Shore international Andy Young has fished the beach at Cleveleys, just north of Blackpool, for well over 20 years."I don't know if Cleveleys has an historical tradition for smoothhounds," he says, "but I do know that ever since the water quality in the area improved they have shown up."The accompanying pictures were actually taken on one of the mark's quieter ...
In smoothhounds, the fair-weather sea beach angler has at long last found his soul mate - they are the perfect sea fish to target when conditions are perfect for a stroll on the beach. Karl Nangle with a fine smoothhound taken from the beachat Chapel St Leonards, near Skegness “Time of day or the size of the tide doesn’t ...
If it's rod thumping, line stripping beach fishing action you demand, Paul Fenech says bait your hook with a peeler crab and wait for the smoothhound to strike as the sun sets. If there was ever an angling success story in UK waters, then surely it must be the upsurge in smoothhounds that arrive every summer. They have survived and ...
