Starry Smoothhound Fishing in Devon

Summer evenings; peeler/hard crab on pulley rigs. Cast to bars and channels; fish dusk into the flood on neaps to mids.

June-Sep; peeler or hardback crab on pulley rigs. Cast 40-80 m onto clean sand. Best at dusk into dark on a flooding tide with a light swell.

June–Sept evenings on peeler crab. Fish the Ley outflow edges and gutters on the flood, 40–80 yd. Use light but strong rigs.

Late May–Sep; peeler crab on clean patches and channel edges. Best 2 hrs either side of high on a gentle swell. Use strong snoods and circles.

Summer evenings on a flooding tide. Fresh peeler or hermit crab; cast to gutters beyond the first breaker from the Pebble Ridge.

Crab baits (peeler/hardback) on clean sand near the run; evenings on mid–late flood, May–Sep.

June–Sept, dusk into night on peeler crab. Fish the mid–high tide along sand gullies; minimal grip lead to let bait roll. Keep mobile.

Summer evenings near the channel from the spit; fresh peeler crab on pulley rigs; mid-flood to high over neaps and springs.

May–Sep. Fresh peeler crab on running ledger/pulley; medium range over sand, best on the flood into dusk.

May–Sep; peeler crab on a light running ledger. Dusk on the flood, 30–70 yd. Use grip leads if there’s surf.

Evening into dark over clean sand; peeler or soft crab baits, long cast on the flood in late spring to autumn.

Late spring–autumn evenings; peeler crab on a flowing trace cast to clean sand patches. First of the flood or dusk favours bites.