South Coast Worthing Pier

[Landlocked Northants]

Worthing Pier Tuesday 7th June 2021.
First time out since August 2019.
End of the Pier, as arrived a bit early.
A few Romanian people catching ? smelts.
We fished with Rag, a few bites, nothing happened.
Got o try a smelt, something kept eating the heads, so next one had hook into the head, again nothing on one rod, but good old faithful telescope pier rod and braid, single hook kept twitching, so after packing away the first rod, I struck hard, thought it was heavy weed, till it tugged back, nice flight.
My first Ray, about 6lbs in weight. Lovely specimen.
Were here till Thursday ??

 

[cap'nhaddock]

Well done. A nice Undulate Ray, you should have printed off a species hunt card.

 

[Kine262]

Worthing Pier Tuesday 7th June 2021.
First time out since August 2019.
End of the Pier, as arrived a bit early.
A few Romanian people catching ? smelts.
We fished with Rag, a few bites, nothing happened.
Got o try a smelt, something kept eating the heads, so next one had hook into the head, again nothing on one rod, but good old faithful telescope pier rod and braid, single hook kept twitching, so after packing away the first rod, I struck hard, thought it was heavy weed, till it tugged back, nice flight.
My first Ray, about 6lbs in weight. Lovely specimen.
Were here till Thursday ??

Did you catch anything?

 

[Mr Fish]

Did you catch anything?

Something smelt I think?

 

[BlackLugsMatter]

Got to admit it's got great markings. Some Carpers would pay a fortune for that pattern on their luggage!! (not me though)

 

[Mr Fish]

Got to admit it's got great markings. Some Carpers would pay a fortune for that pattern on their luggage!! (not me though)

Yea, you’re too tight! ?

 

[BlackLugsMatter]

Yea, you’re too tight! ?

I'd lose anything camo patterned, put it down somewhere and not see it again!!

 

[Mr Fish]

I'd lose anything camo patterned, put it down somewhere and not see it again!!

Exactly! I lost you on the beach three times that night, although I began to suspect you might be hiding until I got bored and went away? ?

 

[BlackLugsMatter]

Did you think the tide washed me away?

 

[Mr Fish]

Did you think the tide washed me away?

I was about to put your gear on Gumtree! ??‍

 

[Landlocked Northants]

I looked it up, from my Tides Timetable and it was a Thornback Ray.
Caught on a smelt.

 

[Valleyboy]

I looked it up, from my Tides Timetable and it was a Thornback Ray.
Caught on a smelt.

That's an undulate ray not a thornback

 

[Landlocked Northants]

That's an undulate ray not a thornback

 

[Landlocked Northants]

Looking at the fish and the photo it's the one on the right

 

[cap'nhaddock]

Looking at the fish and the photo it's the one on the right

This could get a bit like a pantomime sketch

Oh no it isn't !!!!

It's an Undulate ray, if you sent that pic to the Undulate Ray Project they might even be able to tell you if it's been caught before off the Dorset coast

It has thorns on it's spine but that does not make it a thornback

About – The Undulate Ray Project

Images for ID – The Undulate Ray Project

 

[X525]

I looked it up, from my Tides Timetable and it was a Thornback Ray.
Caught on a smelt.

its an undulate
not a thornack

 

[Tatunka joe]

100 per cent undulate ray

 

[Landlocked Northants]

I bow to your obvious experience.
But looking at the fish is was dark grey and green camaoflarge.
Not light brown ?

 

[BlackLugsMatter]

I thought it was a Small Eye???

 

[Kine262]

It looked more like a Brill to me!