yup they will become ever thinner, however i have known some bass to fish
ok
end of the year but you are always assured some doggies, they fight well
but
taste like %^&*.
you might be lucky for a while with the pollock and whiting down south
coast
too.

Cheers for the pointers - you're not kidding about the mackerel - last week
(the first week I'd really caught anything this year since I started sea
fishing) - I caught 29 mackerel in one day - today I caught just the 2! (at
least I caught some though : ). Now it looks like I'll have to wait until
next season to catch some more! When does the mackerel season start in
earnest anyway?

Oh, and what's the best way to kill a mackerel (or any fish for that matter)
properly? I use a mixture of kosh over the brain area and then one to the
top of the spine and today I tried the cranking the head straight back to
break the spine, but somehow, no matter which method I use, the fish's nerve
system still seems to twinge every now and then ten minutes later (despite
repeated well-aimed kosh strikes). After the inital blow, the fish's gills
and eyes stop moving, so I presume its dead. I do hope the nerve twitch
thing is normal? Its a rather macbre paradox to say it, but I do care about
the fish when I'm killing them...