Mullet
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waterbouy
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Mullet
Hi, I was fishing a tidal estuary last night for a few early sea trout and saw what I thought were mullet. Seemed to be there in good numbers. Could you tell me the setup to catch. mullet? KNow there are a few guys here that target them with bread etc. Could you tell me the rig setup etc as I believe they are great craic to catch. Thanks
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choco
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Re: Mullet
Once you have the story on catching mullet let us know... my experience is close but never setting the hook into the mouth, the feckers have a knack off eating the bread but not the hook... Im sure somebody will tell me the hook was too big but it was tiny!
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Re: Mullet
I use 4lb mainline,small white float,3-4 foot of 6lb fluoro and a size 8-6 hook.
Pinch the bread around the eye of the hook but dont cover the point of the hook.
Take a quarter slice of bread and rip it up in to thumb nail size pieces.Wet it if you need to throw it out any distance.
Fish DOWN to the mullet if possible.If there is lots of movement on the surface but nothing taking the free offerings of bread then i would sink my hook bait by wetting it then squeezing the water out of it.This should work if the water is a few feet deep at the most.Thats why i use a 3-4 foot hook length.
hope it works.its served me well over the years.
could be worth doing a search on here if you need anymore info.There has been plenty of topics on mullet in recent years.
good luck.
Pinch the bread around the eye of the hook but dont cover the point of the hook.
Take a quarter slice of bread and rip it up in to thumb nail size pieces.Wet it if you need to throw it out any distance.
Fish DOWN to the mullet if possible.If there is lots of movement on the surface but nothing taking the free offerings of bread then i would sink my hook bait by wetting it then squeezing the water out of it.This should work if the water is a few feet deep at the most.Thats why i use a 3-4 foot hook length.
hope it works.its served me well over the years.
could be worth doing a search on here if you need anymore info.There has been plenty of topics on mullet in recent years.
good luck.
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Re: Mullet
I'll send you a Pm in the next few days 
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Re: Mullet
Any chance you could send me some info too? I spent countless evenings last summer trying to catch one without successKERRY1 wrote:I'll send you a Pm in the next few days
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Re: Mullet
Yeah, no problem Peterpeterk19 wrote:Any chance you could send me some info too? I spent countless evenings last summer trying to catch one without successKERRY1 wrote:I'll send you a Pm in the next few days
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Re: Mullet
KERRY1 wrote:Yeah, no problem Peterpeterk19 wrote:Any chance you could send me some info too? I spent countless evenings last summer trying to catch one without successKERRY1 wrote:I'll send you a Pm in the next few days
me too please, i've caught one on bread last summer but would like to know a good technique
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Re: Mullet
hey paula can i have one too??

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Re: Mullet
No problem guys, expect a PM in the next few days.
Yes you too Noel, no problem 
doggie3131 wrote:hey paula can i have one too??![]()
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micko
Re: Mullet
KERRY1 wrote:I'll send you a Pm in the next few days
whats the big deal like
why cant you post this special technique you use for everyone to see?
or is it really that you dont know how to catch them:P
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Re: Mullet
There's no big deal micko. It's my choice if I want to Pm someone my information or put it up for everyone to see. What's your problem and what business is it of yours anyway? Your the one making a big deal out if it. I never said that I had a special technique either!micko wrote:KERRY1 wrote:I'll send you a Pm in the next few days
whats the big deal like![]()
why cant you post this special technique you use for everyone to see?
or is it really that you dont know how to catch them:P
And by the way, I do know how to catch them, have a look here:
http://www.sea-angling-ireland.org/bull ... =3&t=28191
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Re: Mullet
Thanks for all the info and replies to this post folks. Now where did I leave that sliced pan???
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Re: Mullet
if any individual angler wants to share their proven method's, then its the individual's right on weather to make it public or by pm to friends. as far as your last sentance on your post; well if you look at the anglers past threads you will see that results of their technique works.micko wrote:whats the big deal like![]()
why cant you post this special technique you use for everyone to see?
or is it really that you dont know how to catch them:P
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Re: Mullet
i,d love to catch a mullet....i was using feathers of the pier in bray last week and there was mullet everywere around the boats i,d say 10 lads spent 3 hours trying to get one very hard to get.....should you butter the bread?????
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Re: Mullet
do they like jam????? 
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Re: Mullet
Mullet WILL drive you mad, they really have to be in the mood to feed, try gound baiting with Mack and bread mix to get them feeding, on bread flake.
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Re: Mullet
One tried and tested way to catch mullet seems to be as follows,
1,Follow a mullet angler who is going round different spots trying to get the mullet to feed.
2,Watch from a distance to see if they have got the mullet feeding and wait to see what way they are fishing that particular area.
3,Tell everyone who will listen about said mark and invite them down to fish it.
4,Spend the rest of the season fishing the mark and passing it off as your own.
Hope this helps and if any problems arise from from the angler who put in the work to find the mark and get the mullet feeding the done thing seems to be to threaten them in front of their kid.
Good luck.
1,Follow a mullet angler who is going round different spots trying to get the mullet to feed.
2,Watch from a distance to see if they have got the mullet feeding and wait to see what way they are fishing that particular area.
3,Tell everyone who will listen about said mark and invite them down to fish it.
4,Spend the rest of the season fishing the mark and passing it off as your own.
Hope this helps and if any problems arise from from the angler who put in the work to find the mark and get the mullet feeding the done thing seems to be to threaten them in front of their kid.
Good luck.
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Re: Mullet
You forgot a one colin,colin c wrote:One tried and tested way to catch mullet seems to be as follows,
1,Follow a mullet angler who is going round different spots trying to get the mullet to feed.
2,Watch from a distance to see if they have got the mullet feeding and wait to see what way they are fishing that particular area.
3,Tell everyone who will listen about said mark and invite them down to fish it.
4,Spend the rest of the season fishing the mark and passing it off as your own.
Hope this helps and if any problems arise from from the angler who put in the work to find the mark and get the mullet feeding the done thing seems to be to threaten them in front of their kid.
Good luck.
5,Fish downtide of them and pick of any mullet working up the bread trail before they get to the poor sod doing all the leg work and groundbaiting.
If someone shows you a mark to fish, respect it and dont pass it of as one of your own, dont tell every man and his dog about it.
