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DZ · 10-18-2010, 08:14 AM

Is this the year of the striped mullet migration?
Just as an observation from someone who tries to pay attention to baitfish patterns and migrations. I have never seen so many striped mullet on migration in Rhode Island coastal waters than I have this year. In a normal RI season we may see mullet in the wash for about a 2 sometimes 3 week stretch that normally runs from mid September when they begin dropping out from the estuaries and salt ponds to the first week of October. This season I started noticing them in the open surf during the second week of September (Sept 10in Newport) and they are still in Rhode Island coastal areas as we speak. I have even heard reports of them in the wash on Block Island’s west side – something I had never seen or heard of before this season.
Mullet tend to improve surf fishing catch rates and that is no secret. Take this past weekend as a good example. There were plenty of fish, both bass and blues (many quality fish) weighed in for the M/S Club Tournament even though wind conditions were less than ideal. Mullet like to hug the shoreline and this gave surfcasters a good shot at fish that were in the first wave.
When abundance is high you tend to see any species’ range expanded into a wider area and migration periods last longer – this obviously has occurred in Rhody.
What have you seen in Mass? Montauk? Jersey?

DZ

10-18-2010, 08:14 AM	#1
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	Year of the striped mullet? Is this the year of the striped mullet migration? Just as an observation from someone who tries to pay attention to baitfish patterns and migrations. I have never seen so many striped mullet on migration in Rhode Island coastal waters than I have this year. In a normal RI season we may see mullet in the wash for about a 2 sometimes 3 week stretch that normally runs from mid September when they begin dropping out from the estuaries and salt ponds to the first week of October. This season I started noticing them in the open surf during the second week of September (Sept 10in Newport) and they are still in Rhode Island coastal areas as we speak. I have even heard reports of them in the wash on Block Island’s west side – something I had never seen or heard of before this season. Mullet tend to improve surf fishing catch rates and that is no secret. Take this past weekend as a good example. There were plenty of fish, both bass and blues (many quality fish) weighed in for the M/S Club Tournament even though wind conditions were less than ideal. Mullet like to hug the shoreline and this gave surfcasters a good shot at fish that were in the first wave. When abundance is high you tend to see any species’ range expanded into a wider area and migration periods last longer – this obviously has occurred in Rhody. What have you seen in Mass? Montauk? Jersey? DZ
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