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Bait for smooth-hounds
by StevieA » 19 Jul 2024, 08:48
Just curious to know what bait people use to catch smooth-hounds. Everyone I've spoken to seems to swear by crab, but I've done OK in the past just using fresh lug tipped with squid. A couple of days ago I even caught one (a 16lb beauty) on some manky old frozen black.
- 16lb smooth-hound caught on frozen black lug
2019 Species Hunt: whiting, five bearded rockling, codling, dogfish, flounder, plaice, dab, thornback ray, silver eel, starry smooth-hound, bass, common smooth-hound, Dover sole, tope
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Re: Bait for smooth-hounds
by Paul R » 20 Jul 2024, 16:06
Always used crab for the hounds, but a couple of years ago noticed mid July worm baits seemed to produce as good if not better than crab. So only use crab now the spring months. 
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Re: Bait for smooth-hounds
by pensioner pete » 22 Jul 2024, 11:19
Nothing stranger than fish ,it must have fancied a change.
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