jimi
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how do you catch them, I've trolled for months and caught sod all!
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MrG_2
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Its no good hiding under bridges..../forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
you need bits of string and hooks in the water with something on the hook that might attract a denizen of the deep...
you need bits of string and hooks in the water with something on the hook that might attract a denizen of the deep...
jimi
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I've towed a paravane with feathers and a wobbly plastic sand eel at the end for many a nautical mile with no results
MrG_2
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Maybe your boat is just toooooo fast for the fish?
StugeronSteve
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Would you be tempted by a wobbly plastic sand eel?
Ships_Cat
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You need a longer line Jimi - quite alot longer, one that reaches from UK to NZ.
John
John
Neraida
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You need a long line and shiny twinkly things on the hooks. Mackerel should then give themselves up easily.
Goodge
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Not very good at this fishing lark either.
The only time we've ever caught anything is when we actually stopped for a few minutes.
See where the locals are fishing, drop a line and 'bingo' not too long and you should have some interest.
Apart from on a boat its a cr*p sport anyway !
The only time we've ever caught anything is when we actually stopped for a few minutes.
See where the locals are fishing, drop a line and 'bingo' not too long and you should have some interest.
Apart from on a boat its a cr*p sport anyway !
aitchw
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Or so slow the fish can't see it moving.
aitchw
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Apart from on a boat its a cr*p sport anyway !
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I only fish from the boat with the intention of eating what I catch. Good job the local shop's open late otherwise I'd starve to death.
Apart from on a boat its a cr*p sport anyway !
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I only fish from the boat with the intention of eating what I catch. Good job the local shop's open late otherwise I'd starve to death.
Sgeir
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Mackeral at this time of year?
You seem to know something about this subject, so when's the best time to catch mackeral? I've been told that you shouldn't take them out now as you'll be lifting the pregnant ones and that this would reduce stocks etc etc.
Is this just a lot of nonsense spun to gullible townies like myself, or is it told so that the locals get to keep them all?
You seem to know something about this subject, so when's the best time to catch mackeral? I've been told that you shouldn't take them out now as you'll be lifting the pregnant ones and that this would reduce stocks etc etc.
Is this just a lot of nonsense spun to gullible townies like myself, or is it told so that the locals get to keep them all?
Norman_E
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Pull pin.
Throw as far from boat as possible (grenade, not pin).
Stunned fish float to surface.
Much easier than all that string and hook mularky.
Throw as far from boat as possible (grenade, not pin).
Stunned fish float to surface.
Much easier than all that string and hook mularky.
ChrisE
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Your local fishing guru is pleased to advise.
1. Trolling at this time of yeat in the UK is largely a waste of time, the only bites you'll get are in localised areas such as this webboard.
2. Wiggly rubber sandeels are great for bass but the skill required to catch them is probably well beyond that of yer avg yottie.
3. According other posters on the B&Q board next door, above 5 knots is too fast for mackeral. I've caught them at this speed but then I'm an angler first and a stik'n'string merchant second.
4. For those based around the Solent two good spots to try, from the beginning of June onwards are just south of The Bridge, from high water slack onwards and over around the Forts on the eastern end. Best way of catching your supper is to use a team of feathers or their modern plastic equivalents. Best to heave to as really what you want to be doing is to drift with the tide.
1. Trolling at this time of yeat in the UK is largely a waste of time, the only bites you'll get are in localised areas such as this webboard.
2. Wiggly rubber sandeels are great for bass but the skill required to catch them is probably well beyond that of yer avg yottie.
3. According other posters on the B&Q board next door, above 5 knots is too fast for mackeral. I've caught them at this speed but then I'm an angler first and a stik'n'string merchant second.
4. For those based around the Solent two good spots to try, from the beginning of June onwards are just south of The Bridge, from high water slack onwards and over around the Forts on the eastern end. Best way of catching your supper is to use a team of feathers or their modern plastic equivalents. Best to heave to as really what you want to be doing is to drift with the tide.
TigaWave
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Maybe its where not how? Between Plymouth and Falmouth there are always mackerel ready to come aboard....between Falmouth and Spain always Tuna...
Gunfleet
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If you trail mackerel feathers off the paravane around headlands you will get lucky. Beachy Head and Cap de la Hague are the two good spots you are likely to visit. Fresh mackerel out of the sea is superb.
bobgosling
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No point fishing in UK waters. The French & Spanish have taken all the fish. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
StugeronSteve
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2. Wiggly rubber sandeels are great for bass but the skill required to catch them is probably well beyond that of yer avg yottie.
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Where does one go to catch wiggly (wobbly) sand eels? And what is the skill involved?
2. Wiggly rubber sandeels are great for bass but the skill required to catch them is probably well beyond that of yer avg yottie.
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Where does one go to catch wiggly (wobbly) sand eels? And what is the skill involved?
Goodge
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Fresh mackerel out of the sea is superb.
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On one of the few times we did catch mackere we stopped just outside Roscoff as we saw the locals hailing them in.
Within minutes we had four beauties on board and made for a good lunch.
Fresh mackerel out of the sea is superb.
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On one of the few times we did catch mackere we stopped just outside Roscoff as we saw the locals hailing them in.
Within minutes we had four beauties on board and made for a good lunch.
StugeronSteve
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On one of the few times we did catch mackere we stopped just outside Roscoff as we saw the locals hailing them in.
[/ QUOTE ] Was that by name, or number? Sorry, couldn't resist it.
On one of the few times we did catch mackere we stopped just outside Roscoff as we saw the locals hailing them in.
[/ QUOTE ] Was that by name, or number? Sorry, couldn't resist it.
Lakesailor
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Within minutes we had four beauties on board and made for a good lunch.
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Did you throw the fish away then?
Within minutes we had four beauties on board and made for a good lunch.
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Did you throw the fish away then?
