Mackeral?

This might sound crazy- but im thinking of taking out the little trout rig off linda mar or muir and trying to mackeral...there are reports of fish to 5lbs- which would be an absolute blast on light tackle

What would you troll spoons?

exactly- i was thinking of trolling a croc...or some other spoon type lure

5 pounds is a big mackerel.

Sounds more like a bonito, but yeah they are are a total blast on bass tackle.

Anything shiny.  Castmasters, crocodiles etc.  If you find them, they will bite.

MolBasser

The Pacific Mackerel is reported to reach a length of over 24-inches (which is rare, with 12-inch models most common).

The Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, is a species of fish in the family Carangidae. It is common in the north-eastern Pacific, from south-east Alaska to southern Baja. It is a pelagic fish, often found in large schools. Young frequently school near kelp and under piers.

It grows up to 81 cm (32 in) long.

Interestingly both of these fish are classified under the same name Trachurus symmetricus, though it appears that they are in fact different.

With the water temps what they are, it wouldn't suprise me if there were Bonito in the mix as well

No kidding about the bonito.

Last year, I was on a salmon cattleboat where someone caught a pacific barracuda!!  I was like ????  Thought it was very unusual this far north.

anyway, if there's a hot mack attack, let's all go.  My mother in law is philipino.    hahahahaha

I'm pretty sure Pacific Mackerel are Scomber japonicus and that Jack Mackerel are the only species classified as Trachurus symmetricus.  There have been some posts of salmon fishermen catching jack mackerel with all the warm water around last week.  Just curious, where did you see them both classified as Trachurus symmetricus?

I was on Pier 1 in Monterey today and everyone had mackeral.............the green backed ones and some silver ones.

They are thick in Bodega but they are the 12" size. They hit spoons, anchovies, and shrimp flies ... pretty much anything would catch them. I used one as bait for a couple of hours in hope of catching a big ling but no takers.

I'm pretty sure Pacific Mackerel are Scomber japonicus and that Jack Mackerel are the only species classified as Trachurus symmetricus.  There have been some posts of salmon fishermen catching jack mackerel with all the warm water around last week.  Just curious, where did you see them both classified as Trachurus symmetricus?

Sorry, you're right...Scomber japonicus  which has a common name "Chub Mackerel" is also called the pacific mackerel.  Common names are lovely aren't they?  Pacific jack mackerel, pacific mackerel, jack mackerel...

Steve,

Common names are a pet peive of mine.  I probably have mentioned this before, but did you know you can ask a fisherman what a ling is and depending on what part of the country you're in you can get up to four different answers.  On the West Coast it's a lingcod Ophiodon elongatus, on the Gulf Coast it's the cobia Rachycentron canadum, on the East Coast it's a hake Molva molva and in the Great Lakes it's a freshwater burbot Lota lota.

Here's another one, in the Chesapeake Bay they refer to striped bass as rockfish.

On the West Coast of course we aren't much better.  Sometimes we call rockfish, snapper.

Having lived in different parts of the country, I find that it takes me almost as long to learn the common names for the local sport fish as it does to learn the local fishing regulations.

Brian

Steve,

Common names are a pet peive of mine. 

Here's another one, in the Chesapeake Bay they refer to striped bass as rockfish.

Brian

I agree...when people refer to rockfish as "cod," it makes my skin crawl. "Rock bass" is even worse. Then there's restaurant terminology...what the hell is a "sea bass?" That can be anything.

Somehow I just don't see my self ordering some Micropterus salmoides at a resturant though....

"I'll have the blackened Micropterus salmoides with the mango salsa...."

 

MolBasser

Mol, I believe you mean...

"I'll have the blackened Micropterus salmoides with the Mangifera indica salsa[/i]..."

 

Indeed.

MolBasser