hammering mackerel
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fishingfanatastico
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Aie mate was at Roker Pier last nite last light fished its t*ts off casting out just one wind of the reel and had 3 and 4s on at a time some sixes and sevens. Only took ten home though as i gave all them away to the chinese blokes who were there, and also threw a load back.
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Davyred
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What the hell are you going to do with 500 fillets? Even between 3 of you, thats over 150 fillets each.
What a waste.
border reiver
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Dear me- take this off the net before anyone in authority see's it. It's neither wonder their trying to hit us with "LICENSES" when they read articles like this.
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marksworld
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3-5 macky for freezer for eating and maybe another 10 fillets in the freezer for bait, that would be enough or maybe even to many for me. as a rule i dont target the macky for the simple reason to many people do, it gets boring and i would rather have a peaceful day out not looking at all the crap and listening to the foul language used by some of the so called anglers.
cheers
mark
cheers
mark
border reiver
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sport
sport
I love the sport especially with the float, but i know what you mean blyth pier looked like a garbage tip monday night.
sport
I love the sport especially with the float, but i know what you mean blyth pier looked like a garbage tip monday night.
marksworld
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i would rather strugle over cliffs and rocks to find a hard to get to mark than spend time on a noisy misile laden peir if you get me drift
mark
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when they are around in such numbers why does 'sport' dissapear out of the window??
sure knock out a string of daylites on a big rod and pull em in 4 5 or 6 at a time, why not just buy a fecking gill net, can't see much difference. a few more years of this and everyone will be bleating there's no mackeral left or blaming it on the commercials.
Perfect fuel to fan the governments flames over licensing
if they are there in such big numbers, get a 7 foot spinning rod, stick 3 to 5lb line on and 1 spinner. you'll have more fun tussling with a single mackeral for 5 mins on that gear than pulling in 20 in the same space of time using strings of lures. Sure, you're gonna loose loads, but you'll learn more about playing a fish than you'll ever learn by any other means. Who knows, come the winter when you hook the cod of a lifetime off the pier, you might have a better chance of playing it and landing it
Maybe I'm just the grumpy self opinionated tosser, thats stick his oar in, but it just looks like needless slaughter to me.
whats worse, is that reading of people and the fun they had pulling 100 plus fish in in a session, which is more than enough to keep em in bait for years, they'll want to go and do it again and again throughout the season.
at that rate in 3 days you'll have caught enough to eat mackeral, every day of the year, for a whole year.
Bring in licensing and quotas asap!!
sure knock out a string of daylites on a big rod and pull em in 4 5 or 6 at a time, why not just buy a fecking gill net, can't see much difference. a few more years of this and everyone will be bleating there's no mackeral left or blaming it on the commercials.
Perfect fuel to fan the governments flames over licensing
if they are there in such big numbers, get a 7 foot spinning rod, stick 3 to 5lb line on and 1 spinner. you'll have more fun tussling with a single mackeral for 5 mins on that gear than pulling in 20 in the same space of time using strings of lures. Sure, you're gonna loose loads, but you'll learn more about playing a fish than you'll ever learn by any other means. Who knows, come the winter when you hook the cod of a lifetime off the pier, you might have a better chance of playing it and landing it
Maybe I'm just the grumpy self opinionated tosser, thats stick his oar in, but it just looks like needless slaughter to me.
whats worse, is that reading of people and the fun they had pulling 100 plus fish in in a session, which is more than enough to keep em in bait for years, they'll want to go and do it again and again throughout the season.
at that rate in 3 days you'll have caught enough to eat mackeral, every day of the year, for a whole year.
Bring in licensing and quotas asap!!
codseeker
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telling ya peeps go mad for macky ,easiest unskilled to catch,and a know some of these youngins aint got room for freezing them all so where do they go.nieghbours ,friends ,not all like them so i just guess its to go down and catch fish and say i caught this amount ,it aint a comp lol.
tell ya what me pic of a couple of macky may been first pic shown on here this season,but tell ya what a was just over the moon with that as it was first this year,never been back down since to try for more yet,
rather be down the river scratching for flatties etc
tell ya what me pic of a couple of macky may been first pic shown on here this season,but tell ya what a was just over the moon with that as it was first this year,never been back down since to try for more yet,
rather be down the river scratching for flatties etc
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The Great Wallsendo
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If you are....
If you are....
...then so am I!!
"Maybe I'm just the grumpy self opinionated tosser, thats stick his oar in, but it just looks like needless slaughter to me."
Not at all Mark - I totally agree.
Would rather sit for an hour to catch one good size flattie than "compete" to catch 100 Mackerel for no real reason. Totally Pointless!!!
If you are....
...then so am I!!
"Maybe I'm just the grumpy self opinionated tosser, thats stick his oar in, but it just looks like needless slaughter to me."
Not at all Mark - I totally agree.
Would rather sit for an hour to catch one good size flattie than "compete" to catch 100 Mackerel for no real reason. Totally Pointless!!!
tooly
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Ah.but they're for the cat,the next door neighbours cat,fishcakes,the bloke down the street likes them.My granny'll have a couple for her supper.I've heard them all before,AND THEY'RE STILL CRAP.
What's the point of killing 300 fish,if left alone,or returned could give you 300,000 fish in a few years.
Yeah if you're a pike man or freeze them for bait ok.But these guys have sense they know how many-ish they'll need and stop when they get there.to catch 100 and leave 50 on the pier,as has been done,then throw 25 away cos they're too heavy to carry home,and give 20 away,leaves 5 for you,why not take 5 in the first place.
Rant over.
What's the point of killing 300 fish,if left alone,or returned could give you 300,000 fish in a few years.
Yeah if you're a pike man or freeze them for bait ok.But these guys have sense they know how many-ish they'll need and stop when they get there.to catch 100 and leave 50 on the pier,as has been done,then throw 25 away cos they're too heavy to carry home,and give 20 away,leaves 5 for you,why not take 5 in the first place.
Rant over.
bigpaul
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me and a mate took 50 shared between the 2 of us the other day from the castle and that will be it for me for the whole year some went on the barbie and the others i froze down the only other mackrel i'll take now is the odd ones when over the mull or elsewhere catching them there and then for fresh bait for a session there and then
Same crap every year on here about Mackerel,you get all ages,sex's and abilities on Blyth pier and probably every other pier in the country fishing for them,dont just blame the occasional summer angler "Macky Bashers 
" theres Top "so called" North East Anglers pulling them in 6 at a time and leaving sh#t everywhere,its times like this when I really would like to see a fishing Licence brought in.
The Mackerel I catch i freeze for the winter fishing or for eating and I could probably get what I need in one session god knows what they do with hundreds of them,probably end up in there wheelie bins or just dumped
" theres Top "so called" North East Anglers pulling them in 6 at a time and leaving sh#t everywhere,its times like this when I really would like to see a fishing Licence brought in.The Mackerel I catch i freeze for the winter fishing or for eating and I could probably get what I need in one session god knows what they do with hundreds of them,probably end up in there wheelie bins or just dumped
rod-the-cod
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i like going for them with a spinner on a lite rod its good funn but blasting a set of daylights in and oot aint fun just slaughter
Davyred
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Well I'm glad that my original opinion is shared by the majority on here.
I used to be one of the masses who used to get up at daft o'clock to go down to Roker for dawn, but not anymore. If I want some, I wait till I go to Scotland for my weeks holiday, and normally pick up enough when I'm spinning for Pollack.
In this day and age, I still can't believe that people use feathers and the likes for them. Try spinning or floatfishing for gods sake. Its easier, and far more enjoyable.
I used to be one of the masses who used to get up at daft o'clock to go down to Roker for dawn, but not anymore. If I want some, I wait till I go to Scotland for my weeks holiday, and normally pick up enough when I'm spinning for Pollack.
In this day and age, I still can't believe that people use feathers and the likes for them. Try spinning or floatfishing for gods sake. Its easier, and far more enjoyable.
I might give float fishing ago but I will have to ask someone to show me how to first lol as I have never done it before.
The Great Wallsendo
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Float fishing for Mackerel
Float fishing for Mackerel
If you've got this months (July) Sea Angler there's a feature in it about float fishing for Garfish....I'd imagine the theory is the same
Float fishing for Mackerel
If you've got this months (July) Sea Angler there's a feature in it about float fishing for Garfish....I'd imagine the theory is the same
