softies as hound bait what yous think

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softies as hound bait what yous think

Postby tight lines » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:54 pm

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

Postby myworldfishing » Fri Jun 28, 2013 4:57 pm

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

Postby sea serpant » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:12 pm

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

Postby JOHN1 » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:28 pm

yes softies and leather backs great from the boat for hounds :wink:
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think

Postby dbrock » Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:35 pm

agree with john
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think

Postby tight lines » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:28 pm

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

Postby paul skelly » Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:46 pm

I'd have more faith in slightly popping peelers ;)
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think

Postby donal murphy » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:59 pm

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

Postby Sparkie » Fri Jul 12, 2013 8:36 pm

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

Postby ste c » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:32 pm

softies and leather backs are a great hound bait
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Re: softies as hound bait what yous think

Postby sparkey+1 » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:21 pm

Worked for me on our last session remember :wink:
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