Mullet (Thick-lipped) Fishing in Gloucestershire

Bread flake under a float or freelined; work the walls and slack eddies on neaps; clearer water days Jun–Sep; stealth and light gear.

Bread flake or small rag on size 8–10; stealth at HW slack in the pill; summer. Light float or freelined baits along walls.

Freeline bread flake in the warm outfall foam; prebait with bread mash. Neap tides and clear windows fish best, Jun–Sep.

Calm neaps in clear back eddies by the old ferry slip; bread flake under a clear float. Late spring–autumn; keep quiet and scale down to light line.

Bread flake under a float in calmer pockets by walls and eddies; stealth and small hooks; June–Sept around high water.

Bread flake under a float along walls/eddies on neap tides; quiet, clear summer mornings.

Float or freelined bread/mussel along quay walls and canal entrance on neaps and slack water. Prebait with bread mash. Clearer summer mornings are best.

Float or freelined bread by the hulks and walls; prebait with breadcrumb. Early morning on flooding neap tides in summer; use light line and small hooks.

Float fish bread flake or small harbour rag near outfalls/eddies at high water on settled summer days. Prebait with bread mash; stealth; 6–8lb leaders.

Bread flake or tiny rag under a float tight to the inner wall on slack or neap tides. Best on warm, calm evenings late spring–autumn.

Bread flake under a waggler or freelined near freshwater outfalls and slack eddies on neap tides; feed mashed bread sparingly. Best on warm, calm evenings.

Float or freelined bread in Frampton Pill/canal mouth on neap tides and calm water; trickle in mashed bread and fish light, stealthy tackle.

Bread or mussel under a float in slack water near drains/outfalls on neaps. Light loosefeed and stealth. Best in summer.

Summer around outfalls/eddies on neaps. Bread flake under a float or small fish baits; look for clearer water windows.

Float crust or bread flake; feed bread mash near the power station outfall/creeks. Calm neap tides in daylight; keep low and quiet.

Bread flake or mashed-bread feeder in calm eddies on neaps; stealthy approach; best in warm months when water clarity improves slightly.

Work the outflow/walls at top of tide with bread flake or mash. Fine tackle, stealthy approach; summer, calmer water.

Calm summer evenings on neaps; bread flake or small rag under a float along walls and eddies. Stealth and light gear are key.

Chum bread and present small bread paste or crust in quiet water within the pill on neaps; stealth and light line, Jun–Sep.

Summer. Float-fished bread flake or small rag along calm margins and near freshwater trickles on neaps. Keep quiet and use light fluorocarbon.

Warm months. Bread flake under a light float or small rag in back eddies; quiet approach. Best on first of the ebb after HW on neaps.

Summer slack water in back-eddies; free-line bread flake or tiny rag. Chum with mashed bread. Ultra-light tackle with long fluorocarbon leaders.

Occasional summer shoals in calmer water; bread flake under a float or freelined. Quiet approach along margins on neaps.

Float small rag or bread in back-eddies on neaps; target milling fish on calm summer evenings.

Neap tides Jun-Sep in calm, clear water. Bread flake under a float in quiet margins behind cribs. Feed mashed bread sparingly to draw fish.