The Mullet Run Fishing Blog

Around South Florida the hard core locals have a special term for the Mullet Migration, they call it Happy Bait. Its the time of the year that just about everybody can get bait, and if you can get bait, there is a decent chance of catching a nice sportfish off the beach. Most of the Happy Baiters are getting a few dozen pilchards to flip into the waves for Jack's and Snook, but there are a few guys that are just a little more selective about what they are going to be fishing for. You see, in Fort Lauderdale you can't really fish the public beaches until after the lifeguards leave for the day, so that leaves a pretty small window to get in some sight casting.  Tim O'Connor has established himself as a Happy Bait legend. O'Connor won last years highly contested Happy Bait Championship by Catching a Huge Tarpon infront of a huge crowd in front of the World Famous Elbo Room on Fort Lauderdale strip. This year Tim O'Connor has again captured the Happy Bait Champions...

Can you identify this Shark species? What kind of shark is it?

Do you rely on GPS or Fish Finder or you more of an eyes on the water kind of guy?

Because of the success of the YouTube videos, TV production companies and Cable Networks began contacting us at Better Duck Studios about doing a Reality Fishing Show. Our answer was a stock one, "How do you see the show?" One company told us that they envisioned us fighting through the cut throat charter fishing industry and competing against other charter captains in the area. We were not interested. Another wanted to do more of a process show showing us build and outfit the Zinndog, we already did that, and they weren't coughing up any money for the boat. Basically all the companies are looking for a cheap way to shoot episodes without having to foot the cost for a boat or gas. So I was like, "we already do that, I have boats and cameras. What do I need you for?" This video is the result of one company that flew here from LA and wanted the show to be about Jeff's charter business and all the drama that happens between the crew. Especially between Jeff a...

Good friend Cynthia texts me that her kid is a huge fan of the fishing videos are they are gonna be in Fort Lauderdale for the day so we had to get the kid out there for the Mullet Run, and boy did he pick the right day. There were multiple different baits in the pods from small finger mullets to hogleg mullet. I've never seen a girl take to mullet quite like that, but these kids are gamers. Just check out these pods getting blasted by Tarpon, Snook, Jacks, and sharks. Lil G ended up with a nice pair of nice jacks and the day was a huge success.

Chuck is a Reel Guy doing Reel Guy things out of the Fort Pierce area, and he posts good stuff like this mullet mayhem video. If you can navigate YouTube be sure to check out his channel, especially if you fish the Treasure Coast. Chucks World of Fishing

Tim's 2nd big beach Tarpon of the week. With the length and girth calculations this fish is about 125lb give or take. Anyway, this fish was caught on Fort Lauderdale beach, the Ft Pierce title is just to misdirect the YouTube spot stealers that watch videos for backgrounds and locations. All things considered Tim whooped this fish pretty quickly, in about 30 minutes I would say. The fish was caught on a live mullet medium to large size black mullet. The tarpon were working the pods pretty well as they migrated down the beach. Tough fishing conditions with as many as 6 different fisherman casting baits at the pod with even more throwing their cast nets directly at the pod. BONUS UNDERWATER REMIX VIDEO