A day on the 'Mono'

[bell 3,609]

I'm more into coarse fishing myself. Pike fishing mostly and eel fishing in the summer months. I do remember when I was younger going down to stay in the army camp with my mate and his family for a few days in the holiday period. There were great big lumps off mullets in shoals of maybe 6 or 7. We could we could see them from the top of the bridge looking down into the sea water. So we tried for two days solid to catch at least one of them, to no avail. We got plenty of takes but for some reason we couldn't hook them??? I do recall an old man passing by and asking us which fish we were targeting and we informed him it was the mullet. He told us we were wasting our time as the mullet were SOFT MOUTHED and the hooks would only pull threw !!! I never ever thought about it again until reading this post. Was he true in what he told us, or was he only pulling our legs, so to speak ????? If true, why would this be ??? I wouldn't know personnally as Ive done very little sea fishing. Atb....MUDD

 

I'm more into coarse fishing myself. Pike fishing mostly and eel fishing in the summer months. I do remember when I was younger going down to stay in the army camp with my mate and his family for a few days in the holiday period. There were great big lumps off mullets in shoals of maybe 6 or 7. We could we could see them from the top of the bridge looking down into the sea water. So we tried for two days solid to catch at least one of them, to no avail. We got plenty of takes but for some reason we couldn't hook them??? I do recall an old man passing by and asking us which fish we were targeting and we informed him it was the mullet. He told us we were wasting our time as the mullet were SOFT MOUTHED and the hooks would only pull threw !!! I never ever thought about it again until reading this post. Was he true in what he told us, or was he only pulling our legs, so to speak ????? If true, why would this be ??? I wouldn't know personnally as Ive done very little sea fishing. Atb....MUDD

 

Yes Mudd, Mullet are notoriously diificult to catch. I guess i was lucky on this occasion......in the right place at the right time so to speak Have had them on bread in Spain and even had them in Monaco on a handline where the F1 cars go through the tunnel

[mackem 29,576]

Have had them on bread in Spain

Easiest spot-and-stalk ways I have had grey mullet were ripping them with trebles in Hong Kong(I followed the example of local anglers,when in rome and all that)Baiting and throwing a cast-net in shallow water,but I did fish for them conventionally over the summer using bread-paste moulded on to a hook in Estapona,the spanish are masters at this game as well as spear-fishing them.

[mudd dog 128]

Interesting. So you don't believe they were soft mouthed then, Just they are very hard to catch ?

Edited October 20, 2011 by mudd dog