Butchering a ray for bait?

[spideyjg]

Having never cut one up, what would I be looking at?

I take it a bone in the center of the wings?

Jim

[xjchad]

I just cut strips of the wings.  About the size of a microwave burrito 
That's what Chis had told me and seems to work.

[JayRay]

I was watching a video the other day where the guys were just turning it over, slicing up the wings but keeping the ray intact, adding hooks and throwing it back out. Small rays of course.

[BackBayMan]

If I'm going to be hand casting it, I slice the wings off from the body and then cut strips. How wide depends on how big the wing is and how much weight you can cast.

[Pinoyfisher]

Rectangular chunks. Size depends on size of ray and what can be casted on your set up.

[Latimeria]

I've only used bat ray once when I fished with Fangman. ( The guy who caught the first GW in SD from the beach in the last decade)
He cut the pieces for me to cast in a rectangular shape. The pieces were almost a pound a piece since I could still cast it 50 yards with my big gear. The bonito and big macks got bit for 3 nice sharks, but nothing on the ray for whatever reason. I'd cut the wings in a rectangular shape and hook the meat in the side that best represents the hook point.
I only have one experience casting with it, so take it with a grain of salt.

[spideyjg]

Will do. It isn't just for a saltwater bait.

Figure some sharks cruise near the surface so was gonna rig a float system and chuck it out there.

Got some skate wing once and it wouldn't come off the hook.

Jim

[LONGCAST JOE]

Having never cut one up, what would I be looking at?

I take it a bone in the center of the wings?
Jim

You know sharks and rays don't have bones silly...

[spideyjg]

Having never cut one up, what would I be looking at?

I take it a bone in the center of the wings?
Jim

You know sharks and rays don't have bones silly...

Well they have cartilage instead but still could be a block when trying to cut it.

Jim

[Chris]

Casting? Cut the wings off and cut them I to burrito size chunks then give me the body. They do get hit and will get picked up by 10ft sharks.

If you're able to kayak the bait out cut the wings off and then cut them into 10"x10" chunks or a bit larger. I usually cut the wing tips off so the wing is more rectangular to cut twice or three times to make square chunks then cut the body into 2 or 3 pieces depending on the size.

I'll rig a 20-30lb Ray whole.

Cut the tail off a shovel nose and eat it and use the head whole.

[Chris]

On a 10x10 piece

https://youtu.be/-FuiRMej4lw

[BackBayMan]

On a 10x10 piece

https://youtu.be/-FuiRMej4lw

Awesome. Just Awesome.

Mad Respect.

Chip