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Never had it happen Keechie, in probably 3000 casts of the net I have done over the years, but if it did .... a pair of side cutters to cut the barb, then release relatively safely.
gee that was quick thanks i wasn't sure whether to risk grabbing it cut a whole in the net where it could be tangled or what. anyway i hope it never happens (touch wood)
Got one in the logan about 4 years ago it was 5ft across had to kill it ti get it out of net. I could hardly lift it into boat. It ripped a 3 foot hole in net. A vietnamese gentleman came over and helped me. He was happy to take the ray to eat. He repaired my net for $30. Came from Inala and was a nice bloke. I had his mobile number but it is no longer connected.
Cheers
Ray
I picked up a small one in the net a little while ago.
First things first, watch that bloody tail. Get the net up and out of the way of the ray and work it so the ray is on the underside of the net and will only hang by its tail usually.
Have some pliers at hand and use them to get the net over and out of harms way, it will eventually drop loose.
It's rare for them to tangle in the cast net because the bottom pockets are too small to hold them. This means that you can usually shake them out unless the net has tangled on the barbs of the pike. Far worse are catfish which can fit into the pockets and have serrated edges on their three main spikes which regularly tangle in the net. They then tend to roll up in the net and can be a real bugger to untangle while trying to avoid the spikes
Cheers Freeeedom
I haven't really had a problem with the small ones. If you have ever caught them on a line it really isn't any different. It's best if you have them flipped over both unhooking or untangling from the net. As said above keep an eye on the tail - keep away. If they are on their belly they can flick their tail upward, they can't when they're on their back.
You can render a barb on a stingray harmless by grabbing the tip of the tail and holding it whilst you do whatever (remove hook from mouth etc). The barb is still there of course but the ray's ability to curl its tail and stab you is gone.
The barb is about 1/4rd along tail from the body end of tail and is used by the ray like a scorpion uses its barb in its tail tip.
My old man threw a large cast net in North Qld, born, raised and lived there many years.
He always grabbed the tail tip to remove anything from a ray.
If you nip the barb off with sidecutters does it grow back ???
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