How to catch Mackerel - Catch Clean Cook Oak Smoked Mackerel Beach Fire Survival - The Fish Locker
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Date: 2022-05-03
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thedirtyfecker
Hi John, I was wondering what your opinion is on what tope eat? Tope are an inshore shallow water shark and in my neck of the woods (East coast of Ireland) they are common and tend to be on the 40lb+ size. The East coast for the most part is less than 100ft deep unless you head far out to sea. The tope congregate around sand banks in 30 - 50 ft of water. I have fished for them up and down the East coast and in these areas I find that in season mackerel, pin whiting and dabs are the most plentiful species. I am of the opinion that tope feed predominantly on flatfish. Tope are sharks and sharks tend to be lazy feeders unless the food source is shoaling. When you watch sharks on TV they are not chasing and snapping at every fish they see. I would imagine tope are the same. Flatfish are slow targets that tope could find with their 'electronic' sensory abilities that many sharks seem to have for locating prey. It makes sense to me that they are feeding on the dabs inshore on the sand banks as opposed to mackerel which are harder to catch. I could be wrong though. What are your thoughts?
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Hi John, I was wondering what your opinion is on what tope eat? Tope are an inshore shallow water shark and in my neck of the woods (East coast of Ireland) they are common and tend to be on the 40lb+ size. The East coast for the most part is less than 100ft deep unless you head far out to sea. The tope congregate around sand banks in 30 - 50 ft of water. I have fished for them up and down the East coast and in these areas I find that in season mackerel, pin whiting and dabs are the most plentiful species. I am of the opinion that tope feed predominantly on flatfish. Tope are sharks and sharks tend to be lazy feeders unless the food source is shoaling. When you watch sharks on TV they are not chasing and snapping at every fish they see. I would imagine tope are the same. Flatfish are slow targets that tope could find with their 'electronic' sensory abilities that many sharks seem to have for locating prey. It makes sense to me that they are feeding on the dabs inshore on the sand banks as opposed to mackerel which are harder to catch. I could be wrong though. What are your thoughts?
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hunt
Great video - from sea to plate to tummy all in the same day. Like others have mentioned you can get some fairly toxic fumes coming off the mesh and the lacquered inside of the tin, so probably better to torch the inside well before using it for the first time, but such a simple cheap and easy way to quickly smoke your fish. You should try smoking herring as they taste fantastic when smoked, in my opinion anyway, best served on buttered ryebread with some sea salt, freshly cracked black pepper, some finely chopped raw onion, finely cut fresh chives, and if you want to go all the way a raw egg yolk on the top. You will need a cold beer for that too -
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Great video - from sea to plate to tummy all in the same day. Like others have mentioned you can get some fairly toxic fumes coming off the mesh and the lacquered inside of the tin, so probably better to torch the inside well before using it for the first time, but such a simple cheap and easy way to quickly smoke your fish. You should try smoking herring as they taste fantastic when smoked, in my opinion anyway, best served on buttered ryebread with some sea salt, freshly cracked black pepper, some finely chopped raw onion, finely cut fresh chives, and if you want to go all the way a raw egg yolk on the top. You will need a cold beer for that too -
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David
When I was young we used to catch loads of mackerel - it was much easier then. We cooked them on the beach on a driftwood fire. We gutted them and wrapped the whole fish in a copy of The Times (sorry, but that-s because it was the right thickness, not because we only caught pretentious mackerel) that we then soaked in sea water. We placed the wrapped fish in the fire and turned them a couple of times. When the newspaper started to burn they were cooked. I now read The Times on my iPad, but I doubt that would be so successful.
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When I was young we used to catch loads of mackerel - it was much easier then. We cooked them on the beach on a driftwood fire. We gutted them and wrapped the whole fish in a copy of The Times (sorry, but that-s because it was the right thickness, not because we only caught pretentious mackerel) that we then soaked in sea water. We placed the wrapped fish in the fire and turned them a couple of times. When the newspaper started to burn they were cooked. I now read The Times on my iPad, but I doubt that would be so successful.
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Jeff
We used to look down at the little mackerel as bait. My Japanese mom loves them.
Turns out she was right. The big fish have more toxins and the little ones have the healthy oils.
The big ones fight as hard as a small tuna.
Rarely in So Cal a mackerel could be long as your arm. Full meter and big teeth. Savage.
Sometimes they run with the bonita and barracuda hunting baitballs.
When it goes off with frothing water, jumping bait and screeching birds diving it's about as good as it gets.
Big Mac Attack!
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We used to look down at the little mackerel as bait. My Japanese mom loves them.
Turns out she was right. The big fish have more toxins and the little ones have the healthy oils.
The big ones fight as hard as a small tuna.
Rarely in So Cal a mackerel could be long as your arm. Full meter and big teeth. Savage.
Sometimes they run with the bonita and barracuda hunting baitballs.
When it goes off with frothing water, jumping bait and screeching birds diving it's about as good as it gets.
Big Mac Attack!
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Liverbird
I-m just getting into fishing and our Loch has loads of big mackerel which we caught a few of yesterday. It may sound silly but I noticed a lot of our catch were bleeding already and we found it a nightmare to get the hooks out their mouths really tricky and looked horrible for the fish. You mentioned something about doing something to the barbs to make it easier to get the fish released. Can u tell me in a bit more detail if possible? Cheers for the vid it certainly helped.
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I-m just getting into fishing and our Loch has loads of big mackerel which we caught a few of yesterday. It may sound silly but I noticed a lot of our catch were bleeding already and we found it a nightmare to get the hooks out their mouths really tricky and looked horrible for the fish. You mentioned something about doing something to the barbs to make it easier to get the fish released. Can u tell me in a bit more detail if possible? Cheers for the vid it certainly helped.
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willie
Brilliant! Love your easy open honest and experienced way with fishing and beach cook ups. It is so relaxing and I really appreciate the way you talk directly to us and share your good times with us. The closed caption subtitles I deeply appreciate. They allow me to watch Fish Locker at any time without disturbing the rest of sleeping household.
Thanks again. Looking forward to many years more with you!
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Brilliant! Love your easy open honest and experienced way with fishing and beach cook ups. It is so relaxing and I really appreciate the way you talk directly to us and share your good times with us. The closed caption subtitles I deeply appreciate. They allow me to watch Fish Locker at any time without disturbing the rest of sleeping household.
Thanks again. Looking forward to many years more with you!
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Hiho
I learned to eat mackerel raw in a Japanese restaurant in Amsterdam. Thinly sliced fillets with thinly sliced lemon wedges between them.
The slices were delicious with that hint of lemon.
Would that be a way for you to enjoy your absolutely fresh mackerel?
I never dared to prepare it myself -cause how do you know how fresh bought mackerel are?
Thank you for this stunning video!
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I learned to eat mackerel raw in a Japanese restaurant in Amsterdam. Thinly sliced fillets with thinly sliced lemon wedges between them.
The slices were delicious with that hint of lemon.
Would that be a way for you to enjoy your absolutely fresh mackerel?
I never dared to prepare it myself -cause how do you know how fresh bought mackerel are?
Thank you for this stunning video!
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Martin
We had a guy who made us a 12 feather rig. A couple of times a year we-d go out in Start Bay and catch 10-12 at a time. The water we so dense with mackerel we had to attach heavier weights to get through them! 30 minutes in and we had as many as it was moral to catch. This is back before mackerel were popular.
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We had a guy who made us a 12 feather rig. A couple of times a year we-d go out in Start Bay and catch 10-12 at a time. The water we so dense with mackerel we had to attach heavier weights to get through them! 30 minutes in and we had as many as it was moral to catch. This is back before mackerel were popular.
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Marcus
Love your videos. Quick question you said your fishing in Jan for them I'm looking to get out and do some float fishing for them but thought I would have to wait for warmer weather. Would I be able to fish from shore or would it be to shallow? Kind regards
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Love your videos. Quick question you said your fishing in Jan for them I'm looking to get out and do some float fishing for them but thought I would have to wait for warmer weather. Would I be able to fish from shore or would it be to shallow? Kind regards
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GRANMotherH3N
The secret of a good smoke is to salt the fish prior to smoking. The salt draws the moisture away from the fish, so when it smokes, the moisture sucks back in and takes the smoke with it. But I love nothing more than cooked fresh fish on the beach.
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The secret of a good smoke is to salt the fish prior to smoking. The salt draws the moisture away from the fish, so when it smokes, the moisture sucks back in and takes the smoke with it. But I love nothing more than cooked fresh fish on the beach.
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