I’ve lost count of the 20lb+ blonde rays that I have caught. Fishing for them has become somewhat of an obsession in recent years, purely because I have been targeting them in shallow water. The first 20lb plus blonde I caught was best part of 30 years ago on the infamous Kidney Bank out of Weymouth. That was a beasting experience, with 2lb of lead and a 30lb class boat rod due to the tide and depth of water. I’d love to say it was a great fight, but it was just a really heavy slog! Ever since then I have managed to catch loads of blondes over 20lb from a wide range of ports around the UK, with a few
