What's the weather like where you are?
Jul 24, 2016 1:59:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 1:59:18 GMT
Very overcast up here, yet again, but no rain..... top temp. was 20C with a covering of cloud so if the sun HAD managed to break through it would have easily topped 26C. I'm not a Mackerel lover but enjoy the occasional bit of fishing...... apparently, the Mackerel are heading along our way at the moment and one guy caught over 100 in 30 minutes along in Wick (which is 34 miles away from me) so looks like they should be coming in hard here in the next couple of weeks. Perfect weather, very humid, calm sea, overcast. I'm looking out my bass wedges (and other tackle) so my mate and me plan to go fishing off the rocks in Scrabster with a view to catching a good few Mackerel (to use as bait) and then go out on a boat and use the Mackerel as bait for Cod and Haddock.
Some say that Mackerel is the best fish you can eat and the ONLY way to eat it is within minutes of catching it..... erm, I'm not a great one for smacking a fish over the head and then cooking it on a portable calor gas stove but, hey ho, whatever rocks your boat. I went out last year (on the boat), caught 15 Haddock and 2 Cod and a guy on the boat filleted them for me........ absolutely the best Haddock I have ever tasted..... fresh from the sea and filleted on the boat....... I drove home, battered a couple of Haddock fillets and fried them in the deep fryer....... absolutely sublime!!!
I was glue sizing a wall (in the house) today preparing it for papering and, shit, there must be more to life than arsing about in the house (with a view to making it more appealing to potential buyers) so what better than getting the old fishing rods out and culling a few fish?
I'm fine with the casting out and the "catch" but go totally "I can't kill it" when I land it...... every single fish I have ever caught has been murdered by someone else (I always claim I am new to fishing) and as long as they fillet it on the boat (I also claim to know nothing about cooking or filleting) I am quite happy to coat it in batter, fry it and eat it.
Tail on / Head on is not something I can eat, however fresh it is!
Mike.