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07-10-2020, 02:40 PM
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Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
This happened about 7 years ago - the cownose rays came into the Shrewsbury River and stayed for several weeks. It's happening again this year for whatever reason. All I remember from that last time was that the crabbing was terrible to end of that year and for several years following. They are like crab vacuum cleaners. Thousands of them are in one relatively small ecosystem.
I made the interesting comparrison last time that when they sun on the surface and curl up their wings they look exactly like a shark fin gliding along. If you see what looks like a shark or maybe two small sharks swimming along side each other - that's a cownose ray. Video on FB https://www.facebook.com/dougpeterso...22540211644785
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07-10-2020, 03:36 PM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
Makes sense. They love crustaceans; but will also slurp up peanuts...
They've been way back by the Morgan Creek inlet a few years ago. "Seiners" were catching them in their nets, whacking them into pieces with a machete and tossing them into a deep cast iron skillet full of oil set over a drift wood and plastic bottle fire. I know guys down south bow fish them. I highly doubt that dents the population.
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07-11-2020, 12:47 PM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
They are part of the ecosystem just like everything else that swims. And they fight really good!
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07-11-2020, 06:29 PM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
They also ruin the crabbing. And this year is already off to a sucky start.
Aren't they poor man's scallops?
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07-11-2020, 06:49 PM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
Are these rays really safe to handle? On partyboats, it is usually cut the line, or point the rod at the ray and break off. I have heard the sting is terribly painful at best and possibly fatal at worst. Stories of victims being removed from boats by helicopter and flown to the nearest ER.
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07-11-2020, 08:02 PM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
Evidently yes. They are https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cownose_ray
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07-14-2020, 11:59 AM
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Re: Shrewsbury River Cownose Ray Invasion +[VIDEO]
People on a NJ beach with Machettes and skillets setting fires? Sounds more like a 3rd world country? Geez! Did they climb back into their hollowed-out-tree canoes and paddle back to Sayreville? LMAO
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