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Being new to sea fishing, I'm wondering what we can hope to catch from shore
in the month of October (along the south coast in particular - Dover / Folkestone / Hythe area). Am I right in thinking the mackerel will soon be gone for the year? |
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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. wrote in message ... Being new to sea fishing, I'm wondering what we can hope to catch from shore in the month of October (along the south coast in particular - Dover / Folkestone / Hythe area). Am I right in thinking the mackerel will soon be gone for the year? |
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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... |
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if you sever the cord by cranking the head back they wont know anything
after that point, although this is best left just for the mackerel, some fish can leave a nice mark on your thumb ![]() To absoutely be sure with any fish, a fillet knife point shoved into the rear of the head and twisted quickly guarantees the nerves are severed, i always do this with doggies, the cosh often dulls them but they can wake 20 mins later and get ya! ![]() Mackerel is usually best from may/june to sept/oct. highest ive caught was on a warm day in early july. 14 carrier bags filled in under 1 hour on a single, '6' trace of cheap silvers. (the neighbours were eating fish for weeks from their freezer) Good hunting... wrote in message ... 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... |
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