Striped Mullet - Pier Fishing in California Striped Mullet caught on the peninsula in San Francisco Bay in 2016 — Photo by Ika Size: To 53 1 inches in length and 15 pounds in weight Range: Circumglobal in tropical to warm temperate seas Found in the eastern Pacific from Chile and the Galapagos Islands to the Gulf of California, and Baja California,, to Humboldt Bay, northern California
Striped Mullet? - Pier Fishing in California The mullet start "showing" late spring, increasing into summer, and leveling off into the fall Before people learned to snag them and the bayfront park development in the 80s, you'd see huge specimens put on a show, breaking the surface in tandem
Striped Mullet - Pier Fishing in California I’ve had California Mullet slash at Roostertail Spinners while surf fishing for Barred Perch and Halibut, but never hooked any Snagging seem to be the only way A little snagging secret is to file down the barbs on your hooks so the point passes thru the thick scales Hook a big one on 10 pound test and you have quite a battle
Mullet in Mission bay? | Bloodydecks - BDoutdoors Fishing the OB dog beach on the channel wide while my dog got to play and swim Needless to say no bites but there were plenty of silver fish jumping clear out of the water Looked about as 20-25” long and girthier than barracuda and rounder
Cortez Bonefish - Pier Fishing in California Alternate Names: Bonefish, ladyfish, mullet, silver ghost, silver shuttle, sanducha and macabi There are hundreds of local names for the fish worldwide My favorites: banana or bananafish (many countries), sorte de mullet (New Caladonia; and it does sort of look like a mullet), salmon peel (Barbados) and Zorro (Spain and Peru)
Dana Point Harbor Fishing Pier Mullet are harder to catch and most commonly caught by snagging Don’t do it, try baiting small, size 14 hooks with vegetation or dough balls Do it the sporting way—although it isn’t easy Lastly there is the mainly riprap shoreline at the entrance to the pier
Mullet fishing - Pier Fishing in California Mullet are delicious when taken from clean waters (oceanfront piers and cleaner harbors), but otherwise you really want to stay away from those congregating around river mouths or back bays They feed on detritus, and often pick up toxins and pathogens from human waste As for catching them, there is an older thread dedicated to this topic
My Fav Snap On Bobbers For Mullets! | Bloodydecks - BDoutdoors The Floats I Use For My Mullet Float Rigs! There are many ways to target finicky mullets Sometimes it works, most of the time i catch other non-targeted species Depending on the species you're targeting you can custom build your rig with the
Judge overturns Floridas Net Ban - BDoutdoors The commercial fishermen-who pretty much had inshore fish stocks of mullet, trout and reds wiped out when the net ban went into place in the middle 1990’s-are concerned about unnecessary killing of juvenile fish!