It's nice to see someone is catching mackerel. They still haven't turned up in any significant numbers on the East coast of Ireland. Keep up the good fishing.
Loved this video mate. I have newly got into fishing and spent a lot of time cod fishing during end of last year and start of this year. Now i have my spinning rod set up in time for mackerel coming in this year which is the same rod you are using. Happy now that i have seen someone else use this rod !!
Hi Gary new subscriber here been binge watching your videos all week whilst working from home, not much work happening but loving the videos, awesome tight lines pal
Thanks, July and August are usually the best depending on the sea conditions and the weather. I think the rain pushes them off shore for a bit but they usually return with the settled weather.
A spinner normally has a loose blade on a clevis and it spins on its own wire, maybe a couple of beads or a weighted body.. Maybe that's a spoon or even a jig..
Have you ever tried changing the treble hook for a single on the lure. I have found that by doing this I get fewer losses, especially when having to get the fish up a long way. Cheers, enjoyed the video.
I was going to make a trailer/cart for my mobility scooter last year for macky bashing but got sidetracked I must do it this year when do you expect them coming in so this time I am ready Cheers
Great stuff.. just come back from the fish quay and got myself some nice fat mackerel...4 big ones on 1 super reliable shiney silver rig....keep the vids coming fella 😃
Liam Rainbow I was about 20 meters down from the fueling cabinet type thing just in North shields....I was there this morning at 4.45 and caught around 11 smaller one's and some eels ...5hrs of fun haha
kayaking northeast I tried tonite at where u said had no joy when tide was coming in about 2 hours before high tide .any tips would be appreciated thanks
Liam Rainbow that's why it's called fishing and not catching haha.. I've been plenty of times and not caught anything but some days you get loads,, just keep at it and you will get some 🎣
They’re coming back through Nova Scotia right now (October 2018) I’m from the middle of the continent and have never ocean fished before. Threw a sabiki rig out and caught one first cast. Minutes later I had 4 on the same rig. Ended up with 12 in less than an hour!! Next day at low tide I had 6!
Mackerel Shortage? 7 anglers just spent 4 hours on a boat in Penzance with 4 feathers each and not a single mackerel. Can anyone back up this story about the migration path moving the majority to Iceland? Oh, great video - love spinning a Koster lure off the pier or a trace of 6 feathers. Reminds me of warm summers and a smoking campfire.
Isle of Wight - spent most of the summer hitting usually 'hot spots' but not a one - same went for most of the others close by (Fort Victoria, Freshwater Bay and Cowes sea wall) :-(
Now that they are in you can usually catch them from the end in most settled conditions. Fishing the flood is usually the best along with first and last light.
I've seen a few people snap theirs bringing up bigger fish on the pier but I think they would be ok to use if you are only targeting the smaller fish closer in.
Just a bit of constructive criticism, stop trying to land fish by pulling the last few feet up by hand, use your rod and flick them up, saw you do it a couple of times but then you went back to pulling them up by hand, great video thanks for sharing
Yes you can use it to catch mackerel. I use my LRF rod rated 3 to 12g with a 12g spinner aswell. You just have to be careful getting the mackerel out the water because theres always the risk of snapping your rod mate.
The first part of the pier is the least snaggy from the brigade hut up to the first gate. I've got a video on from a few years back of shaun and his mate catching some decent cod just down from the first gate. Marker 44 used to be the least snaggy but I haven't fished there for a while I'm not sure if the lobster pots are still around there.
Fishing in the UK aye , i had them on blyth pier last week & its was mayhem , daylights & weights flying all over ! Is there anywhere you know of local that is quiet & you can spin ? I took them to cullernose but it was really windy a bit of a swell on so we just turned around
When the mackerel are fully in I usually get them from the first part of shield pier its usually not to bad on that part because its mostly people just spinning from that bit you can also get them from shields little beach next to the groyne If you take a look at my beach fishing play list its the video named summer beach fishing - mackerel & flounder. You can see where I mean.
You don't need a licence for sea fishing unless you plan to fish for salmon or sea trout. You will need a rod licence if you plan on doing any fresh water fishing.
Hi Mario it was a German brand i cant remember the name but i wouldn't recommend it because it kept getting wind knots in it and tangling on the eyes of the rod when casting. I have stripped it off a couple of my reels and went back to using mono and spiderwire braid.
