softies as hound bait what yous think
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softies as hound bait what yous think
As above lads what do yous think of softies as bait for hounds i myself would use peeler but alway try and have a frw soft with me as well as many a time i have found the softies will out fish the peeler just looking to see if any of yous have found this to be the case
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
I have had good luck with them, but its the softys that are really soft, more like sponge.
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
I often fish for bass and hounds with a mixture of peelers and softies and don't find much difference between the two for catch rates have caught both on softies and peelers
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
yes softies and leather backs great from the boat for hounds 

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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
agree with john
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
Sorry ment to put this in the shore q&a maybe the mods can sort it thanks
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
I'd have more faith in slightly popping peelers 

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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
I had great success last weekend on softies. Never used them before, but was impressed. I had peelers and softies and caught most of the fish on the softies.
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
Watched a guy on sat nite use a hard back broke in half cast out 30 yards and he landed a nice hound off atleast 6lb. He came to fish a session with one lug, 6 muscles and 4 hard backs. I've found if you can keep a softy on whole then the hounds love them.
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
softies and leather backs are a great hound bait
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think
Worked for me on our last session remember 

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