I have even managed Bass up to 9lb on the fly, yet a 5lb plus Mullet in my eyes, beats them all! Do not string them through the gills if you are shore diving.
This is exciting for all of us but Phil had never seen this before.
“Levelling out at 6m and digging in amongst the boulders, a stream of large mullet came past in the current, seemingly never ending. Mullet are especially common on shores, harbors, areas near rocks and are particularly drawn to … Most of my backing line was back on my reel, and it was just the tides current making things slow. Video filmed and produced by Gavin Tyte. Phil landed 2 over 3lb, with the biggest being 4lb 4oz! However, on this occasion the weather didn’t help so I suggested we both wore waders.
Baked in steaks with onion, garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and anchovies is also great!
Even if you can’t catch the blighters, you get a great kick out of watching the long torpedo-shaped shadows slowly finning up to your bait, nicking a bit of the bread and then turning away.
Mike was eating his dinner when I phoned in shear panic, begging him to bring a drop net.
This is followed with a size 6 Aberdeen worm as a bottom hook as shown. +44 (0)1297 443373. This style of fishing is all about casting accuracy. Since qualifying as a Level 2 Angling trust Coach I’ve been very busy, so it was nice to finally manage to tie down a date with Phil (My Uncle). A small brown dry fly tied on a size 14 or 12 hook, or a floating maggot imitation is perfect.
The fish belongs to a large family of marine fishes, made up of some 80 species, known collectively as Muglidae. The Mullet move in groups along the surface sucking in the plentiful food available. The Mullet was so tired it stayed laying on it’s side at the surface for a few seconds, before righting itself and powering off with it’s huge paddle tail. 25 minutes into the fight and the fish twice nearly emptying my fly reel of it’s 200 yards of backing, I managed to borrow a passer by’s phone. We also had a strong wind straight along the river, so casting from the banks could be difficult.As I explained everything was scaled down so enable us to have fun on the light gear, so we did need to use the wind to our advantage on the occasion.All baited up, Phil waded out into the river. But if encountered on the move they tend to pursue a straight course allowing a shot to be taken. Mullet can be polycultured successfully with many other fish, including common carp, grass carp, silver carp, Nile tilapia and milkfish, and can be reared in freshwater, brackishwater and marinewater.
The top of the head and eyes are often above the surface, so keep movement to a minimum as to not put them off feeding. Firing the Rob Allen 90 Alu railgun, I hit a nice 8 pounder and it took off, fighting all the way to the surface and swimming all over the place before I finally caught up with it.”.
Mullet will also go in holes at slack tide, and large groups of 7 pound plus fish will often be found swarming a network of holes, again at about 6m. Make sure to retrieve at a very slow rate, try not to get too excited and speed up.
01726 213290. In my opinion, there is nothing better than adapting your tackle to suit a target species. Using a baiting needle if required, feed the worm over the bottom hook. I spent 10 years as a Fly casting instructor and guide, and have landed numerous double figure Trout, Salmon, Seatrout, and Pike. Mullet have great eyesight and are easily “spooked” so a low diameter 3lb – 6lb leader is needed. The gills will break and the fish will fall off as you walk. Cultured flathead grey mullet are usually grown in polyculture in semi-intensive ponds and netted enclosures in shallow coastal waters.
For this feature I will hopefully show you how to catch a mullet out of our harbours and estuaries, relatively easily. Like many, I have been fascinated with mullet from a very young age. Any second storm before this happens, tends to always pick up the seaweed from the beach, washing it back out to sea and ruining any chance of Mullet fishing for another month! Par Moor Road, Par, Cornwall. Simply find a group or single fish feeding well, and land your fly in front.
I hooked it when fishing on my own, again, conditions similar to that in the video and I knew as soon as I set the hook, I was never going to be able to pull it through the surf! Email: enquiries@spearfishing.co.uk. 08666492. I am sure they look at us maybe thinking, come on try it, 35 years later I still am, with great success.If you want to learn how to catch a mullet, I’d definitely start with the thin lipped variety! The dream of landing that fish still haunts me, and is probably the main drive for me to keep going back.
Not fun if you just got to the top of the cliff before you realise! Sea mullet aren’t large fish. It may not be as hard as you think to find them because mullet love shallow water and they are known for showing themselves freely.
If you cannot spot any fish or the water isn’t clear then just target areas where you believe the fish will be hunting. Grey mullet come in three main varieties. All three types seem to behave in the same way so are described together.
This is exciting for all of us but Phil had never seen this before. 1st you need a storm to dump a good amount of seaweed on the beach, then you need a few weeks for it to rot and become a breeding ground for flies.
incidentally we get some of the biggest Grey Mullet in the World in the UK so enjoy!
In my mind we had already landed the fish, we had quickly weighed it, done the photos and released the fish. The last few years I have become obsessed with catching fish using light tackle. The harbour in Lyme doesn’t have any fresh water running into it, so although the Mullet are not there in the quantities that you might find in harbours like Weymouth, West bay, and Seaton, they are generally much easier to fish for, as they visit the harbour every day in search of fish scraps discarded over the side by the fishing boats. My 2nd reason is that my best Fly caught Mullet is just over 6lb yet I have hooked into maybe 4 others that were bigger and not landed them. Moral was very high now. If surprised they will bolt. When it comes to Fly Fishing, the mighty Grey Mullet is one of the few u.k species that still gets me excited! Mullet fishing is a potentially huge and addictive way of fishing and I just hope this encourages you to set aside your long rods for something lighter.
When it comes to Fly Fishing, the mighty Grey Mullet is one of the few u.k species that still gets me excited! If you want to see a bit more on how to catch a mullet, or just enjoy your fishing videos, then check out the video I made last year with my friend Tom Bagnall down at Christchurch Angling Centre.Thanks for reading and please get out and have ago, enjoy the video. They can be found in pretty much every scenario bass can, and the same principles described for hunting on the bass page all apply to mullet. Tel.
Mike lowered the net down the side of the wall, and even though the swell was quite big, landing the fish should have been straight forward. Fly Fishing for Mullet! The conditions need to be just right, so it’s not the type of fishing you can just decide to do on your next day off.
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This feature will hopefully explain how and give everyone more of a chance of a successful trip on these hard fighting stunning fish. The two species are often found together. Your email address will not be published. The only number I could think of off the top of my head was a friend in Rousdon, some 3 miles away from where I was! You will need about a 5cm section, then use the top hook to hold the worm in place as shown in the images. Regulations apply to Mugil cephalus (striped mullet), Mugil curema (silver or white mullet), Mugil gyrans (fantail mullet) and Mugil gaimardianus (redeye mullet).
My heavier set up with a large arbor reel holds 200 yards of backing.
When to catch grey mullet: 24-7/365 the mullet are always somewhere! Mullet fishing can be action packed at times, but like all fishing it depends if they are in the mood, so after 2 casts Phil had his first follow.
It turned out the fish were really in the mood! Minimum Size Limit: None. Most weigh less than a pound and a catch weighing 1.5 pounds or more is eligible for an outstanding catch citation.
I started off using an 8ft, #5 weight, set-up, and this was great fun even with a 2lb Mullet. As you may have seen, mullet hang around in big shoals, so where there is one, there will be more. I spent 10 years as a Fly casting instructor and guide, and have landed numerous double figure Trout, Salmon, Seatrout, and Pike.
The Gold Spot Mullet is smaller still reaching no more than 4 pounds and having a distinctive gold spot on the gill plate. They are generally seen in water 1m-15m deep but seldom deeper than that. This would allow us to cover more ground using watercraft and Knowledge of the eddies and pools on the river. They have a tendency to taste rather muddy if taken from brackish or harbour water, but open water mullet do not. Every time I tried to raise the gun they shied away.
Since the fish lives in shallow waters close to the shore, Europeans have been catching and eating mullet since antiquity. It is seen in the Ice Fishing game as a big red fish that needs a yellow fish on the line to catch. Grey mullet frequent a whole host of marks around the UK but you’ve got to know where to look and fish if you want to catch one. If the player succeeds, they will be greeted by a cutscene of them reeling it in, and getting a coin bonus. So, the aim of the lesson/session was to teach him how to target mullet on the spinners.
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