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HoBow:
I'm going to try and catch some stingrays (for bow handles and such) in the Gulf of Mexico in the next couple of days.  I've searched online and could not find any information on how to specifically catch stingrays (only how to avoid them).  Anyone know the best way to target them (bait, hook size, etc).  I use to catch them a lot, but not on purpose and it was never consistent.  Thanks for any help!

Pat B:
Jeff, stingrays are bottom feeders and eat anything other fish eat. Trying to specifically target them might be difficult unless they are schooling. Night fishing might be your best bet. I remember seeing flocks of stingrays, almost a football field load, at Savannah Beach when I was a kid. We used flounder gigs with rope tied to them as spears.

HoBow:
Thanks Pat.  I thought they were bottom feeders, but wasn't sure.  Hopefully, they'll be schooling now (or do you know if they travel south during colder weather?)

Hillbilly:
Me and Cody have caught a ton of them just bottom fishing. They're easy to catch, and will bite almost anything. A 3/0 circle hook on the bottom with a chunk of finger mullet or squid on it will catch plenty of them. We catch more stingrays than almost anything else fishing like this.

thomas h:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=how+to+catch+stingrays&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGLL_enUS371US371&ie=UTF-8

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