Inshore couple "firsts"

[RidgeRunner]

No doubt on the oyster beds. I think I graduated to a 8' net, no real quality there. Unless the mullet are thick I don't bother, it trashes the boat. We catch the mullet off the dock at my moms place on cane poles. Chum the mullet up with oatmeal and laying mash with a little bit of water. Then fool them into biting the small hooks with small pieces of white plastic worm. Bite off flat round slivers of worm with your front teeth to make it look like the oatmeal and they will barely move the cork.
Not to derail, I love the mullet, and you did a fine job on both firsts.
I haven't mastered the castnet to this day so a 12' net is real big net to start with.
Fillet the skin and belly off or scrub the black with a brush and don't forget the gizzard. House Autry, Hot Grease, Bam.....