mullet hot spots

thedeester said:

just returned from our second trip this year to the south west fished burrow head and the mull plenty pollock to rag and spinners from both and 4 mackerel from the mull luce bay side before the wall as it was a bit wet so we stuck to the easier marks this year we have decided to target bass and mullet i have no experience catching mullet so any tips would be great tactics places to catch them and what gear to catch them on i`ve heard the isle of whithorn is a good spot for mullet ??
cheers chris

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For mullet, try the harbours in that area, the Isle, Portwilliam or Gairlieston. groundbait with onion bag, loaded with bread and small pieces of mackerel. Carp or feeder rod, 6lb line, hooks about size 8 small stick float or free line. bait, bread, small cube of mackerel or use maggots. require lots of patience and a landing net in case you catch one. bass a trickier one to answer, one or two have been caught unintentionaly at Burrowhead area whilst fishing for other species. Used to be a few at bottom of bay, but they were netted out years ago. Also for the mullet you require a decent pair of poleroids, not much use fishing for mullet until you see them in front of you.

fly for mullet

cheers dab hand i think i`ll try isle of whithorn harbour first i do a bit of coarse and fly fishing so have the gear do u fish for em up in the water or near the bottom ie floating or sinking line and i`m guesing stick float with bait like trotting a river. do u need a bit of movement in the sea for the bass from the mull beaches oh and all fish caught will be put back cheers

I was surrounded by grey mullet in Ireland last week... Didn't even need a rod, you could just lift them out

Drummore harbour and off the sewer pipe at the back of the south pier.Have tried for them a few times now on bread,maggot,fly,sweetcorn with no takes

This summer will have another bash though

try the rocky area to the left of new england bay,the mullet are usually around this area but you have to creep up on them as its very shallow and they scare easily

ok i`ll be up port patrick monday tuesday is it to early for the mullet or is there a chance if not i`ll try for a bass on bait and spinners couple of questions where can i dig some lug only need about 25 and any marks that i could try with bait and some for lures all fish will be returned as stress free as posable if unwilling to say on open forum please pm me
cheers chris