Narooma man John Phillip was fortunate to witness an amazing event involving the resident seals and a school of mullet on Wednesday evening.
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A group of about a dozen seals herded a large school of “bully” mullet into the bay in front of his home overlooking Mill Bay and systematically gorged themselves.
He was able to snaffle a few mullet for himself after the seals brought the fish withing in easy reach of his rod.
“I watched for about an hour and a half from a ringside seat on the boardwalk, and it was all in less than a metre of water… Love nature and love grilled bully mullet. Thanks seals for the fish and a great show,” John said.
Brother Paul Philip commented on his Facebook post: “Beauty. Wrap them in wet newspaper and cook on hot coals, just like Normie Patten did for us many years ago,very delicious and a memorable feed.”
Apparently a lot of the Narooma old timers such as the Phillip brothers and fellow identity and legend of the lake, Charlie Bettini really enjoy the rich, oily flesh of mullet and say it is a highly underrated fish.
Local Aboriginal beach hauler, commercial fishermen have been active in recent weeks getting huge hauls of these mullet as they leave the rivers and head north on their annual breeding cycle. Click here to see the spectacular beach hauling action
Meanwhile the seals of of Narooma continue to capture the attention of locals and visitors with anywhere up to a dozen sunning themselves on the breakwater rocks at Australia Rock, not far from Wednesday’s seal herding location.
Then there is “Johnson” the resident seal at the Narooma Bridge who has captured the hearts of locals. Read more about Johnson here.