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    Posted: 16 Jan 2018 at 9:20pm
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So I went out for a wharf mish with my trusty fin nor biscayne 80 the other day in the never ending quest to catch my first kingi and had livies out all arvo. Looked over to see my rod bent over but no hook up. I could feel the kahawai still swimming so reeled it in to take a look. 

Sadly due to me trying to lob it out, the hook ripped and I had to euthanise the poor fish. 

It came back with a bite mark, does anyone wanna guess what fish left the mark? 



Bonus is I had a great fight catching my first eagle ray on a fillet of the above kahawai

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Hammerhead. The eagles go well eh? Did it break the surface?
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Originally posted by feeder feeder wrote:

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All the fish I've seen hit by coutta (and I've seen a bunch down here, bloody things) look like they've been slashed with a knife.
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I struggle to see any bite mark in that pic? anything with nasty teeth would have sliced it.....I reckon it was a 45 kg kingfish that took it in its mouth and then spat it out LOL
     Better go down and have another go.........eagle rays are bloody strong for their size....I had my 6500 sending up smoke with some evil runs from a 50 pound one of them.....they feel just like a king and are good practise for when you hook a king...awesome when they jump too.
p.s try a live piper if you can catch one.......be bloody careful with the barbed tail of any ray.....They are like an arrow head  <<<<
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Originally posted by feeder feeder wrote:

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Haven't caught one of those before! Too bad you can't eat em. 

Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

Hammerhead. The eagles go well eh? Did it break the surface?

Ah that would be interesting! 

Yeah it put up a fantastic fight and jumped twice! Easily the best fight I've had (either that or the 20kg tope I caught a while back!). I'm thankful for the 100lb trace as the ray got behind some wharf pilings but fortunately the line stayed strong. Still looking for a kingfish though!

Here's a pic of it in action - this is at the Kauri Pt wharf 


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All the fish I've seen hit by coutta (and I've seen a bunch down here, bloody things) look like they've been slashed with a knife.

I've heard they've got very sharp teeth!

Originally posted by laidbackdood laidbackdood wrote:

I struggle to see any bite mark in that pic? anything with nasty teeth would have sliced it.....I reckon it was a 45 kg kingfish that took it in its mouth and then spat it out LOL
     Better go down and have another go.........eagle rays are bloody strong for their size....I had my 6500 sending up smoke with some evil runs from a 50 pound one of them.....they feel just like a king and are good practise for when you hook a king...awesome when they jump too.
p.s try a live piper if you can catch one.......be bloody careful with the barbed tail of any ray.....They are like an arrow head  <<<<

Hahaha it was more like a hickey. I'd like to go down and have another go, to see what it was! 
They sure put up a great fight! It gets interesting when they just stay at the same spot though, a bit of a stalemate. 

Cheers for the tips! I am pretty keen on not getting near the ray's barbs hahahaha
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Ctrispy when they go and sit on the bottom get a heap of tension on them and then start plucking the line like a guitar and most times that will get them moving again. They put up a great fight alright. I fish down by Omokoroa a lot mainly with 2 kg line and get a lot of eagle rays in the 2-7kg range and they are real fun on the silly string.
 
Also I agree with Laidbackdood put out a live piper or if you can get a jack mackerel put that out.
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Eat the eagle ray !! ! Alot like scallop meat
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I have heard of fish shops selling scallop shaped bits of stingray as scallops without the roe
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