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Old 04-12-2018, 07:25 PM   #6
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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.
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