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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: dennisK on August 13, 2012, 01:17:21 PM
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Anyone know if fresh mackerel are in at Steveston? Prices this year?
Thanks
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1381/xmackeralp1030010.jpg)
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Those don't look fresh.
;D
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MMMMM...I love smoked mackeral, I grew up on mackeral..being from the east coast..used to catch'em off the wharves in Halifax.
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saw rod posted up some pictures of fresh mackerel he got? where do you fish for them? and what do they bite on?
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saw rod posted up some pictures of fresh mackerel he got? where do you fish for them? and what do they bite on?
http://www.fishingwithrod.com/blog/2012/08/12/fun-with-a-less-desirable-species/
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A more unappetising mess was rarely created-you gotta be tough to eat fried crud like that.
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mackeral will bite anything that moves.nothing but trouble for our young salmon. kill kill them if you get the chance.
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Some guys would know how to cook them up. ??? I personaly don't care for them unless their canned. :-X Big curse when your out Salmon fishing and those badboys show up. ;D Yes they will bite anything your throwing at them. 8)
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Anyone know if fresh mackerel are in at Steveston? Prices this year?
Thanks
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1381/xmackeralp1030010.jpg)
you still use that plate after that :)
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MMMMM...I love smoked mackeral, I grew up on mackeral..being from the east coast..used to catch'em off the wharves in Halifax.
me too , brined overnight, and smoked cool for 12 hours. yum
also fresh morning caught (before they darken) rolled in steel cut oats and grilled or fried.
also take some of the smoked and cooked meat and make chowder subbing mackerel for clams or add to clams. (kedigree)
poor folks food but honest.
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Correct me if Im wrong but dont Mackeral in our waters rely on water temp.
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I think they are temp dependent. When the warm southern waters creep up the westcoast it brings them in. I remember catching mackeral off the dock at China Creek in Port Alberni many years ago. Having said that, the mackeral schools would come in along the shoreline in Nova Scotia in August and September when the water was warmer. They were very easy to catch as anything shiny would work, especially mackeral jigs and feathered hooks above the jig. There were times when you could catch as many mackeral as hooks on your line. One jig and five feathers produced 6 fish at once. Although it was tough to land all six at once, with the fish zig-zagging in all directions. Brings back great memories!!
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yes they require slightly warmer water temps, I'm told that it is not a huge differance but never the less ... fished for mackerel as lad in Scotland and also fished for them out just off of sooke in 71-2 -ish while here on holiday.
I'd say they are preditory on salmonids and also herring but unless they hung around for several seasons ,I'd say it's just a normal cycle in currents and water temp fluctuations. Early explorers reported catching mackerel in the early 1800's.
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I think they are temp dependent. When the warm southern waters creep up the westcoast it brings them in. I remember catching mackeral off the dock at China Creek in Port Alberni many years ago. Having said that, the mackeral schools would come in along the shoreline in Nova Scotia in August and September when the water was warmer. They were very easy to catch as anything shiny would work, especially mackeral jigs and feathered hooks above the jig. There were times when you could catch as many mackeral as hooks on your line. One jig and five feathers produced 6 fish at once. Although it was tough to land all six at once, with the fish zig-zagging in all directions. Brings back great memories!!
me too,
as lads we'd get on the bus down to the coast have a cook out etc. and when in season fish the mackerel, then back on the bus looking like we'd been in a knife fight back home, with our pails full. they'd get cleaned up and brined, and my pal's dad would take em down to the smoker at the pork factory.
Often shared with neighbours and family.
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When we cleaned ours a few days ago, we found quite a few squid in their stomach cavity.
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Sorry but nothing comes close to deepfried pickled herring, my uncle brought me a jar from Germany about 15 yrs ago, was gone in an hour.
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When we cleaned ours a few days ago, we found quite a few squid in their stomach cavity.
Mrs R must be coming up with good recipies ;D
think big sardines
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When we cleaned ours a few days ago, we found quite a few squid in their stomach cavity.
not up on the ocean temps Rod, do the squid and mackerel normaly overlap in temp ranges and therefore competing with the salmo's food chain or even a double whamy with preying on the young and competing for food with the maturing.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but dont Mackeral in our waters rely on water temp.
Yup the mackerel usually follow the warmer Japanese current along the west coast of Vancouver Island. We used to catch them in our seine nets on certain years, sometime's the warmer water would send the sockeye runs down the inside passage pissing off the American commercial fleet as the fish would migrate thru the gulf instead of coming around the west coast when they entered the Fraser river.
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So hows Dennis going to get his fill of Macky :)
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This March, I caught dozens of mackerel in California in just 4 hours. They weren't very clean though. Even the cabzones have worms in their gills.
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Just got back from T&T in Coquitlam and they have fresh mackerel .