Mackerel

[Squeamish5 309]

Shoal of mackerel along the shore the other morning. None of my pics did it justice, even with a bit of tweaking, but it was a delight to see. Shoulda gone in closer but didn't want to risk dropping my phone in.

[low plains drifter 10,821]

Never mind the phone, what about the rod ?

[neil cooney 10,416]

That's brilliant. All the Mackerel fishing I've ever done I've never seen a shoal so close to shore. Nice one.

[Squeamish5 309]

Never mind the phone, what about the rod ?

Never mind a rod, I reckon it would have been hard to miss one or two with a toasting fork. (And the previous day, whitebait had been just throwing themselves onto the sandy beach).

Ended up being given 20 odd, on a day I had no fridge or freezer space, and offered more the next day.

[The one 8,523]

Should of dipped a net in there you would of got a few

[PINNACLE 2,297]

I drove 250 miles today to try and get a picture of a Hobby (I did) but I think 150 miles for a bag of Mackerel would have been a better use of time, Fresh out of the sea on a BBQ or in a pan with a bit of butter, YUM. Kent here we come, I can tell by the pebbles where to start.

[pesky1972 5,382]

Never mind the phone, what about the rod ?

Not sure you'd need one. Wade in up to your ankles and just kick them up onto the beach. ?

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

 

Never mind the phone, what about the rod ?

Not sure you'd need one. Wade in up to your ankles and just kick them up onto the beach. ?

Or dive in head first, naked and open mouthed like a pink dolphin.

[squab 2,875]

Good pics iv never seen them that close in although iv heard tales of shoals beaching them selves,where in kent mate camber side of the power station?

[j j m 6,566]

very nice mate

[Squeamish5 309]

Yep Camber side. Never seen them so close in and lived here 28 years. Old boy I know says he remembers once seeing whitebait, followed by mackerel, followed by dolphins.

[CRAZYHORSE 2,647]

If you had a fly rod you would have had some fun

[Malt 379]

That's brilliant. All the Mackerel fishing I've ever done I've never seen a shoal so close to shore. Nice one.

Years ago a massive shoal came in ahead of a storm after the whitebait, and they were jumping on the beach in their thousand. People were walking across the South beach in Tenby collecting them by the bag full.

[Mister Gain 1,764]

Yep Camber side. Never seen them so close in and lived here 28 years. Old boy I know says he remembers once seeing whitebait, followed by mackerel, followed by dolphins.

 

Used to know it as Dengemarsh Beach, 4 of us camped on the beach for 3 nights in October 1977. Fcuking cold was an understatement, couldn't get warm at all so no real kip, ended up shattered but I did get an 8lb cod biggest fish of the session.

[squab 2,875]

 

Yep Camber side. Never seen them so close in and lived here 28 years. Old boy I know says he remembers once seeing whitebait, followed by mackerel, followed by dolphins.

 

Used to know it as Dengemarsh Beach, 4 of us camped on the beach for 3 nights in October 1977. Fcuking cold was an understatement, couldn't get warm at all so no real kip, ended up shattered but I did get an 8lb cod biggest fish of the session.

I know it well fished there all the time growing up down there,used to shoot rabbits down the unused road track leading down there to the beach,fecking desolate along there winter time with that wind coming off the sea lol,also fished the big lakes near the power station for pike had some nice doubles out them,parents still live not far from there