The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums : Eagle Rays https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 06:14:16 +0000 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:33:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.01 360 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=61830 <![CDATA[The Fishing Website : Discussion Forums]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Also some baits are loved by rays...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=887033&title=eagle-rays#887033 Author: one leg
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Posted: 24 Jan 2011 at 1:33pm

Also some baits are loved by rays  jack mac's i would think being no 1 ,great fish to play on light line ,but ouch the finger burns they give you on an Alvey LOL,if already dead they make good bait once cubed and soaked in fish oil Wink.

]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:33:27 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=887033&title=eagle-rays#887033 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Ive seen video of bill hohepa...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886960&title=eagle-rays#886960 Author: RJ51
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Posted: 24 Jan 2011 at 11:53am

Ive seen video of bill hohepa catching hapuka when orca were around and one nicked off with his puka he was pulling in he had a tug of war for awhile and ended up with half the hapuka]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:53:03 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886960&title=eagle-rays#886960 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : I usually gaff an eagle through...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886459&title=eagle-rays#886459 Author: smudge
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 5:58pm

I usually gaff an eagle through the wing tip it over and take the hooks out, I dont think it's too traumatic for the ray. I prefer to avoid catching them if I can, some spots have heaps of them.]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:58:26 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886459&title=eagle-rays#886459 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Has anyone caught an Orca with...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886437&title=eagle-rays#886437 Author: #Eight
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 5:22pm

Has anyone caught an Orca with a rod and reel? (probably a dumb question...)

Here is a YouTube footage of an Orca feasting on a ray....Skip thru to 1.56 to see them in action in NZ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6NjdGLVZs
]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:22:10 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886437&title=eagle-rays#886437 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Awesome post Raumati.. ]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886386&title=eagle-rays#886386 Author: hEUgE
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 3:46pm

Awesome post Raumati..]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:46:22 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886386&title=eagle-rays#886386 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Found some stuff about the Orca...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886160&title=eagle-rays#886160 Author: Raumatibeach
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 9:12am

Found some stuff about  the Orca Mako incident  http://www.nzgeographic.co.nz/articles.php?ID=158

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1231454/Killer-whales-Death-karate-chop-deadly-tactic-used-orcas-sharks.html

The gray whale pics are here http://www.carnivoraforum.com/index.cgi?board=cetaceans&action=print&thread=2535
]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:12:54 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886160&title=eagle-rays#886160 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Why would you want to kill one...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886107&title=eagle-rays#886107 Author: z_si
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 6:25am

Why would you want to kill one just to use it for bait? Can't believe you even ask if they're good for bait when there's so many other fish species that are a lot more common and can be used. Same goes for eating them, why would you when there's so much else out there that probably tastes a lot better.]]> Sun, 23 Jan 2011 06:25:49 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=886107&title=eagle-rays#886107 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Ahab wrote: JonnyBlaze wrote:...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=885735&title=eagle-rays#885735 Author: JonnyBlaze
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 11:10am

Originally posted by Ahab Ahab wrote:

Originally posted by JonnyBlaze JonnyBlaze wrote:

Originally posted by JAKE D JAKE D wrote:

Originally posted by penguin penguin wrote:

So are you saying that an Orca, using just it`s teeth, can seperate out the dodgy parts of a stingray? I find that very hard to believe
ever seen a stingray carcass eaten by a orca? they just bite off the wings and leave the main body, a year or 2 ago someone in the spearo corner (fishfood?) posted a photo of a stingray eaten by a orca and all was left was the body
They also bite the tounges out od a specific whale too (can't remember which one) and dont eat any other of it.  My mate witneesed them doing it a few years ago on the way out to Channel Island.  They were taking turns  jumping on top of it blow hole whilst the other bite at its fins until it the killed it.  The carcass was well documented in the media from memory.
I also remember a report on this site from a charter boat in the BOP and was mentioning the orcas going into some big workup and nailing the dolphins.  They are you ultimate apex predator.
I think they like grey whale tongues, JB, that was what they filmed off California for the Attenborough series "The Blue Planet".
NZ Geographic did an article on them a few years ago that had pictures of a orca playing with a terrified mako shark before snaffling it. The mako was trying to use the photographer as protection. Will try and dig the photo out and scan it on...
I will find out from Pauly what whale it was that day.  DO we get grey whales down here?]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:10:01 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=885735&title=eagle-rays#885735 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : i saw that same programme, one...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=885636&title=eagle-rays#885636 Author: KEEN-MAD-FISH0
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 7:34am

i saw that same programme, one orca hold s the rays down by the tail, and another comes and eats the thing, man i love that nat geo, discovery stuff.]]> Sat, 22 Jan 2011 07:34:41 +0000 https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=885636&title=eagle-rays#885636 <![CDATA[Eagle Rays : Yep, Orcas are bad ass. I&#039;ve...]]> https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=61830&PID=885628&title=eagle-rays#885628 Author: dreadnaught
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 6:27am

Yep, Orcas are bad ass. I've seen them chasing stingrays before in the Waitamata harbour, but never knew how they got the business done without getting stung...?

Luckily, I saw a doco on National Geographic made by Dr Ingrid Visser (Kiwi) about the Orca hunting stingrays in Whangarei Heads. Brutal.

Turns out, the giant bloody Orca dive down behind the stingray, and pick it up in its teeth by the stingray's tail (or in the case of an eagle ray, it's really just its whip). Seriously. Then the Orca might fling it high into the air by the tail to try and stun it, or just hold it steady in the water while a second Orca comes the eats the wings...

I wouldn't have believed it if you told me; but after watching the doco... Mate. You don't wanna be on the wrong side of a 5 tonne apex predator that pack hunts...
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