Co. Sligo, various dates August 2010 & my first Mullet!!!!!

[FisherKing]

People: Myself & Pat

Duration: 8 Hours total

Tide: Stranding & Filling

Weather: Downpours, Windy & Sunny

Bait: Lug, Limpet & Spinner

Rigs: One Hook Flapper

Results: Myself total: 28 Ballan, 4 Corkwing Wrasse, 1 Sea Scorpion, 1 Coalie, 2 Mackerel & 1 Mullet. Pat : Plenty of Ballan & Corkwing Wrasse.




Report:

3rd, 5th, 7th,11th & 12th August

Between work & car trouble I managed to fit in a few quick short sessions over the past two weeks as I haven’t been out in ages . Although the weather & wind were against us most of the days, we did manage to catch plenty of Ballan to just over 3.5lb & Corkwing Wrasse to keep us busy with myself catching a Sea Scorpion a new species for the list .
But the highlight was Pat hooking into a lovely Mullet around the 6lb mark which he almost landed until the last minute when the hook popped out & this happened twice to him .
It was the first time I’ve seen Mullet been caught from this mark whilst bottom fishing for Wrasse. Tried a bit of spinning but could only get a short cast due to the wind but did catch two Mackerel for the dinner .
The tide was on the fill so we had to move to a different mark that we seen Mullet before, packed up the gear & made our way over to see if any were about.
Arrived fifteen minutes later got set up, very quiet at the start then the Mullet turned up in numbers feeding near the surface, so I got myself into position & dropped the bait down the where they were feeding but no joy, but then I got a pluck the mullet was more interested in my lead weight than the lug , so I reeled in & attached a four inch bit of line to a hook & tied it to the top of the weight & bang missed My first one, luckily didn’t have to wait long as another slightly bigger one went for the bait & took off like a satellite , put up a great scrap but getting her landed was tough going as I had to get her up a four foot lift, but with the help of a wave I got landed safely Happy Days was over the moon to finally catch one , a few quick pics & back she went to fight another day. What a buzz to catch one although not very big still a Mullet & one for the list, think I might be back after them again very soon with my flyrod:wink:

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nice one brian. congrads on the mullet man . that old species list must be growing well now

nice few sessions brian, well done on your mullet that good one

well done brian.nice fishing there

nice one on the first mullet FK! hopefully the first of many.

nice one brian. congrads on the mullet man . that old species list must be growing well now

Cheers Al, hope to get a few more soon when work goes quiet

nice few sessions brian, well done on your mullet that good one

Cheers grady, roll on the next one

well done brian.nice fishing there

Cheers brian

nice one on the first mullet FK! hopefully the first of many.

Cheers davy, cant wait to get one on the flyrod, some scrap id say!!

Well done Brian on catching your first ever mullet!! That's great news, I'm really happy for you mate, that's you up and running, there will be no stopping ya now! They give you a great scrap don't they? How do you think it compares to a wrasse fight?
You done well to get it landed, I'm sure you where very relieved when you did. Great report and pictures

Congrats Brian on the mullet. Great report.

nice fishing brian,,and well done on the mullet,,,,,,,

Well done Brian on catching your first ever mullet!! That's great news, I'm really happy for you mate, that's you up and running, there will be no stopping ya now! They give you a great scrap don't they? How do you think it compares to a wrasse fight?
You done well to get it landed, I'm sure you where very relieved when you did. Great report and pictures

Cheers Paula, mighty scrapers I think I need to catch a few more bigger ones to compare against the Ballan

Congrats Brian on the mullet. Great report.

Cheers Rhonin, there great craic to try & catch

nice fishing brian,,and well done on the mullet,,,,,,,

Cheers Jamie, roll on the next one

Well done FK and congrats on the two new species ,great report and photos, looks like a lovely place to fish Lovely wrasse,,,i just love those fish

Grand fishing lads and great photo's and good report,nice one on your 1st Mullet
i only caught my 1st one about 2 weeks ago or so and what a scrap they give ya
Welldone!!!!!!!!!!!



Tightlines

K.C

Well done FK and congrats on the two new species ,great report and photos, looks like a lovely place to fish Lovely wrasse,,,i just love those fish

Cheers Dave, its great place alright but a bit of a hike to get to, but worth it

Grand fishing lads and great photo's and good report,nice one on your 1st Mullet
i only caught my 1st one about 2 weeks ago or so and what a scrap they give ya
Welldone!!!!!!!!!!!



Tightlines

K.C

Cheers K.C, great scrap from them, can't wait to catch another one