groundbaiting for mullet

[dan]

does anyone else groundbait for mullet, i have never caught a mullet without groundbaiting for them.
i used 2 loafs of bread each time, the first time i use 4 tins of john west tuna, second time i mashed it up with about 10 mackerel, both times i caught mullet.

[Davy Murdoch]

nope

[Pat]

...second time i mashed it up with about 10 mackerel....

One mackeral will do.

[PaddyB]

...second time i mashed it up with about 10 mackerel....

One mackeral will do.

[dan]

believe me with the amount of groundbait i like to carry, 1 mackerel would barely last me 30 mins

[PaddyB]

I forgot, everything's bigger in Co Down

[fishinmidget]

why would you bother groundbaiting?

[dfella25]

After birth works wonders on them

[MC]

After birth works wonders on them

what

[dan]

must get a mesh bag rigged again to hang over the peir in millisle.

[fishermannum1]

After birth works wonders on them

I forgot, everything's bigger in Co Down

must get a run down there

[dunner]

I'm not messing here.... i heard about a guy in wales who uses sugar puffs for bait.
I saw Huw Fernley wasit name, catch grass carp on them.
Last summer on a beach i know, where the big tides move the weed maggot, i threw in hand full's of em (ate a load meself too) and they switched on to them!
I cast out my floating bread fly, deer hair ...coloured brown with my daughters crayons and i had a few bumps.
I think the hook was too big (4)
Must try it again....who can resist sugar puff's??????

[dan]

must try that out in the lagoon in millisle sometime.

[KERRY1]

does anyone else groundbait for mullet, i have never caught a mullet without groundbaiting for them.
i used 2 loafs of bread each time, the first time i use 4 tins of john west tuna, second time i mashed it up with about 10 mackerel, both times i caught mullet.

I know alot of people who do ground bait for mullet and I have seen them do it recently using bread and they have caught fish as a result.
Squeeze a big lump of bread in your hand, roll it into a ball and throw it in the water. It will then sink to the bottom and fish will swim over it to see what it is. You can get fish holding in one area for a while doing this. You then cast in the same area.
Also float some small bits of bread on the top of the water to see if any fish are feeding.
Again, cast in beside and around it.

[dan]

yea i normally mash up bread and fish and throw some crust in to get them on the surface and use maggot on the top as it holds on the hook better.

[Al and Jordan]

i remember watching an episode of wet nets with matt hayes and they were fishing for them in a bay. as the tide started to turn back in they began to turn over the kelp and seaweed at the low water mark with a fork to expose all the sand fly maggots. within an hour the mullet were going mad for them. it was a feeding frenzy that held the mullet there for a good few hours might be worth a go.

[dan]

have done that myself it a good way to get them feeding, but the only thing then is hooking one.
i use maggots on the hook for them and they are deadly.