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Re: smoothie tips

Postby sparkey+1 » Sat May 19, 2012 12:30 pm

Rodger wonder why they only go to wicklow last..... :wink: :wink: C u out in north dub asap
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby chilly123 » Sat May 19, 2012 2:11 pm

Hounds showing up at poolbeg lads
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby lugworm » Mon May 21, 2012 12:59 am

does courtown produce a few hound rodger? also where would the nearest mark to cork that would produce em? rosslare???
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby jacko1 » Wed May 23, 2012 11:20 am

courtown can fish very well for hounds but havent heard of any yet
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby tempah » Wed May 23, 2012 5:47 pm

does a rough or moderate sea produce hounds,or does it need to be calm,also is an easterly wind a no go :?:
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby paul skelly » Wed May 23, 2012 6:20 pm

tempah wrote:does a rough or moderate sea produce hounds,or does it need to be calm,also is an easterly wind a no go :?:


East wind usually chops up the water on the east cost witch ant good for hounds , I find that they like calm sea's but not too calm, a but of movement and a small swell I find best but others might disagree :|
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby tempah » Wed May 23, 2012 7:01 pm

thanks for that,think thats where i was going wrong :!:
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby Aurelien » Thu May 24, 2012 7:22 pm

paul skelly wrote:
tempah wrote:does a rough or moderate sea produce hounds,or does it need to be calm,also is an easterly wind a no go :?:


East wind usually chops up the water on the east cost witch ant good for hounds , I find that they like calm sea's but not too calm, a but of movement and a small swell I find best but others might disagree :|


Agree with Paul, a bit of chop or a light surf is far better than flat calm.
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby tempah » Thu May 24, 2012 9:04 pm

is wind direction important? do southerly winds work better than the others or is it not that important...
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby knightser » Thu May 24, 2012 11:13 pm

tempah wrote:is wind direction important? do southerly winds work better than the others or is it not that important...

allways done well on a southerly even a storng one found the hounds came in fairly close
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby thechampjames » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:19 pm

nice one for the smoothie tips dude
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby COYSER » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:42 pm

my tip is make sure they are there to start with, :roll: i find pennel rigs with 2,os the best ,with smallish baits when theres not too many about/crabs that is heehee,a auerilieon,hope i got the spelling right,my old pal,anyway enough of that,up and overs if its calm,and if its rough snoods of about 2 ft up high and6 inches from the lead hope you understood all that anyway the coyser fishing a long time now but like all of us,not enough 8) hope to get out this weekend,aye chuck,even rice crispies stay quite when hes around :evil: :roll:
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby MC » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:12 pm

Greenthumb wrote:Around what month do they start to appear . ???



another question, when do they start to disappear?
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby JOHN1 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:52 pm

MC wrote:
Greenthumb wrote:Around what month do they start to appear . ???



another question, when do they start to disappear?

you should be able to get them up till about the end of september :wink:
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Postby Noelo5 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:17 am

Anyone know if 1/0 are big enough for smoothys or should I be going bigger thanks...?


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Re: smoothie tips

Postby roger de dodger » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:13 am

Noelo5 wrote:Anyone know if 1/0 are big enough for smoothys or should I be going bigger thanks...?


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its all about the size of fish that are around and how big a bait you want to use i carry several differnt size pully rigs with longer snoods if i,m fishing in a strong run ,from a size 2 pennel up to size 5/0 with a 3/0 pennel hook ,this might sound big but its often the one i use if i,m not getting hit ,big baits put out big scent trails ,if i miss some bites i,ll drop down to sometimes using a size 2 kamazan and half a small crab on a two hook flapper unfortunatly its trile and error till you find out whats working best :wink:
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Postby Noelo5 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:30 am

Sound advice better off having a good few made thanks...


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Re: smoothie tips

Postby Aurelien » Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:48 pm

COYSER wrote:my tip is make sure they are there to start with, :roll: i find pennel rigs with 2,os the best ,with smallish baits when theres not too many about/crabs that is heehee,a auerilieon,hope i got the spelling right,my old pal,anyway enough of that,up and overs if its calm,and if its rough snoods of about 2 ft up high and6 inches from the lead hope you understood all that anyway the coyser fishing a long time now but like all of us,not enough 8) hope to get out this weekend,aye chuck,even rice crispies stay quite when hes around :evil: :roll:


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Re: smoothie tips

Postby steol5589 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:46 pm

Lads any tips on targeting smoothies from a boat.would you strike into them and also what hooks would u use.cheers.
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Re: smoothie tips

Postby jhcabs » Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:58 am

Only back to fishing now after a five year break. used to be regular on the forum but i forgot my username ;)

Went down to Wexford last week and oh boy was i in for some treats.

First evening we got a few nice sized ray from dodds rocks (courtown north beach) fished the ocean side of the sandbar using rag only.

Next evening got 2 nice 6-7 pound hounds on the courttown south beach near the borrow. uptide from the river, again on the sandbar. Had a massive wallop of a bite in the slough which i'm convinced was a bass but i struck too early. used pellers and rag.

But the highlight was the 10 pound bass i saw caught on roney point. I wish it would have been me, but i was delighted for him anyway.
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