In reply to Post #15
Yep. That's Chesil in the summer. You can get a few fish pretty late in the year but it's not predictable. This is a big wild storm beach, however gentle it looks in August and it does its own thing, that's why I love it. Some years it's generous and some years it will chew you up and spit you out. If ever you get the chance, get on the top of the beach at dawn in the middle of a storm, it's quite an experience. If you do, give it max respect.
Yep. That's Chesil in the summer. You can get a few fish pretty late in the year but it's not predictable. This is a big wild storm beach, however gentle it looks in August and it does its own thing, that's why I love it. Some years it's generous and some years it will chew you up and spit you out. If ever you get the chance, get on the top of the beach at dawn in the middle of a storm, it's quite an experience. If you do, give it max respect.
In reply to Post #15
Yes it's too late now, as soon as the 1st big autumn seas come in they bugger off.
Just as a side issue here - it's widely believed that as soon as you touch a mackerel it's going to die.
So please only catch what you're going to take for the table or as pike baits etc as returning them means you're in effect throwing back dead fish if you've handled them. Burns their skin I believe.
I've seen no evidence of this but apparently they'll swim off strongly then die a while later.
Yes it's too late now, as soon as the 1st big autumn seas come in they bugger off.
Just as a side issue here - it's widely believed that as soon as you touch a mackerel it's going to die.
So please only catch what you're going to take for the table or as pike baits etc as returning them means you're in effect throwing back dead fish if you've handled them. Burns their skin I believe.
I've seen no evidence of this but apparently they'll swim off strongly then die a while later.
yes agree too late for off the beach now you can still catch em out in the boat in some areas
but one thing I learnt years ago was if you want to eat your fish rather than catch for bait you should gut them straight away as someone told me
that within 15 mins as being a predatory fish its stomach juices are so powerful it starts to taint its own flesh !
initially I was sceptical but thought I would give it a try so chucked all the ones for eating in my livebait tank then cleaned them I also had a few that I treated as normal for comparison purposes
well I can confirm there IS difference !!!
but one thing I learnt years ago was if you want to eat your fish rather than catch for bait you should gut them straight away as someone told me
that within 15 mins as being a predatory fish its stomach juices are so powerful it starts to taint its own flesh !
initially I was sceptical but thought I would give it a try so chucked all the ones for eating in my livebait tank then cleaned them I also had a few that I treated as normal for comparison purposes
well I can confirm there IS difference !!!
In reply to Post #18
Nice one I'll give that a try, makes sense really.
You can't beat having a disposable bbq going and throwing them on it as you catch them. Squeeze of lemon half way through cooking and my god it's heaven!
Nice one I'll give that a try, makes sense really.
You can't beat having a disposable bbq going and throwing them on it as you catch them. Squeeze of lemon half way through cooking and my god it's heaven!