Mullet catching and eating
Aug 23, 2020 14:35:08 #
catch them on breadballs. use a bobber and the bite will usually be unusually light. when the cork just moves, hit em.
Aug 23, 2020 15:29:42 #
edwall
Loc: eastern North Carolina
1. Mullet can be caught on a hook and line. A cane pole works best. Use a small (#6 or 8) hook about 6 inches under a cork. Bait it with a small piece of red worm - just enough to cover the bend in the hook. Then, watch it carefully and, in the words of an old man who had a bucketful of the fish, "set the hook just before they bite." If you let them nibble too long, they'll suck the worm off the hook. The method works. Even I could catch a few.
2. As far as eating them, the way I've had them was on a charcoal grill cooked slowly over low coals. A friend gutted them (didn't scale them), and laid them spread-out on the grill. He started out skin-side down and, when it started to turn black, turned them over and finished them meat-side down until the meat was done (white). To finish, he scraped a small amount of fat from along the backbone and spread it over the meat as a garnish. It was delicious.
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2. As far as eating them, the way I've had them was on a charcoal grill cooked slowly over low coals. A friend gutted them (didn't scale them), and laid them spread-out on the grill. He started out skin-side down and, when it started to turn black, turned them over and finished them meat-side down until the meat was done (white). To finish, he scraped a small amount of fat from along the backbone and spread it over the meat as a garnish. It was delicious.
For similar fishing, hunting, camping, stories and notes about what's happening in eastern N.C., go to www.edwalloutdoors.com
Aug 23, 2020 15:35:13 #
Jim Buck
Loc: Sevierville, Tn
Caught them as a kid with small hair hooks and dough balls, no weights. Smoking them is the best, and I was always told the black mullets were better than the silvers.
Aug 23, 2020 17:01:30 #
Jim Buck wrote:
Caught them as a kid with small hair hooks and dough balls, no weights. Smoking them is the best, and I was always told the black mullets were better than the silvers.
One is a shad, one is a mullet and one is a herring. How do you tell them apart?
Aug 23, 2020 17:25:22 #
Cubsfan
Loc: Destin Florida
Ground mullet are not mullet . They are whiting . Now they are fun to catch and tasty too fry
Aug 23, 2020 17:26:32 #
Cubsfan
Loc: Destin Florida
Let’s not twist things . Mullet look like mullet . Not whiting. No spin here.
Aug 23, 2020 17:27:07 #
Aug 23, 2020 18:04:31 #
Oh. Kinda like the trout y'all catch that aren't trout, but drum? I forgot, you sou'eastern people speak your own language. Sounds an awful lot like English, but it ain't.
Aug 23, 2020 18:15:30 #
Hay cubsfan years ago we used to catch mullet using a #10 hook baited with a piece of green bean for bait cleaned them just like any other fish dipped them in buttermilk then in cornmeal and fried them up. Delicious. Barney
Aug 23, 2020 18:30:26 #
Spiritof27 wrote:
One is a shad, one is a mullet and one is a herring. How do you tell them apart?
Read the label......LOL
Aug 23, 2020 20:15:11 #
The most productive method to catch is snagging them with treble hook or use a net. Mullet are good smoked, fried or baked. The flesh is very firm. I use a net. My Dad grew up in the Florida panhandle and back then the creeks and bays were so full of mullet you could catch a boat load in a few minutes.
Aug 24, 2020 09:54:15 #
Aug 24, 2020 17:56:35 #
Aug 25, 2020 11:42:50 #
I used to catch them with a throw net and fry using corn meal. Better than red fish. Anyway, they are vegetarian. Never knew anyone catching with a hook with lettuce. Sometimes snagged with a large trebble hook.
Aug 25, 2020 11:42:51 #
I used to catch them with a throw net and fry using corn meal. Better than red fish. Anyway, they are vegetarian. Never knew anyone catching with a hook with lettuce. Sometimes snagged with a large trebble hook.
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