The mackerel are here 2024!! Easy Mackerel Fishing - Catch N Cook DIY fish smoker on the shore 

Appreciate your comments buddy, very humbling. Thanks for your support👍

@@ianfraser9528 thanks for watching and commenting Ian, tight lines buddy

@@dezzycummings thanks for the sub and taking the time to comment. This only inspires me to keep making videos. Tight lines to you both🎣

Thanks for watching and commenting Dave. Hope you’re ok buddy and tight lines.

Thanks Ian, tight lines buddy🎣

Thanks buddy, I know the place but it gets quite busy there. Thanks for commenting

Thanks Phil, I did some mods on the smoker, worked a treat and tasted amazing.

Thanks Tony, you won’t be disappointed mate

Hi Mike, thanks for the sub and comments, very much appreciated buddy

@@swiggy03 brilliant buddy glad you enjoyed it. You’ve got a bit of a journey to get to the sea from Barnsley mate👍

Thanks Sean, you need to give it a go, it’s so easy and tasty

Thanks for commenting👍

Cheers Michael. Tight lines as always bud🎣

Cheers Steve for commenting appreciated buddy. Tight lines mate

Thanks Andrew for watching. You can’t beat a bit of fresh fish especially cooking it right on the shore, it doesn’t get any better👍

Thanks James, very much appreciated buddy. Tight lines

Thanks Ben, I appreciate your comments and feedback buddy. Thanks for your support

Many thanks for commenting Carl happy to help buddy👍

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing I spearfish down here in Cornwall and also get scallops often, so I'll definitely try them in a smoker 😁

@@carlhescornish your just making my mouth water now. Mussels and razor clam also. I lived in Plymouth for 3 years and the summers were just the best time ever down there. I use to spearfish for mullet and bass cooked right on the shore👌

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing yup, I love diving for razor clams, so much fun.. Reckon mussels, clams and scallops in the smoker would be the pinnacle of beach cook ups 😋😁

Thanks for commenting Robert👍

Much appreciated Scott. Mackerel on the fly is fun but I prefer my brown tout more. Tight lines buddy

Near bye the forth bridge/s by any chance Scott ?

@@fishingstevie8830 aye mate it was down there?

@@scottmeikle5117 👍ok u ever see a guy who looks like a pro nearbye railway brig with a rod in hand then thats me 👍

Your very welcome and your comments are very much appreciated my friend👍

Appreciated Terry👍

Thanks JP, it’s great for the trout too. Tastes so good mate

Thanks Richard as always appreciate your comments buddy.

Thanks Dan, your comments are very much appreciated buddy. You can’t beat fresh fish, even more satisfying cooking on the shore. Happy smoking and glad to help. Tight lines

Thanks John appreciate the comment buddy🎣

Thanks for watching and commenting. There’s not great numbers at the moment but I’m sure with more settled weather they will get better🤞tight lines

No problem buddy, thanks for commenting. Tight lines

Thanks for commenting Troj, there’s not many mackerel here just now, reports on catches are very sporadic. 🤞they show up in numbers. Tight lines and all the best buddy🎣

Thanks Shuggie, appreciated as always buddy

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Im going to make that little smoke you had where do you get your wood chips? Amazon or something?

@@shuggiemcg1 nice one Shug. Yeah the last chips I got was from Amazon buddy. I use to work in a smoke house and they used beach wood for the salmon and trout.

Thanks buddy fantastic comment and feedback, very much appreciated. Happy smoking and fishing🎣

Amazing comment and feedback Peter very much appreciated buddy. Wow that’s some fishing journey to get some mackerel, I now feel very blessed that I don’t need to travel so far. Thanks for watching and tight lines when you get out there🎣👍

Thanks for commenting Nic. You know exactly what I’m talking about. Humble little fish that tastes amazing

Thanks for commenting buddy, your method of cooking the mackerel sounds tasty, I’ve not tried that. Everyday is a school day. They are such a versatile fish.

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Cheers for the comment. You smoking looks so simple. I've got loads of beech chippings. Never ever considered it? But I am now and will try it on our annual trip to the West Highlands. Do you remember cod in parsley sauce? It's so easy to make even I can do it, and some of the "lesser" fish poach really well, like Hake and mackerel for example, especially if you add a squeezed lemon. Mackerel poached in cider leaves all the goodness in the fish and it's very simple. As an island, we should be eating more fish. Going to try smoking, going to make a tray for my mess tins cuz you can use the other one as a lid.

You won’t be disappointed Berti👍

Fantastic spot, I lived at the bottom of peaton hill a few years back. Thanks for commenting and tight lines

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing yeah we live at the bottom of Peaton hill :) be good to join you for some pointers if you’re ever over this way again :)

Cheers James, yes mate to your? They are not in great numbers yet but it can only get better 🤞

Hello mate, many thanks for commenting, your right not many 11 ft spinning rods about. 10ft will do the job though as long as the weight rating is high enough for the lures or weights. I’ve had this rod for years, it’s a rovex captive and I’ve used it in a few of my videos including the sea trout fishing. It’s not the lightest of rods and I wouldn’t want to be casting it all day but it’s also a good all rounder for light beach fishing.

Many thanks William, hopefully you get some mackerel soon mate. Elder is another lovely Smokey flavour. Tight lines too you both

Many thanks. The smoker is DIY, from an old biscuit tin. The portable gas cooker can be purchased almost anywhere

Hello buddy thanks for watching and commenting. I totally get fishing away from the busy areas which I try to avoid. I am just before Clynder in the last few mackerel videos but do like to try other areas. It’s relatively shallow close in with deeper water further out with a good cast. A bit of advice if you do plan to go there, is to go about 3hrs of the ebb tide down to low water and fish the first 3hrs of the flood tide, that way you don’t need to cast as far to reach deeper water. Rosneath the opposite side of Rhu narrows is also quite good but again can get busy in summer and parking close to the water is very limited. Hope this helps mate, tight lines to you both👍

Thank you so much for the advice Douglas it's very greatfully received I haven't been able to get out this summer as yet obviously due to weather conditions not been great here in the west of Scotland as u will be well aware. Was hoping to try a trip up early morning this week to see how things were and when he stops school for summer take him to a mark which isn't too busy. I used loch long many times and last year around this time it was producing big hoards of macks but weather was completely different very warm. I drove down towards clynder last year but just wasn't sure if it was deep enough for macks tbh but having watched you and seeing what can be done I shall try and see this season at some point. Again many thanks and tight lines to you and look forward to seeing more videos from yourself oh and the smoked mack looks amazing 👏

@@shgers3344 no problem buddy👍

Thanks Ant for commenting. I was thinking the same for taking the cooker, I just keep it in the car now. Tight lines and good luck with the channel👍

Thanks for watching. Yeah there’s not great numbers just now but hopefully they will get better. We just need more settled weather with a bit of sunshine.

Thanks for the questions buddy. I take it you mean 15lb mono? If so you should be ok. If you fish in an area that’s got no possibility of getting snagged up, then fishing light line is ok. The best braid to leader knot to use is the FG knot. Tight lines🎣

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Keeping your catch fresh is something I’ll definitely mention in my next video. If I’m fishing for a short time 1-2 hrs I would keep them in a bucket of sea water. If I’m away all day I would take a cool box with some ice or ice blocks. Because mackerel are an oily fish they can turn very quickly if not kept cool or cold.

Thank you for the reply. Much appreciated

11ft 60gram spinning rod, 4000 penn battle 2. 40lb Diawa J braid 8strand

@@PiscatorUK-Fishing Think this year my set up will be either my Penn prevail Apex 2 '12 rod and a 5000 DX slammer or a 4500 slammer or Savage gear 2500 and a savagear SGS6 or the 11' Berkley E motion, bought too many rods so excuse to get out and try them! Still no sign of the Mackies further down the Clyde yet

@davymaclean8481 sound like good setups there mate, where do you fish on the Clyde?

@PiscatorUK-Fishing Portencross normally, if your up for doing a video helping out a newbie to fishing I'm your man!

@davymaclean8481 I would have thought definitely mackerel there mate. That’s pretty much the entrance to the Gareloch and loch long.

Thanks for watching Berti. This little cooker comes like that, I didn’t change it. The plate is reversible for storage in the box.

Hello Tony thanks for watching. It’s west Scotland near Garelochead.

Thanks for watching John. It was a great treat to cook it on the shore, it doesn’t get any better

It’s at the Gareloch west Scotland

Thanks buddy, it was a real treat for the first mackerel.

Thanks for the tip my friend, I’m sure it will help other viewers out that look at the comments. I’m well aware of the hazards in using aluminium for cooking food. I think it is mainly tin metal as it is starting to rust and not aluminium. I’ll be sure to inform viewers in the next cooking video using the biscuit tin👍

🤞they show up soon mate. If we get more settled weather with a wee bit of sunshine the mackerel should follow. Thanks for watching bud

Cheers buddy and thanks for the comment

Hi Mark, this rod is just a good all round rod for me, not too heavy and can cast 3oz. I know a longer rod and larger reel gets more distance but it’s just not necessary on that particular mark. Thanks for commenting buddy