Starry Smoothhound Fishing in Dorset

Evening into dark late spring–autumn; long cast peeler/hard crab onto clean ground; gentle tide and steady surf help.

May–Sep evenings/nights; peeler crab on pulley/hedgehog rigs, 40–100 m over clean sand. Flooding tide into dark is prime.

June–Sept; peeler crab on pulley rigs beyond the breakers on evening floods; clean sand between groynes.

May–Sep; peeler crab on a pulley at 40–80m over clean sand. Best over the flood into dusk and first of dark. Calm to slight sea.

Evening into dark May–Sep from the sand spit/beaches; crab baits at range on clean to mixed ground over the flood.

Late spring–autumn; peeler crab 30–80 yd over clean patches; best last 3 hrs of flood into dusk.

Late May–Sept. Cast peeler/soft crab 30–80 m onto clean sand beyond the rocks. Dusk into dark on the flood; pulley rig with 2/0–4/0 and 20–30 lb leader.

Late spring–autumn; peeler or hard crab on pulley rigs. Best at dusk into dark on a flooding tide over clean sand.

Late spring–autumn evenings; fresh peeler crab on pulley. Moderate surf, 30–80 m. Best on the flood into dusk.

Late May–Sep; peeler/hardback crab, medium-range casts onto clean sand. Evening flood into darkness.

Late spring–autumn; peeler or soft crab on long traces; fish the flood into dusk at medium range over clean ground.

Late May-Sep on evening floods; fresh peeler/soft crab on long snoods; cast to the channel seam and hold the rod - fast runs.

Late May–Sep over clean sand; peeler crab on pulley rig, long cast to the tide run. Best on the flood into dusk.

Summer evenings. Peeler crab baits, medium range over clean sand. Flood to high water produces.

Evening into night on peeler crab; fish the channel runs, no need to cast far. Best on building tides June–Sept.

Late spring–autumn, especially during crab peel. Fresh peeler crab on pulley rigs, cast beyond the first bar; best on evening flood into darkness.

Late spring–early autumn evenings on peeler crab; fish the flood into dusk along channel edges. Long casts to clearer water; pulley rigs.

Jun–Sep; peeler crab baits 60–100m over clean ground; fish the flood into dusk; 4–5oz grip leads.

May-Sep evenings; peeler crab on pulley or running ledger. Cast to tide seams; neaps often best.

June–Sept over crab-rich ground; peeler/soft crab baits on long-snood rigs, 60–100 m casts. Evening flood often best.

Alongside smoothhounds in summer. Fresh crab baits, evening flood, moderate range over clean ground; keep rigs simple.

Late May-Sept over sand patches from the beach; fresh peeler crab on pulley rigs. Fish the flood into dusk; release carefully.

Late spring–early autumn evenings; peeler crab at range over sand on a flooding tide. Pulley rigs with grip leads.

Late spring–summer; peeler crab at dusk into dark, 30–80 m. Use smooth drag and avoid snaggy edges.

Jun–Sept evenings; soft/peeler crab at medium range on light pulley with 2/0 hooks. Flood tide fishes best. Release.