south shields pier thornback ray 15/9/12

[nrgjim]

well headed down for 6pm got to the first gate and that ruddy wind did'nt half pick up so headed stait to the end at first kept on getting small yty's so l move over and started casting towards tynemouth pier got in to my first sized codling managed to put it back then every other cast undersized cod l managed one around the lb 3/4 and a cracking yty so kept them 2 then it went quiet went to reel in to change bait and got a nice lobster for the pot with the tide ebbing hard l move over to the southeast corner had a couple of small yty's then got a nice tug on my line started to reel in l thought l had a canny cod on as it hunged the bottom most of the way in and low and behold my first thornback well chuft as a few weeks before that l had my first turbot the ray was only around lb1/2 so put it back to give some one else a chance to catch it l left at 3.15am but as l walked off l was talking to a lad at the 44 mark ask him if he had owt low and behold he caught a thornback he showed me the photo on his mobile l showed him my photo we could'nt believe so off home l went with a big smile bait was frozen blacks and frozen crab cocktail
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[david.northeast]

Get in jim lad another cracking session for you mate

 

[daniboy64]

well done m8 gd report and catch

 

[Juliogeordio]

Right.... thats it.... im fishing with Jim in the future lol. Very nice catch mate, congrats

 

[Rocker]

Well done mate!
I think they are both spotted rays though!

 

[stevenswales]

great report mate! nice to see something different hauled in!

but thats not a thornie, its a spotted ray!

 

[g.ordon]

Nice sesh there mate, never seen a ray caught of off ss before. Well done

 

[flatheed]

Think this might be your ray mate... very rare.


Spotted Ray

 

[Darnc]

Good report and nice to see a ray caught on SS Pier well done

 

[ANDY:-)]

Nice session mate , some lovely fish being caught at the moment off there

 

[Topfly]

It's a thornback Jim, well done to you and the other lad who caught one.

 

[Rocker]

THORNBACK RAY

SPOTTED RAY

 

[RossW]

Lovely Spotted Ray. Well done

 

[lambtonworm]

Soon as i saw it thought it was a spotted ray ....nice catch mate ....

 

[Cod Commando]

thornback

thornback

Well done... a variety of fish there mate and lovely photos.

 

[Pete from shields]

Cracking fish mate well done, its a ray.

 

[Davey-m]

Another bonus fish for you jimmy big smiles.

 

[scaley]

nice one Jim,getting more like the west coast around here:red:

 

[Thunderpants]

Nice one Jim, bonnie looking ray that. Never seen one caught on the pier before.

 

[Fishygone]

Canny sesh mate Big Well Dones, Nice Catch.

john.