It turned out that 2023 was a year of outstanding ray fishing for me along different venues along the South Coast. It began in June when I caught my personal best small eyed ray at Seaton in Dorset. At 14lb 3oz it was an incredible specimen for the species. The small eyed rays were quite prolific at the time and it was hard to pick out the better ones. The fish was caught using a micro pouting caught from the same venue.
It was late summer in August when fishing at night from Aldwick Beach near Bognor Regis in West Sussex that I caught my next specimen ray and another fish of a lifetime. Targeting undulates amongst the many other summer species that were present proved to be challenging but rewarding when I achieved such a fine specimen. There were plenty of pout around
