Big Bully Mullet

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Big Bully Mullet

Post by Whiskers » Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:47 pm

Big Bull Mullet (Sea Mullet) can sometimes be the most frustrating fish to catch.

At one spot I go to they often hang out in shoals of 30 or 40 fish at a time but they steadfastly refuse a bait of any kind.

Early this evening one finally broke ranks and took a tiny piece of bread on a number 16 hook. Using just 4lb line this bad tempered mullet really pulled some string.

The photo is pretty crappy but it was dark and I was freezing . It was difficult to keep the camera from shaking.

The mullet is laid out along the rear step of my 4WD. At a rough guess close to 60cm.

Some good gummy and jewie bait!
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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by Texas » Tue Jun 30, 2020 11:34 pm

Better man than me gungerdin
Too cold these mornings
I ate them years ago and they were alright, after cleaning out the black stomach lining
Had a school shark and it was delicious, never had a jewie though
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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by Al03 » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:04 am

Used to see big schools of these fishing the Werribee river years ago.
The water used to literally boil there were that many.
Never managed to catch one.
In hindsight, you could of almost ran a net across the surface to catch them.

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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by Sebb » Wed Jul 01, 2020 8:20 am

Nice, that's a big mullet.
Yea I heard they're hard to catch.
I saw someone once got one in his bucket and he said took him hours trying to get the fish to bite, the fish was just hanging around. He caught it in the end but was a fail hook up.
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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by Lightningx » Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:05 pm

Now that’s what you call a mullet!
Very nice mate.
Well done.
Cheers 👍🏻

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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by Fishbref » Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:06 pm

Totally acceptable tablefare, especially fresh; just gotta be careful not to puncture the bile sack when cleaning them cos that messes **** up beyond salvage.

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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by colnick » Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:25 pm

Not sure if this is the same fish as our sea mullet in NSW (Mugil cephalus), but if so, they make very acceptable smoked fish.
The only way I've ever caught one -apart from netting - is by accidentally foul hooking them.

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Re: Big Bully Mullet

Post by ChrisTaylor » Wed Jul 01, 2020 5:23 pm

Now to land one on plastic ...

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