South East The great mackie catch off!

[ouchthathurt]

This evening after work, wifey and I were having a chat about her day at work, and she said that her friend at work, a lovely bloke who would love to have some fresh mackerel for tea, but being alone with kids, on a poor care home wage, he can’t afford it… cut to the next scene… wifey and I back at the harbour arm with tinsel and rods all set to try and catch some mackerel for his tea. Now for those of you who saw my previous mackerel post will know that I caught a grand total of one, while wifey caught 6 in an hour or so, so the pressure was on! My manly pride was on the line here…
Fortunately for my ego, I managed a further 3 mackerel to keep, and a few that dropped off the feathers on the retrieve. After being cast over by the inevitable hoard of our Asian and Eastern European friends, all trying to cast to the spot I was hitting the shoal, which was about 110yrds out, a real whack with a 5oz lead, although with the wind behind me and the increased elevation of the sea wall made it an addictive pleasure! But we packed in after 45mins and headed home. Wifey drew a blank… ?

 

[dsw]

This evening after work, wifey and I were having a chat about her day at work, and she said that her friend at work, a lovely bloke who would love to have some fresh mackerel for tea, but being alone with kids, on a poor care home wage, he can’t afford it… cut to the next scene… wifey and I back at the harbour arm with tinsel and rods all set to try and catch some mackerel for his tea. Now for those of you who saw my previous mackerel post will know that I caught a grand total of one, while wifey caught 6 in an hour or so, so the pressure was on! My manly pride was on the line here…
Fortunately for my ego, I managed a further 3 mackerel to keep, and a few that dropped off the feathers on the retrieve. After being cast over by the inevitable hoard of our Asian and Eastern European friends, all trying to cast to the spot I was hitting the shoal, which was about 110yrds out, a real whack with a 5oz lead, although with the wind behind me and the increased elevation of the sea wall made it an addictive pleasure! But we packed in after 45mins and headed home. Wifey drew a blank… ?

"hoard of our Asian and Eastern European friends", thats a polite way of saying it but then again we
are not aloud to say what we really think these days in our own country or we will get punished for it.
.....just saying.

 

[Tatunka joe]

Yes ouch put wifey right in her place bet you were big dick swinging all the way home ?

 

[ouchthathurt]

Well I’d like to swing it but damn thing keeps getting caught under me feet… ?

 

[ouchthathurt]

"hoard of our Asian and Eastern European friends", thats a polite way of saying it but then again we
are not aloud to say what we really think these days in our own country or we will get punished for it.
.....just saying.

Well wifey wasn’t best pleased, she has no problem with taking the odd fish for tea, or shooting a few rabbits for the pot, or whatever it is, but the cardinal rule is that the animal must be dispatched quickly and cleanly with the minimum of suffering. The few mackerel they caught were just chucked in a bucket to flap out and suffocate, which is rather an undignified way to go really!

 

[Trampster]

Good report & result Ouchy! If them foreigners had been casting over my lines, I just might have ended up waving me filleting knife about. Reports of a lot of trouble with them around Torbay last year, filling dustbin liners with Macker and other undersize fish, and threatening the local anglers. ???

 

[bananas]

Nice one mate, thats a nice return in 45 mins, especially how things are with the Mackerel this year.

 

[ouchthathurt]

Well I’ve got a couple of joeys frozen down and had some for tea, the local “mackie mark” is rammed out all the time, but I reckon it could do a nice bass on a night tide, freelined joey down the edge after all the fluff chuckers have given up for the night…

 

[Tatunka joe]

Well I’ve got a couple of joeys frozen down and had some for tea, the local “mackie mark” is rammed out all the time, but I reckon it could do a nice bass on a night tide, freelined joey down the edge after all the fluff chuckers have given up for the night…

Are they there in numbers mate ie shoal ing on the shore line smashing whitebait there’s none down here even the charters aren’t getting them more likely to catch a bass atm just hope ing this weekend of thunderstorms will bring them in and hopefully the dolphins will leave em alone for a bit ??

 

[ouchthathurt]

we have masses of whitebait in, but the mackies are staying between 80-100yrds off. They are in small groups, you hit a few then 20-30mins of nothing then another 1-2, nothing consistent. Not seeing the traditional mackerel “boiling” as they smash into a shoal of whitebait enmasse at the moment. They came in quite late this year, I would have expected to see them show a month ago down here.

 

[Trampster]

we have masses of whitebait in, but the mackies are staying between 80-100yrds off. They are in small groups, you hit a few then 20-30mins of nothing then another 1-2, nothing consistent. Not seeing the traditional mackerel “boiling” as they smash into a shoal of whitebait enmasse at the moment. They came in quite late this year, I would have expected to see them show a month ago down here.

Agree. I would have expected the same down this end of the South Coast. We were out on the breakwater this afternoon watching aforementioned sailing ship depart, 3 folks fishing, and only 1 Macker caught during the hour we were there. I don't think the numbers are there, and I blame the hammering the South Coast had from the supertrawlers over the winter months. I'm not the only one who has said as much.

 

[Bass&Chips]

One all, when's the decider or is it best kept at a draw?

I went out on my boat with a mate looking for the elusive Thames mackerel. Using the same feathers he got 18 I got one!

 

[ouchthathurt]

For the sake of marital harmony, I try not to mention it, on aggregate scores on mackies kept, she’s still one ahead… but I had a red letter session with the bass weekend just gone, to salvage my pride!

 

[Tatunka joe]

For the sake of marital harmony, I try not to mention it, on aggregate scores on mackies kept, she’s still one ahead… but I had a red letter session with the bass weekend just gone, to salvage my pride!

Ah but she might have beat you on the bass if she fished ???

 

[ouchthathurt]

That’s why I left her at home! Lol! ??

 

[tdxs133pm]

Well I’d like to swing it but damn thing keeps getting caught under me feet…

Ouchthathurt!!!!?