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Co.Down SWFF Mullet

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Date :27/8/2011

Venue:The sea

Duration:2 hrs

Tide:on the fill

Weather:nice

Bait:flies

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Results:Mullet


Report:Havent been doing much fishing lately and thought it was about time to wet a line.Drove to the spot ,set up and started the long plod to where I was wanting to fish.After about 45 minutes and a lot of sweating I met the fish as they started to come in with the tide.3rd cast I had a mullet on only to lose it after a short fight Then serious amounts of fish started to show and not long after I had a real solid take and the fight was on.AFter about 10 minutes and some serious runs I had the fish landed quick photo and back he went.A short while later had my second fish on the shore after another nice fight.THought I was going to clean up today but after the second fish I lost another few and missed a few.Called it a day as hunger was getting the better of me.

2 fish landed,about 7 lost and 6 or 7 missed takes nice session for a couple of hours.

Thats 10 or 11 mullet sessions this year and 7 fish landed.


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#2 Post by Davy Murdoch »

bloody show off!!!
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#3 Post by tight lines »

thats a very good catch ratio great fishing well done
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#4 Post by GarethM »

Good fishing! What flies were they taking?
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Thanks very much.
Both fish were caught on a Colin C Special.
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Davy Murdoch wrote:bloody show off!!!
:lol:
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#7 Post by roryodonnell »

colin c wrote:Thanks very much.
Both fish were caught on a Colin C Special.
The poor Colin's never get a break!!!
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#8 Post by eoghanb »

Why not show a pic of the fly?their only a few manky mullet after all,nothing to get all high and mighty about!
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:lol:

Just for you Eoghan I will post a photo of the fly, seeing as you asked so politely.
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#10 Post by birdseye »

Good to see some reports re mullet on fly,
good mullet and photos.well done. 8)
Come on davy you have to have some reports :?:
I have been trying local marks in Lough Foyle
still cant get one on the fly :oops:
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Here ya go Eoghan, just for you some flies i use for mullet seeing you got so upset that I didnt post earlier.

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birdseye wrote:Good to see some reports re mullet on fly,
good mullet and photos.well done. 8)
Come on davy you have to have some reports :?:
I have been trying local marks in Lough Foyle
still cant get one on the fly :oops:
Thanks for posting Colin.
Thanks mate.Sent ya a PM :wink:
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Sorry i may have been a bit hasty,just thought u were being a bit eliteist,ive no time for that,anyway fair play on the mullet,looks a nice spot better than some stinking harbour where id normally go
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birdseye wrote:
Come on davy you have to have some reports :?:
I have been trying local marks in Lough Foyle
still cant get one on the fly :oops:
Thanks for posting Colin.
I`ve got loads of reports :wink:
Not been out as much this year but i`ve had fantastic fishing....right up until August then all went quite :?(tho i`ve only had 8 sessions this month)
It doesnt help that im working two jobs :cry:

It sometimes feels like im just here to work hard so the layabouts can sit on their ass and get free money :evil:
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eoghanb wrote:Sorry i may have been a bit hasty,just thought u were being a bit eliteist,ive no time for that,anyway fair play on the mullet,looks a nice spot better than some stinking harbour where id normally go

No problem,I hooked a mullet a few years ago by accident while fishing for sea trout.It took a teal blue /silver :shock: so since then I've been trying different flies for them to see what they will take.Its surprising what they will go after.Davy has even had some on bare hooks :wink:
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#16 Post by Davy Murdoch »

colin c wrote:Davy has even had some on bare hooks :wink:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That was pure luck :lol:

And just for the record i wasn`t using trebles :wink: I was fishing with bread and it came of when i cast and the mullet took the bare hook as i slowly retrieved :shock:

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Davy Murdoch wrote:
colin c wrote:Davy has even had some on bare hooks :wink:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That was pure luck :lol:

And just for the record i wasn`t using trebles :wink: I was fishing with bread and it came of when i cast and the mullet took the bare hook as i slowly retrieved :shock:

You`ll give me a bad name colin :lol:

Davy you give yourself a bad name :lol: but did it happen a couple of times with the bare hook??
Was speaking to a mate down south who has had a few on a bare hook.
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Davy Murdoch wrote:
birdseye wrote:
Come on davy you have to have some reports :?:
I have been trying local marks in Lough Foyle
still cant get one on the fly :oops:
Thanks for posting Colin.
I`ve got loads of reports :wink:
Not been out as much this year but i`ve had fantastic fishing....right up until August then all went quite :?(tho i`ve only had 8 sessions this month)
It doesnt help that im working two jobs :cry:

It sometimes feels like im just here to work hard so the layabouts can sit on their ass and get free money :evil:
You know what they say when the work interfers with the fishing :lol:
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colin c wrote:
birdseye wrote:Good to see some reports re mullet on fly,
good mullet and photos.well done. 8)
Come on davy you have to have some reports :?:
I have been trying local marks in Lough Foyle
still cant get one on the fly :oops:
Thanks for posting Colin.
Thanks mate.Sent ya a PM :wink:
Will let you know if it works for me. Thanks again.
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#20 Post by colin c »

birdseye wrote: Will let you know if it works for me. Thanks again.
Yes definitly let me know how you get on.
Good Luck.

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