Joecole
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Mackerel lures come in all shapes sizes and colours and are usually tied with about 30lb mono and can
vary from cheap coloured feathers to more expensive plastic sparkly things and in general are designed to do one thing and that is to catch anglers.
So here is what I do, when sea fishing unless I'm deep water wrecking I never fish heavier than 16ib braid. Right take about 18 inches of the braid and tie in 4 to 6 9 to 12 inch spurs or if you like lengths of braid and tie in a clip swivel at each end and a size 2.0 hook to each spur.
But wait, you haven't bought any lures. Well you don't need to instead go to a fish stall and buy 3 small macks. Now taking your razor sharp knife take a one inch sliver from just above the tail of each fish and you now have 6 lures far more efficient than anything you can buy in a tackle shop
As you start catching macks just take those sliver off each fish and store in a container of salt and in one trip you can have enough lures to last you a season or longer. Oh I should have mentioned the reason I fish with braid is because I only need half the weight of lead to get down to the fish
vary from cheap coloured feathers to more expensive plastic sparkly things and in general are designed to do one thing and that is to catch anglers.
So here is what I do, when sea fishing unless I'm deep water wrecking I never fish heavier than 16ib braid. Right take about 18 inches of the braid and tie in 4 to 6 9 to 12 inch spurs or if you like lengths of braid and tie in a clip swivel at each end and a size 2.0 hook to each spur.
But wait, you haven't bought any lures. Well you don't need to instead go to a fish stall and buy 3 small macks. Now taking your razor sharp knife take a one inch sliver from just above the tail of each fish and you now have 6 lures far more efficient than anything you can buy in a tackle shop
As you start catching macks just take those sliver off each fish and store in a container of salt and in one trip you can have enough lures to last you a season or longer. Oh I should have mentioned the reason I fish with braid is because I only need half the weight of lead to get down to the fish