salting mackeral

[spike666]

after reading the article on here about lobster potting I bought a pot and decided to try and salt my own mackeral for bait as mike says but instead of using a briney solution my fish are literally enveloped in salt, i can see in the container that liquid is being drawn from the fish but as the fish are not brining will they still be any good if i leave them like this or are they gonna rot anyway ?


cheers

Spike

[paultinker1]

hi Spike666, what i do with mine is fillet the mackrel salt the flesh side and store the fillet's in a tub, the flesh really firm's up and after a while it turn's yellow good bait for the dog's and huss down my way they call it hooch. It have been banned from a lot of shore fishing comp's

[Bluebeard]

any decent easy fishing huss marks down your way ?

not secret ones obviously

[paultinker1]

Yea we got a few mark's Dale fort slip in Dale is a good place to fish for them on times, also you can try soldiers rock in St Ishmaels is another good place, the ledge's in St Bride's bay, East Hook in Marloes

[Bass-ic Instinct]

I salt my mackerel down as when you freeze them it makes thme tougher. Its just something personal i prefer to do if using the mackerel for tipping off for latties or whiting.