Fishing for Mullet at Pondalowie Bay - Don't forget your bait bucket!

We show you how to go fishing for Mullet at Pondalowie Bay in the Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, at the bottom end of Yorke Peninsula. We a barrel float (feed float), a bait bucket, maggots (Gents) and size 6 hooks.

A popular surfing location, Pondalowie Bay is also a picturesque fishing spot. Although you can drive onto the beach, the sand was very soft so went around to the car park to the left of the Bay. From there it was a short walk to the rocks.

When we arrived to go fishing for Mullet at Pondalowie Bay, the water was teeming with fish and there was no wind to speak of, so we baited up our barrel float rigs in anticipation of a successful session. Note that the rock surface is very rough so you need work boots to be safe. I soon found however that I could not cast out far enough to reach the fish, and I was not getting any bites. This is one of the main challenges of float fishing for me – the other is tangles! It was frustrating as I could see the fish jumping out of the water just beyond my reach. Martin was able to cast out further and was catching fish, and I realised that I needed to wade in and cast while standing in the water.

I had worn my work boots expecting to fish from the sharp rocks. However I couldn't wade into the water in those, so had to get my fishing shoes from the car. When I returned I realised that I should have also grabbed my bait bucket so I could top up my burley in the barrel float while out in the water. How annoying! I was eager to catch a fish so decided to fish without it.

As I had no bait bucket, I waded into the water (without extra burley) with my bait jar stowed down my pants and my keeper bag tied around my waist. After about 15 minutes using and empty barrel float (feed float) I still hadn't caught any fish despite seeing plenty in the water, so I made another trek back to the car to get my bait bucket.

By the time I was back in the water, the weather was starting to deteriorate. I had wasted an hour of prime fishing time! The wind had picked up and there seemed to be a lot fewer fish around. Luckily Martin had caught a few Mullet while I walked back and forth to the car to get my fishing shoes and ta bait bucket. My efforts paid off in the end though and I caught a few Mullet myself. It is always fun fishing with a barrel float rig because it is so visible when you catch one, and you can see it moving through the water towards you when you reel the fish in.

Unfortunately, I managed to get a hook lodged in my thumb while in the water. I was focused on keeping my fishing rod out of the water while removing my hook from a fish's mouth and I broke a golden rule: I did not loosen off my line and when free of the fish's mouth, the hook flicked back because it was under pressure. This is very dangerous - I might have lost an eye. Anyway I could not get the hook out so taped up my thumb and carried on fishing. I had to get the hook cut out the next day as there was no way I could remove it!

So there were a few lessons that day:
1. Burley really helps catch fish. This is not the first time this has happened to us, particularly with Mullet and Tommy Ruff.
2. Planning your day and being organised is essential when only fishing for a few hours, as messing around getting the right gear wastes previous fishing time!
3. So when fishing, be prepared for any kind of fishing in cased the unexpected happens. You need to be prepared with various fishing shoes, boots, rods, bait options, bait bucket barrel floats etc. So now we make sure we have everything in the car!

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