If you fish for chunks of herring on one-pound hooks in the outermost part of Gloucester Harbor south of Ten Pound Island, the first thing will probably not be good. Here the bone-bone waters look upon the Eastern shores, and – if the light blows to the south, you will set the highest line that […]
Tag Archives: Mackerel
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May
May
Spanish Mackerel are pretty abundant, fun to catch, and very good to eat. Each year they migrate up and down the east coast of the United States and in along the Gulf Coast, usually as soon as the water temperature reaches 65 degrees. In addition, you don’t even have to go out very far to […]
Spanish Mackerel have a stigma attached because of Boston mackerel and other mackerel that make good bait and little else. Spanish taste more like Wahoo than they do like King Mackerel and are very tasty if properly prepared. To prepare Spanish for smoking, I fillet them, leaving the skin on and then zipper the fillets. […]
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Nov
Nov
We all know cats can be finicky. Sometimes they prefer food in a certain way. Sometimes they have a problem such as disease, age, or lack of nutrition. Sometimes when a catcat food goes away, it stubbornly refuses to eat for a long time. pestilential In this case, you want to have something completely irresistible […]
There I was this past Sunday, 8 miles offshore in our 23′ center console vessel struggling to hang on to the spinner rod as a 30lb King Mackerel on the other end kept ripping off line, running at blazing speeds to try and escape my hooks. Just a few moments earlier, my husband and I […]
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Jul
Jul
Cats with visible stripes, swirls or spots on their bodies are referred to by breeders, owners and cat fanciers, as tabbies. Although some people erroneously assume the tabby cat to be a breed, it in fact describes a type of fur pattern, and can be seen in most breeds of cat, including the wild ancestors […]
Top 5 Lures & Rigs for King Mackerel Disclaimer: I am not a “professional” King Mackerel angler, but I do have many years of experience and success catching smokers. The following list contains the 5 rigs / lures that I find to be the best to use. Live Bait Rigs Consisting of a nose hook […]
Try drift-fishing herring chunks on unweighted hooks from a kayak in outer Gloucester Harbor, southeast of Ten Pound Island, and to be honest, things probalby won’t go very well at first. The waters here face Eastern Point’s bony western shoreline, and although the light southwest wind will push your along your driftline just fine, it […]