Rhyl Mullet can be caught!

Sunday,
tried the Point for an hour over High, nothing exciting going on.


Then this afternoon my Castwatch bleeper went off, something special was happening down the harbour..
..blue light flashing, heart pounding, chest wheezing, I cycled as fast as I could..





 Sure enough there were 20 plus mullet cruising the pontoon,
 but they were ignoring the varied tactics of 3 frustrated anglers dropping
 bread/ lures on their noses


 But off the bank somebody was into a good rod bend..






He’d only been there 10 minutes, 6lb line a very simple float and white sliced pinched to the hookshank and allowed to find the fish itself, not dropped on their noses.

I’d estimate it to be a 3 to 4lb fish, you’ll have to take my word for it, seems mullet are as
camera crafty as hook shy, I was so excited for him I missed the fish out of the frame!



I'm off to buy a loaf of bread, a camo shirt, a big hat and a wide angle lens

Great report Paul.

Pity you missed the Fish on the last Photo.

I'm still not convinced!
Looks like a Flounder to me

It's a mullet for sure! Check out the dorsal fin just sneaking into the pic!

That`s a finny way to photograph a fish

sinbadfishing wrote:

Paul !!!!!!!!!!! what you doing , Man we needed that pic , mmmmmmmmmm , all a bit strange to me ,was this some kind of publicity stunt , this photo is of to the Labs Mate

The softly spoken, mystery "man with no name" ( I didn't ask!)
said he had family in Rhyl and that's he's caught mullet all over the world, reckons he has a 100% success record on Rhyl mullet (though he's only fished for them twice !)

I told him the site name and that I'd put the pic up,
MATE ARE YOU OUT THERE? SPEAK TO US!!! we need your help!

I saw him walking to the harbour a bit before, thought he was light weight camping or something, as he had a very compact set up, must have been a tele/travel rod, but he hadn't even got round to putting his landing net up when the fish took, must have been pretty well first cast. Played it for about 5 minutes.

6lb line. float but no shot I think.
Float didn't look anything special, in fact it looked like those you see in the £1 shop! He also crushes the barb on the hook which I'd guess was about a size 8.

Main tip was don't cast the bread directly to the fish

Gordon, when's the Barbie?

unknown angler wrote:

i did mention my name when we spoke on sunday, it's ian , i thik the mullet may have been feeding on peelers at the edge as the tide dropped that was the only bite that i had on sundays session next time i will try them on bread paste ( my fav mullet bait) till then tight lines all

Nice to have you on board Ian.

Well done on the Mullet.

Great to hear from you Ian! tell us more! (Please)

I couldn't resist "having a look" over Low tonight,

I cast my bread upon the waters, self cocking clear float. 3 foot 4lb hook length.



There they are





Any minute now





Get ready



there they are again, right by my float, surely now…



…M’tea will be in the dog if I don’t go soon




Oh well.


Sure wish I'd got that pic right!

Welcome Ian!!!!!!!

I don't doubt for a minute that you beat all the odds and landed a Mullet. Unfortunately Notbads picture only adds to the urban myth

Well done on managing the improbable and, if nothing else, had put the 'Mythical Mullet' firmly back at the top of the Sunny Rhyl Agenda.

Keep it up fella's!!!!!!

Paul, that was a great report!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the site Ian, and congratulations on catching the Mullet. I think you need a better photographer next time though

Good report Paul, i suppose thats the one for the year so its back to the usual frustration with these fish, or until i unleash the secret weapon!!!

i thought every body knows whats the best bait for mullet............unicorn droppings used all mine up last week will let you know when i find another load

Ratscabies wrote:

It would be good to all meet up and have a mullet sweepstake comp lol.

Now that's a good idea!!!

you got to catch one to win the comp whats the chances of that