Winter mackerel! The Good ol Days!

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Originally Posted by Duffman

So putting my .2 in.....

Back in the late 70's into the 80's my family would fish Macks for about 6 weeks. As kids we would call (yes, phone calls no text or internet) boats in VA MD and DE to see when they started to see the Macks. Once they hit Cape May we would travel south and fish outta Cape and Wildwood Crest.

When the run moved north we moved onto boats outta Mani and SRI. Never moving more than 2-3 miles off before finding the schools.

Then on to the Palace II from Hoboken and boats outta SHB to end the run,

We literally brought home close to, if not more than, 1,000 Macks in that time.

No light tackle. This was meat fishing. Heavy tackle and 6 teaser rigs. We would wrap 4 fish (uncleaned) in newspaper and freeze em.

NOT A SINGLE FISH WENT TO WASTE .......NOT ONE!!!!

The family had 4 boats at the time out of Little Egg, Mani, Highlands and South Hold NY.

Every fish was eaten (European Parents right off the boat) sliced and salted for fluke bait, chunked for blues, ground for chum and filleted for sharking.

Man I miss those days. damn im old!!!

yikes, all good on ya, eating all that Mackerel.. I guess if one really knows the ins and outs of how to prepare enjoy them in various ways, the way they do in Greece ,Spain ,and Italy they could be ok, but personally I would OD on them pretty quick.. I kind of liked them in a limited way, but eating that many??.. Not my bag...

anyway, I hope they return one day so younger anglers can enjoy what we did at one time...bob