3 hook rig for Rays and Bream

[skatenchips]

Ok hurst it is Fri eve/night
Im going on me lonesome to fish the venue for the first time
billy no mates.....sniffle sniffle...lol
and have been told there is a slim chance that the sandy area can produce Rays and early Bream.
having never caught either, I was gonna fish a 3 hook flapper at 60yds bottom snood 25lb with size 2/0 mack flap for rays

and 2nd long hook snood 15lb with size 1 hook squid strip for Bream.......

top hook .....short snood same bait as above for pollack...etc

was just hoping this approach might cover differnt needs..??

and am also gonna fish a whole squid close in just in case.

b4 the tide rips me rods off the rests...lol

any thoughts ..??
as I wanna set up right come friday night.!!
cheers fellers
Gaz

[slippery]

use 3/0 minimium for rays penneled always use the same size hook for your top hook cause 60% have the top one! try sandeel with a small whole squid bound up with it or a large strip or sandeel and mac strip bound up can be deadly, personally I only use a pennel clip/pulley I am not one for multi hook traces unless scratching..........
Alot of fish are fully tuned in to crab and NOTHING else at the moment, fish one rod for rays and the other big that way your not disturbing your area every 10mins with mini species which ups your chances of a big monster..........

[RichardB]

Same here - If it's rays your targeting, I wouldn't clutter up a trace with multiple snoods - simple clipped down pennel on a longish snood with a good sized bait giving out plenty of scent.

[skatenchips]

enough said lads..............
Im gonna fish 3 rods by the look of it......mean bizzness
plus all the fussin about will keep me awake..lol

So 3 hook flapper for bits

plenty of bait on pennel rig on 2nd

and Bass rod with whole squidy down the edge.

at this rate me chair should be cold all the up and down
rebaiting and reeling in fish...........i wish..lol

thanks for ya help lads.

Gaz

[solehunter]

skatenchips said:

enough said lads..............
Im gonna fish 3 rods by the look of it......mean bizzness
plus all the fussin about will keep me awake..lol

So 3 hook flapper for bits

plenty of bait on pennel rig on 2nd

and Bass rod with whole squidy down the edge.

at this rate me chair should be cold all the up and down
rebaiting and reeling in fish...........i wish..lol

thanks for ya help lads.

Gaz

Good advise from the boys skate. Always keep 1 rod for buggering about with and fish mean with the other with a pennel 3/0 minimum like slippy said if you are going for a ray. This way you are still have a good chance of hooking any other big fish that takes fancy. Good luck with your trip.

[dean macey]

fishing on monday night and also going for me first ray.do they take yellows or just fish baits.

[squideyebarnes]

well good luck Gaz would use a macky head tight in or small stapped up pout as bait,on your bream rod use 3 hook paternoster style with party squid and worm baits.

[solehunter]

A seriouse ray angler will tell you to use sandeels or sandeel wrapped in squid like a sausage. A few lug with this would be a bonus. Had all `3`(coughs) of mine this way!

[skatenchips]

Its the bloody presentation that is my weakness at the moment.

I have frozen sandeel and frozen calamari,I was gonna leave the
squid body open and place the sandy inside and wrap em
together,or ....maybe just wrap em back to back with laccy

anyway,its a good learnin experience for me
usin differnt large baits with large hooks
Ive just made up x4 60lb main line with 30lb snood with
2 kamasan B940 size 3 pennel pulley rigs
these wil now be my Ray rigs.

and yes might try whole mack heads with guts hangin
close in on a free runnin ledger with a 4/0 through the lips

this is a good crack settin up for new species
just hope they play ball....lol

thanks for all your suggestions lads

Gaz

[solehunter]

Sounds good mate. Make sure your macky is fully defrosted and cut through the macky just behind the head so you just feel it cut through the back bone, then pull the head....you should get the guts with it!

[squideyebarnes]

dont forget to have a good shockleader at least 70lb or your gonner loose your dream fish in the surf!

[skatenchips]

Ya now Andy there was a time when id sit there down the cut
fishing single blood worm on a red tinted 30,s hook
for winter league points...freeezin me knuts off..!! lol

Now full circle.Im ripping heads off things guts an all
at night......on a deserlate headland.....in the rain(probly)
on me jack jones......and actually bloody well
lookin forward to it................hehe

By the way I go armed,just incase muggers are reading this thread.........steal my squid........feel my wrath..........lolol

Gaz

[squideyebarnes]

hehe would have joined you if me boat was in the water,would have come over with me tender and moored up and joined you I am crap at beachfishing

[solehunter]

You`ll be alright there mate. Great place to fish. Have fun and make sure we hear the report first!
If you do take your bass rod, dont be shy of chucking it 20ft. Good luck mate.

[skatenchips]

well sorry fellers,I couldnt rush the ferry price for me and car
otherwise id have been over the Island harrassin the pair of you
for a mark to try for Rays.......still never mind
Im as close as im gonna get for a while.......ILL wave hard
from HURST.
just had a thought though....maybe another time I could get the
ol inflatable hairdrier over and get the train to somewhere.

all in good time.

Gaz