Mullet (Thick-lipped) Fishing in Dorset

Loosefeed bread; fish flake under a float tight to the wall during neaps or slack water. Best spring–autumn; stealth and light gear key.

At the River Char mouth in calm, clear water. Float bread or small rag; stealth and light gear. Best on the making tide in summer.

Bread flake under a waggler by the sea wall/paddling jetty on calm, bright days. Pre-bait with mashed bread; fish quietly from mid to high water.

Common inside the wall in calm spells; float-fish bread/flake or small hooks with light line. Pre-baiting helps.

Bread flake over mashed bread by moorings; tiny hooks, light line. Neaps and clear water fish best; 2 hrs either side of high, late spring–autumn.

Harbour side in clear, calm conditions. Float-fished bread flake or crust around moorings with light gear. Best on neap tides early morning.

Calm, clear days May–Oct inside the cove. Stalk visible shoals; bread flake or crust under a light float. Early morning on a flooding tide is best.

Bread flake under a float in calm water along the harbour side; slack to first of flood; clear summer–autumn days.

Calm, clear days inside the harbour; freeline bread flake or fish bread mash under a small float. Stealth essential.

Inside/along quieter edges; bread or small baits under a float, light lines and stealth—often best on calmer days.

Bread flake or crust under a float around harbour edges and eddies near the bridge. Stealth and light gear; settled, bright conditions.

Freeline bread flake or fish a small bread-mash feeder in calm, clear water by the wall and beach, summer–autumn; use fine line and keep quiet.

Float bread flake by the slipway and weed fringes on calm, clear days; early morning or dusk on neap tides.

Calm, clear conditions; freeline bread flake or trot a small float along the wall. Chum mashed bread. Best on neaps and a gentle flood.

Free-lined bread or small rag under a float along weed lines; stealth and light gear in clear, calm water. Late spring–autumn.

Frequent in summer in calm conditions; float-fish bread or small bits of rag on fine tackle, pre-bait lightly.

Frequent in calm spells; bread mash/flake under a float or freelined crust tight to the wall, use light hooks and long fluorocarbon.

Calm, bright days around moorings. Pre-bait with mashed bread; fish bread flake under a float on light fluorocarbon and small hooks.

Calm, clear water; freeline or float bread flake beside the pier and moorings on slack or first of the flood; steady trickle of mashed bread helps hold fish.

Bread flake under a float or freelined in slack water beside the slip on a flooding tide; quiet approach. Late spring to autumn, clear water.

Summer; bread flake under a clear float or freelined tight to the margins on the flood; keep quiet and use light line.

Bread flake on size 8–10 under a float in eddies by quay walls on a flooding evening tide; trickle in bread mash.

In the Fleet by the bridge in calm, clear conditions and neap tides. Bread flake under a float or freelined; stealth essential.

Work bread flake or tiny lures in the Run and along groynes on the last of the flood and first of the ebb; stealthy approach, clear water, summer–early autumn.

Calm, clear harbour water; free-line bread or small rag along the inner wall on slack or first of the flood—stealth helps.