How to fillet: Mackerel?

[King Saba]

Yeah chilled. Firms up the meat and makes the task much more feasible.

Usually just pan fry them with salt, pepper and serve with lime and Tapatio. Most of the time I keep these guys for my dogs though. My mutts love them!

[mattamatta]

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Do you catch mackerel that size locally?

Most of what I see people eating online are big like that, but even the bigger ones from the roving schools I come across are skinny, even if long. Anything you do to target bigger macks that works well?

[DanaPT]

Originally Posted by mattamatta

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Do you catch mackerel that size locally?

Most of what I see people eating online are big like that, but even the bigger ones from the roving schools I come across are skinny, even if long. Anything you do to target bigger macks that works well?

Bigger hooks?

[King Saba]

Originally Posted by mattamatta

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Do you catch mackerel that size locally?

Most of what I see people eating online are big like that, but even the bigger ones from the roving schools I come across are skinny, even if long. Anything you do to target bigger macks that works well?

Caught these guys on a 4" sinking jerkbait. Bigger lure = bigger fish. I've gotten an est. 3lb mackerel before too. Got that one on a 60g jig. They come and go. Location is pretty important too. The biggest ones I've gotten tend to come from kelp edges and deeper dropoffs.