Looking forward to going after a few smoothhound this year and could do with any help available. Im living in Dublin at the mo and have fished down ringsend way a few times last year for the hounds with very limited success and also had my car broken into... but I hope to improve my fishing a lot this year catch some better fish, I'm hoping to try a few east coast beaches and am wondering how to go about it all eg best rigs/baits/mrks/tides and also when do they usually arrive on the east coast any help would be greatly appreciated.
Smooth hound 101 needed please!
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Smooth hound 101 needed please!
Hi folks
Looking forward to going after a few smoothhound this year and could do with any help available. Im living in Dublin at the mo and have fished down ringsend way a few times last year for the hounds with very limited success and also had my car broken into... but I hope to improve my fishing a lot this year catch some better fish, I'm hoping to try a few east coast beaches and am wondering how to go about it all eg best rigs/baits/mrks/tides and also when do they usually arrive on the east coast any help would be greatly appreciated.

Looking forward to going after a few smoothhound this year and could do with any help available. Im living in Dublin at the mo and have fished down ringsend way a few times last year for the hounds with very limited success and also had my car broken into... but I hope to improve my fishing a lot this year catch some better fish, I'm hoping to try a few east coast beaches and am wondering how to go about it all eg best rigs/baits/mrks/tides and also when do they usually arrive on the east coast any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Smooth hound 101 needed please!
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has posted a few tips here http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =6&t=35016
Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm
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Re: Smooth hound 101 needed please!
on a good year they will start to show around dublin from the end off may and a pennel pully with a 3/0 set up is best and crab all the way for bait but you will get them on a few others like king rag,lug,and i have had them on razor if u want i will pm you nearer the time and show u ropes when i am heading out for them if u want
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Re: Smooth hound 101 needed please!
Got my first two last night only 50 cm lads but a/c opened [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]
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Re: Smooth hound 101 needed please!
In Dublin?roger de dodger wrote:Got my first two last night only 50 cm lads but a/c opened [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]