Small-eyed Ray Fishing in Devon

Night over clean sand; sandeel or launce at range into outer gutters on the flood. Best late spring-autumn on neaps to mids.

Night on clean/shingle, 80-120 m. Sandeel or launce on pulley rigs. May-Sep. Fish neaps and settled seas; slight lift helps.

Summer–autumn, best after dark. Long cast sandeel or mackerel strip to outer gutters over clean sand; last of the flood through high water.

Target at range over clean sand on the flood into dusk/night May–Oct. Sandeel/squid cocktails; look for gutters beyond the outer bar. Big spring tides produce best runs.

Late spring to autumn nights over clean shingle; long casts with sandeel or bluey. Fish the flood into first of ebb; avoid heavy weed and strong onshore blow.

Night into first of the ebb; sandeel or sandeel/bluey wraps to clean sand at 70–120 yd. Spring–autumn, neap tides help.

Target clean sand at range at dusk/night. Fresh sandeel or launce on pulley/drop-down rigs. Late spring to autumn; neap tides often best, last of the flood into slack.

May–Oct, night. Long casts with sandeel/launce onto clean sand; target low-to-mid tide over gullies.

Night over clean sand with sandeel or small fish baits; 2 hours either side of high on neaps; late spring to autumn.

Night on clean sand; long cast with sandeel or launce on pulley rigs. Best neaps, last 3 hours of flood, May-Oct.

Calm, clear spells on clean surf tables. Sandeel or small launce on pulley; range cast on mid–low to flooding tide, May–Sept.

Night over clean sand on a rising tide. Sandeel or launce on long snoods to the second bar. Calm, small surf, late spring–autumn.

Calm seas; long cast sandeel to clean patches between rough. Evening flood in late spring–autumn.

Sandeel/bluey on clipped rigs from the surf side; last of the ebb into first half of flood; late spring–autumn in settled seas.

Calm clear nights May–Sep; sandeel or launce on a pulley dropper to outer sandbars; fish low water into first flood. Avoid weedy patches.

Late spring–autumn on settled seas. Sandeel or sandeel/squid on pulley pennel; aim for clean sand. Best last 2 hrs of the flood into dusk.

Occasional summer–autumn on calm nights. Sandeel/squid on a pulley rig; cast 60–100 m onto clean sand or to the sand/rock edge by Corbyn Head.

Occasional at night from the sandy middle; long cast sandeel/bluey on a pulley. Neap tides and last hours of the flood work best.

Occasional; sandeel or launce on long traces over clean sand at dusk into dark, mid–late flood.

Late spring–autumn; sandeel or launce on pulley rigs. Cast to sandbanks at range on evening floods in settled seas.