Beginners Guide to Catching Mackerel on a Budget 

10 mackerel should be enough for anyone to take home and share , I’ve seen people take over 100 and brag about it , catch and release after you caught your intended quota seems a waste of time and potentially harmful to the fish , it’s not like fishing for an elusive trout or salmon as mackerel will go for anything even just a silver hook .

Today I learned about shock leaders, thanks mate!❤

Nice one CJ. A great beginners guide that doesn't break the bank. Winner winner - Mackerel dinner. Thankyou. Tight Lines. 😊

Very useful in all respects. Thank you for posting.

Great video, advice and fishing. Thank you CJ from Tommy in Wicklow, Ireland.

Thank you. I really enjoyed that and learned a lot.

Enjoyed watching this video, and what a good video it is, takes you all the way from getting the equipment to preparing and enjoying a great mackerel breakfast. - You've made me feel hungry now! That's a nice looking beach you're fishing from there. Is it in the same town as Tony's Tackle Shop? First time watching one of your videos, but have subscribed and going to watch more. Well made and you present very well. Regards David.

I am located on The Southern Outerbanks of North Carolina USA The Mackeral we catch and eat are much larger Spanish (spotted) or King Mackeral (stripped) Spanish are harvested over 12” normally in 3-6 pound size. Our king Mackeral are massive over 15” 6lb and over some 40-60 pounds. So I use much larger hardware n baits but often times a spoon gold in color seems to work best. But I was taught to fish with hand lines trolling behind lil skiffs. Quite efficient way to harvest them. Yesterday I caught several really nice size ones. Nice lil video I enjoyed it quite much. Thank You! I will start posting some vids on my channel soon crabbing fishing digging clams! Have a blessed day Sir!!

great guide, thanks a lot!

God beginners guide,Chris. As you know, there's usually some decent bass behind the mackerel shoals, and you can often bag one if you use a Dextor wedge instead of a lead. It would only put a couple of quid on the set up, and doubles your chances.

That's actually a great video for a wannabe newbie like me. Many thanks!

That was good CJ 🙃🙂

Nice one 🙂👌🙌 good to see Tony too 😜

Great video CJ nice one 🌟 Thanks for sharing 🎣💖 Can I ask is it important to gut and clean them as soon as possible on the beach or can you wait a little while? Thanks hunni 👍

Good video CJ thanks Im just a novice so your video is good

What time is best to go fishing ,low tide or high tide and what size is the lead? nice vid thanks .

fresher than fresh ,caught from the beach by yourself..you cant beat it

I’m a complete novis, what months/seasons are best for mackerel fishing in sussex?

Is that deal still available at Tony’s? What the brand of that budget rod you are using, mate? Thanks.

i still have no idea what a shock leader is or how it works. couldnt really follow what he was actually doing.

Great video, thank you. May I ask a questions please? 1) What size was the weight? Regards, Barry from Essex

we use the Macerel for live bait to catch big kingfish here in New zealand

Just to ask. Where about you fishing in this session?

where are you fishing i live near milford on sea

what weight and length rod?

I went fishing once down at my local harbor on my own, got there about 16:30. Place was packed, about 30 people fishing/watching in about 40 foot of space. Anyway, I quickly clipped my feathers on and cast out in the little space I had. My feathers hit the water and I started reeling in, and then I felt a tug. Straight away assumed I had caught someone else's line. But the tugging kept coming, and no one else was reacting, so I realised, it was in fact a bite! I got it near the surface, and eventually I could see 6 white flashes darting below the surface. I reeled them up the wall and got them off the hooks. I kept a couple, and threw the other 4 back. I then looked around to see everyone staring at me... I quickly cast again, and to my surprise, it lands in the identical place. As soon as it hits the water, they were tugging on it again! I must have hit them, or dropped it right in front of them! I reeled it in, and another 6 mackerel! I was throwing them all back at this point, as I had no use for them, and I don't want them to die unnecessarily. Some people asked for some, but I only gave away a couple. I am not exaggerating when I say this process continued for another 6/7 casts. Normally I would go fishing for 3/4 hours, but because I caught so many fish, so quickly, I was satisfied after an hour, and they had stopped biting by then anyway. In that one hour I caught approximately 45 mackerel, and no one else there caught any fish in that time. The only things I can contribute to my success were, well luck, and perhaps, the specific feathers I was using.

Live in the west of ireland .Its hard to catch them from shore unless the bait shoals and moves in. Weather is a huge player.

60 years ago the mackerel were huge! Just goes to show how much our sea's are over fished! We take, yet put no stock back into the sea like what is practice in river fishing!

jk;,thank you nVERY MUCH

Why not walk the beach after mid July and pick up as many as you want. Cheap and easy. Good luck.

What rod and reel?

Mate, you should have hooked a few of those bate fish that were washed on shore!!

location ?

Run the line through your fingers and it will take all the Memory ( coils ) out of the line.

Couldn’t make out in the video if Tony was tying a granny knot in the leader or the mainline. I’m sorry but I have to agree, this video is not really a “beginners guide to” but more of a “fishing on a budget” Please don’t get me wrong CJ, I love your videos and learn from them all the time but I struggled with this one. Sorry!

And take your litter home

Sorry had to stop this before 10 minutes as it was telling me and showing me absolutely nothing. Great if you know fishing jargon and numbers but I don’t. Also trying to show me how to do knots with a transparent fishing line? Come on get real. Great effort guys and no doubt it will be if benefit to those inexperienced folk who need a little more knowledge but for absolute beginners like me, it’s not helping at all. What I need is a true fishing guide for beginners:

dude! i had to mute wtf

Yeah, sadly, it's not a beginner's guide as it uses unexplained, undefined jargon and things like the knotting process is shot from far away (with poor contrast) whilst lots of definite articles are used to describe the process: 'this' is 20lb, 'that' is 10lb and the newbie is left guessing what 'this' and 'that' are. Shame after the kindly effort of filming, editing and posting. I've given up watching as it's use. I liked your intro, warning against getting greedy/frenzied though.

too much dumbed down. people who need this much assistance "are fishing" not fishing for specific species. Basically this was tutorial for 6 year old boy.

Enough for dinner not a market buffet

Nice for raw fish with coconut cream Polynesian style GOOGLE it you will find out how Do you use Sabikis