Reel Big-uns
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Me and my son is gone-au get us some today.
Let ya know tonight how we did!
Let ya know tonight how we did!
Bullet, I'm afraid it's too late to accommodate you on the mullet heads but I'll try to keep you in mine for our next trip.I sure could use some frozen mullet heads if he slays them...
Man I sure was sorry I had to back out. I had been up all night when I called this morning around 6:30 to renig. Plus had some stuff had to do today. Wife accused me of getting old. She's right. Hope yall loaded the boat and won't give up on me.
Mullet bait!!Great post inspector! What do you use on the hook?
Have any idea why the mullet are attracted to the salt and rabbit food and does this method just work in the rivers?
Thanks for the freezing tip.I'd rather eat mullet than any fish that swims. Used to seine some for them at the coast and get 100+. filet off the skin and bone and as long as no bone or skin will keep in the freezer for several months. Anywhere there is skin or bone will turn to mush in the freezer, but I guess you know that.
Funny about that line ain't it. Fish may see better than we think or it may be how the bait acts in the water--heavy line will cause it to not float natural. In the fifties plenty of bass and jack caught on thick black or camo braided nylon line. In the sixties Shakespeare had a black mono out that was used a lot. I think it is more how the float of the bait is. I use 8lb bream fishing in the river. Might be better using 6.
What do you look for in water below a sandbar regarding depth and current? I was bream fishing last year when the river was real low right at the landing at Easons Bluff in that back water to the left as you face the river and the mullet were jumping there in the slow moving water a the edge of that back water. Also what size hook 6 or 8 or 10? I'm going to rig up a couple of spinners just for mullet so I'll be ready when we do go.
Very informative read! Enjoyable!
Thanks for the freezing tip.
I really didn't know about the difference it would make to remove the bones and skin before freezing
Slow moving water around 38-46 inches deep. Stick down a rod stake that will stick up about 2-3 ft. out of the water and then place a salt block 14-18 inches upstream from it, then position your boat far enough where you can use the rigging I’ve described below, upstream (about 20-25 ft. upstream) with anchors at the bow and stern to where one end is pointing toward the sandbar and the other toward the river and the rod will be about half way the boat where you will be fishing off to the side of the boat and your line will be in close proximity of the salt block to where you can hold the line tight in the current and the bait will stay down.
Throw out about 3-4 hand fulls of feed around the salt block in about a 3-4 ft. radius area..
You can sit in the boat or stand in the water, beside the boat.
I was using a #6 gold Friday but an Aberdeen will work.
Would not hurt to have a couple of #8’s and #4’s in case you have to make an adjustment according to how aggressive they are feeding.
Jason was using a treble but I’m not sure what size.
We use a foam float about one and a half inches long that has the pegs in each end and enough weight to submerge it 2/3 to ¾ of its length. With the weights 4-5 inches above the hook.
An 8-10 ft. rod is ideal. Some folks uses 12-14 ft. cane poles.