henry d Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) Long story short; fished from a shore mark in Plymouth Wednesday evening and it was madder than I have ever seen it in 40+ years. There has been a lot of bait fish sprats/whitebait/callthemwhatyouwill and the mackerel are definitely in. We watched them casually pushing them up against the wall of Mount Wise harbour and getting their fill and the weather was atrocious, bucketing rain and howling headwind which would help push the shoals against the walls. ten minutes and my wife had half a dozen with a single ball weight and a 2" eddystone eel. I tried using a big 4" spoon, 5" plug, 8" eddystone eel to try for bigger bass and pollack and still the mackerel hit them. I have a video and will try to upload it when I get home. The local sea swimming pools are full of the bait fish and there seems no end of them, if you are in the area have a go! Edited August 29, 2014 by henry d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Well in. Great eating when they are straight out of the water. Look forward to watching your filum in due course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Yep, as posted elsewhere, this is the scene at various locations all along the SW coastline. There's been a little bit bit of bother at Beer in that some are taking them by the bucket load with absolutely no idea of what they're actually going to do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 We had them mad here the other day at Perranporth, all sorts of sizes. We even had 3 seals turn up after the smaller ones that were being thrown back. As you say I have not heard it being this good for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 went to Dartmouth on holiday last weekend, fished off the front with feathers and caught loads, took a few for dinner they were great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I was on on the beach in South Devon. The Mackerel chased the whitebait onto the shore, we collected kilos of them I used feathers and pulled 110 mackerel out.... happy days The sea looked as if it was boiling as the mackerel chased the little whitebait .... it was an amazing sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesley121 Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 Any mackerel around Anglesey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted August 29, 2014 Report Share Posted August 29, 2014 I had 30 off the rocks at cawsand on Tuesday! There was a bloke there yesterday, fishimg with a carrier bag with holes in pulling up mackerel in the bag! I've never seen anything like it! I think there is a video on YouTube of them off the torpoint ferry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Indeed Darno, it was a friend of one of my BiL`s who posted the vid and my other BiL who works in Cawsand and even he was shocked with the amount of fish and he has been in Cornwall and the SW most of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) Hopefully this is the video... http://vid627.photobucket.com/albums/tt352/springer9012/WP_20140827_001.mp4 Edited August 30, 2014 by henry d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 There are a few there Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 That's not the one I saw. But that's what it's like all over!:-) great for the kids to be able to do a bit:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted August 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 No that is mine at Mount Wise and yes, the big kid (wife) really enjoyed it as it has been 30+ years since she fished and she wants to do more. That means a bit of a double edged sword, does she expect lots of fish every time, probably not (?), but fishing from the canoe or some pier in Scotland may not be the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Just for info', expert opinion has it that the winter storms that we had down here have caused the release of nutrients on which the whitebait feed which has pulled them in and in turn, the mackerel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Nowt here in Cumbria,,,,,,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_jay Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Heading down to cornwall saturday, hope they are still about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaz Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Loads in Cornwall - where you going? I was on the beach last week and had to stop fishing as I couldn't have used them all as I was in the caravan - took 15 in a matter minutes even had some on the lure whilst trying for bass whilst they were in close, made some happy campers that night with free mackerel. They were less than 40yds out where I was so no need to punch the feathers out 100yds+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_jay Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Will be south coast, near Portscatho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBlox Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 SFA in Kent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Went to Pwllheli yesterday in the hope of catching some. Nothing doing though. I didn't even get my rod out of the car, just looking at the sea and the folk that were fishing told me enough. Cracking day though, quite happy to just sit and watch the sea for an hour or two.. Might try Anglesey today. Any hotspots of note? Can't find any positive reports of mackerel other than in Cornwall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Went to Pwllheli yesterday in the hope of catching some. Nothing doing though. I didn't even get my rod out of the car, just looking at the sea and the folk that were fishing told me enough. Cracking day though, quite happy to just sit and watch the sea for an hour or two.. Might try Anglesey today. Any hotspots of note? Can't find any positive reports of mackerel other than in Cornwall. I caught shed-loads down south but there were fellas close to me catching nothing at all...... I think unless conditions are clearly bad like silt sitting near the shore, I'd still have a little try. Some days they are near the surface, some days low down always worth trying different techniques and feathers and spinners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Well there's naff all at Mackerel Rock today. Saw one caught by a fella in a boat, nothing except an undersized pollack from shore. Beautiful day though, it's roasting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Well there's naff all at Mackerel Rock today. Saw one caught by a fella in a boat, nothing except an undersized pollack from shore. Beautiful day though, it's roasting! if it stays like that youll have to rename it rock rock or shorten it to rock , good numbers up here again but still no decent Pollack its getting a bit worrying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I can remember fishing for mackerel at Dawlish Warren as a child. The sea used to ripple with them and we saw Dolphins at the edges going mad catching them. They were in every evening for days while we were camping there. I had my first rod a green 5ft fibreglass and self casting reel and some metallic spinners, spent all my holiday money on them. By the end of the week everyone on camp had been presented with Mackerel and even the dogs were fed up with them cooked and mixed in with their dog meal. Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 I can remember fishing for mackerel at Dawlish Warren as a child. The sea used to ripple with them and we saw Dolphins at the edges going mad catching them. They were in every evening for days while we were camping there. I had my first rod a green 5ft fibreglass and self casting reel and some metallic spinners, spent all my holiday money on them. By the end of the week everyone on camp had been presented with Mackerel and even the dogs were fed up with them cooked and mixed in with their dog meal. Happy days. Purely for info as I'm in Exmouth, they were porpoise. We used to get pods of them. I don't know when they stopped coming - they were there when I left to join the RAF but weren't when I came back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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