Strangford Lough mullet,26-7-08

People:me and colin c

Duration:4hrs

Tide:2hrs either side of high

Weather:warm,breezy

Bait:bread,

Rigs:floats,flies

Results:mullet




Report:We headed to mark one at around 5:30 and were greeted by a stiff breeze :( but decided to have a go anyway.I opted for my float rod while Colin used the fly rod.The wind died just enough to make fishing quite nice but for some strange reason we hardly saw a mullet :? There had been hundreds every day for the past week except today :roll:
We packed up and headed for mark two where i`ve been catching every day for the past 4 days :) I stopped along the way to get my car MOT`d then i was all set for the next session.We both went for fly rods,and i found a little white dry fly which i trimmed so it would sink,i was hoping the mullet were still feeding on the small bits of bread like yesterday.I gave a similar fly to Colin but the pratt left it in the car :roll: and had to make do with a piece of artificial bread which fortunately sank slowly after he trimmed it a bit.
Loads of mullet around but they didn`t hang around like the other days so fishing was a bit frantic as we tried to catch some before they disapeared.Colin had missed one as i arrived which gave us some hope.We followed the fish chucking our flies at them and throwing them free bread to try to keep them still.
Finally i had a pluck on the little furry fly but i missed it :( all was not lost as i didn`t have to wait long for the next fish to grab it.This one didn`t come off and put up a great fight on my new fly rod,which was being well and truely christened :D at first i thought it was a small fish of around 2lb but it turned out to be a very nice 4lb mullet,the same size as my first fly caught mullet last year.A quick photo and it was back in the water.
We both missed a couple of fish before they moved away.A great end to a very quiet day.

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Well done on your frist mullet on the fly Davy 8)

Well done on your frist mullet on the fly Davy 8)

cheers Tom,had 1 last year and was dying to get another.It didn`t disapoint :D

Nice work again Davy, I dropped past at about 8.30 this evening to see if I could see you guys in action, looked like there was a lot happening down there. But your report is 100% accurate they looked to be moving out very quickly, and the fly rods were getting put through their paces. Still considering a pop at them myself however was fishing Bangor harbour today for 3.5hours and was fished out :lol:

On that note in the smaller cove towards the front of Bangor there was at least 40/50 mullet scouring the area for a long time. I wasn't geared for mullet but stole a bit of my mates roll that he was having for lunch and had a quick 15mins bash. They were not interested, wern't feeding but as I was leaving for the mack stand a few fellas landed down, they had left by the time I got back round.

cheers dawsey.dont know why the mullet didn`t hang around last night,they stayed for an hour or so every other night :?
bangors very hit and miss for mullet these days,the seals have saw to that :roll: there used to be hundreds and you were guaranteed to see them somewhere in the harbour now you`re lucky if you see any all year :(

did you happen to see colin catching the bushes behind him,one of them hit his fly so hard it straightened the hook :lol:

did you happen to see colin catching the bushes behind him,one of them hit his fly so hard it straightened the hook :lol:

I wasnt concentrating.I was more worried about getting you a fish.i am your guide after all. :lol:

did you happen to see colin catching the bushes behind him,one of them hit his fly so hard it straightened the hook :lol:

I wasnt concentrating.I was more worried about getting you a fish.i am your guide after all. :lol:

girl guide you mean :lol: :lol: