A few days back I went camping on an island, during my stay there i speared a stingray. I know they use the wings to make fake scallips (spelling?) sometimes so i figured it would taste pretty good. They are pretty much nasty. I don't recomend them for survival food unless you are really hungry in which case they are easy to spear. I suppose you could also use them for bait. Just dig out a little cove on the calm side of the Island and cut up the stingray a bit before puttin it in there, it should attract a few blue crabs which are decent eating. once the crabs are in just put sand over the entrence to the cove, they will still be able to get out but it will slow them down some. Then just start filling in the cove slowly or if you can throw a big pile of sand right on top of a crab, they are easier to catch that way. Another method would be to tie a chunk of bait, (something dead works best) to a string and put it down in the cracks in the rocks, when the crabs start to grab at it slowly pull it out into the open, the crabs arn't to bright so they will go after it most the time. (unless you pull it to fast) Then just scoup em up with a net. I imagine the stingrays barb could be used for something but just make sure you don't get stuck with that.
The big stingrays might taste better...
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