All the fishing focus and media attention in the past week has been centred on Fingal Bay.
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In a remarkable display of nature, huge schools of sea mullet moved into the bay and took up residence not far from the surf club.
Accompanying the mullet where sharks, mainly grey nurse, that continued to patrol the school occasionally turning into the school to feast.
This year, the schools of mullet are massive
Through my historical research, it has been around this time, Easter and Anzac Day, that the mullet have arrived, year after year, for as far back as any records exist.
This year the schools are massive, settling any fears that the netting of the mullet by past generations of commercial fishermen has been unsustainable.
Unfortunately for recreational fishermen, sea mullet cannot be caught as they will neither accept a bait or chase a lure. Some frustrated recreational anglers have been tossing tailor lures with treble hooks into the mullet schools and intentionally foul hooking the fish which amounts to a practice known as “jagging” which is illegal.
Farewell to two champions of the sea Jack Chalkley and Keith McElhone. Both Jack and Keith loved fishing, which I'm sure they will continue to do elsewhere.