Small-eyed Ray Fishing in Cornwall

Summer–autumn nights over clean sand; cast whole sandeel/launce 80–120m on the flood; use grip leads and a weak link if near rocky corners.

Night into flood over clean sand; summer–autumn. Long cast sandeel or launce; keep rigs streamlined. Best around neap tides when surf is moderate.

Night over clean sand; long cast sandeel or bluey. Best May–Oct, neap to mid tides, moderate surf.

Clean sand at range; best after dusk on neap floods May-Oct. Fresh sandeel or bluey. Use pulley rigs with 4/0 hooks and grip leads to hold in surf.

Summer nights over clean sand. Long casts with sandeel or squid on clipped rigs. Best mid-flood to high; avoid heavy swell.

Clean sand; after dark on the flood and first of the ebb. Long cast with whole sandeel or bluey. Spring–autumn in settled seas.

Evening flood over clean sand; long casts to the outer bar with whole sandeel/launce. May–Sep; neaps and light surf best.

Best May–Oct. Night over clean sand; sandeel or bluey wraps on a pulley. Aim just beyond the first breaker; neap to mid tides fish well.

After dusk, 2–3 hrs either side of low into the flood over clean sand. Clip-down rig with sandeel/bluey at 60–100 yds; 25–30lb trace and a rotten-bottom if near rough patches.

Night over clean sand on mid-to-high tide. Fresh sandeel or launce cast beyond the first bar; late spring to early autumn.

Night over clean sand. Long casts with sandeel or sandeel/bluey on a pulley pennel. Best around slack to first of the flood on neaps; avoid heavy weed.

Evening into night on clean sand; long casts with sandeel or squid. Best on settled seas, mid-to-high water. Late spring–autumn.

Cast long onto clean sand at evening into dark on neap–mid tides. Sandeel or launce on pulley rigs; calm to slight swell. Spring–autumn.

Night on the beach over clean sand; long-cast sandeel/bluey on a pulley pennel. Best May–Sep, neap tides and light surf.

Clean sand, night into 2 hrs either side of high. Long casts just beyond the first bar. Sandeel or launce baits, summer–autumn, settled seas.

Evening/night; long cast to outer bar. Sandeel or launce on a pulley pennel. Light surf and neap tides fish best.

Dusk/night in calm, clear surf; long-trace sandeel/launce; cast to the second bar on last of the flood or first of the ebb.

Night, May–Oct over clean sand. Cast 60–100m from low into first of the flood. Sandeel or small fish baits on pulley rigs, avoid reef patches.

Night into first half of the flood; long cast onto clean sand. Sandeel or launce on pulley rigs. Spring-autumn in calmer seas.

Calm surf, evening into night. Long cast to outer gutters/sandbars; fish 2 hrs either side of low. Sandeel or squid wraps.

Night, settled or neap tides. Long cast to gutters/banks with sandeel or bluey/sandeel cocktail. Spring–early autumn; best 2 hrs either side of low into the first flood.

Summer–autumn nights. Long cast to outer bar/second breaker over clean sand. Sandeel or small fish baits. Light surf and neap to mid tides fish well.

Target warm, calm nights May–Sep. Long casts to clean sand gutters and outer bars with sandeel or sandeel/squid wraps. Use grippers and avoid kelp patches.

Calm summer nights; sandeel or small fish baits on pulley rigs, cast to outer bars and gutters on the flood.

After dark on big tides over clean sand. Long casts to outer bar with sandeels or small fish baits. Grip leads; prefer a settled surf.