{"id":1470,"date":"2011-03-23T23:15:11","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=1470"},"modified":"2011-03-23T23:15:11","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:15:11","slug":"cockles-and-mullet-alive-alive-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/cockles-and-mullet-alive-alive-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockles and Mullet Alive, Alive O"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up to a perfect blue sky day with hardly a breath of wind. \u00a0I did a little work but could not get motivated because I was inside&#8230; so I thought, Dam it. I\u2019m going outside! First I went to Crumpan and and got myself a feed of cockles for dinner, Then went for a snorkel in the same place to see if the fine weather brought any mullet in. It did. Mullet are a bit of a curse because they offer many of the things a fly fisherman looks for but are just about impossible to catch. They can be spotted cruising near the surface apparently feeding. When a shoal is located they draw the angler in completely. Absolute concentration happens without effort. Flies are changed often due to constantly being ignored. They keep your full attention until dark or until you just give up. All of the above happened when I targeted them after I got out of the water. I had one take on a size 14 Green cdc weed fly (a dry because all my best mullet success has been on dries). The hook up was brief and I had no other chance. In my experience with mullet that was a good evenings fishing! Time for dinner&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1470 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-009-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-009-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1471\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1471'>\n\t\t\t\tThe clean sand close to the rocks seems to be the best for cockles..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-017-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-017-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1472\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1472'>\n\t\t\t\tDinner for one..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-006-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-006-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1473\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1473'>\n\t\t\t\tIts nice to be aware of whats going on around you.. i spotted this little lady at the waters edge about to lay her eggs.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-011-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-011-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1474\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1474'>\n\t\t\t\tA little blenny (I think!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-020-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-020-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1475\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1475'>\n\t\t\t\tThe sand flats are covered as the tide rises and the mullet move in.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-043-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-043-Large-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1476\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1476'>\n\t\t\t\tAs the tide filled this lagoon about 50 mullet followed..\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cockles-crumpan-march-2011-042-Large.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" 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First I went to Crumpan and and got myself a feed of cockles for dinner, Then went for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}