Help Identify These Fish Please

I'm no fisherman but i believe they have very soft mouths so have to be drawn into a net and landed that way, although I did see someone manage to flick one into dinghy once.

I also believe the taste is not to every ones liking
 
Speargun, but dense an muddy to eat. Best in a stew.

Challenge to anglers because picky eaters and fragile mouths. Will take flies or bread, but tend to suck so difficult to set hook.

Just enjoy watching them and get your fish from the fishmonger.
 
Yup Grey Mullet. As previously mentioned, very soft mouthed and should be fished for using similar techniques to coarse fishing.......light lines and small hooks.
They can be caught using fly fishing techniques, although this would be hard work.
I would try feeding them pellets of bread.......get them used to this for a while before freelining a pellet with your hook in it! A landing net is a must, and don't try and bully them to the net, you'll rip the hook out.
I've never eaten them myself, but plenty of people do.

Good luck, and have fun!
 
Contrary to popular belief, mullet actually have hard as opposed to soft mouths - the hook won't set in. They suck in their food which is generally found in weed and silt (although very small crabs and prawns are sometime found in their stomachs) so there is no "bite" to help set the hook and they won't take a bait on a large hook.

As said, a small hook in bread after groundbaiting and if (a big if) they are feeding, a timely strike is needed to set the hook, they won't hook themselves like some other fish. Most big ones are very crafty and almost uncatchable, that is why they have grown big. A disappointing eat if you do catch one though - needs plenty of flavouring such as a herby tomato sauce or use in a stew.
 
Hugh Ferney Whittingstall (he of the River Cottage) suprised me with his TV prog looking at sustainable fish stocks by saying grey mullet was fine scoff.
He was flogging Pollack in batter as well, but the mullet was filetted and smoked.
I wouldn't be put off by what they eat... there isn't a fish in the sea that isn't a scavenger... but I don't fancy the idea of marina caught fish of any description.
 
Well if you catch them in clear water I'd be more than happy to eat them. I think they taste as good as if not better than bass.
 
I heard an excellent recipe for these delicious fish.

1 Catch them - as others have said can be difficult.
2 Gut the etc and beat them flat with a mallet
3 add any seasoning you like - the more the better
4 Obtain two pieces of ordinary pine - old floorboards or something thinner is ideal, ensure there is no old paint still attached
5 Firmly tie the wood each side of the well seasoned (flat) fish and leave overnight.
6 Boil for at least an hour with the wooden boards still attached - this is a very imporant stage!
7 Remove from water, untie and leave to cool for a short while
8 Now, and this is the best bit, ..............................

............ discard the remains of the fish and eat the wooden boards. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I have watched a chap catch mullet with the aid of a dog. He laid out a semicircle of net from the shore, then sent in the dog to chase the fish into the net.
 
Yup: that's it. But I thought he was going to use those children instead of the dog: saves all the manic splashing of oars.
 
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