Shore Caught record 5-11-14 Berry Head, Brixham M A Kemp 1982
Boat record - 6-02-07 Penberth Cove, Cornwall W J Chapple 1984
Fishing season -April to January
Likely Shore Locations - Deeper water with sandy bottoms . Estuaries, Tidal Races,
Geographic area -Mackerel are distributed around most of the UK coastline .
Methods - Mackerel love to chase small bait fish , Around dusk they may come into the shallows and chase fry so use a floating or intermediate line , in the day time they may lie a little deeper so try sinking fly lines, Mackerel are turned on by speed so get the fly down and then retrieve fast.
Flies
DNA clousers . Sparse DNA clousers . DNA Bonbons . White and Olive. All White they love them all!!
REMEMBER IF YOU TOUCH A MACKEREL YOU KILL IT SO FISH BARBLESS AND SHAKE THEM OFF THE HOOK. THIS IS SCIENCE NOT WIVES TALES!
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Mackerel on Fly By BASS member Steve Binkes
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