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This has been one of the most uncommon years for mullet. Our local mullet should already be in the heavy roe season and they are far from it. The fish are poor and thin with some are noticbly sick loooking. I heard the locals on the coast saying that some have stopped eating them as well. Can anybody out there shed any light on this.

BP

A friend who is a commercial fisherman and mullet man says its because of the excessive rain from our fall storms.

Speaking with 2 guys from NFGFC at the party last night talking about mullet they encountered Saturday.
Said the most they have seen in years.
The biggest in years.
And the roe they extracted was the biggest ever seen.

We netted a bunch yesterday and they were delicious. The filets are in brine and we fried all the backbones. All fish were healthy, plump etc.

definitely some of the largest mullet i've seen schooling around in years.

We saw herds on the Aucilla last week. most we have seen in years.

Here are some mullet.

Jumptrout51 wrote:Here are some mullet.

DAYUM!

looks like my boat and Mullet Back in the good ole days before they Combined the FMC and the FWC

Hordes of fat torpedo mullet in the St Marks tidal creeks now. Just beware the grabby limestone & oyster shell bottoms.

Gary, care to direct to which creeks? In the refuge on the bike trails?

Seems we have a mixed bag on the Mullet. The reports I have are from people around the Apalacicola to Panacea area. Sounds like the mullet are in better shape back to the east. The folks at "MY WAY" say the row have been very hard to find in the Panacea area and they clean a lot of mullet.

Report in the Perry Newspaper said the University of Florida has been contacted to study the mullet. According to them something bad is going on.
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Thanks, please pass on info as you find out something. There is definitely something wrong.