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Originally Posted by Padaxes
Turns out im even more of a newbie than i thought ive been catching Mullet and thinking they were Bass for the last week :/ Still a 3.5 lbs Mullet is ok isn't it ? I was thinking it wasn't tasting quite as nice though 
Mullet have spines too dont they ? But the dorsal fin is a different shape to a Bass - like a fan with 4 spikes?
The other reason I assumed they were Bass because they were exhibiting the same behaviour as solitary Bass, ie, lurking motionless in the sea weed in shallow water. I thought Mullet were shoaling fish ? |
Mullet are long & thin (& sometimes broad) with a much
smaller spikey fin on top:
Jersey Spearfishing Club
The way we cook them, the taste & texture is v. similar to bass, with slightly more fish taste. We've had both together for a meal several times, both cooked the same way and, when I blind taste test folk, about two thirds choose mullet (& sometimes everyone). Hugh Fernely Wittingstall had a similar result with his smoked mullet on River Cottage Gone fishing.
I've often seen shoals of small and medium mullet & once saw a shoal of big ones (a breath-taking sight and I got one of them as they swam behind and above me, almost unseen). More often though, I see them alone or in groups of two or three.
