Mullet Puddle

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dunner
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Mullet Puddle

#1 Post by dunner »

Fished a low tide mark tonight with the swf rod.
This "puddle" was packed full of small to very large Mullet.
Its a little bigger than a swimming pool about 2/3 feet deep.
Used a range of small flies but no luck.
i tried a black and green czech nymph (goldhead), a sawer killer bug and black and green gold head hare's ear, a maggot style and white egg/bread fly and shrimp (this was too big i think)
And a couple of others i cant remember the name of.
Some awesome fish in it ......
:shock:
Fished right up to darkness, but they looked like they were not feeding though...
Any recomendations???
God ....its cold for May!!! :?
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Re: Mullet Puddle

#2 Post by lumpy »

did you try ground baiting with bread. found in those situations you have to induce them to feed..
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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Re: Mullet Puddle

#3 Post by dunner »

no, it was a last min thing ..the weather was so bad....i was going to look fort pollack
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Re: Mullet Puddle

#4 Post by lumpy »

if you do manage to get them to feed in that situation they can be relatively easy to catch on breadflies
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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Re: Mullet Puddle

#5 Post by dunner »

must try again with some bread and then fly, i know a spot on a beach where the big tides will flood over maggot laden sea weed ..waiting to have a crack....
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