I need to know about fishing for mullet?

travsandbec69 · 06-08-2007, 04:06 PM

I have decided i want to take up the task of fishing for grey mullet using course fishing tactics. I tried it today but the fish didnt seem intrested. i was using bread and sweet corn but the fish just swam past it all. CAN ANY ONE GIVE ME TIPS ON WHAT TO DO?
THANK YOU

steve s · 06-08-2007, 06:00 PM

If a cast net is legal in your region, you might give that a try. I used to catch mullet in southeast Texas and Louisiana using a 6 ft cast net. We would use most of the mullet for bait in catching big alligator gar. The big mullets caught would be pressure cooked down, mixed with seasonings and then shaped into balls to be deep-fried in oil. When the mullet were running the coastlines, I would catch sometimes a dozen per cast.

adrianjdthomas · 06-08-2007, 06:10 PM

Fishing for mullet is a very tricky subject, as they are an extremely sensitive species, also they have rubbery kind of lips which slip the hook very easily, you are best off using very small hooks with a large piece of bait to try and get them to swallow it, i sometimes use dog biscuits to catch them.

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