Golden-grey Mullet Fishing in Dorset

Patrol the surf line over sandy patches in summer. Tiny rag or sandeel slivers on size 8-10, slowly inched back. Calm, clear evenings.

Evening flood over sand patches; size 10 hook, small rag/iseome on long trace or tiny spoons; June–Sept, keep noise down.

Small bread or prawn baits under a float in slack margins on the flood, summer; fine tackle, let it trundle along the wall.

In calmer harbour water in summer; bread flake on a float or freelined, keep tackle light and feed little-and-often.

Summer surf; tiny hooks with bits of rag or fish flesh trotted in the wash; best at dusk on the flood.

Calm, clear surf lines; small rag on size 6–8 below a float; trickle loose feed; work along weed lines on the flood.

Small rag or isome on size 8s worked slowly across the surfy edge over sand; summer, best on a pushing tide.

Shows in summer around harbour edges; small baits (rag/maddie/bread) under a float, long traces and minimal lead.

Summer; tiny rag/sandeel strips on size 6–8, cast just beyond the surf line; steady retrieve; dusk on a rising tide.

Calm, clear summer evenings; tiny fish/shell strip or Isome on size 8–10 hooks in surf lanes. Moving water on the flood.

Summer in calm surf by groynes; tiny hooks with rag slivers or bread under a float. Best on the flood into dusk.

Summer surf; tiny rag or maddies on size 6–8 hooks under a clear float or light ledger just behind the breakers and along groyne edges.

Calm summer evenings in the surf line. Small bread or prawn baits on a float or light ledger; keep tackle fine and stealthy.

Summer over surfy sand. Tiny rag or fish-bait slivers on size 6-8, short casts into channels. Best on evening flood with light surf.

Tiny ragworm slivers or isome on size 10–12 hooks under a small float. Target sandy runs on warm, calm evenings around high water.

Warm months over sand; tiny rag/sandeel slivers on size 10s with a light float or running ledger. First of the flood in gentle surf.

Warm months; tiny strips of mackerel/prawn or a baited spinner worked in the shallow surf on a flooding tide. Dusk often best.

Cruises the surf line in summer. Small rag or isome on size 8-10 hooks, long light snoods. Gentle flooding tide is best.

Warm, calm surf; tiny rag/maddies or isome on size 10–12 below a small float; patrols close to the wave edge between groynes.

Warm months in gentle surf; small bread or rag baits trotted in the wash near the outflow and groynes on a flooding tide.

Turns up in warm months; similar tactics to thick-lipped, often closer to shallow margins on sunny days.

Warm evenings over sand/mud. Tiny rag/Isome on size 8–12 hooks, long fine traces; cast to visible shoals on the flood.

Summer in the surf by the stream outflow; tiny rag or shellfish baits or small Isome on light rigs, flooding tide.

Calm summer evenings in the surf gutters. Light gear, size 6–8 hooks, small rag or Isome; keep baits moving slowly.

Warm, clear summer floods over sandy flats; tiny Sabiki or small Mepps with shrimp/prawn slivers; stealth and light leaders.