Beach fishing - how to catch small eye ray - how to catch spotted ray

In this session i head for a local beach after months of poor fishing and terrible weather. Right from the off it looked promising and i didnt have to wait long for the target species. What followed was a constant stream of small rays with some nice small eye and spotted rays landed.
Keep watching until the end for a bonus fish.
Rigs use were the 5’ 2 hook clipped down and a 5’ pulley. Both baited with sand eel with o other bait used.
This rig available from Shorecast would be perfect.
www.shorecast.uk/product/12494099/cox-rowle-2-hook-clipped-down-rig-size-1-0
A small tide and North East wind made for an interesting night.
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[@ChrisJackson-tv2rj]

Cracking fishing session. Rays are rapidly becoming my favourite fish. Amazing creatures. Great video. 🐳👍👏

[@seaangling]

I love a ray, a really interesting fish to catch from the shore.

[@Onlyfins100]

Banging sesh that 🎣🌊

[@seaangling]

Nice when they are that busy. 🎣👍🏻

[@ricktarrant7209]

Another gem Mark. I'm yet to catch a small eye ray, taking boat out Sunday weather permitting been hard between work and bad weather also hydroliiics on me trim packed up but after letting out air and refilling oil it's all good.🙏all will be good week end

[@seaangling]

These persistent and reoccurring storms have been horrible. Glad you got your engine sorted. There have been a lot of small eye about recently. 🎣👍🏻

[@rabbitleader2307]

Excellent.

[@shakyangler]

Nice session and hopefully sign of things to come 👍

[@seaangling]

Let’s hope the hounds are inshore soon, can’t wait. 😜🦈🎣👍🏻

[@AlanSkilton]

Great session Mark , hope I have one like that soon .

[@seaangling]

We all hope don’t we? We all put the time in. We all prep our kit. We all watch the weather and plan the tides. And sometimes we get lucky 😂

[@stevebatchelor4720]

Love the video Mark, well done ❤

[@seaangling]

Cheers Steve, I hope you are well. 🎣👍🏻

[@charliespain9029]

Great session Mark, keep the videos coming!

[@seaangling]

Cheers Charlie 🎣👍🏻

[@jefferyhiggins5458]

another great video mark keep them coming

[@seaangling]

@@jefferyhiggins5458 cheers buddy.

[@JedBewick-ro6qy]

Cracking video as always Mark great watch cheers mate 🎣

[@seaangling]

@@JedBewick-ro6qy thank you, very much appreciated.

[@Newmutley]

The much belied sand eel strikes gold Mark, an overlooked bait and well deserved haul for you. Also the rarer cold northerly in April also a factor keeping the swell down for a change of wind cross tide Congrats on another top video

[@seaangling]

I think the sand eel is overlooked by some but they are an amazing bait over sand or light shingle. I have had some amazing results off the boat with them as well. Cheap and easy to store/carry but their numbers are in decline and they are not always easy to get good ones. I’ve been told there are huge ships out there harvesting them in massive numbers. 🤷‍♂️

[@simonsherwood1518]

Well done Mark, great session , great to see you back , keep the content coming please.

[@seaangling]

It was a busy session and a welcome relief compared to the doldrums we’ve had recently. Plenty planned for this year 😉🎣👍🏻

[@stuartcrane9409]

Great session on Small Eyed and Spotted, Well done Mark

[@seaangling]

Cheers buddy. How’s you?

[@kevinbuckler1085]

What an amazing session Mark, brilliant effort 💪🐟🎣

[@seaangling]

Cheers Kevin, they can’t all be like that or they wouldn’t be special. I wouldn’t mind a few more though. 😂🎣👍🏻

[@SuperIdyll]

Good eve sesh for sure, respect for not showing chap casting 👍 some good info shared on your rigs and results sandeel doing the bizz 👍

[@seaangling]

It was a pure sand eel session which I didn’t discuss but makes for a cheap trip and easy to have a few packs stored away in the freezer, easy to transport as well.

[@ryanking5027]

Nice little session there Mark well done 👍🏻

[@seaangling]

It was interesting and busy compared to the recent doldrums of post Christmas fishing.

[@andycollings4302]

Great session Mark. Hope you got out on your boat. I'm gonna get out hopefully on Wednesday. Keep the videos coming 😊👍⚓

[@seaangling]

I did motor out Sunday morning and had a lesson in limitations. Wind and tide conspired to make the Solent and approaches very choppy. That horrible Solent chaotic wave that makes everything uncomfortable. I called it and packed up early.

[@user-ze4fc2gx3q]

Great session Mark.

[@seaangling]

Cheers. 🎣👍🏻

[@JohnHurlock-x8u]

Nice session and great vid there mate. Where's the best place to park down there please?.

[@seaangling]

All of the car parks are right on the beach front but there is also on street parking if you don’t want to pay. Just means a slightly longer walk. Free parking at Milford and combination car park/on street for Hordle - Barton.

[@JohnHurlock-x8u]

Thanks very much.

[@carldawson832]

Hi Mark you ok pal, a not to bad of a session well done. All the best from GRIMSBY

[@seaangling]

Do you get small eye way up there in Grimsby or is it all rough ground around your area?

[@carldawson832]

@@seaangling no mate get thornback rays but not off the shore usually on the boats . In grimsby we have sand from the mouth of the estuary to cleethorpes near grimsby docks entrance. Then it mud to immingham n beyond like the Bristol chanel.

[@carldawson832]

@@seaangling the further you go to immingham that's the deep water winter fishing ror the cod n whiting. Then the spring summer we all sack that end and go cleethorpes onwards for the bass n hounds

[@kevinbuckler1085]

Would be nice though 😂😂🐟🎣

[@nickmann2916]

Epic session mate great to see you out again tight lines

[@seaangling]

Cheers buddy, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Any thoughts on why they were taking the top hook?

[@nickmann2916]

@@seaangling I think you hit it when you said that sandals do indeed swim just off the bottom and they were hunting avidly by the way they were swallowing the bait

[@nickmann2916]

I could do with a session down that way it's two Ray's I have not had yet

[@seaangling]

@@nickmann2916 worth trying this mark as it seems to hold fish.

[@nickmann2916]

@seaangling when are you trying that mark again will try and join you

[@Jason-ke2nj]

😂😂😂😂. .ive spent hundreds on bait ...ffs..saw that ray bait😮😮😂😂😂😂

[@seaangling]

One packet of medium sand eel, 2 baits from each eel. 😉