Sea Fishing

My Sea Fishing section is brand new. However, my sea fishing experience is not.

For now, whilst I compile my information, here's a short video of Mackerel chasing whitebait on the surface at Hasting Pier in 2018

This reduced the 'surf' to almost none. As a result, there was nothing to stir up the shoreline and 'murk' up the water. Whitebait hide in the murky peripherals to feed and to avoid being scoffed.

The lack of shorline cover, means the Mackerel have a massive opportunity to gorge and their feeding behaviour drive the whitebait right up and onto the shore. I heard that the day after I filmed this, that the Mackerel were so frantic in their feeding that many of them rushed onto the beach in their haste to catch.

Whitebait on the Beach

 

The local population were their to carry them off for Bar-B-Cues etc.

The next day, I went back with my daughter, Layla. Equipped with a spinning rod each and a few mepps type spinners, we caught on almost every cast. The mackerel were within 10 foot of the shore and after a turn or two of the handle, we were in.

We took home about 70 and gave away as many.

When catching mackerel, you need to get them into ice ASAP. We had a big ice box half full of ice. This keeps the meat in perfect condition. Those we didn't eat straight away, we froze. The day after freezing, we glazed the frozen Mackerel in ice-cold water and then back into the freezer. This prolongs their quality a great deal.

Mackerel show up on British coasts every year. The lack of wind and lots of sunshine is needed for them to be so close in as they feed on the whitebait. If the white aren't driven in, the Mackerel stay with them.