So immediately upon removing the hook, place that just-caught mackerel on ice in an ice-filled cooler, specially designated for holding fish. After that, eviscerate and clean the fish as soon as practicable. For those without access to boats plenty of opportunities exist for mackerel fishing from shore. Many coastal communities allow public assess to floats and wharves, specially-designated places set aside for recreational fishermen.
Such places are usually marked as such. If not, make sure to inquire before venturing out. Additionally, breakwaters offer excellent fishing. Two popular ones are the Rockland Breakwater and the Eastport Breakwater. And one town, Belfast, even has a footbridge to accommodate both walkers and anglers. Searsport has a public pier where boaters, both recreational and commercial can tie up and where people are welcome to cast for mackerel.
The list of places where the public can cast for mackerel is long. Several different methods work well when fishing from shore. Casting a mackerel jig, allowing it to sink and then quickly reeling it in, attracts fish from afar.
But often, mackerel swim close to shore and in many cases, schools of fish hold around and even beneath, docks and floats. When that happens, vertical jigging works best. To do this, just let either a Swedish Pimple or a Diamond-style mackerel jig straight down along the float and if it hits bottom without being intercepted by a mackerel, raise it up a foot or so and impart action by lightly raising and lowering the rod tip.
Mackerel, being school fish, become greatly excited when one of them gets hooked and we can use this to our advantage when vertical jigging. Upon landing a fish, immediately place it in an ice-filled cooler and get the jig back down to the same place as quickly as possible. Bait works well here too and tiny bits of fresh or frozen shrimp rank as top choices among seasoned mackerel fishermen.
This is especially true for young anglers who run short of patience. So I began fishing for Mackerel off the pier. I was convinced I pretty much knew how it all worked. One day I had sat on the pier for close to three hours with nothing to show.
A young lady came to the pier and cast something heavy out and on the second return had two fish on two hooks. The Mackerel preferred standard red streamers weighted and retrieved ahead of a regular diamond Jig. Some research and investigation spawned my creation of the Mackerel Smackerels. I will share a little of the other things I have learned of these pretty green fish. When schooled up and hungry they are aggressive feeders. Mackerel will charge and grab most anything and run with it just to keep the others from stealing it.
When you drop your 1 or 2 hook with a strip of fish or smackerel down and see two or three come up, one grab it and get chased by the school…. Mackerel tend to school up according to size. This also equates to their cruising speed.
The bigger Mackerel occasionally seem to un-school on occasion. They seem to usually hang deep or on the outskirts of the smaller fish schools. Whatever the reason, John and I have discovered that if you just want some action, head to the spot on the pier where they are biting and running. Use a good size of whatever they seem to prefer for food, and make your self-comfortable. Scientists say they can get over 7. We fish mostly for Tinkers here in Maine. Mackerel are related to Tuna and swim like little green devils.
The average fish off the pier in Portland is most likely in the inch range. So you leave the main action behind and have settled in for a bigger fish either deeper or shallower on the pier Or Jetty. Mackerel seem to school at varying depths. The bigger Mackerel seem to be more consistent for whatever reason. A depth of about feet seems to be just about right.
If the water is warm and the sun is really bright you might find better luck about 4 feet up from the bottom. It seems to usually be just out of sight in the water.
Effective bait includes worms, clam necks and squid. Effective lures include diamond jigs and mackerel trees. An official New Hampshire government website. Atlantic Mackerel. Scientific Name: Scomber scombrus Common Name: tinker mackerel small mackerel The Atlantic mackerel is a fast-swimming species that often travels in large schools.
A short 6—8ft 1. First, let's set out some rules for mackerel fishing locations. Being a highly mobile migratory fish, mackerel like deeper water and any beach, jetty, pier or breakwater that gives you access to deep water is a great choice, particularly if it's in open ocean. You wouldn't, for example, be advised to target mackerel inside a harbour or inland estuary, but a pier or rocky point jutting out into the wide blue yonder is a perfect spot.
Clear blue water is also preferred over anything muddy or sandy. Proximity to bait fish is also important. You'll often get a clue that mackerel are on the hunt by seeing scores of small fish scatter on the surface as they're chased to the surface by hungry shoals. Observing things like this and looking to find deeper water with some current are also good ways of increasing your chances of success.
Now, to put the theory into practice, let's look at an example of a great mackerel fishing location in the UK: Chesil Beach in Dorset. It is probably the most prolific mackerel fishing venue in the UK, and examining why will help you identify any of your local hot spots.
Made entirely of pebbles 18 billion apparently! This scenario is perfect for finding dense shoals of bait fish and mackerel near to shore — and ideal for pleasure anglers who can still catch fish regularly without the need for extreme casting.
Our expert Matt Sparkes gives this advice: "Mackerel are found along the whole coastline of the UK, where colossal shoals mean bumper hauls are a possibility. There is the chance of a full string of fish on nearly every cast — especially on a rising tide. These basic lures are retrieved erratically through the water, mimicking small baitfish such as sand eels, which are the staple diet of mackerel.
Plain white through to vivid day-glo orange colors work best here. Fancier brands score well, too, with strips of glittery tinsel and silver reflector strips designed to glint and flash through the water. Cast out as far as you can and tighten up a second or two after the lead hits the water. Then begin the retrieve immediately by simply pulling the rod back in one continuous sweeping motion whilst keeping the butt at waist height, like a big lever.
You then bring the rod forward and down again while reeling in the slack line quickly, and repeat.
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