MENTION mullet and most of us think of sea-dwelling fish that hang around harbours for scraps of bread, but I’m sure a 1980’s hairstyle will also spring to mind.
We have three species of mullet present in the UK. The golden grey mullet is the scariest and smallest, rarely getting bigger than a couple of pounds; the thick-lipped is the largest and most commonly seen around our coastline; and the third is the thin-lipped, which is most often spotted in rivers.
I travelled to Lewes, in East Sussex, in the hope of filming a thin-lipped mullet. It seemed a nice enough day for late March, but I was horrified to see that the colour of the Sussex Ouse was browner than chocolate dipped in coffee. I was reliably told that it does clear, but this muddy, tidal stretch didn’t hold much hope.
I’d also miscalculated my timing, as I was about ten miles from the sea, waiting for a flooding tide to push the mullet upriver. I rigged up my pole camera, which looks like a cross between a metal decorator and hook-a-duck rod, because physically getting into the strong tide and deep mud wasn’t an option.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 19, 2019 من Angler's Mail.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة November 19, 2019 من Angler's Mail.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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