Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:45 pm
People: K2
Duration: Couple of hours
Tide: Middle tide on the rise
Bait: Bread
Method used: Float
Weather: Dry, bright, no wind.
Result: 1 mullet
Report
K2 headed out on Tuesday afternoon for a mullet session in Belfast Lough. I was working and so I couldn’t go with him AGAIN!
He has fished this location a few times this year already but not that often because up to now the fishing has been quite slow to come on with only small numbers of fish showing each time he has been there to have a look. So he just decided to go and suss it out again during the week to see how things stood now and with the water temperature rising slowly but surely he was confident that there would be more fish present compared to what there has been over the past few weeks or so.
On arrival he was happy to see that conditions where almost perfect for fishing with virtually no wind at all.
He fished for a couple of hours from the middle of the tide up to high. This is the stage of tide from fishing this particular mark in the past when he has found that the fish are present and feed in greater numbers. As the tide rises/floods the fish get pushed in with it further towards the shore bringing them closer to you meaning that you don't have to wade out as far to reach them which is good.
Again, using the same set-up of a float trace with bread as bait he got his gear on and his rod ready and waded out from the shore into the water, walking out into deeper water once in and began to look about to see if he could spot any fish present or breaking the surface.
He spotted a few fish quite quickly not too far in the distance in front of him and so he began throwing small pieces of bread out to entice them closer over to him so as to get them within casting distance of where he was standing.
After a while he had a good number of fish feeding in front of him and around him and about half way through the session and after getting a good lot of bites he finally got his fish which just buried his float down under the water hard as it took his bread that was on the hook. And so the fight was on!
The fish scrapped well and so he played it carefully, ensuring he wasn’t bullying it or pulling it too hard in the first few minutes of the fight because if you do that with mullet you are more than likely just going to end up losing it completely which would not be good. After approx. 4 minutes or so he landed his fish safely onto the shore.
He took a quick photograph of it and released it back in and it swam off back out to sea.
He continued fishing on for about another hour and then he just called it a day and headed for home. Another enjoyable session was had with the weather staying nice for him the whole time which was great.
Below is a picture of K2’s mullet taken by him (because his personal photographer was working
) for you to look at including one that I took of him out fishing the same place last night again when we where there for a quick session.
Duration: Couple of hours
Tide: Middle tide on the rise
Bait: Bread
Method used: Float
Weather: Dry, bright, no wind.
Result: 1 mullet
Report
K2 headed out on Tuesday afternoon for a mullet session in Belfast Lough. I was working and so I couldn’t go with him AGAIN!
He has fished this location a few times this year already but not that often because up to now the fishing has been quite slow to come on with only small numbers of fish showing each time he has been there to have a look. So he just decided to go and suss it out again during the week to see how things stood now and with the water temperature rising slowly but surely he was confident that there would be more fish present compared to what there has been over the past few weeks or so.
On arrival he was happy to see that conditions where almost perfect for fishing with virtually no wind at all.
He fished for a couple of hours from the middle of the tide up to high. This is the stage of tide from fishing this particular mark in the past when he has found that the fish are present and feed in greater numbers. As the tide rises/floods the fish get pushed in with it further towards the shore bringing them closer to you meaning that you don't have to wade out as far to reach them which is good.
Again, using the same set-up of a float trace with bread as bait he got his gear on and his rod ready and waded out from the shore into the water, walking out into deeper water once in and began to look about to see if he could spot any fish present or breaking the surface.
He spotted a few fish quite quickly not too far in the distance in front of him and so he began throwing small pieces of bread out to entice them closer over to him so as to get them within casting distance of where he was standing.
After a while he had a good number of fish feeding in front of him and around him and about half way through the session and after getting a good lot of bites he finally got his fish which just buried his float down under the water hard as it took his bread that was on the hook. And so the fight was on!
The fish scrapped well and so he played it carefully, ensuring he wasn’t bullying it or pulling it too hard in the first few minutes of the fight because if you do that with mullet you are more than likely just going to end up losing it completely which would not be good. After approx. 4 minutes or so he landed his fish safely onto the shore.
He took a quick photograph of it and released it back in and it swam off back out to sea.
He continued fishing on for about another hour and then he just called it a day and headed for home. Another enjoyable session was had with the weather staying nice for him the whole time which was great.
Below is a picture of K2’s mullet taken by him (because his personal photographer was working
) for you to look at including one that I took of him out fishing the same place last night again when we where there for a quick session.
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Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Sat Jul 24, 2010 7:53 pm
K2 strikes again, nice one you've alot of catching up to do Paula 
you've alot of catching up to do Paula
Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Sat Jul 24, 2010 11:05 pm
nice fish for K2 and i'v to say Paula as you writing these reports you sould pick a loads of info to write a book HOW TO CATH A MULLET 
nice report and mullet well done
nice report and mullet well done
Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:59 pm
Nice mullet and great report as always 
Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:24 pm
Excellent read Paula ,,,,,whats with all the work, you'll have to get him to bring you away for another fishing week Well done Norman
,,,,,whats with all the work, you'll have to get him to bring you away for another fishing week Well done Norman
Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:16 pm
FisherKing wrote:K2 strikes again, nice one
Oooh...... I know I have alot of catching up to do, thanks Brian “mate” for reminding me as if I needed you too!
I'm going through a really bad patch at the minute, I hope it gets better soon or I am gonna sell my gear and just give up! There’s not a chance that I am going to catch up with K2 now so I am not even going to try, it’s easier if I just admit defeat – which is exactly what I have done
K2 lost another good fish yesterday, just like last week just as we where about it land it, it got off on him. I hate it when that happens. You know exactly how this feels after losing your seatrout last week, it is so annoying
grady wrote:nice fish for K2 and i'v to say Paula as you writing these reports you sould pick a loads of info to write a book HOW TO CATH A MULLET
Thanks Grady mate
If I was to write a book it would be more accurate to call it “How NOT to catch mullet!” if my experience with catching them this season is anything to go by! K2 would be better writing the book, I’ll just provide him with the photographs for it, I seem to be better at taking pictures of other people catching fish than I am at catching them myself! It's sad really. It just aint happening for me at the minute.
wilky83 wrote:Nice mullet and great report as always
Thanks wilky, as I said to you recently, the mullet are doing my head in big time!
But that’s just because I’m not catching any at the moment.....once I get a couple I’ll be buzzing about them again. I can’t wait to go down to Co. Kerry for the bass again, seeing your last report has made me even more excited than I usually am about going down fishing for them, it won’t be too long now thank goodness until we go. I prefer fishing for bass, they are my favourite fish to catch in the sea by miles. Mullet are second.eyesreilly wrote:Excellent read Paula
Thanks Dave mate. I’m afraid it’s all work and no play for me at the minute which sucks big time!
We’ll be going for the bass soon enough and I can’t wait. That’ll cheer me up abit because the mullet are depressing me right now. I hate them and they hate me! Ha! Ha!
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Re: Belfast Lough Mullet - 20th July 2010.
Mon Jul 26, 2010 3:31 pm
A couple of pictures that I took off our mullet sessions over the weekend.
Picture 1: The local marina in Bangor where we fished for the mullet on both Saturday and Sunday.
Picture 2: K2 hooks into another mullet at a mark in Strangford Lough on Sunday but just like what happened last week to him, not long after me taking the picture it got off on him!
Picture 1: The local marina in Bangor where we fished for the mullet on both Saturday and Sunday.
Picture 2: K2 hooks into another mullet at a mark in Strangford Lough on Sunday but just like what happened last week to him, not long after me taking the picture it got off on him!
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