Here are some Photos of a Giant I caught in Huntington Harbo [Archive]

PistolPete

01-05-2008, 11:41 AM

Hello Socal Fisherman...I'm new to this page and have quite a few recent pics and stories to share. I've lived here in SoCal about 2 years now and have found a new love in saltwater fishing. Not new to fishing I grew up in Chicagoland, miles from any saltwater body, but a very active freshwater fisherman I have landed some decent size largemouths, muskies and northern pikes.......But never had I imagined living close enough to the ocean to fish at least once a week and landing some of the fish that I have caught.

Me and my buddie took his boat out in the beginning of December to Huntington Harbor for a Night Launch and some harbor fishing. We ancored ourselves on the edge of a deep channel comming into the harbor and we began fishing. I was using my new Sealine 40h with my Penn international 6'6" rod with 40lb yozuri line, a 2 oz egg sinker and a #7 circle hook with whole squids. With rays and sharks as my intentional catch I seemed to put myself In a great position to land this HUGE batray after about a 20 minute fight. It hit hard and began spooling my 250+ yards of line, I began to notice my line getting pretty short in supply so I tightened the drag to the point where it was barely giving and horsed this monster from his mad b-line dash. It almost pulled me in the water but I managed to start pumping him back in my direction, using one hand high on the rod, the rod end buried in my gut and my other hand on the crank. After about 20 mins this ray finally was withing about 15 feet of our boat and began circling the boat in a shark fashion. My buddie came over with the light after winding our other 4 poles to see if we could catch a glimpse of this monster that now had circled the boat 3 or more times and just as we were both leaning over to see what it was, the huge bat ray charged at us and began to jump out of the water strait at us less than 4 feet away. It scared the living ***** out of us, at that point we didn't know what it was, and we almost both went over the other side of the boat. Finally we got it to the side of the boat for a good look. WOW, this ray was over 5-6 feet from wingtip to wingtip and its head was about the size of 1.5 very large rotweilers heads. I tried to lean over the boat to pick it up for a good picture and couldn't even get it more than a quarter out of the water. I would estimate the weight to be over 150lbs in comparison to picking up a decent sized adult male. Here are some of the pictures and videos that we did get before we released this beautiful animal. I was sore for about 3 days after fighting this thing. It felt like I went thru hell with a new personal trainier.[attachment=3:91e2a]ray1.jpg[/attachment:91e2a][attachment=2:91e2a]ray2.jpg[/attachment:91e2a]

sansou

01-05-2008, 11:47 AM

Good job on the batray. Kinda like "catfish" of the ocean...

Welcome to the board!

Wingnut

01-05-2008, 11:50 AM

What a fight it must have been! Welcome. :mrgreen:

Brad100

01-05-2008, 05:25 PM

Dam, whadda story! Glad you had the camera at the ready! Congrats...

rocklee

01-06-2008, 12:43 AM

Dam, whadda story! Glad you had the camera at the ready! Congrats...

Yup pics will last forever!
Glad you had pics to share with us!
because form the pics, that thing is huge!

thanks for the report

falcor49

01-06-2008, 04:44 PM

that thing is a monster good work :banana:

Senor Rambone

01-06-2008, 07:17 PM

NICE !!!!What do you do with that. Is it edible?

legacy1

01-06-2008, 10:38 PM

Great catch! Now try using a trout pole and 8lb. test for a real challenge.

IncredibleHuck

01-07-2008, 10:28 AM

I miss my ray fishing days. All except for getting a stinger in my hand. LOL

We used to go down to Los Alimistos bay at night and fish for the rays using 6 and 8 # test. The biggest we got in weighed 55 pounds on 8 pound test. What a blast that was.

one_leg

01-07-2008, 11:09 AM

It might go over 50.

One_Leg

fishncatalina

01-07-2008, 12:11 PM

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NICE first post man...way to win em over..lol....

GD

This aint World of warcraft forums. I am not trying to win anyone over, im posting a pic of a bat ray twice the size of the other dudes. Im the baddest bat ray fisherman you guys have ever seen.[/quote]

:lol: :roll:

one_leg

01-07-2008, 12:16 PM

It was too big to bring aboard the boat, so we broke it off at the surface.

I think someone has the pics from that trip, but I cannot find the thread anywhere. :|

I'll keep looking. Maybe we'll have to schedule a fishin' mission some time in the near future.

One_Leg

ghetto dad

01-07-2008, 12:40 PM

that was easily 100 lber alan...

GD

ghetto dad

01-07-2008, 12:41 PM

hey pete, next time, can you beach your bat ray and lay next to it on the sand, so we can bet a better perspective of now large the ray is...thanks man... :D

GD

one_leg

01-07-2008, 12:42 PM

Well, there ya go!!!

Thanks for the confirmation.

O_L

CoffeaRobusta

01-07-2008, 12:58 PM

Hey Pete,
Sweet post and nice pics. That musta been fun.

The gauntlet has been thrown down! What's the winner's prize? Bragging rights and.......?

BIGRED KILLA

01-07-2008, 01:18 PM

Wow GrandStreetPierCrew you are a pro at catching bat rays :lol: do you have a Guiding service lol

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-07-2008, 01:45 PM

Wow GrandStreetPierCrew you are a pro at catching bat rays :lol: do you have a Guiding service lol

Am I supposed to be offended?? Some people are pro tuna fisherman, some trout...why cant I be a pro mudd marlin fisherman. Its more fun catching a ray than a bluegill, thats why I do it.

BIGRED KILLA

01-07-2008, 05:46 PM

GrandStreetPierCrew wrote:
I don't want to sound like a hater but that is no 150 pound bat ray. Its not 6 feet wide and I highly doubt it peeled 220 yards of line off your reel. I am what some would could call... a Professional Mudd Marlin Fisherman... PMMF for short. I have been intentionally catching bat rays for 10 years. I went to mexico and caught a 110 pound sailfish which was a blast but nothing ever fought as hard as a few rays I have caught up here in the SF bay. Bat rays are the most fun I have ever had. Ive caught rays with 3 steel leaders on them, one with a hair raisers with 100 feet of power pro attached to it, and some of the biggest bat rays in California guaranteed. I can tell by that photo its maybe 50 pounds, and thats generous. I have caught what We believe to be a possible 100 pounder. Took me a half an hour and unlike you so cal fisherman, I wasnt sore because I been catching them like a man since, since I was a youngin. I just got a lil heated when i saw this post claiming a 150 pound record book bat ray. If it was 150 pound why didnt you drag it to a dock get it out of the water and get some real pics. Your wearing gloves cuz your hands are to soft?...I come home soaked in ray slime stinking like squid like Yii.

To sum it all up, your pic speaks for itself. your hand is almost as big as its head.. it is clearly no 150 pounder. It would be cool to see who has the most skill...Norcal PMMFs or Socal PMMF's. Holler at yo boi.

Now take a look at this..If you got something even remotely close to this then lets talk. Im 6' 1" 200 pounds. Those are 2x8 planks. The ray is 8 planks long. 8x8 = 64 inches = 5.33 feet wide.

Thats not cool GrandStreetPierCrew your post was just hating on Pistolpete he posted a good report. You are just bashing his report saying his fish is a lot smaller and how you likely doubt it peeled 220 yards of line out how would you know if it did or not and who cares of a glove it was probably cold.

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-07-2008, 06:41 PM

Thats not cool GrandStreetPierCrew your post was just hating on Pistolpete he posted a good report. You are just bashing his report saying his fish is a lot smaller and how you likely doubt it peeled 220 yards of line out how would you know if it did or not and who cares of a glove it was probably cold.

Lol thanks for summing up my post. What fun would forums be without Flames? Since I have caught hundreds of bat rays in my lifetime I can tell what is and what is not a big one. I can tell that, from experience, pistolpetes bat ray is not 150 pounds. A 150 pound bat ray is like catching a 1200 pound marlin, its a rare occourance. You can just tell when a fish is big in most pictures, and that my friends is not a 150 pound bat ray.

sansou

01-07-2008, 07:49 PM

Thats not cool GrandStreetPierCrew your post was just hating on Pistolpete he posted a good report. You are just bashing his report saying his fish is a lot smaller and how you likely doubt it peeled 220 yards of line out how would you know if it did or not and who cares of a glove it was probably cold.

Lol thanks for summing up my post. What fun would forums be without Flames? Since I have caught hundreds of bat rays in my lifetime I can tell what is and what is not a big one. I can tell that, from experience, pistolpetes bat ray is not 150 pounds. A 150 pound bat ray is like catching a 1200 pound marlin, its a rare occourance. You can just tell when a fish is big in most pictures, and that my friends is not a 150 pound bat ray.

GrandStreetpier,

This is where you "jumped the shark" and show how little you actually know about the specie, which also speaks to the likelihood you don't fish for them as much as you purport.

A 150 lb bat ray is NOT a "rare" occurence. There's a group of guys that regularly fish mud marlin off Shelter Island (east of the public pier), and I have personally seen 100lb+ bat rays being pulled up. While I do not target them per se, over the years as an incidental catch, I have cut off easily a dozen 50lbers at the pier itself. The fact of the matter is that they are a dime-a-dozen, and take little skill to get them to bite.....but I do agree they are fun nevertheless to bring in.

IncredibleHuck

01-07-2008, 10:54 PM

Thats not cool GrandStreetPierCrew your post was just hating on Pistolpete he posted a good report. You are just bashing his report saying his fish is a lot smaller and how you likely doubt it peeled 220 yards of line out how would you know if it did or not and who cares of a glove it was probably cold.

Lol thanks for summing up my post. What fun would forums be without Flames? Since I have caught hundreds of bat rays in my lifetime I can tell what is and what is not a big one. I can tell that, from experience, pistolpetes bat ray is not 150 pounds. A 150 pound bat ray is like catching a 1200 pound marlin, its a rare occourance. You can just tell when a fish is big in most pictures, and that my friends is not a 150 pound bat ray.

i got to agree with Sansou on this, as that isn't the case here in SoCal, maybe up north the batrays are smaller! :lol:

As far as his fish not being 150 pounds? One thing I do know is that fish is a lot bigger then the 55 pounder we caught. It's probably between 150-100 pounds, but GSPC i'm sorry to burst your bubble but to me the batray in your picture looks actually smaller then the one that Pistolpete caught. Is there some jealousy going on? Hmmmmmmmmm

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 01:14 AM

[quote="ghetto dad":e7914]

NICE first post man...way to win em over..lol....

GD

This aint World of warcraft forums. I am not trying to win anyone over, im posting a pic of a bat ray twice the size of the other dudes. Im the baddest bat ray fisherman you guys have ever seen.

I foresee a Battle of the Guru's in the making here. Once the weather warms up TM65 and GSPC are gonna have to have a Battle Royale to see who knows more about each others respective milieu. That should be a lot of fun!

One_Leg[/quote:e7914]

Someone said my name ?

TM65

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 01:17 AM

Hey PistolPete, Nice catch !!! great first report !!! Thanks for sharing on FNN !!!

TM65

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 01:22 AM

Now GrandStreetPierCrew,

What a :censored: you are for Hijacking this guys thread with your I am the Best, and I catch bigger than you BS !!!!!

The thing to do would of POSTED your own report instead of :smash: this guy in his thread.

:smack:

Troutman65

one_leg

01-08-2008, 08:11 AM

GrandStreetPierCrew ----------> :gayfight: <------------ Troutman65

Get a room you two!

O_L

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 10:43 AM

GrandStreetpier,

This is where you "jumped the shark" and show how little you actually know about the specie, which also speaks to the likelihood you don't fish for them as much as you purport.

A 150 lb bat ray is NOT a "rare" occurence. There's a group of guys that regularly fish mud marlin off Shelter Island (east of the public pier), and I have personally seen 100lb+ bat rays being pulled up. While I do not target them per se, over the years as an incidental catch, I have cut off easily a dozen 50lbers at the pier itself. The fact of the matter is that they are a dime-a-dozen, and take little skill to get them to bite.....but I do agree they are fun nevertheless to bring in.

Oh ok, so ur telling me you regularly catch 150 pound bat rays. Do you know what kind of tackle it takes to catch a ray that big? I never once said they are hard to get to bite a piece of squid. So find a quote where I said they are hard to get a bite. When it stops raining I will provide proof with a scale of what a 20 pound ray looks like, a 40 pound ray , and so on. 150 pounders are not a dime a dozen, show some proof. Anyone who has ever caught a big ray can tell pistole petes fish isn't over 50. The only way we will find out is if we get some pics on a scale. You cant just catch a ray, not pick it up, and say its 150 pounds. My pic provides some scale, 64+- inches long. But 100+ pounders are not a dime a dozen. You guys should be happy with this entertainment i have given you in this thread. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 11:34 AM

GrandStreetpier,

This is where you "jumped the shark" and show how little you actually know about the specie, which also speaks to the likelihood you don't fish for them as much as you purport.

A 150 lb bat ray is NOT a "rare" occurence. There's a group of guys that regularly fish mud marlin off Shelter Island (east of the public pier), and I have personally seen 100lb+ bat rays being pulled up. While I do not target them per se, over the years as an incidental catch, I have cut off easily a dozen 50lbers at the pier itself. The fact of the matter is that they are a dime-a-dozen, and take little skill to get them to bite.....but I do agree they are fun nevertheless to bring in.

Oh ok, so ur telling me you regularly catch 150 pound bat rays. Do you know what kind of tackle it takes to catch a ray that big? I never once said they are hard to get to bite a piece of squid. So find a quote where I said they are hard to get a bite. When it stops raining I will provide proof with a scale of what a 20 pound ray looks like, a 40 pound ray , and so on. 150 pounders are not a dime a dozen, show some proof. Anyone who has ever caught a big ray can tell pistole petes fish isn't over 50. The only way we will find out is if we get some pics on a scale. You cant just catch a ray, not pick it up, and say its 150 pounds. My pic provides some scale, 64+- inches long. But 100+ pounders are not a dime a dozen. You guys should be happy with this entertainment i have given you in this thread. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Entertainment?

TM56

BIGRED KILLA

01-08-2008, 12:01 PM

Who cares if it is or not 150 pounds if he wants to say it is 150 pounds let him.You don't need to bash him saying its not 150 pounds. So don't be jealous of his ray just go out on your little pier and catch a big one and post it.

WAVEMHOME

01-08-2008, 12:13 PM

How many planks wide is that fro? :D

one_leg

01-08-2008, 12:27 PM

Hey Pete, I for one liked your report. Weigh it the next time if you can.

One_Leg

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 12:59 PM

Entertainment?

TM56

Dont go chasing waterfalls.....
Stick to the rivers lakes that your used to.

Go catch some planter trout and act tough.

:bang:

one_leg

01-08-2008, 01:10 PM

Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee Hee

O_L

IncredibleHuck

01-08-2008, 01:25 PM

GSPC

How big is that batray in the picture you took?

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 02:35 PM

It was around 80-100 lbs. 5.33 feet wide. I know this because I pulled it out of the water by its head holes and it was heavier than a 65 pound bag of cement. You can see in the pic how thick its body is, look at my reel, my feet, my hand in comparison. At the time we took the pic I wasnt thinking about getting good details but I should have. Its most def a larger than average ray we catch up here in the sf bay. :shock:

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 02:51 PM

Hey Incredible hulk, heres some info for you about bat rays...

http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/galle ... /si/batray (http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/2349/cat/all/si/batray)

Size: To six feet across and over 200 pounds; a 240pound bat ray was said to be taken from Newport Bay in 1957. Most bat rays caught off piers are under 50 pounds, but many in excess of a hundred pounds are caught every year.(I've seen pictures of a 176-pound bat ray from the Newport Pier and a 175-poundbat ray from the Aliso Beach Pier.)

The said record from what i am finding for California is 181 lbs
Heres a link of the monster ..... http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/galle ... 42/cat/515 (http://www.hookupsportfishing.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1342/cat/515)

that said.. here are some pics of what I was up to last night...

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Troutman65

01-08-2008, 03:04 PM

Entertainment?

TM56

Dont go chasing waterfalls.....
Stick to the rivers lakes that your used to.

Go catch some planter trout and act tough.

:bang:

:bang: :explode: :banana:

Dude, I fish the salt. I have not gone out in a long time. I will forget more about saltwater fish than you will ever know .

You really should post your own reports instead of riding on this guys thread. Give it a shot.

Nice leopord shark.

TM65

Beeracuda211

01-08-2008, 03:44 PM

Nice Catch Dude! Way to go... :thumb: That thing is definately worthy of pulling 250 yards of line out... They are strong!!! Ive hooked some in my baby days but nothing ever that big.... Good Job on Landing it

B/C

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 04:17 PM

Nice Catch Dude! Way to go... :thumb: That thing is definately worthy of pulling 250 yards of line out... They are strong!!! Ive hooked some in my baby days but nothing ever that big.... Good Job on Landing it

B/C

250 yards.. two and a half football fields of line. Come on dont be a noob.

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 04:23 PM

Nice Catch Dude! Way to go... :thumb: That thing is definately worthy of pulling 250 yards of line out... They are strong!!! Ive hooked some in my baby days but nothing ever that big.... Good Job on Landing it

B/C

250 yards.. two and a half football fields of line. Come on dont be a noob.

:shock:

Your asking for trouble on here if you keep saying stuff like that to the members.

TM65

legacy1

01-08-2008, 04:29 PM

Hey PistolPete!

Just noticed this is your first post...did you know that this is in Buena Park? :
Great for after fishing lunch/dinner.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2322/2160243873_5038d476f8.jpg?v=0

mmm...Italian beef dipped...

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 04:39 PM

:shock:

Your asking for trouble on here if you keep saying stuff like that to the members.

TM65

All in good fun my friend. Forum troubles oh noessssssss :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode:

BIGRED KILLA

01-08-2008, 04:40 PM

Beeracuda is no nube GrandStreet but i think you are talking all this **** with only ten posts if i were you i would just keep fishing of your little pier and not post.

Bigred

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 04:41 PM

I am just trying to make sure you get off on the right foot on here.

No biggie.

Good luck fishing .

TM56

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 04:50 PM

Beeracuda is no nube GrandStreet but i think you are talking all this **** with only ten posts if i were you i would just keep fishing of your little pier and not post.

Bigred

With only ten posts and thousands of fish caught. So the more posts u have... the bigger the...well in your case the bigger red killa u are? Come on im not talking ****, do u really believe a bat ray that small is is capable of peeling off 250 yards of line...think about that...two and a half football feilds worth of line...and then being sore for three days after... come on this story is a bat ray fairy tale. Your the one trying to flame me, im just telling it like it is. :banana:

IncredibleHuck

01-08-2008, 05:03 PM

Acually on that other website you linked to, there is a picture of a 120 pound batray, and the way it is, the head looks very similar to petes batray.

Personally I think his batray looks bigger then the one you posted, :shock: but then again you are the professional, not me, as I've only caught one at 55 pounds, which is what it weighed on the digital scale, and Pete's batray is a lot bigger then that batray. But then again I don't know much on the topic I guess, since I haven't caught one in the last year.

IncredibleHuck

01-08-2008, 05:07 PM

With only ten posts and thousands of fish caught. So the more posts u have... the bigger the...well in your case the bigger red killa u are? Come on im not talking ****, do u really believe a bat ray that small is is capable of peeling off 250 yards of line...think about that...two and a half football feilds worth of line...and then being sore for three days after... come on this story is a bat ray fairy tale. Your the one trying to flame me, im just telling it like it is. :banana:

Well i've been spooled many times by batrays, so has my friends. We have had nights fishing the harbors where all 4 of us have been spooled. Some of us were fishing with 6 and 8 pound test, while others were fishing with 15 and 20 pound test. If they couldn't turn those rays on 20 pound test, and they got spooled, I think he could have almost been spooled too. It all depends on the reel size and how much he had on it.

legacy1

01-08-2008, 05:17 PM

Some of us were fishing with 6 and 8 pound test

YES! :appl:

The Huck knows what it's about!

----may this thread live to eternity----

Good Job Pistol Pete!

ghetto dad

01-08-2008, 05:22 PM

It was around 80-100 lbs. 5.33 feet wide. I know this because it was as big as my head and it was heavier than a 65 pound bag of cement. You can see in the pic how thick its body is, look at my reel, my feet, my hand in comparison. At the time we took the pic I wasnt thinking about getting good details but I should have. Its most def a larger than average ray we catch up here in the sf bay. :shock:

IncredibleHuck

01-08-2008, 05:38 PM

It was around 80-100 lbs. 5.33 feet wide. I know this because it was as big as my head and it was heavier than a 65 pound bag of cement. You can see in the pic how thick its body is, look at my reel, my feet, my hand in comparison. At the time we took the pic I wasnt thinking about getting good details but I should have. Its most def a larger than average ray we catch up here in the sf bay. :shock:

Nice! I just had to explain to my classmates what I was laughing about!

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 05:45 PM

It was around 80-100 lbs. 5.33 feet wide. I know this because it was as big as my head and it was heavier than a 65 pound bag of cement. You can see in the pic how thick its body is, look at my reel, my feet, my hand in comparison. At the time we took the pic I wasnt thinking about getting good details but I should have. Its most def a larger than average ray we catch up here in the sf bay. :shock:

Nice! I just had to explain to my classmates what I was laughing about!

haa aaaahaaa i think your lying about the 6-8 pound test. I think u and pistlepete are collaborating. If your catching rays on 6 pound test then Petes ray is surely 500 pounds.

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 05:50 PM

Could this thread go as far as "Ask the Irvine Lake Guru " thread ? :lol: :wink:

TM65

BIGRED KILLA

01-08-2008, 05:53 PM

Hey GrandStreet I am not talking about a mud marlin peeling line iam just saying you have ten posts and your calling Cuda a noob i don't know if you know him or knot but i have fished with him before he is no noob.I am just trying to help you its not cool to just join and cause heat about other peoples reports why don't you go and make a report and show us all your pictures of your mud marlins common you said you are a professional remember.

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 05:53 PM

Could this thread go as far as "Ask the Irvine Lake Guru " thread ? :lol: :wink:

TM65

It might peel off 250 posts.

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 05:56 PM

Hey GrandStreet I am not talking about a mud marlin peeling line iam just saying you have ten posts and your calling Cuda a noob i don't know if you know him or knot but i have fished with him before he is no noob.I am just trying to help you its not cool to just join and cause heat about other peoples reports why don't you go and make a report and show us all your pictures of your mud marlins common you said you are a professional remember.

When the weather gets better, I will show you how I do it here in the Bay. Remember...This is the internet.. :bang:

Troutman65

01-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Could this thread go as far as "Ask the Irvine Lake Guru " thread ? :lol: :wink:

TM65

It might peel off 250 posts.

:rofl:

Your too Funny .

Good luck. :lol:

TM65

JSAUCE818

01-08-2008, 05:57 PM

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 06:00 PM

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

I cant respect whales tales.

JSAUCE818

01-08-2008, 06:07 PM

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

I cant respect whales tales.
you werent there.....you dont know that, I dont know that...its a report, take it as it is.....

ghetto dad

01-08-2008, 06:08 PM

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

lol..the sauce is probably the LAST person id wanna pi** of here, and believe me, i have pi**ed of many people!! :D

GD

JSAUCE818

01-08-2008, 06:23 PM

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

lol..the sauce is probably the LAST person id wanna pi** of here, and believe me, i have pi**ed of many people!! :D

GD

man....just shut up and appreciate the report....im getting sick and tired of these noobz that come on here running there mouths......just shut up, fish and respect.....plain and simple.....

lol..the sauce is probably the LAST person id wanna pi** of here, and believe me, i have pi**ed of many people!! :D

GD
:lol: sup ghetto dad!, we need to hit the salt man!...im actually a cool humble guy, i respect everybody....but when people get underneath my skin, it is a different story :evil: ......this guy gave his opinion already, coo...nothing wrong with that, but he keeps running his mouth about the same thing over and over already,....yeah, you dont believe that it weighed that much,.... it didnt peel that much line, and you are great yourself at catching rays....we get the point....drop it already..

IncredibleHuck

01-08-2008, 06:36 PM

haa aaaahaaa i think your lying about the 6-8 pound test. I think u and pistlepete are collaborating. If your catching rays on 6 pound test then Petes ray is surely 500 pounds.

Nothing to lie about here. You should try fishing with the light tackle for rays. It's a lot more fun then horsing them in on heavy tackle.

ghetto dad

01-08-2008, 06:37 PM

yes sauce....the salt man...i keep doing rendevous homie...just waiting for you to sign up!!! :D take it easy man.......

GD

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 06:51 PM

haa aaaahaaa i think your lying about the 6-8 pound test. I think u and pistlepete are collaborating. If your catching rays on 6 pound test then Petes ray is surely 500 pounds.

Nothing to lie about here. You should try fishing with the light tackle for rays. It's a lot more fun then horsing them in on heavy tackle.

I just cant see someone catching a ray, any size for that matter, with light trout poles and reels. I have burned many reels catching rays, i think they are the most destructive fish on earth! I am open to the idea but 6-8 pound test I think if you got it on video, it would be something amazing.

PistolPete

01-08-2008, 06:55 PM

Dang....the Portillos post was the best by far...I found that place as soon as I moved to Cali...the only place that actully can make a real Chicago Hot dog out here, and one of the only places that even knows what an Itallian beef is....I love Portillos!! I still get looks when I ask for a large "pop" though...nobody says that out here in Cali...

Well I checked out the picture of the 184lb ray and mine was very close to that in size. I know it's very hard to tell from the pictures I took, but look at it this way( ever seen a picture of someone holding there hand out and someone further back looks like there standing in their palm?) This is similar to the pictures that I took if you notice the size 7 circle hook in the fishes mouth...my hand holding the hook remover was actully about 14-16" away from the ray in the pictures so of course its going to look not as big as if i put my hand right up to the ray. Try holding a basketball in your right hand and hold your left hand 14 inches in front of it and have someone snap a picture...your hand is going to look as big as the basketball is round in the photo...its ok for the haters to bash the ray I landed, I know what I landed and don't care what others have to say about it. I simply put the pics up and joined the forum to relate with other socal fisherman. The mouth alone on the ray was big enough to fit 4 large male fists side by side in and the wingspan was wider than our boat bottom was wide (the bottom is 5') I have worked out quite a bit in the past and also worked construction so I am pretty good at knowing the amound of weight I could lift and this ray was definitly heavier than 100 lbs. When I tried to lift it out of the water I could only get about 1/3 of the ray out of the water without pulling somthing in my back. I have a sealine 40h reel with 40lb yozuri line and it was loaded with about 300 yards of line, so yes the ray did almost spool me in the first initial run and I've had this happen a number of times with rays so Dude thats making negative comments obviously doesn't know how rays hit bait. Every one I have ever caught bites slow, the line and bait start gliding slowly and as soon as you set the hook the ray takes off fast enought to seem like the reel drag should be smoking....I don't take offence to ignorance though...so if ya wanna poke fun...cool...more power to free speech...I thank everyone for there posts, good or bad, and look forward to horsing more of these things soon. I'm going to see if I can find the crappy quality videos of the ray....Ill post them if I can.

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-08-2008, 07:06 PM

Dang....the Portillos post was the best by far...I found that place as soon as I moved to Cali...the only place that actully can make a real Chicago Hot dog out here, and one of the only places that even knows what an Itallian beef is....I love Portillos!! I still get looks when I ask for a large "pop" though...nobody says that out here in Cali...

Well I checked out the picture of the 184lb ray and mine was very close to that in size. I know it's very hard to tell from the pictures I took, but look at it this way( ever seen a picture of someone holding there hand out and someone further back looks like there standing in their palm?) This is similar to the pictures that I took if you notice the size 7 circle hook in the fishes mouth...my hand holding the hook remover was actully about 14-16" away from the ray in the pictures so of course its going to look not as big as if i put my hand right up to the ray. Try holding a basketball in your right hand and hold your left hand 14 inches in front of it and have someone snap a picture...your hand is going to look as big as the basketball is round in the photo...its ok for the haters to bash the ray I landed, I know what I landed and don't care what others have to say about it. I simply put the pics up and joined the forum to relate with other socal fisherman. The mouth alone on the ray was big enough to fit 4 large male fists side by side in and the wingspan was wider than our boat bottom was wide (the bottom is 5') I have worked out quite a bit in the past and also worked construction so I am pretty good at knowing the amound of weight I could lift and this ray was definitly heavier than 100 lbs. When I tried to lift it out of the water I could only get about 1/3 of the ray out of the water without pulling somthing in my back. I have a sealine 40h reel with 40lb yozuri line and it was loaded with about 300 yards of line, so yes the ray did almost spool me in the first initial run and I've had this happen a number of times with rays so Dude thats making negative comments obviously doesn't know how rays hit bait. Every one I have ever caught bites slow, the line and bait start gliding slowly and as soon as you set the hook the ray takes off fast enought to seem like the reel drag should be smoking....I don't take offence to ignorance though...so if ya wanna poke fun...cool...more power to free speech...I thank everyone for there posts, good or bad, and look forward to horsing more of these things soon. I'm going to see if I can find the crappy quality videos of the ray....Ill post them if I can.

There is no way u could put 4 fists in that mouth. Your hand is right next to the rays mouth. The fish is sitting with its belly up already half way out of the water with just line pressure yet u said you couldnt even get 1/3rd of it out of the water lol. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Im glad ur not taking offense cuz im just calling you out. I myself am now in the fishing mood and would like to prove my abilities with some big rays to back up my talk. I appreciate your post dude, its all in good fun. When I get the GSPC together you will truly see what hundred pounders look like... :secret:

PistolPete

01-08-2008, 07:13 PM

I love it...no matter what forum your in on the internet...even if it was crochet talk dot com there are some people who no matter what are going to run there mouths like there proving some ground breaking theory. I know what I caught and I'm sad that I didn't have a tape measure or a scale so that people could chew there shoes in awe. Both of the pictures that someone had posted earlier in the forum were close to the size of this ray, I still know mine was that size if not bigger. For a bat ray to almost pull a 210lb man into the water is a big *** ray. It was fun, it was a memory and I thought I'd share it with everyone. So hate if you wanna hate, enjoy if you want to enjoy, and overall, go catch a ray close to that size, take some pics and share it with the rest of the fishing network...thats what were all here for right...

calico killer kevin

01-08-2008, 09:22 PM

:shock: :shock: :shock: Wow this is like a soapopera with a little bit of fishing thrown in so guys can feel comfortable watching it lol!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for the read,

Calico killer Kevin

ThemBastards

01-08-2008, 09:54 PM

Dang....the Portillos post was the best by far...I found that place as soon as I moved to Cali...the only place that actully can make a real Chicago Hot dog out here, and one of the only places that even knows what an Itallian beef is....I love Portillos!! I still get looks when I ask for a large "pop" though...nobody says that out here in Cali...

Well I checked out the picture of the 184lb ray and mine was very close to that in size. I know it's very hard to tell from the pictures I took, but look at it this way( ever seen a picture of someone holding there hand out and someone further back looks like there standing in their palm?) This is similar to the pictures that I took if you notice the size 7 circle hook in the fishes mouth...my hand holding the hook remover was actully about 14-16" away from the ray in the pictures so of course its going to look not as big as if i put my hand right up to the ray. Try holding a basketball in your right hand and hold your left hand 14 inches in front of it and have someone snap a picture...your hand is going to look as big as the basketball is round in the photo...its ok for the haters to bash the ray I landed, I know what I landed and don't care what others have to say about it. I simply put the pics up and joined the forum to relate with other socal fisherman. The mouth alone on the ray was big enough to fit 4 large male fists side by side in and the wingspan was wider than our boat bottom was wide (the bottom is 5') I have worked out quite a bit in the past and also worked construction so I am pretty good at knowing the amound of weight I could lift and this ray was definitly heavier than 100 lbs. When I tried to lift it out of the water I could only get about 1/3 of the ray out of the water without pulling somthing in my back. I have a sealine 40h reel with 40lb yozuri line and it was loaded with about 300 yards of line, so yes the ray did almost spool me in the first initial run and I've had this happen a number of times with rays so Dude thats making negative comments obviously doesn't know how rays hit bait. Every one I have ever caught bites slow, the line and bait start gliding slowly and as soon as you set the hook the ray takes off fast enought to seem like the reel drag should be smoking....I don't take offence to ignorance though...so if ya wanna poke fun...cool...more power to free speech...I thank everyone for there posts, good or bad, and look forward to horsing more of these things soon. I'm going to see if I can find the crappy quality videos of the ray....Ill post them if I can.

There is no way u could put 4 fists in that mouth. Your hand is right next to the rays mouth. The fish is sitting with its belly up already half way out of the water with just line pressure yet u said you couldnt even get 1/3rd of it out of the water lol. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Im glad ur not taking offense cuz im just calling you out. I myself am now in the fishing mood and would like to prove my abilities with some big rays to back up my talk. I appreciate your post dude, its all in good fun. When I get the GSPC together you will truly see what hundred pounders look like... :secret:

Pistol Pete Nice catch man, those rays do get going really fast really quick.

FishSum

01-10-2008, 10:08 PM

[/quote]Dont go chasing waterfalls.....
Stick to the rivers lakes that your used to.quote]

Did you seriously come on here, and in a provoking manner quote "TLC"? :shock:
wow!

sansou

01-10-2008, 10:10 PM

Dont go chasing waterfalls.....
Stick to the rivers lakes that your used to.quote]

Did you seriously come on here, and in a provoking manner quote "TLC"? :shock:
wow![/quote]

Apparently that's how they roll up there in faaaaabulous San Francisco....

seanboi

01-10-2008, 10:55 PM

Dang....the Portillos post was the best by far...I found that place as soon as I moved to Cali...the only place that actully can make a real Chicago Hot dog out here, and one of the only places that even knows what an Itallian beef is....I love Portillos!! I still get looks when I ask for a large "pop" though...nobody says that out here in Cali...

Well I checked out the picture of the 184lb ray and mine was very close to that in size. I know it's very hard to tell from the pictures I took, but look at it this way( ever seen a picture of someone holding there hand out and someone further back looks like there standing in their palm?) This is similar to the pictures that I took if you notice the size 7 circle hook in the fishes mouth...my hand holding the hook remover was actully about 14-16" away from the ray in the pictures so of course its going to look not as big as if i put my hand right up to the ray. Try holding a basketball in your right hand and hold your left hand 14 inches in front of it and have someone snap a picture...your hand is going to look as big as the basketball is round in the photo...its ok for the haters to bash the ray I landed, I know what I landed and don't care what others have to say about it. I simply put the pics up and joined the forum to relate with other socal fisherman. The mouth alone on the ray was big enough to fit 4 large male fists side by side in and the wingspan was wider than our boat bottom was wide (the bottom is 5') I have worked out quite a bit in the past and also worked construction so I am pretty good at knowing the amound of weight I could lift and this ray was definitly heavier than 100 lbs. When I tried to lift it out of the water I could only get about 1/3 of the ray out of the water without pulling somthing in my back. I have a sealine 40h reel with 40lb yozuri line and it was loaded with about 300 yards of line, so yes the ray did almost spool me in the first initial run and I've had this happen a number of times with rays so Dude thats making negative comments obviously doesn't know how rays hit bait. Every one I have ever caught bites slow, the line and bait start gliding slowly and as soon as you set the hook the ray takes off fast enought to seem like the reel drag should be smoking....I don't take offence to ignorance though...so if ya wanna poke fun...cool...more power to free speech...I thank everyone for there posts, good or bad, and look forward to horsing more of these things soon. I'm going to see if I can find the crappy quality videos of the ray....Ill post them if I can.

There is no way u could put 4 fists in that mouth. Your hand is right next to the rays mouth. The fish is sitting with its belly up already half way out of the water with just line pressure yet u said you couldnt even get 1/3rd of it out of the water lol. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Im glad ur not taking offense cuz im just calling you out. I myself am now in the fishing mood and would like to prove my abilities with some big rays to back up my talk. I appreciate your post dude, its all in good fun. When I get the GSPC together you will truly see what hundred pounders look like... :secret:

O man a fishing legend is among us gentleman bust out the cameras. By the way what makes you think your gonna hook a hundred pounder better yet land one in the first place. Its all luck of the draw on those dirty *** mud suckers unless your at my secret ray spot where i catch 900 pounders :wink:

spartafish

01-10-2008, 11:06 PM

i'm sorry, i didnt read the whole thread, it got boring, but heres what i picked up on

250 yards.. two and a half football fields of line. Come on dont be a noob.

that would actually be about 2.08 football fields. "come on, dont be a noob"

spiceguy

01-11-2008, 10:08 AM

If that ray is 150#, how much did mine weigh? :D

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l201/spiceguy/IMG_0016.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l201/spiceguy/IMG_0023.jpg

Anyway, nice ray and nice first post. You certainly got things churned up around here... :lol:

Spiceguy

Mondo21

01-11-2008, 10:40 AM

My God !!!! That was a MONSTER CATCH !!! I think I would have drop my line and said screw it,he would have scared the living "**** out of me!!! Great Job!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cindy

BBL2Baja

01-13-2008, 08:26 AM

I was waiting for Spiceguy to chime in. I still say the video of that catch is a shoo-in for the FNN Hall of Fame. 8)

This is a funny thread. One thing popped out at me though.

A quote like this:

Holler at yo boi.

Coupled with an image like this:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7555/l2gv3.jpg

And I'm thinking the tough streetz of Oak-Town has spawned forth a terrible new menace II society:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/syfaulk/ichstun.jpg

He told you he was hardcore!!

:wink: :wink:

Later,
Scott

HunterAndy

01-13-2008, 12:40 PM

Good job on the batray. Kinda like "catfish" of the ocean...

Welcome to the board!

hahaha ders no way u can compare a catfish to a batray......dats like saying apples n oranges.....catfish r awesome 2 eat and awesome 2 catch.....batrays r just annoying....dangerous....and wayyyy 2 slimy haha......

spiceguy

01-14-2008, 11:47 AM

I was waiting for Spiceguy to chime in. I still say the video of that catch is a shoo-in for the FNN Hall of Fame. 8)

This is a funny thread. One thing popped out at me though.

A quote like this:

Holler at yo boi.

Coupled with an image like this:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7555/l2gv3.jpg

And I'm thinking the tough streetz of Oak-Town has spawned forth a terrible new menace II society:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/syfaulk/ichstun.jpg

He told you he was hardcore!!

:wink: :wink:

Later,
Scott

Hey Scott, ya mean this one? hehheh just remember, I ain't kid friendly... :lol:

http://www.spice-guy.com/vid/

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-14-2008, 03:59 PM

I was waiting for Spiceguy to chime in. I still say the video of that catch is a shoo-in for the FNN Hall of Fame. 8)

This is a funny thread. One thing popped out at me though.

A quote like this:

Holler at yo boi.

Coupled with an image like this:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7555/l2gv3.jpg

And I'm thinking the tough streetz of Oak-Town has spawned forth a terrible new menace II society:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/syfaulk/ichstun.jpg

He told you he was hardcore!!

:wink: :wink:

Later,
Scott

Pretty funny stuff. Thought thsi thread was dead but I guess not.

Nice bat ray spiceguy thats a real monster. Pistol pete is still a overestimating noob.

And those guys are my friends.

BIGRED KILLA

01-14-2008, 07:11 PM

I think the only noob here is the crying baby :bawl: GrandStreetPierNoob

James343

01-15-2008, 12:50 PM

Dont go chasing waterfalls.....
Stick to the rivers lakes that your used to.quote]

Did you seriously come on here, and in a provoking manner quote "TLC"? :shock:
wow![/quote]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA...I thought I was the only one who noticed this what a tool this guy is..

JSAUCE818

01-15-2008, 10:38 PM

I was waiting for Spiceguy to chime in. I still say the video of that catch is a shoo-in for the FNN Hall of Fame. 8)

This is a funny thread. One thing popped out at me though.

A quote like this:

Holler at yo boi.

Coupled with an image like this:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7555/l2gv3.jpg

And I'm thinking the tough streetz of Oak-Town has spawned forth a terrible new menace II society:
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m221/syfaulk/ichstun.jpg

He told you he was hardcore!!

:wink: :wink:

Later,
Scott

Hey Scott, ya mean this one? hehheh just remember, I ain't kid friendly... :lol:

http://www.spice-guy.com/vid/
ILL NEVER ROLL UP THROUGH YOUR "HOOD" WITH SOME CRAZY KILLAS LOOKING LIKE THAT.....LMAO....THOSE GUYS LOOK LIKE THEY'LL BUST DRIVE-BY'S IN A MERCEDES....LMAO......
:lol: ...I NEEDED A GOOD LAUGH....THANKS SCOTT.....

B. A. Baracus

01-17-2008, 02:53 PM

Lets end this conversation right now - (though it is hilarious, especially the pics of the crew and the cars in the back). I really like the line of "the mouth was big enough to fit four large male fist side by side".....this line reminds of another line from a movie

"And this one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute in my...."

one_leg

01-17-2008, 03:43 PM

After looking at the pics a lot more closely, I have come to the conclusion that the batray in question weighs around 55 lb.s.

O_L

ToadsToadsOnly

01-17-2008, 09:33 PM

All this Bat Ray talking is making me want to go out and geat another Personal Best. Who wants to go catch some 100+ pounders next week we'll go share some secrets? Here is a pic of one of the average bat rays my buddies and i catch in newport my PB is 6 ft long no way i was going to drag that thing to a scale.

one_leg

01-17-2008, 09:36 PM

TTO, Nice One!!!!!

One_Leg

sansou

01-17-2008, 10:12 PM

Break out the cookie cutters.... ha ha!!

Impressive bat ray TTO!!

Troutman65

01-18-2008, 03:21 PM

I think the only noob here is the crying baby :bawl: GrandStreetPierNoob

:rofl:

TM65

ThemBastards

01-18-2008, 04:38 PM

All this Bat Ray talking is making me want to go out and geat another Personal Best. Who wants to go catch some 100+ pounders next week we'll go share some secrets? Here is a pic of one of the average bat rays my buddies and i catch in newport my PB is 6 ft long no way i was going to drag that thing to a scale.

Thats about the size of the one I caught at the wedge last week, mine was a bit wider though, hard to tell you know.

jimbo61

01-18-2008, 05:00 PM

Dude, those power bait chartruse green shorts are the shizle....

GrandStreetPierCrew

01-18-2008, 08:30 PM

I think the only noob here is the crying baby :bawl: GrandStreetPierNoob

crying? I forgot about this thread and havent posted anything about crying.

Thats a big ray tto.

So u guys still think pistolpetes ray weighed 150 lbs.

ghetto dad

01-18-2008, 08:45 PM

I think the only noob here is the crying baby :bawl: GrandStreetPierNoob

crying? I forgot about this thread and havent posted anything about crying.

Thats a big ray tto.

So u guys still think pistolpetes ray weighed 150 lbs.
i CANT believe that you guys are STILL posting on this one...GSPC, i thought that I was the drama queen!!! LOL

GD

JSAUCE818

01-18-2008, 11:57 PM

I think the only noob here is the crying baby :bawl: GrandStreetPierNoob

So u guys still think pistolpetes ray weighed 150 lbs.
GSPC--->http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x180/leo03emu/Baby-Cry.gif
'THAT RAY IS NOT 150 POUNDS!!!!!' : :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl: :bawl:

BIGRED KILLA

01-20-2008, 10:20 PM

JSAUCE that is to funny :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Please GSPC don't :cry: because his bat ray was a beast lol.

Bigred

Stormcrow

01-21-2008, 09:52 PM

u know whats fun? hook up to one of those in a float tube and enjoy the ride!

one_leg

01-22-2008, 01:42 AM

That was a pretty big batray! How do you fillet them GPSC?

One_Leg_No_Wings

G-Man

01-27-2008, 08:28 AM

Heckuva Mud Marlin!

G. :wink: