Mackerel are back.

[devon deer stalker]

Thank you, I am heading down to Cornwall later this week, might take some gear.

Check out gear farm pasty shop!

I've been on the bass today with a client, great fun on a fly rod, just schoolies, but a stunning day to be out.

 

[Mungo]

Being marketed in posh supermarkets as ‘Atlantic blue tiger fish’. Apparently…

 

[Tom270]

My first ever fish was Mackerel, mum had some sailing lessons out of Tenby in the 1960s the tutor let me troll off the back of the boat, when the line stops thuming pull it in he said.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

One of the "special" things about Mackerel is the way they fight. Pound for pound I believe that they are one of the best fighting fish you can come across in the UK! Can you imagine the fight you would have on your hands if you caught a two or three pound mackerel on a nice light spinning outfit - You would have a real sporting fight on your hands!
That's one of the reasons I love spinning for mackerel (As well as the chance of a nice Bass) with light spinning tackle rather than just lobbing out a set of 6 or 7 feathers with a 4 or 5 ounce lead attached using a 12 or 14 foot long broom stick!
I am now in the process of checking out all or my light spinning gear and making sure I have a good selection of lures to try. All I need now is to wait for the water to warm up a little - Having said that I heard about a few mackerel being caught at Colwyn Bay a few days ago so it should not be long before I think about paying a visit to the North Shore at Llandudno, maybe another couple of weeks, when the tides are right!

 

[Len the dog]

I had a few decent sessions for mackerel off the Little Orme, park up at the end of Penrhyn Bay and a short walk to Angel Bay.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

I had a few decent sessions for mackerel off the Little Orme, park up at the end of Penrhyn Bay and a short walk to Angel Bay.

When was that please Len?

 

[Len the dog]

When was that please Len?

Hmmm, a few decades ago, don’t tell me the Little Orme isn’t there anymore.
I can’t remember the month but I would guess anytime from now onwards.

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Hmmm, a few decades ago, don’t tell me the Little Orme isn’t there anymore.
I can’t remember the month but I would guess anytime from now onwards.

Cheers mate, I have just sent you a PM!

 

[Stuart Mitchell]

Lunch on the beach…

 

[Cyres]

In the 70s we were on holiday in Scotland. Dad rowed us out to one of the pontoons moored on Loch Long.
My brother and I set about emptying the Loch of Mackerel. 12 ft 3 section fiber glass rod. 6 lb line and a selection of mepps and Mackerel spinners. We kept the the camp site fed for the week.
The most memorable session was on I think the Dysini estuary just as it flowed into the sea. Mackerel had pinned a shoal of sprats against the bank. Same rod and reel and ended up putting a bit of silver foil on a bare hook with a couple of Swan shot up line. Surface was boiling with activity and it was cast and immediate take.
Fantastic scrap on such light gear.
D

 

[opticron1]

Had quite a few Mackerel, coalfish and pollack out of Loch Long - also managed to lose a conger eel near one of the Navy buildings.
I was told that the Navy used to practice sending torpedoes up and down the Loch, apparently attached to copper wire so they could get them back.....a little expensive to do that now

 

[FrenchieBoy]

In the 70s we were on holiday in Scotland. Dad rowed us out to one of the pontoons moored on Loch Long.
My brother and I set about emptying the Loch of Mackerel. 12 ft 3 section fiber glass rod. 6 lb line and a selection of mepps and Mackerel spinners. We kept the the camp site fed for the week.
The most memorable session was on I think the Dysini estuary just as it flowed into the sea. Mackerel had pinned a shoal of sprats against the bank. Same rod and reel and ended up putting a bit of silver foil on a bare hook with a couple of Swan shot up line. Surface was boiling with activity and it was cast and immediate take.
Fantastic scrap on such light gear.
D

My guess is that you were up near Arrochar near the head of Lock Long which is where I was referring to in my post #20 of this thread! I had some amazing mackerel fishing there in the late 70s!

 

[Cyres]

Thats the place. It was 1976 the v hot summer!
D

 

[FrenchieBoy]

Thats the place. It was 1976 the v hot summer!
D

It was a bit later than that for me. In the summer of 76 I was skippering one of Salter's Passenger Steamers ("The Sonning" - Which was sold and is now operating out of Newark) doing trips from Windsor during that hot summer!