Smoothhoound help needed
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ian 123
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Smoothhoound help needed
Hi lads, couple of questions for the smooth hound experts out there! What bait works best for them? peeler crab, hardbacks? also should I be using a pulley rig? Thanks for any help!
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Danny M.
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
ian 123 wrote:Hi lads, couple of questions for the smooth hound experts out there! What bait works best for them? peeler crab, hardbacks? also should I be using a pulley rig? Thanks for any help!
Your on the right track mate.
Combine a Pulley rig (3/0-4/0 hook size) with fresh or frozen peeler crab and your on your way to landing a few Hounds mate.
Add darkness and a rising tide to the equation and your on to a winner.
Also vary your distance until you find one, it wont be alone
Keep it simple
Best of luck.
Danny
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brian perry
Re: Smoothhoound help needed
go to gofishing.co.uk type in alan yeats playlist i think ,,it shows you all the baits and how to prepare and present them hope this helps
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
I've had them on Crab, Rag and Lug recently and at various distances.
They do seem to like a bit of tide running and either rising or falling seems
to work as long as its dark.
As for the set up a decent size hook 3/0 + and i've been using a very simple
single hook clipped down rig.
They do seem to like a bit of tide running and either rising or falling seems
to work as long as its dark.
As for the set up a decent size hook 3/0 + and i've been using a very simple
single hook clipped down rig.
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adam.urwin
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
Hey mate, gimme a shout when you're heading out. Have a mark we could try. Have a number of pulleys already set up with the different hook sizes etc. Need to add smoothie to the list.
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mcg2k
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
Got 1 last night on squid and rag. 2 hook bomber rig
2009: Pollack, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse, Whiting, Flounder, LSD Dogfish, Scorpion Fish, Shore Rockling, Coalfish, Plaice, Pouting, Dragonet, Mackerel, Codling, Blenny, Smoothound, Dab, Poor Cod
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
mcg2k wrote:Got 1 last night on squid and rag. 2 hook bomber rig
hey mcg2k, i think i was just next to you last night!
i blanked there bar crabs which i used for bait!
"tightlines" also introduced himself last night
out again somewhere tomorrow with collie.
we were gonna do the boats in dalkey but a few guys pulled out...
so we'll be fishing one way or the other!
species 2009, whiting 
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,
topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
, three beard rockling,.shore rockling, 5 beard rockling, flounder, lesser spotted dogfish,bullhuss, dab,bass(13), more whiting : pollock,poorcod,pouting, sea trout(the dodder!)brown trout,sea scorpion,mackerel, silver eel,topknot:), cod, conger, corkwing wrasse,smooth hound.
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mcg2k
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
yeah that was me. I got another 1 last night and loads of dogs. My friend caught dogs and a whiting and later nearly something big on the whiting but it came off. Ill probably see you out there during the week
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mcg2k
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Re: Smoothhoound help needed
I also met Dave Tilly last night who id like to thank for the advice. Cheers!
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