Popular Post mike farrants Posted July 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2023 I had a few hours free in the evening and had a choice - do i go and waste some bait on Chesil, chuck a lure under the bridge at the fleet for a school bass, Catch tiny fish off the pier, or try for the elusive mullet in the marina? Inspired by Saintly fish and his mulleting antics - i chose the latter. armed with a few slices of Hovis' finest i went down to the boat. fishing from the boat on the pontoon, I started with a waggler style float and cast into the channel - chucking bits of bread in to feed the area. Lots of surface activity under the pontoons so i moved my float in closer to the stern where i was able to watch the mullet avoid my bait - some nibbled it, some stole it but they were clearly wary. I took Neils advice and ditched the float and decided to freeline the bread - squashed so it sank slowly - what i noticed were the fish were nibbling and spitting out the bread at depth, but the flakes on the surface they were grabbing quickly - I switched tactics and held the bread just on the surface so nothing was in the water apart from the bread (literally 4ft of line from rod tip to surface. I proceeded to feed under the pontoon to draw them out - after a few near misses a mullet came up and took it - all hell broke loose - splashing, thrashing, my loose drag running off - it was fight to get it n the net - (i dont often net a fish one handed!) - but i did it - my first ever mullet - and to watch it take the bread pretty much at my feet was awesome! I was proper buzzing! quite a chunk too - they're bigger/heavier than they look! great fun - i can see why they are frustrating - at least 10 different mullet must have taken and spat out my bait right in front of me - but so rewarding when you do catch one!! thejollysinker, Malc, Geoff and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 (edited) Nicely done! We used to catch them and bass in the dockyard at portland, we waited until the "gash gobblers" were mincing up and discharging uneaten food and was hectic sport. I don't suppose they can do it anymore. Edited July 10, 2023 by Malc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 Gash Gobblers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Great result! Very well done indeed. 👍👍 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Guess it still counts as a boat report too... just! 🤣 mike farrants 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike farrants Posted July 10, 2023 Author Share Posted July 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, Andy135 said: Guess it still counts as a boat report too... just! 🤣 of course - i caught it on the boat! Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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