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Drewsephine

Joined: 15 Sep 2008
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:03 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

They look like grayling to me.

was thinking the same

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:04 pm Post subject:

Drewsephine wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

They look like grayling to me.

was thinking the same

Nice fish to catch...especially on a small gold head fly.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:08 pm Post subject:
Here you go: https://www.letsflyfish.com/grayling.htm

woody guthrie

Joined: 28 Jan 2009
Posts: 209
Location: Cork, Ireland

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 1:27 pm Post subject:
The Grayling would be a fresh water river fish and not really seen in estuaries. I would be more inclined to think they were grey mullet as they frequent estuaries and swim about in shoals. Quite difficult to catch as they don't take baits to readily. They can be caught on the fly and I do know a guy who catches them after pre baiting with bread flake and drifting a Bread fly over the shoal.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 2:08 pm Post subject:
Mullet.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 3:59 pm Post subject:
Agree. Grey mullet.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 4:01 pm Post subject:
I've caught mullet on the fly, a good fight and a good meal. (but bass fight more and taste better!)

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 4:34 pm Post subject:
Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though...

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 5:41 pm Post subject:
Stealth mullet

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 6:12 pm Post subject:
The dorsal fin's far too small for a grayling. Mullet.

pricey

Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Posts: 6444

Posted: Sat Oct 09, 10 7:14 pm Post subject:
Thin lip i think you will find, a nice piece of bread wrapped around the hook free line it and you will catch them all day. They are a lot easier to catch in the Med than here, I used to get buckets of them when i lived in Sardinia.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 10 1:13 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though...

Not to another mullet.

Lorrainelovesplants

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 10 3:45 pm Post subject:
yep, grey mullet, in the Camel at Wadebridge bridge - about 2 ft long.

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 10 8:00 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Yes well alright. It still looks like a grayling though...

Not to another mullet.

Def a mullet, did i tell you i caught a 5lb one on the chesil ?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46216
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Oct 31, 10 9:07 pm Post subject:
look like mullet they quite like eating sewage and have rip off lips if one is not gentle once they are hooked bit pasty to eat but ok in soup grayling have a very sail like top fin and dont play in estuary water ,cold ,clean and well oxygenated fresh water is their manor ,a noble fish tastier and fightier than browns landing a lip is wrong

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