stingray id???????????????

hey guys i saw a huge dead ray on the beach today maybe 50 to 70 lbs but it was very odd looking it did not have a long "whip" like tail it looked like it had fins like a shark for its tail in the back... it was very thick and had small eyes it was blackihs brown in color...........a guy there said it was a "sea cow" i think he just made that up when i asked him wat it was but anyways can anyone help me out.....i googled every skate and ray known to be in nj waters and nothing was a match unless someone altered the ray......jfp

did it look like this. could have been a cownose ray with the tail bitten off. if so it's here about two months early.

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no seph i know the cownose think you have a huge fish on bastards lol...this one was round it did not really have "wings"

u heard of the montauk monster, it maybe the" THE JERSY MONSTER" :affraid: :affraid: joe u maybe the great one who discoverd it u are da man joe yes u are

Got a picture?

Im a shark fanatic and I know rays decent... Give me a text if you ever need an ID dude.

Anything like this?
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how did the hernia surgery go after you finished dragging that in?

rebelmusicnp wrote:how did the hernia surgery go after you finished dragging that in?

NOW THATS FUNNY REBEL......

rebelmusicnp wrote:how did the hernia surgery go after you finished dragging that in?

I'm still recovering, and they have showed up already again this year! :affraid:

MUST GIVE YA HELL UV A FIGHT :affraid: :affraid:

Sounds to me like an Atlantic Angel Shark. Sharks, Skates & Rays are in the same fish family. I think it's fairly rare for our waters but is possible. Remember the guy who caught the tarpon in South Jersey a few years back? Anything is possible I suppose. The link below has great photos and description of the Atlantic Angel Shark. Let us know if that's what you think you saw after browsing that link. I'm real curious as to whether or not that's what it was.

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nice #$%^ing ray rocks

Check out the Atlantic Torpedo Ray - they don't have a whip tail. They will also give you a heck of a shock!

Geo67 wrote:Check out the Atlantic Torpedo Ray - they don't have a whip tail. They will also give you a heck of a shock!

dude u are the man that is wat is was holy crap that pic is a perfect match do u know anything about these things

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] this was it fellas i feel so much better that it was not an alien fish lol

I have not seen one personally, but I saw pictures of one. The person said he was trying to help it back into the water and it shocked him! I thought it was a pretty cool ray - not like the damn skates we haul up all the time.