How do I catch a bat ray in SD Bay?

[FullFlavorPike]

I'm serious. I want to know how to catch a bat ray.

[igotpron]

Fish while the tide is changing. Drop squid on the bottom. Fish heavy line. 30-40lb mono on a 5-6/0 j hook. When they swim threw you'll hook up.


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[jruiz]

Dropper loop, squid, night time

[makobob]

BoB
Bait on Bottom, mackeral, afterdark.
Try to cast to the channel, sit back, contemplate, comune, talk to your maker, catch a ray, give praise.

[xjchad]

All of the above ^
And if your rod is in a holder, make sure your bait feeder is on or the drag is set loose or you'll setup will be dragged into the depths before you know what happened.

[FullFlavorPike]

Sweet. I'll give it a whirl. I have never caught one (but I've seen a couple 100#ers cruising the kelp on dive days and damn that is a burly looking beast) and I want to see if they're as strong as everybody says.