbs. but with the recent rains and me being sick for a week i havent been able to go out that much and look around. . just wondering if you guys will out flattie fishin have seen any large, or large schools of rays latly. mike. good fishin
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Ruby Red Lip
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| I saw 2 schools of smaller rays with about 10 in each school I also saw a huge one that had to of been 130 lbs it looked to be about 6' x 6' I saw all the rays in between bob sikes and shoreline in 3 foot of water.
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Mingo
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| Yeah man was kayak around bobsides and shoreline and there are hUGEEE rays my god. i never seen such big ones. There mostly in the sandy areas.
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Mingo
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| guys i appreciate it. went to shoreline last night at 3:30 pm or so and ended up in the hospital at4:30pm or so and stayed till 9:30pm. got stuck by a fairly nice ray and bad!!!!! brought me to my knees... but the t.v. crew and a bow manufacturing C.E.O this week did end up with some nice ray fotage so far some over 100 lbs. they are coming back in august for a five day dvd shoot and hunt. hope to have some nice hunting for there show. will like to represent the pensacola region good with some nice rays if possible. so if you dont mind if you continue to see some frome the 80-220 lbs range i would really be thankful if you would let me know where and when. as always good luck and STAY SAFE FOR GOODNESS SAKE. MIKE
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new wave archery (7/18/2008)
guys i appreciate it. went to shoreline last night at 3:30 pm or so and ended up in the hospital at4:30pm or so and stayed till 9:30pm. got stuck by a fairly nice ray and bad!!!!! brought me to my knees... but the t.v. crew and a bow manufacturing C.E.O this week did end up with some nice ray fotage so far some over 100 lbs. they are coming back in august for a five day dvd shoot and hunt. hope to have some nice hunting for there show. will like to represent the pensacola region good with some nice rays if possible. so if you dont mind if you continue to see some frome the 80-220 lbs range i would really be thankful if you would let me know where and when. as always good luck and STAY SAFE FOR GOODNESS SAKE. MIKEWow, hate to hear that - that sucks! Just for curiosity, I am assuming since you got stuck ya'll are bowfishing while wading or either you got stuck once he made it to the boat. If you are wading, how deep of water are you in and why not use a flats boat or skiff; is that not stealth enough? I am clueless when it comes to fishing for rays, so was just curious.
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Mingo
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| no we were in my boat, in about 5in. of water. most of our bigger rays seem to be in 5-15'' of water. i would not think about wading for anything in these waters with what i have seen out there latly. thousands of small/big rays,sharks,jellys,man-o-wars, and others that seem to like bitting back.
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Mingo
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| yeah we was wading near the big boat near the point haha funny thing is that we was actually walking around stingrays .. the huge one i see that is out there come st8 at us but i stomp my feet and he went away.. pretty freaky how big those things are. ill nver do that again
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new wave archery (7/18/2008)
guys i appreciate it. went to shoreline last night at 3:30 pm or so and ended up in the hospital at4:30pm or so and stayed till 9:30pm. got stuck by a fairly nice ray and bad!!!!! brought me to my knees... but the t.v. crew and a bow manufacturing C.E.O this week did end up with some nice ray fotage so far some over 100 lbs. they are coming back in august for a five day dvd shoot and hunt. hope to have some nice hunting for there show. will like to represent the pensacola region good with some nice rays if possible. so if you dont mind if you continue to see some frome the 80-220 lbs range i would really be thankful if you would let me know where and when. as always good luck and STAY SAFE FOR GOODNESS SAKE. MIKECan't you find something a little more challenging to kill. At least flounders will try to haul ass when they know something's up. Leave the rays alone.
DFA
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new wave archery (7/18/2008)
guys i appreciate it. went to shoreline last night at 3:30 pm or so and ended up in the hospital at4:30pm or so and stayed till 9:30pm. got stuck by a fairly nice ray and bad!!!!! brought me to my knees... but the t.v. crew and a bow manufacturing C.E.O this week did end up with some nice ray fotage so far some over 100 lbs. they are coming back in august for a five day dvd shoot and hunt. hope to have some nice hunting for there show. will like to represent the pensacola region good with some nice rays if possible. so if you dont mind if you continue to see some frome the 80-220 lbs range i would really be thankful if you would let me know where and when. as always good luck and STAY SAFE FOR GOODNESS SAKE. MIKECan't you find something a little more challenging to kill. At least flounders will try to haul ass when they know something's up. Leave the rays alone. Fuah you bloody wanka..They killed me mate..Ol Steve Irwin
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Mingo
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| dfa yea like shooting a flounder is real challenging there the ones always laying there till you pass over at least a ray is moving . like to see you squarm alittle when you stick a 80+ ray and all hell breaks loose. they will let you know whos in charge.
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Trigger
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Let em shoot cownose rays. I've seen huge schools of them inshore. They screw up the ecosystem and it would be beneficial to kill those bastards.
I like fish that fry up real nice
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new wave archery (7/19/2008)
dfa yea like shooting a flounder is real challenging there the ones always laying there till you pass over at least a ray is moving . like to see you squarm alittle when you stick a 80+ ray and all hell breaks loose. they will let you know whos in charge. Kill all you want...was just trying to get a rise out of ya. There sure ain't a shortage of them. I probably saw 200 last night in all shapes and sizes.
DFA
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Mingo
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dfa, I here ya  . just seems that everyday there is somebody trying to put me on the defensive . Fact is They are detrimental to the enviorment and kill alot of fish. not saying there over populated but they do need to stay in check, and the numbers seem to be pretty high.
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Ruby Red Lip
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Seen you in little sabine the other afternoon ,first time I seen the boat since it was done . LOOKING GOOD!!
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new wave archery (7/18/2008)
no we were in my boat, in about 5in. of water. most of our bigger rays seem to be in 5-15'' of water. i would not think about wading for anything in these waters with what i have seen out there latly. thousands of small/big rays,sharks,jellys,man-o-wars, and others that seem to like bitting back. I got ya. A friend was actually the one that worked on you in the ER at Gulf Breeze - sounded like it hurt like hell. Hope your better now!
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| Hey man this is Matt i met you the other night at your house with Brandon.....Hate to hear about that trip man at least those guys are coming back......You doin aight? We need to go this weekend I am still eager to see it done....
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I'm trying to get a few smaller rays to eat and use for sharkbait. We'll be wading and using 7' gigs. Never been before. Any recommendations where to go and what time? You guys were saying by bob sykes? Southern side and moving west? I'm gonna try and make it out thursday morning to get bait for the weekend. Thanks for the input!
 
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Mingo
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| wading dosnt sound like the safest way for me. but day time rays are very spooky. there are alot off deer point in gulf breeze and around the big sabine area also. good luck and watch for the stingers.
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