Thread: Big Bronzie surfcasting of the beach...i did it!!

Originally Posted by Jhon

I had a similar but not quite as epic an experience many years ago off the rocks at Lang cove except I was fishing for snapper and caught a monstrous ray. When I finally tired it enough to get it into the edge of breaking waves on the one bit of sand adjacent, I had a torch on it to see what it was. At a good 5 or 6 ft span its eyes followed me as I approached. I let it have a good half of the 60lb shock leader. Awesome fish and it was just daring me to step into it's waters.

Well done on the bronze.

This made me a bit angry, and I am sure to get some flack here.
If you tried to head shoot a huge Stag, but blew its jaw off by accident, would you A: say f it and leave it to die a slow starving death, or B: track it down as best as possible and hope to finish it off ?

A huge Ray is an old fish and deserves to be let go without a trace and hook to hinder it. Further more, those that cut the barb off before releasing them, need a sharp kick in the nads from a size 11