It’s all fun and games until someone gets stung… and then it’s f*#%%$g hilarious!!!
Like my dad used to tell me "You gonna be dumb… you gotta be tough
Any man that doesn’t know how to catch a fish, shouldn’t disgrace a fish, by catching it.
watched a kid get nailed in the hand on the oak island pier about 12 years ago. I felt sorry for that poor kid. I was walking back from an evening of fishing and he was trying to turn it over to unhook it. heard him yell then saw the blood coming down his arm. the way it sounded you would have thought it cut the kids arm off. they were from the midwest and had no clue that they could even sting you. they rushed him to urgent care. not sure they could do anything but didn’t hear any bad news.
I don’t think the dude realized at the time that the ray had a horrible barb, or he did and was too excited when he caught it to think about what he was doing.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretsky
I’ve caught a few that were almost that big… not quite… but they were very clumsy with their stingers. The smaller ones (say, 20 pounds and under) are much more agile with their tails and they are way sharper.
I think he was in more danger of losing his balance from it flopping around and yanking on him. But no, I personally wouldn’t put one that size in the boat with me. All the ones I’ve caught were surf or pier and I have no desire to go boating with them lol.
I won’t even bring a stingray the size of a dinner plate in my boat. I have a special 2 foot long hook remover that collects dust cause I cut the line everytime. No way in he!! The pain those things cause is unimaginable from what I hear. I can’t imagine how much you would bleed from getting hit by a stingray that size
I like bringing just the front half on board for a picture too. I know its a bad idea and I am an idiot for doing so. Does anyone know for sure where the venom is delivered form? Usually I hear its from the smaller barb on the bottom side of the tail at the base. but it makes me a little nervous when a big one start slinging the long portion around. I had a small one stick me with the long end of its tail once, but it felt more like getting stuck with a fin. Some dont seem to have the little tail at the base at all. Ive also heard heat is the best thing to releive the pain of a sting. Anyone have any first hand experience?
if you’re on a boat the best thing is to crank to motor and let it “pee” on the wound…
Treatment for stings may include application of hot water (optimum temperature is 45 C (113 F), taking care not to cause burns),[3] which can help ease pain by denaturing the complex venom protein. Antibiotics may be administered to prevent infection if there is a delay in treatment, if the wound is deep, or if there is a large amount of foreign material in the wound.[3] Immediate injection of a local anesthetic in and around the wound, or a regional nerve blockade, can be helpful, as can the use of parenteral opiates such as intramuscular pethidine.[3] Local anesthetic may bring almost instant relief for several hours. Vinegar and papain are ineffective. Pain normally lasts up to 48 hours, but is most severe in the first 3060 minutes and may be accompanied by nausea, fatigue, headaches, fever, and chills. All stingray injuries should be medically assessed;[3] the wound must be thoroughly cleaned, and surgical exploration is often required to remove any barb fragments remaining in the wound. Following cleaning, an ultrasound is helpful to confirm removal of all the barb fragments.[10] Not all remnants are radio-opaque; x-ray radiography imaging may be helpful where ultrasound is not available.[3]
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My daughter stepped on one 2 weeks ago. She immediately put ice on it. She said the pain was terrible. They went to Nason Medical Center, in and out in less than 30 minutes. They put heat on it and she said the pain almost immediately went away. They told her the poison is heat seeking so putting ice on it drove the poison into her foot and the heat pulled it out.
Mr Hardware
I got stung in the leg by one of those lil @%$#!*^ 3 years ago while fishing in Winyah Bay in Georgetown. I was fishing alone and was actually scared to death thinking the sting might kill me. It burned like you wouldn’t believe for an hour or so. Imagine a red hot dull knife stuck in your leg. I’ll tell you, I’ll never bring one in closer to the boat than it takes to cut the line! Once bitten twice shy.
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A friend of my father-in-law got stung by one a few years ago on his leg (thigh), while fishing near Fripp island. It wasn’t a very large stingray, but his leg got infected and it stayed swollen and he had problems with his leg for almost a year. After, that my father-in law cuts the line and never,ever brings a stingray in the boat. I haven’t fished saltwater a lot, but my father-in-law has taught me a lot and cutting the line on a stingray was one of many valuable lessons that he taught me. I think this guy didn’t realize how dangerous they are but, if he is reading these posts, I think he has learned a valuable lesson. (I hope)
Army (RET)
113 degrees, good to know. 98.6 sounds suboptimal 
mmmm, barb fragments 
for Crisco from Mote Marine Lab’s website:
The venom apparatus or “sting” of a stingray is a spine or modified dermal denticle (the scales covering sharks and stingrays) with two ventral grooves filled with venom-producing tissue. The venom apparatus is surrounded by a cell-rich covering or sheath that also may produce lesser amounts of venom. The venom itself is a largely protein-based toxin that causes great pain in mammals and may also alter heart rate and respiration. However, since it is proteinaceous, it can be inactivated by exposure to high temperatures. Because of this, immersion of the wound in hot water or application of a heat compress are recommended as an immediate treatment for unfortunate victims of a stingray injury or “envenomation.” Although this may reduce the initial pain of a stingray injury, victims should still obtain medical assistance so that the wound can be properly examined and cleaned to avoid secondary infections or other complications.
As mentioned above, the sting on most pelagic stingrays is situated near the base of the tail. This may discourage predators from biting the animal near its vital organs. In contrast, the sting of most bottom-dwelling stingrays is located further away from the body, making it a more effective and dangerous “striking” weapon. However, it should be pointed out that the sting is purely a defensive weapon only and that the “striking” action is an involuntary response rather than a conscious “attack.”
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Originally posted by barbawang113 degrees, good to know. 98.6 sounds suboptimal
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>meaning peeing on it won’t do any good at all?
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maybe not for the pain. internet notoriety, on the other hand…
also for Crisco, the rays around here (“bottom-dwelling” ones- southern, roughtail, atlantic, etc… i guess excludes cownose, spotted eagle, and manta) have deciduous spines. they grow a new one each year which pushes the old one out like a baby tooth when it’s ready. sometimes you’ll see them with two back-to-back as the little one underneath grows.
the sharp little backward-facing spikes on their back and tail are just that- tough spikes, they can cut you if you grab hard, try to toss one, and it slips (yes, personal experience), but i don’t believe they produce any kind of toxin. their business end is usually pretty easy to locate… and equally easy to avoid, as Mike pointed out. don’t cut off their only means of defense, or do yourself any harm… just donate the hook!
Man those things seem to be everywhere! Hooked up on two of them today…they were huge I’m sure. …yep…when you have one hooked you defiantly know what it is…Low hover craft steady pull along the bottom…slow and .steady pull…zzzz. Zzzzzz. Zzzzzz…as your line goes peeling off…in the opposite direction of where you are… Caught a glimpse of one of the two …glad it broke the line…wore my butt out that’s for sure…Donnie enjoyed a “blue cola” and the show and asked me of it was fun. ;).
miss’n fish’n
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I got hit by a stingray this spring for the first time in 50yrs of sw fishing.Came home and put my hand under hot water.The pain and swelling went away immediately.However,it came back in a minute or so.I filled a playmate cooler with hot water and kept my hand in it next to my recliner.I fell asleep and when I woke an hr later,the pain had stopped completely.I had a small knot there for a month,but no infection. It was a very small ray.
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I got hit in the ankle three years ago. The pain was very intense because the venom not only burns, but it contracts the muscles around the sting area. I had a cramp in the arch of my foot and in my calf muscle until I was able to soak my leg. Hot water instantly will relieve the pain, but the wound needs to be cleaned out to avoid infection.
ive been slashed by just the serrations and nicked by the tip of the stinger, but never been nailed…yet. very nice catch but yup gotta handle those things with care!
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Originally posted by barbawangdon’t cut off their only means of defense
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>You sound like Cori!
Holy cow, can’t believe this was 4 years ago already!
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It could be 40 yrs later and people will still be saying they are used as scallops, Sellsfish was absolutely correct, just an old wives tale that refuses to die. They are not used in restaurants for scallops. If you get crappy chewy ones, they were frozen cheep ones. Something else he said that is on point, dry-pack scallops are the best. They are not pumped full of chemicals like wet pack scallops are. The wet pack ones are full of liquid and preservatives and don’t taste or brown nearly as well. Your paying for water. If the scallops your buying are floating in water-they are wet pack. Just thought I’d put that out there so 100 yrs from now people aren’t still repeating " I heard most of them scallops are sting rays". Great videos and nice catching, Redfisher.
I’m not poking my barb at anyone, just think people would want to know- it’s an rumor that keeps getting passed from generation to generation. If restaurants were doing this there would be allot more scallops in your Captains platter, and allot more scallop dishes on the menu-as ray’s are dirt cheep.