help on smoothounds

Hi guys (and girls, don't want to called sexist)
need some advice on beach fishing for smoothies.
Rigs for peeler crabs.
If anyone out there fishes Pagham beach then a few tips on marks etc
would be tops.

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Pyrotech writes
Hi guys (and girls, don't want to called sexist)
need some advice on beach fishing for smoothies.
Rigs for peeler crabs.
If anyone out there fishes Pagham beach then a few tips on marks etc
would be tops.

I caught my first one a couple of weeks ago, deliberately targeting
them. That was using a large whole peeler on a pulley rig. 6oz lead,
60lb shock leader, 30lb hooklength, 15lb mainline, 4/0 hooks rigged
Pennel-style.

--
Steve Walker

Cheers Steve
was that off the beach?
if so what sort of snood length ?
how far out?
where?



P.S. well done on the smoothie, its nice to catch a different species
as i well know, i got my first dogfish off Bognor pier last night-well
pleased.
Cheers Colin

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Pyrotech writes

Cheers Steve
was that off the beach?

Yes, that was from the Stokes end of Browndown Bay, near Lee-On-Solent.

if so what sort of snood length ?

About 3-4 feet from the swivel to the hook.

how far out?

100 yards or so, possibly a little further. I don't know whether that
was really necessary, I was fishing another rod close in but that was
fishing smaller baits. I was getting bites further out so I stuck with
it.

P.S. well done on the smoothie, its nice to catch a different species
as i well know, i got my first dogfish off Bognor pier last night-well
pleased.

Well done! It's always nice to add a new one to the list.

--
Steve Walker