Weekend of the CNR

[jbrown]

Broke my $200 rod on a Cow Nosed Ray. Another Ray pulled my friends rod out of the rod holder into the bay. My other friend lost two rods surf fishing when his lines got tangled with at least one Ray. CNR 3 - humans 0! Anyone else lose to a Ray this Spring?


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[Yak67]

After laughing at Big Mike as the CNR whisperer last season, Karma is a Mutha. I can't get away from those jokers already. My last three outings I have had encounters losing lures and jig heads.

I don't mind the straight up attack, but these jokers have gone stealth on me and I never see it coming! On the bottom or it the water column, they are wearing me out.

Yak67
2017 Hobie PA-12 Camo
2019 Hobie Outback

[ronaultmtd]

If you fish in June and July in our region, Cow Nose Rays are a fact of life. They swarm the shallows spawning in large numbers. Being thick, powerful and easily snagged by swimming through your lines, the prudent thing to do is to clamp your hand over the spool, point the rod directly at the ray and pop it off. If you try to fight the ray on the rod, you risk breaking an expensive rod on a worthless pest. “High sticking” any rod can result in breaking the rod. I tie 10# Trielene mono on as a leader during CNR season specifically to have the leader break instead of the braid and do not use expensive Rapala XRap hard lures Until the rays have moved out of the bay. I always play fish on a light drag, so I don’t have any worry a ray will pull a rod out of the rod holder. Might scream the drag but the rod won’t be lost.