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Title: 1st sting ray hunt & success
Post by: Friends call me Pac on July 06, 2010, 12:01:00 PM
I went home to NC to visit my family.  While I was there I asked my brother to take me gigging for flounder.  As we loaded up his boat I put my bowfishing rig in the boat.  He asked why was I bringing my bow and I told him I wanted to shoot a stingray if I saw one.    :archer:    

As luck would have it I saw several but only shot these two.  I had no idea what they tasted like so I did'nt want to shoot everyone I saw.  No need to kill just to be killing if they turned out awful.

I had to go on the internet to find out how to clean them.  It was very easy and in just a minute or two I had 4 great looking fillets.  I then cut them into smaller bite size pieces.

We cooked them up with our flounder we had gigged and also had a gar that I had shot while bream fishing.  I knew the gar would be good but the rest of the family was very doubtful.

I took the first bite of sting ray and was very delighted to find out it really did taste like scallop.   :jumper:    The rest of the family causiously sampled tiny bites themselves.  After the 1st sample of gar and stingray it was on.

After the meal was over I was suprised to see the sting ray and gar was all gone but 2 flounder remained untouched.

 (http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc157/pactac/100_0157_opt.jpg)
Title: Re: 1st sting ray hunt & success
Post by: Stone Knife on July 06, 2010, 12:15:00 PM
Very cool   :thumbsup:
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Post by: rastaman on July 06, 2010, 12:17:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: fixer on July 06, 2010, 12:22:00 PM
sounds like good fun  :)
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Post by: Ragnarok Forge on July 06, 2010, 12:56:00 PM
Looks like a great day and feed was had by all.  You just found a new sport.  Next time you will have to arrow a few more for the fish feed.
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on July 06, 2010, 01:20:00 PM
Interesting.
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Post by: ArrowCrester on September 13, 2010, 12:29:00 AM
Nice rays...
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Post by: nc recurveman on September 13, 2010, 12:31:00 AM
Where about in Nc Pac?
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Post by: Mudd on September 13, 2010, 02:24:00 AM
That's really cool Pac!!

Some folks need to learn what's good and what's not.

I figured that out a long time ago when someone(mom) tried to feed me "southern tofu"/grits..lol

Good shooting. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

God bless, Mudd
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Post by: Chris Surtees on September 13, 2010, 03:16:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on September 13, 2010, 03:58:00 AM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 13, 2010, 05:56:00 AM
Good shooting. Nicely done. Jawge