Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:09 pm
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:35 am
Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:41 pm
Eoghan wrote:Have you ever thought about leaving the feathers in the box and trying a large german sprat or shallow diving plug..?
I wonder if there arent larger fish in that area tailing the mackerel shoals....!
Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:40 pm
Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:12 pm
Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:04 pm
Eoghan wrote:Just trying to convert a mackie basher...! (Nothing I hate more) Surely a guaranteed place in heaven for that...!![]()
He might even catch something worth talking about.
Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:54 pm
Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:29 pm
marno wrote:Eoghan wrote:Just trying to convert a mackie basher...! (Nothing I hate more) Surely a guaranteed place in heaven for that...!![]()
He might even catch something worth talking about.
Seems a bit OTT there.
One of the tastiest fish in the sea and one of the great starter fish I must say I got a great kick out of my 7yo boy landing his first "full house" last year, it thought him to cast and spin feathers - nearly as much as watching him catch and land a (just short of specimen weight) Trigger (along with some good size wrasse) on light gear this year!
What does get me going is the type that can't cast, tangle neighbours gear dump their catch with their beer cans and other rubbish etc......and they are not all like that......well some aren't!
Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:49 am
Fri Sep 05, 2008 12:20 am
Eoghan wrote:A wee bit sensitive ladies...???![]()
It was just a bit of fun. You know the type of mackie bashers I am refering to.
The ones who show no respect to the fish they have caught, litter the place, etc etc
I myself learned the trade so to speak catching mackerel as a kid, thats not what I am having a go at.
Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:32 pm
Dave wrote:marno wrote:Eoghan wrote:Just trying to convert a mackie basher...! (Nothing I hate more) Surely a guaranteed place in heaven for that...!![]()
He might even catch something worth talking about.
Seems a bit OTT there.
One of the tastiest fish in the sea and one of the great starter fish I must say I got a great kick out of my 7yo boy landing his first "full house" last year, it thought him to cast and spin feathers - nearly as much as watching him catch and land a (just short of specimen weight) Trigger (along with some good size wrasse) on light gear this year!
What does get me going is the type that can't cast, tangle neighbours gear dump their catch with their beer cans and other rubbish etc......and they are not all like that......well some aren't!
I have a lot of time for catching mackerel on light gear, it can be great fun and they usually fight pretty hard. Definitely a great fish to introduce beginners to the sport as they usually aren't to difficult to catch and put a good bend in the rod, if only they grew to 5lbs or more they'd be some fish. Mackie bashers on the other hand, I don't have so much time for. Even thinking about it now conjures up images of a six ounce lead and a string of feathers whizzing by my ear whilst being elbow to elbow with drunken eijits that keep tangling in your line and leaving their catch to rot along with all their empty cans. They don't exactly give anglers a good name now do they?
Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:03 pm
Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:53 pm