Mullet fishing in fresh water rivers

[ykkapslabhunter]

Just wondering if anyone had any "how to ideas", tips or secrets for catching mullet in rivers.

[bowdenja]

I only way I know to catch mullets is with a cast net! I didn't know they would hit a hook.

john

[skiptomylu]

Just wondering if anyone had any "how to ideas", tips or secrets for catching mullet in rivers.

I know some parts of the country people eat mullet (is that not in Florida), but not the kind we have in Texas as they are for bait only. Not the same fish as the one people eat. As John said they are caught with a cast net.

As for how to catch, unless they take up hitting jigs I guess I will not catch any, LOL!

[ykkapslabhunter]

lol, yeah john, the mullet from the atlantic ocean come up the fresh water rivers here in south ga. I'm bout 150-200 miles inland by river but they still come up this far. They dont school up like they do on the coast though I dont think. I have saw one school at night jumping at the lower end of a sand bar but in 15 yrs of running trot lines at night on the rivers thats the only time but that was this year. There was atleast 100 in that school though so I probably could have cleaned house if I would have had a cast net. From what they tell me most people take mesh sacks like onion bags and fill up with rabbit or hog pellet food and throw out on the lower ends of the sand bars and also sit a couple salt blocks out as well and then fish worms down stream of the bait and get ready. I've heard of people catching over 200 in one day so i'm going Friday to give it a try.