2010 5th Annual Smutt meet details.

[Greenheart]

Venue: Eastoke, Hayling Island

Date: Saturday 10th July

Time: No hard & fast time. The usual format for these meets, is to meet up on the beach around mid morning & start fishing when you arrive. High water is at 10.52am & 23.09pm & Tide Height 4.5m

A a few images of fish caught from the venue to whet the appetite.....

And the top local Smutt bait as reccomended by Gremlin....

Although king rag will probably be better bet for those who wish to try for a Stingray...

Gremlins Rigs:

Smutt Trophy 2007 Rules:

1. This is to be a catch & release competition. Only fish above the legal size limit may kept if for the pot. All others to be measured & released unharmed.

2. The Trophy will be awarded to the person catching the largest Smoothound or largest combined length of Smoothound/s. In the event of no Smoothounds being caught. The Trophy will be awarded to the person catching the largest combined length of other fish species.

3. All fish are to be measured in Centimetres (Please bring a tape measure if you have one available) You will also require a pen & paper to record catches.

4. If it is practicable, all fish caught, will be witnessed by the competitor fishing next to you. This will depend on how crowded the venue is on the day.

5. Competition start & finish times will be decided on the day.

6. To keep things simple Mackerel will not count. All Dogfish & Silver Eels will count as 50cm each.

7. A maximum of two rods may be fished by the competitor at any one time. A maximum of three hooks may be used on each. However you may feather for mackerel & Launce etc for bait at the same time provided it doe’s not interfere with other competitors.

8. All litter to be disposed of responsibly.

9. Any noise & disturbance should be kept to a minimum.

10. The above rules should not be taken too seriously, as the main reason for the meet is to meet fellow Forum members & have a good social...

See you all there...

[cuckoo]

Cheers for sorting it again ian and co looking forward to this one , hopefully 6 of us coming down

[Jolly Piscator]

Cheers Ian , looking forward to it .
by the way what's the word on using a cracked hardback crab rather than a peeler ?

[Gremlin]

Small hardbacks are very selective for 'smuts'.

At Hayling we get over-run with hand-size bream which will rip peelers and rag to bits.

If you want a mixed bag stick to rag/peeler.

The bass prefer fresh mackerel or small pout.

[scottish_and_mental]

7. A maximum of two rods may be fished by the competitor at any one time. A maximum of three hooks may be used on each.

isn't it 3 hooks in total mate ?? i know its only friendly but its normally 3 in a match between either 1 or 2 rods ...

[Greenheart]

Originally Posted by scottish_and_mental

isn't it 3 hooks in total mate ?? i know its only friendly but its normally 3 in a match between either 1 or 2 rods ...

Read rule 10 mate. Although there will be a trophy, the main reason for this meet is to have a good social & meet other forum members. i've included the option of 3 hooks on each rod to allow people to maximise their chances of catching a few other species, especially during daylight hours.

10. The above rules should not be taken too seriously, as the main reason for the meet is to meet fellow Forum members & have a good social...

[scottish_and_mental]

Fair enough mate

Guess i better buy another 4 hooks lol

[maghouse]

Thats a good looking stinger

[cuckoo]

Originally Posted by maghouse

Thats a good looking stinger

Yours rob ??

[maghouse]

Originally Posted by cuckoo

Yours rob ??

It might be one of mine Lee