More mackerel in Sesimbra - Portugal

[govomit]

Big macks (and bonito) are fun to catch with a solid oversized sabiki. Your approach is strange however - you do not shake the line, water is dead-still, you are just waiting on a motionless rig. Are you using meat-bait on the hooks ? Or using some other trick ?

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by govomit

Big macks (and bonito) are fun to catch with a solid oversized sabiki. Your approach is strange however - you do not shake the line, water is dead-still, you are just waiting on a motionless rig. Are you using meat-bait on the hooks ? Or using some other trick ?

I have never once jigged my sabiki for mackerel anywhere. LA jolla, oceanside, dana point, anywhere. The current moving your sabiki or kayak slightly is plenty by itself. Once you meter a school of bait drop down and wait, at least that is what I do and never had a problem with it.