It was spot and stalk, and we had a blast! Conditions were less than ideal--full moon tide meant the tide came in fast and hard, which made the water murky and the shallows got deeper quick. Cloudy day and enough wind to put a ripple on the water made it harder to spot them. We saw tons, but usually only after they were making their (seemed like) 100 mph dash away from us.

Thanks to Captain Danney Allen we managed to boat five in the 30-40# range--under decent conditions I'm sure it would have been 15-20 at least, if we could have held out to get them in.

My son's first shot was a miss at an estimated 70#-er travelling away from us at a very high rate of speed. We missed more than we hit, saw a lot more than we got shots at, but all in all it was great.

We saw dolphins, sharks, sea turtles, etc. Spent the last two hours rod fishing, caught some redfish, I caught a small shark, my son hooked about a 4' shark (it jumped and cut the line), my buddy caught a flounder, and we had lots of bites.

Best part is wasn't an expensive trip--a whole lot cheaper than most out of state hunts I've been on, and the chance of bringing home meat was a lot higher.

To give an idea on the size of the rays, both my son and me are 6'3". Mine looks smaller because the pic was taken from the Captain's tower seat--both were about the same size.