From the air, it looks like a choreographed dance, as mullet form a giant circle in waters off the Sunshine Coast. When the fish move into the shallows, it's a signal for surf lifesavers to close the beach so the fishers can launch their boats.
abc.net.au/news/mullet-fishing-century-old-tradition-on-sunshine-coast-beaches/102707956For more than a century, commercial fishermen have been gathering on some of Queensland's most popular beaches every winter, poised for action as a cool breeze blows.
"I do it because that's virtually all I know and I've done this since I was a little kid," commercial fisherman Michael Thompson says.It's a test of patience as fishers spend hours and sometimes days waiting in the thick, salty air, only putting the boat in the water at the right moment.That dark shade is a giant circle of mullet spawning in the water and from the air, it looks like a choreographed dance against the emerald, watery backdrop.
Catching them in nets off the Queensland coast is permitted by the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries only from April to August.
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