lørdag den 26. september 2009

Hunting mullets in shallow water

Having recently shot a mullet, I was eager to have another go at mullet hunting. Simon from AFK and I set out Friday morning, and were in the water 10:15 at Grenå.

We first headed out towards the pier, but the pier construction at the site clouded the water. But did have a shot at a pollock swimming by and spotted several cod.

However, soon turned back and swam towards the mullet site picking out the odd flounder on my way. On arrival it soon became clear that mullets were around. When hunting mullets between ½ - 2 meters water, I pick up at stone to make me heavy and move extremely slowly along the bottom. After having spotted mullets I soon got lucky and came across a mullet gnawing algae off the stones. I hit it right behind the head and a chase and fight ensued, as you can see on the video. I try to make the kill as quickly as possible. You may notice me grabbing my knife from my left arm and killing the fish by sticking the knife through its brain after having a steady grip on the fish. The mullet was 60 cm and 2.8 kg and put up a bit of a struggle.

Grenå 25/9-09