Mullet

Walking the dogs along the estuary this morning I noticed odd ripples on the water, ripples which moved about randomly, upon closer inspection I could see Mullet moving in shoals feeding right on the edge of the water.

I have always found mullet hard to catch.  They feed on tiny particles and are very suspicious of anything that looks remotely like a hook.

Seeing these this morning reminded me of the time my son and I went down to Radford Park lake in Plymouth.  At high tide this lake is inundated and the mullet go in but get trapped as soon as the tide starts to go down.  So over a few weeks more and more fish arrive.  As it is a favourite place to feed ducks the mullet soon learn to watch for thrown bread to feed on.

We went with light course fishing rods and very fine line.  with tiny hooks locked in bread pellets we found that we could fool the mullet into taking the bait.  It was great fun as you have seconds to strike before the hook is ejected. We returned the fish as mullet taste terrible. They also hang around sewage outlet pipes which always puts me off eating them.