Strangford Lough mullet,24-5-08

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#1 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:07 pm

People:me

Duration:1.5hrs

Tide:filling

Weather:warm,patchy cloud

Bait:bread

Rigs:float

Results:mullet

Report:Headed over to strangford after work so i could catch the filling tide and see how many mullet were about.I crumbed some bread while i waited for the tide to be right then headed down when it was just about to reach my fishing spot.
Within 15 minutes of chucking in a few handfuls of bread there were mullet nibbling on it.The first 40 minutes saw me miss about 7 bites,though none of them were very positive.The fish were just mouthing at the bread,then out of nowhere a nice fish gulped down my bait and it practicaly hooked itself.Straight away i saw it was big and it took several good runs,after about 10-15mins it was in the net.Happy days my 2nd mullet of the year and it was a specimen of 5lb on the button. :D Thankfully a mate was on hand to get photos then i measured it and returned it.
Cant wait to get down again,6lb`er here i come :lol:

#2 Post by **wayne riley** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:55 pm

well done mate nice goin :D :D

#3 Post by **Ronald** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:35 pm

Nice fish, I cant wait to catch your 6lber :wink: well done on the specimen .

#4 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sat May 24, 2008 9:02 pm

cheers,i`ve only 2 more specimens to go for my triple shot of specimen mullet,and its only May :)
get your hands away from my 6lb mullet Surgeoner,that one is for me to catch.i missed out by half an ounce last year,this year i`ll let it eat more mud before i catch it :lol:

marshpike · #5 Post by **marshpike** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:43 pm

Nice catch, I can feel an obsession setting in and I haven't even wet a line for them this year........ :oops:

#6 Post by **Jonny** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:33 am

Nice fish Davy. well done 8)

#7 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sun May 25, 2008 12:07 pm

cheers.mullet are definatley an obsession,its a pity most mullet sessions where i fish only last for 2-4hrs cos of the tides :cry:

roll on july so i can get down to Rosscarbery to have a go at some really big mullet,double figure mullet here i come :D

#8 Post by **colin c** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:17 pm

NICE :D

Will have to come along sometime to catch the 6lber before you :lol:

#9 Post by **fishermannum1** » Sun May 25, 2008 3:57 pm

nice catch there Davy, 8) they can put up a good account for them self's when got on light gear, a great fighting fish. well done mate!!

#10 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:34 pm

colin c wrote:NICE :D

Will have to come along sometime to catch the 6lber before you :lol:

i`ll be heading down most nights this week if you`re free.the tides are good from tuesday on,need to be fishing by half 5 to the best fishing done.

#11 Post by **Tom H** » Sun May 25, 2008 11:53 pm

Going to take a run across to have a look.. May have to get the fly rod out :lol:

#12 Post by **Adam S** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:18 pm

nice mullet davy well done

just a thought have you tried using a little stinger tied on a fluoro or light supple braid hair off your main bread holding hook?

i have found it can be a great aide to hooking mullet when they are slurping the bread but not getting hooked. i use a size 14 or so on a one to 2 inch hair so it just hangs in among the bread, sometimes when they slurp the bread they suck in the small hook too. has put a few extra on the bank for me over the years

#13 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:15 pm

cheers adam, i`ll maybe look into that stinger thing.i started using owner pint hooks last year,they are very light which helps keep the bread on the surface for longer but they have helped double the amount of hook ups.i would recommend them to anyone who likes surface fishing for mullet.

#14 Post by **round_ourway** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:28 am

Well done on the specimen fish fella, cracking fish. might try and get down some night this week if your about

#15 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:41 pm

Round_ourway wrote:Well done on the specimen fish fella, cracking fish. might try and get down some night this week if your about

was hoping to get down every night this week but this fecking easterly wind has knocked that on the head.we`ll see what wed and thurs is like

marshpike · #16 Post by **marshpike** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:46 pm

Adam S wrote:nice mullet davy well done

just a thought have you tried using a little stinger tied on a fluoro or light supple braid hair off your main bread holding hook?

i have found it can be a great aide to hooking mullet when they are slurping the bread but not getting hooked. i use a size 14 or so on a one to 2 inch hair so it just hangs in among the bread, sometimes when they slurp the bread they suck in the small hook too. has put a few extra on the bank for me over the years

Strange you should mention that Adam, years ago I used to have a similar set up with a size 16 hook, more often or not I landed fish on the 16.

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