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Whitterz · Jul 13, 2013

Is there any mackeral about off the beaches yet?, or am I a bit early?.

Thanks.. :fishing:

Justice · Jul 13, 2013

If you go to the right Plaice.

Chris45 · Jul 13, 2013

Whitterz said:
Is there any mackeral about off the beaches yet?, or am I a bit early?.

Thanks..

Answered that in the other fishing thread.

Bakesy · Jul 14, 2013

Why would you want mackerel when you can have dover soles...lots of 'em

Gregory2Smith1 · Jul 14, 2013

Bakesy said:
Why would you want mackerel when you can have dover soles...lots of 'em View attachment 44760

Wow! great session that!

close in,size 4 hook,3 day old lug?

Bakesy · Jul 14, 2013

Gregory2 said:
Wow! great session that!

close in,size 4 hook,3 day old lug?

Yes,yes and salted/oiled lug.

oxymoron · Jul 14, 2013

Gregory2 said:
Wow! great session that!

close in,size 4 hook,3 day old lug?

how do you know they are 3 days old when you are digging them, do they come out of the same hole as their mums.

bassking · Jul 14, 2013

Whitterz said:
Is there any mackeral about off the beaches yet?, or am I a bit early?.

Thanks..[/QUOTE

Loads of mackerel about @ moment along with Flounders and Bass, have been using black lug and has been pretty good recently.

Canonman · Jul 14, 2013

Whitterz said:
Is there any mackeral about off the beaches yet?, or am I a bit early?.

Thanks..

Think you could be a bit early although I did see one on looking down from The Palace Pier, that's all.

Napper · Jul 14, 2013

Bakesy said:
Why would you want mackerel when you can have dover soles...lots of 'em View attachment 44760

bit overkill keeping the lot IMO

catch and return best for the stocks with a couple for the fridge

BHAWise · Jul 14, 2013

Very nice. About to go chase some bass from Martello tower myself. Quite a few coming out at the moment

Herr Tubthumper · Jul 14, 2013

Whitterz said:
Is there any mackeral about off the beaches yet?, or am I a bit early?.

Thanks..

I've not haddock any luck yet.

Vegas Seagull · Jul 14, 2013

Napper said:
bit overkill keeping the lot IMO

catch and return best for the stocks with a couple for the fridge

& let the dozen Polish trawlers based in Shoreham harbour that have scoured the local sea bed leaving it like a 'desert' pick up a bounty that would sell for £200 in my local restaurant?

Caveman · Jul 14, 2013

Vegas Seagull said:
& let the dozen Polish trawlers based in Shoreham harbour that have scoured the local sea bed leaving it like a 'desert' pick up a bounty that would sell for £200 in my local restaurant?

Was that one of them the other evening just hovering around the harbour entrance I wonder. Pisses me off that does. :annoyed:

Napper · Jul 14, 2013

Vegas Seagull said:
& let the dozen Polish trawlers based in Shoreham harbour that have scoured the local sea bed leaving it like a 'desert' pick up a bounty that would sell for £200 in my local restaurant?

Action groups against this sort of thing.

Dont agree with either

Bakesy · Jul 14, 2013

Napper said:
bit overkill keeping the lot IMO

catch and return best for the stocks with a couple for the fridge

Well I put in a lot of effort to find and catch them, we enjoy eating them, and none will go to waste, so I'm certainly not going to feel guilty about having a good day and bagging up.
What pisses me off is when people catch hoards of mackerel and then leave them in the sun and the lot end up in the bin.

BensGrandad · Jul 14, 2013

I know that they are now expensive in the shops as opposed to a few years ago when they were regarded as a nothing fish. If you went on a boat trip in Cornwall all it needed was a piece of string with a hook on to trail behind the boat and they gave themselves up, so much so that they were used as bait by the fishermen.

Chris45 · Jul 14, 2013

Bakesy said:
Well I put in a lot of effort to find and catch them, we enjoy eating them, and none will go to waste, so I'm certainly not going to feel guilty about having a good day and bagging up.
What pisses me off is when people catch hoards of mackerel and then leave them in the sun and the lot end up in the bin.

I tend to fill the freezer up with mackerel to use as bait during the summer, only catch what I'll need though, once handled mackerel will die within 30 hours of returning them to the water as they have delicate skin.

vegster · Jul 14, 2013

Chris45 said:
I tend to fill the freezer up with mackerel to use as bait during the summer, only catch what I'll need though, once handled mackerel will die within 30 hours of returning them to the water as they have delicate skin.

They are not just a bait fish, they have a lovely flavour and caught and cooked fresh are far superior to the sad bronze coloured fish sold by Sainsbury's. Mrs V has stated that she would never buy another Mackerel again having caught her own with me.

vegster · Jul 14, 2013

Bakesy said:
Well I put in a lot of effort to find and catch them, we enjoy eating them, and none will go to waste, so I'm certainly not going to feel guilty about having a good day and bagging up.
What pisses me off is when people catch hoards of mackerel and then leave them in the sun and the lot end up in the bin.

Don't worry, that is a great catch and you have every right to keep and eat all of them, the local net boys in The Marina often have a couple of boxes full daily so your dozen is a drop in the ocean. There has been and will be days when you can't catch even one so make the most

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