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Old 04-30-2016, 09:00 AM
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Saw this catch this morning at Vilano Beach, Florida. Weight estimate is 40 - 50 pounds.
















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And what a beautiful morning.
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Did he let it go?

Are they good to eat? Or can you enhance them and turn them into a restomod?
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Originally Posted by Todd H.
Did he let it go?

Are they good to eat? Or can you enhance them and turn them into a restomod?
They are not good to eat. Hopefully he let it go.
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Originally Posted by Todd H.
Did he let it go?

Are they good to eat? Or can you enhance them and turn them into a restomod?
He was pulling it out to deeper water.
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They are in the shark family - mostly cartilage (except for that stinger). Stepped on a ton of them surfing Virginia Beach 'back in the day'. Their backs are slick and the underside rough. Very strange feeling when your foot hits one. Worse were the blue crabs that would take nice chunks out of your foot and draw blood when disturbed.

In Florida I've had a huge manta ray sail under my kayak. Made me ruin a bathing suit.

Shuffling your feet generally runs the stingrays off -- not always but they're pretty docile..
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Catching stingrays is a pain in the butt...

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Catching stingrays is a pain in the butt...

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And one killed Steve Irwin- guess he didn't see the "six tail lights"

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holding the tail while someone else takes the hook out, is that how you do it? jim
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holding the tail while someone else takes the hook out, is that how you do it? jim
We used to flip the beastie over and step on the tail while removing the hook.....wouldn't get my hands near that tail personally. They can't really bite so no danger near the mouth...they 'suck' their food. They let kids swim with them in Florida - but ya never know!

I love the tourists down here that bolt in fear over the 'deadly' horseshoe crab - they are COMPLETELY harmless
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Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink
We used to flip the beastie over and step on the tail while removing the hook.....wouldn't get my hands near that tail personally. They can't really bite so no danger near the mouth...they 'suck' their food. They let kids swim with them in Florida - but ya never know!

I love the tourists down here that bolt in fear over the 'deadly' horseshoe crab - they are COMPLETELY harmless
I love fishing but if I reeled in and that was on the end of my line is throw the pole in the water and run. My parents were in Cano a few years ago and very morning at breakfast they would sit on the hotel patio and watch those things jump out of the water hey said it was spectacular to watch
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I really don't see the point of the 2300 vs the 1.7 it's only making like 50 to 70hp more then the 1.7 if your goin to swap the blower just get a procharger
Only advantage I see is the cooling iats

780+Rwhp and 800+rwtq is great power for stock blower
And puts u in to the 9.s with a few bolt ons
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What?^
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Here is the wife feeding the stingrays at "Stingray City" in Grand Cayman.



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Got you beat. Me feeding them in an aquarium for a feeding show. Every Saturday.

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