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Laytown mullet

#1 Post by eoghanb »

People:Me

Duration:too long

Tide:incoming

Weather:lovely

Bait:bread (tescos cheapest)

Rigs:bubble and single hook

Results:nada




Report:plenty of large mullet about,had a shoal taking surface bread for about 2 hrs,got plenty of bites but didn't connect,if anyone's thinking of trying I was fishing just upstream from the bridge on laytown side,ull see two parking cones that's the spot,good luck if anyone's tries they will do ur head in
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Re: Laytown mullet

#2 Post by Chris T »

Hey Eoghan,

Have you tried swim feeder tactics? size 14 or less buried in a bread flake..
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Re: Laytown mullet

#3 Post by eoghanb »

No haven't tried that but I did see the locals in lanzarote fishing for mullet what they did was tied a load of tiny treble hooks daisy chain fashion about two foot long and wrapped the two foot of hooks around a bread roll ,not very sporting but they got sh1t loads,I would have fly fished for them but damaged my shoulder recently and had to make do with easy fishing ,should have been resting it but the cabin Fever was doing my head in :D
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Re: Laytown mullet

#4 Post by Al and Jordan »

hard luck eoghan. those things will do your head in :lol: :lol:
we only target them until we get 1 each every year then give up on them. fishing is supposed to be relaxing, but those fish would try the patience of a saint :lol: :lol:
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Re: Laytown mullet

#5 Post by eoghanb »

Yea I'm the same I usually only try a few times as soon as I get one I'm not too bothered after that,used to spend weeks at them when I was a young lad used to get loads on fish baits in Balbriggan harbour ,but the harbour isn't what it used to be
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#6 Post by dave mc gregor »

they take the rag at the right of the river at the tatch cottage on full tide, iv caught loads while trying for bass (in season)
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#7 Post by eoghanb »

I bet the first time ye got a mullet there you were a bit dissapointed !
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Re: Laytown mullet

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Al and Jordan wrote:hard luck eoghan. those things will do your head in :lol: :lol:
we only target them until we get 1 each every year then give up on them. fishing is supposed to be relaxing, but those fish would try the patience of a saint :lol: :lol:
besst fighting fish of our shore worth targeting
species 2014(8)cod,coalie,flounder,dog, pollack,bass, turbot,twaite shad

specimen 2014 twaite shad
species 2013(36)flounder, shore rockling, dog, coalie,cod, whiting, dab, poor cod, pollack, grey gurnard, red gurnard, pouting, haddock, thornback ray, grey mullet,ballen wrasse, cuckoo wrasse, scorpion fish, bass,blonde ray, plaice, herring, conger, golden grey mullet, red band fish, turbot, ling, garfish, scad, gold shinny, tom pot blenny, smooth hound, bullhuss, cork wing, dragonet, lesser weaver, painted ray.

specimen 2013 16 golden grey mullet, 1 scad, 1 red gurnard.

species 2012(39) whiting, coalie, flounder,dogfish, poor cod, cod, bass, shore rockling, ling,cuckoo wrasse, ballen, grey gurnard, red gurnard, three bearded rockling, mackeral, plaice, dab, pollack, grey mullet,haddock.conger,gold shinny,cork wing, blonde ray, lesser weaver, megrim, dragonet, thornback , tub gurnard, blue shark, scad, bull huss, tompot blenny, sea scorpion, goby, painted , garfish, pouting,

specimen2012 plaice red gurnard
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Re: Laytown mullet

#9 Post by Deleted User 3488 »

As kids, me and me bro used to catch mullet around the 5 lb mark off the back of howth harbour
usig about 15 foot of a handline, size 8 hooks and a sliver of ray meat,,,ya would think ya had a train on the hook..class fish :D :D
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Re: Laytown mullet

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peakle wrote:
Al and Jordan wrote:hard luck eoghan. those things will do your head in :lol: :lol:
we only target them until we get 1 each every year then give up on them. fishing is supposed to be relaxing, but those fish would try the patience of a saint :lol: :lol:
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and the most frustrating :evil: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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