North Harbour 1 Oct 2007

[armagh6]

Just a quick report lads - got out yesterday morning, but didn't stray too far with the wind. Was fishing not far off Forty Baskets. Got a few tailor, and a new first...is it a shovelnose? Pretty amazing colouration.
seano

[fishinf]

i think it is a shovel nose shame about the wind hey
well done getten out there

[quintrex101]

its not a shovelnose, i think it a bargo ray or something like that, caught alot of them just down the coast of hacking before,

good report too

[mulloway mayhem]

deffinatly not a shovel nose mate....its some sort of ray mate.....i bet it went hard on light gear.....

good stuff

[dkfisher]

mate its a banjo shark

[quintrex101]

just found it in me fish book and then did a google search on it, it is a fiddler Ray, here a link to a site that shows this

http://www.frdc.com.au/species.php?f=91&v=f

[mulloway mayhem]

hows the new house going dk.....all good i hope....

[dkfisher]

bloody great took long enough to move but mate love it only prob i forgot how hot it is up hear but the fishing has been ok

[quintrex101]

good to see you back dk, bet your having a good time up there

[armagh6]

Thanks for the replies fellas. Seems like Fiddler Ray and Banjo Shark are the same thing. Didn't pull that hard at all - was more just dead weight. It's amazing what's in that waterway...last season I hooked a massive turtle near the same spot!

[Hamuwaja]

A turtle... thats narly dude.. hehehe, how big was it ? get a shot?

(mmmm turtle soup hehehe) jokes..

Yeah Banjo Shark/ Faddler Ray, we catch heaps of them, the bigger ones every so often we keep for the samoan guys at work .. they love em...

[xtosea]

Awesome report and pics again Seano! Well done!

Kamil

[dazzassj6]

i love your photos armagh6, your post are awesome lol i wish you could take me on a ride on your little...boat thingy lol, i saw these guys at clifton garden, riding in one of those, they fit 2 grown women and 1 man on that boat.

[kingyfisher]

The flaps are ok ,brown&a bit stringy they go well in soups.A lot i got had 'docked' tails (cut by line?)which makes I D hard

[no idea]

not bad last time i fished north harbour i ended catching a 70cm grinner and it stunk like it had been dead for days

[Hamuwaja]

I doubt line... its more like the fools who catch them, and just to be dicks they cut their tails off.... (believe it or not, some still do it to rays etc..) Why kill it, or cut it if your not gunna consume it .....

[no idea]

I doubt line... its more like the fools who catch them, and just to be dicks they cut their tails off.... (believe it or not, some still do it to rays etc..) Why kill it, or cut it if your not gunna consume it .....

yer some morrons were doing that in north harbour after steve irwin died, my mates dad kept finding dead rays with no tails on forty baskets beach