shore mullet

[devondave]

Originally Posted by barbelblanker

Not caught a huge number of mullet from the shore but have caught enough to give an opinion.

I usually find the best results are from estuary mouths or where sewage or fresh water flows in to the sea. Failing that you will still catch from rocky shores and sand too , just go looking.

They are also worth a go when high spring tides wash the seaweed that's been dumped for ages at he high tide mark. If the weed is crawling with maggots, even better. Fish maggots on the hook too.

Have a look at the Operation Sea Fishing website by Mike Ladle (I think that's the right name). Absolute mine of information on both Bass and mullet.

One trick I would suggest if you are using bread is to stuff liquified bread under rocks at low tide. Then as the tide rises it releases a steady stream of groundbait in to the water.

Of course don't bother if you start getting plagued with sea birds.

I've found really cheap bread is as good as any. You can mix some stinking mackerel in if you want.

Best tip is to see if you can get down to the beach at low tide and just observe. If the water is clear you will see the dark grey fish about. Stay low and quite and you may even see thm with their backs out of the water in VERY shallow water. Take some bread crust too. These fish are very easy to spook and if you do you may as well move somewhere else.

I always look on mullet as sea going chub . Both are great fighters and will fall for a well presented lump of bread. If you find they take it and you can't hook the, try hiding the hook totally in the bread. I have no idea why this works but it seems to.

I'd also suggest a world class shrink as this is one fish that will drive you NUTS.

Have fun.

couldnt agree more.. great fish fun to catch and if you put in the efforts they do get easier to catch too in my mind they are the nearest thing to a carp in the sea!

[Twiddler]

I think fisherdan even caught one on the fly in hamble me think

[barbelblanker]

Mike Ladle goes in to sea fly a lot for those that are interested. I bet they are great fun on a fly rod. Put one heck of a bend in my Daiwa Avon rod I know that. lovely fish.

[slysimo87@hotmail.com]

ive watched a dvd called 'the magical mullet'. very helpfull. shows three methods, one is simple float with bread,
but the next two wer brillant ways...
...baited spinning spoon.
mullet arnt predatory but they are oppurtunist!
they think it is a small fish carrying a worm away. so they try and nick it. the lure is home made with two hooks. he top being a size 8- 12 course hook and the lower being a smallish sized aberdeen hook. you slide the worm (lug,rag or earth) up the larger hook and then hook the head onto the smaller hook. this helps it stay on. retrieve slowly and dont strike, as the mullet like to knock the bait a fair few times before striking.
the next is fly fishing.
the flys you see buzzing round kelp are key here. when the kelp starts to rot the flies lay there eggs. in 3 days under this warm blanket, maggots appear.
you groundbait the incoming tide with this maggot ridden kelp. hence attracting mullet.
you dont need a great fly cast, this guy had home made 'maggotfly'. a polystryene shaped maggot, onto tis he place 2 live maggots. and used flaoting fly line. casted in and waited for the mullets to come. mullet shovel the surface taking in several at a time.

[slysimo87@hotmail.com]

infact the 'guy' wwas that mike ladel

[philipn]

eh red gill ehna gotta have been foul hooked bloody hard enough catching the buggers normaly very frustraighting fish them why are they thin or thick lipped is cos the way your lips move when you miss a bite

[Bantry Bay]

We catch all our mullet here from the shore, one of our guests had one of 7-9 last week and I have been having catches of up to 10 fish in a session over the past two morths mainly fish in the 4 to 5 pound bracket. As any mullet nut will testify ground baiting is very important and not just with bread. In areas where the crabbers clean out their pots I take the bulk of my fish on mackerel and gb with minced macky and breadcrumbs.

[sole man]

bread is the best bait try a swim feeder and some corse baits in the dark them mullet love it. and its a great way to catch em