mullet ???????

My target spiec this year is laytown mullet.
I have never caught one and as I am living in area
I feel it has to be done.
Anyone know what time of the year they start to come
into the esturays to feed.
plus any info , tips of how to
catch or prebait for them would be great .

cheers

Try at low water down at the mouth of the river with bread the shoal tends to hang around and move up with the tide,sometimes it takes ages to get em to start to feed and the gulls can do yer head in but they usually start feeding eventually,usually by the time the tide is a good bit in they will have moved up downstream of the bridge and feeding,by the time the tide starts flowing under the bridge the tide speeds up and is too fast to fish,but at high water and an hour or too into the ebb fish around the corner from the bridge is a small island with a channel between it and a bungalow on the roadway,this can be good but again u have to start them feeding and again gulls and ducks will wreck your head,use bubble float with about two foot of line to the hook u will need to cast a bit ,Forgot to say use bread ,buy a few cheap loaves for ground bait and a good loaf for hook bait,it stays on better,I've also used bread imitation flies,but u can also take mullet at low water on maddies on the beach but tie up light rigs ,anyway have fun and I'll probably see ye up there,start looking from April onwards depending on weather,and don't forget to give us a heads up when they appear cheers buddy

It might help to do a search on the forum, mullet fishing has been discussed many, many times.

Alex

pool beg is a good spoke

Best spot in North Dublin has to be the estuary in Malahide where the broad meadow river runs in. Large shoals frequent this area which are usually made up of serious lumps. This area also has very little angling pressure due to the large amount of people that feed the swans (groundbait for you). Have tried myself a couple of years back but couldn't get a touch despite going way down on BS to a 4lb hook length. I am sure a dedicated 'mullet head' would do very well here......