Mullet (Thick-lipped) Fishing in Devon

Estuary side; bread flake or mashed-bread feeder. Target neap tides and clear water; summer–autumn. Stalk visible fish on the flood.

Calm, clear water; fish bread or prawn under a float along the margins on the ebb in summer. Keep quiet and use light gear.

Calm water inside the estuary on neap tides. Bread flake or crust under a float or freelined; stealth and light gear.

Chum with mashed bread; present bread flake or small harbour rag under a float in slack margins on neaps and at high water; fine gear and stealth.

Harbour/river mouth on calm neap tides; bread flake under a float or freelined, stealthy approach at first light or dusk.

Calm, clear days. Free-line bread flake or small bread mash feeder by the stream and wall on the flood; stealth and light gear.

Bread flake under a float or slow-sinking along the weed line; prebait with mashed bread. Calm, clear water on the flood; summer–autumn.

Bread flake under a float in calm, clear water around steps and walls; early mornings on neap tides. Stealth and fine tackle key.

Bread flake under a waggler in calm, clear water around back eddies; feed bread mash. Neap tides and bright days, late spring-autumn.

Loosefeed bread along the steps; small float with bread flake on size 8-10; early morning, clear neaps; keep quiet and use light line.

Bread flake on size 8–10 or small prawn near weed beds and calm corners; trickle mash to draw fish. Best in clear water, neaps, summer–autumn.

Calm, clear days; freeline bread or small baits in the margins and around weed beds. Stealth essential; early morning on neap tides.

Target the Otter estuary mouth on a making tide in clear, calm water. Bread flake under a controller or tiny spinners with rag strip. Stealth helps.

In the river mouth on the flood; bread flake or small rag under a float. Stealth and light gear. Best on clear neaps.

Freeline or light float with bread/harbour rag near the stream mouth and weed lines on calm neap tides. Sight-fish at dawn. Summer–autumn.

Calm, clear water in the cove/stream outflow. Bread flake or crust under a small float; stealthy approach. Top of tide in summer.

Calm corners and slipways on neap tides; bread flake over mash, small hooks, stealthy approach. Best in settled, clear conditions.

Work the estuary margins on the flood in settled seas. Bread flake or small prawn under a float; stealthy approach. Best in summer.

Bread mash to draw fish; small bread flake under a float in calm, clear water; summer to early autumn on the flood.

Target the stream mouth in calm seas; bread flake on small hooks under a controller. Stealth and light gear; best on a rising morning tide.

Cruise the calm cove; present bread flake under a float or freelined. Stealth, light lines. Neap tides and sunny summer afternoons are best.

Calm, clear days; bread flake or small pieces of prawn under a float near the steps and harbour wall. Little weight, stealth, and chum sparingly.

Around the boats in calm, clear water; freelined bread or tiny spinners; stealthy approach on neap tides and early morning.

Calm, clear days in the cove. Breadcrumb/mash to draw fish; present bread flake or small harbour rag under a float along rock edges on neap floods.

Clear, calm conditions; freeline bread or small bread flake under a float around the steps and eddies. Early morning on neap tides is best.