1 session 9 species - one of the best days fishing too

[Stewart 1971]

caught on a humble ragworm and 1/0 hook

I've had more hounds on ragworm than I have on crab, it's a very underrated bait for them. My pb hound at 10lb 12oz (just a baby really, but then I never did like fishing with the hordes at Selsey or Sandy Point where the better fish tend to come from) came to ragworm on a 1/0 semi-circle hook / 2 hook clipdown rig and I've had stacks of 6-8lb fish on a similar set-up.

Unless you want to target hounds to the exclusion of much else I'd always tend towards rag for bait (as well as having crab) as it will also pick you up Bass, Ray and Pollack (and Bream on the Solent marks) while crab can be a bit hit and miss for these

[JUBZ]

someone told me small hooks dont catch big fish however the best two fish of the last 12 months (smoothound and a big bass i caught last august) were both caught on a 1/0
Also i agree with you on the rag point it is my favourite bait due to its versatility, we were pulling in pollock on saturday with rag baits too

[mick dunn]

Well done lads-never caught a Smoothound and just back from trying myself at West coast Scotland.
Mick.