Blast out for Mackerel Sea Fishing Seaford

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With the Winds and water conditions not conducive for Lure fishing i head to Seaford to see if i can at least find some clearer water.
Its late July and i am yet to catch a mackerel from the Beach. In this video we consider a few methods for catching mackerel from the shore. Plus i do my best to make the most of things.
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Firstly, Safety, Please don't do as i do and fish these types of jettys , One bad slip and your in the water. Despite growing up in the 80s I appreciate the world has moved on and i fully recommend a PFD. Here you are just as likely to catch and be in safety standing well back from the shoreline on the Beach.
Remember there are more humane ways to land mackerel as pointed out in the video.Single hook lures really help us appreciate the mackerels speed and power. Sabiki type rigs more effective but when snagged, like today can make the whole rig set up a mess. This is also true when using braid. So i'd use mono when possible.
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@Abdullah-MakkiMohammed 11 ай бұрын

A moment of silence for mat, as he has now turned to the dark side of using feathers for mackerel,

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Ha !only for the first few 😉

@gregpodmore2850 11 ай бұрын

Might try the 'Dark Side ' next time out. ( I've never tried feathers from the beech 🤔🤔. ) Will let you know how I get on. 👍.tight line's both. 👍👍

@NikoHL 11 ай бұрын

@@gregpodmore2850 Caught Mackerel from a pier with feathers. Too easy to catch several at once

@gregpodmore2850 11 ай бұрын

@zdwq yes. It's dead easy in summer of a boat. ( bait for Ray fishing, Beaumaris, Puffin Island 😅😅👍👍)

@123marlo 10 ай бұрын

Aye it’s me again we are not far from the Clyde estuary where you can fish for sea trout,mackerel and sea bass and there’s plenty around just now and we have caught plenty kept a few for the frying pan lovely 👌👌👍🎣

@SaltwaterAngler 9 ай бұрын

Oh nice!

@adriankwok8093 11 ай бұрын

Nice vid Matt love your perseverance in catching mackerel despite such poor conditions!

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

It’s been hard 😊

@stephenking78 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoy all your videos Matt, plenty of tactics and top tips. Way to go with the Mackerel, hope you enjoyed them. Cu again cheers mate👏👏👏👍

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for that

@ozijohn43 11 ай бұрын

Thanks fella all good info 👍

@mikesaul8711 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting, always a good watch, and informative. Kind regards Mike. Norfolk.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks again Mike 👍

@carperblue 11 ай бұрын

I can’t believe I watched a video about mackerel 😀. And enjoyed it. Nice 👌 Matt I have had some childhood magic days on that point

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yea love the mackerel !

@user-ei8pl4kf5s 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing once again, I really like your vid's. I live on the Sunshine Coast in Australia and love fishing. I caught the bug and learnt the basics fishing in Hastings where I grew up, so your posts make me feel very nostalgic! Also some of your tips I find very useful, with the types of fishing that I do here in Oz

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

So interesting I have fished a few places up the East Coast but it was more girls and surfing when I was there 😊

@user-ei8pl4kf5s 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler Ha ha yes! But the fishing is pretty good too, getting into the lure fishing, especially soft plastics. Love the bass though, caught my biggest down at bulverhythe one stormy morning on an incoming tide, after digging lugworm for the bait, would have been about 8lb

@danjames5552 11 ай бұрын

Where you was fishing was the very first place i caught a sea fish , a tiny ling . I went to school in seaford 😊

@l.r.sfishing4011 10 ай бұрын

Looks like a great place to fish unfortunately for me not had much of an opportunity to go for the macral but watching this was great to see there about. Great stuff mate tight lines 🎣🎣🎣

@ivanstreet1201 11 ай бұрын

Well done Matt, nice location & a lovely lot of mackerel. I haven't caught any yet this year, I usually hire a liitle boat from a chap in Devon, but the weather has been so poor this year he hasn't had many chances to let his boats out. Hopefully things will improve, for his sake and mine! Enjoyed your last couple of vids very much, particularly the cheap-vs-expensive lures, really interesting and very helpful. Top marks to you sir.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks again, great comments as usual.I always think that we can still catch the Mack’s right in to November nowadays .Finger’s crossed

@gregpodmore2850 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Matt. Great vid 👌 👍 👏

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks you for watching

@konstantinosferko 11 ай бұрын

Nice one Matt 👍 tight lines buddy 🎣👊💪

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@user-st5tj8ws6o 11 ай бұрын

A nice days fishing mackerel well done

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

😊 thanks

@ironix1 11 ай бұрын

A lovely spot Matt. Fished it a few times since the 80's. It used to be good for catching bait.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Hello, yes indeed one of my first ever fishing spots here

@letmikesmash5690 9 ай бұрын

I went out to catch a few mackeral yesterday for bait, ended up catching a specimen size mackeral of 1-8-12, weighed it in at the club im a member at as it was a good fish 😊

@SaltwaterAngler 9 ай бұрын

Nice, you don’t see many big mackerel nowadays

@trampster7306 11 ай бұрын

Great update Matt. Some really good sized Mackerel there. I did hear a report about 10 days ago that a big shoal of Mackerel were in here, but that's the only report I've heard this year. No idea why, but don't seem to have had much time for KZfaq this year either. Stay safe & well - Dave. 🎣🎣👍👍

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for catching up Dave , thought I hadn’t heard from you in a while

@user-mk3th1id5s 4 ай бұрын

well boys fished pembrey beach on february thursday the 24th, high tide 18.40. 7.1. started fishing the tide out till low tide and fished it in, bait lug and razor clam and mackerel. using a two up rig with 4, 0 hooks, second rod small hooks 2.0 for flatty fish, 3 and a half bass on the pully rig on the second rod 3 flatty, one just under a pound the second 3 and a haif, the last on just over 2 pound plus put all fish back, so boys get down to pembrey beach because the bass are coming in and the flatty fish are to :) good luck boys

@kenoz6908 11 ай бұрын

Enjoyable watch, as always. Caught a few decent size mackerel two weeks ago near Branscombe, but certainly haven’t arrived in great numbers yet. They went straight in the frying pan, delicious!

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Nice, best tasting fish for me 😊

@kenoz6908 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler Have just booked 3 separate weeks off work, to lure fish for bass at my favourite marks in East Devon, August, September and October, so hopefully should be guaranteed some decent action.

@londonviking3801 11 ай бұрын

Love that mark. Fishing at Seaford in summer is tricky as the beach fills up with swimmers, paddle-boarders, dogs and other annoyances. Lots of fluff chuckers will turn up after this vid.. 🤣😂 I prefer catching mackerel on small metals, so much fun. You can easily get 70 yards on a 21g dennet superspratt. Thank you for the video's Matt - feeding the need that cant be physically fulfilled. 🎣🎣 Going Cornwall soon.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Looking forward to the Cornwall report

@phillipb72 11 ай бұрын

Never seen anyone spin for mackeral with a grip lead before.😅😅😅. I use a heavier lure as a weight so you have a chance of a bass on that which is quite effective. Tends to sink slower so you can retrieve slowly or sit higher in the water.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yep grip leads are great! Create more of a fizz in the water ! Alan Yates told me that in 1989. Did you watch the part in the video where I talked about using a lure as weight ? 😅😅😅

@gdogg4002 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I usually use a savage gear surfseeker 30g on the end

@leoncox2405 11 ай бұрын

Good stuff Matt 🎉

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Cheers again Leon I wasn’t going to upload this one but thought I’d just do it as an update

@leoncox2405 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler glad you did mate I look forward to your videos love that format 🤙

@cortoolei-pearson7702 11 ай бұрын

Looks like it was a great day out 👍 I havent been out on the sea yet this year, so busy unfortunately. Fishing by proxi ! I need an excuse, someone to move my arse, just putting it out there !, if your ever down in the south of france, ive got some good, local marks, just need an excuse and good company 😉 Fly fishing, oooh, yeh !, where my heart is at, i know those marks, tap me up if your ever down here, would be my pleasure. Thanks for another good one Matt 👍

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Sorry you haven’t been able to get out, Enjoyed reading your comment thanks 😊

@theamputeeangler 11 ай бұрын

In a great Bass spot and your mackerel fishing 😢 a lot of John Darlings book was written there and the one along he loves that corner

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Oh yes that picture in Bass on land and sea where he’s on the end of the little jetty!plus KZfaq’s very own @SEAFISHINGwithCJ and his cast net ! I grew up with that book great spot thanks Ben👍Fellow John Darling fan here.

@albertcross4275 11 ай бұрын

Living in sw France 100km from the sea..... Cat fish in the gironde to 65 kg... But l love mac, fishing, who doesn't... Great vlog again take care. 🐟🐟🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks !

@sussexseaangler1858 11 ай бұрын

I can recall days on Brighton Marina float fishing mackerel. The float never cocked just went straight down time and time again. After about an hour had to stop for a rest. They all went back apart from the big ones. You would be lucky to see 6 these days - not fished there once so far!

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Happy days gone by!

@alannuts3285 11 ай бұрын

Tried to fish for Mackerel off Holyhead breakwater on Anglesey quite a few times with lures and small feathers these last few months and they still haven't turned up here yet.. but it's not all about catching, it is all in the art of trying and being out there giving it a go. Happy fishing and may you catch something to save a blank.. lol

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

That’s a good comment thanks

@johnmaggiorino4493 11 ай бұрын

Nice video 👍

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@DelDredd 11 ай бұрын

Had a dozen Mackerel on Friday 21st Jul from Aberystwyth just South of the harbour and Stone Breakwater. Was pretty rough sea with waves, but saw the Gulls bobbing in and some whitebait splashes so thought I would give it a go, did not stay around for long. Caught on home made rig using small luminous eels and shrimps instead of feathers, also good for Pollack off the end of Stone Jetty mentioned above.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Good comments there thanks 😊

@suddenlyfishing 11 ай бұрын

wow nice video💝💝💝💝💝

@martinpowell9085 11 ай бұрын

Yes. Caught mackerel off shingle beach in Norfolk. Mostly under North Sea minimum size. (30cm). Also off fishing boat out of Wells next the Sea.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Interesting ! Good one

@gsp 11 ай бұрын

It's nice to see the Mackerel within casting range just down the coast. They have moved further out in kent and are very hard to find atm😢

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Its been tough good weather in a week

@philemmett3122 11 ай бұрын

I was there yesterday checking out the fishing. Rough seas. I use to fish here as a kid a 83.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@philipstraub91 11 ай бұрын

a mackerel on the fly rod would be some fight!

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

It really is !

@matred3538 11 ай бұрын

Nice one. I managed to get out for the first time this year due to a dodgy shoulder. The mackerel came in the bay both evenings. Only kept one for bait. Good fun though. 👍

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Ahh yea the dodgy shoulder injury can play havoc can’t it . Glad your out at last then

@matred3538 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler Thanks. Happy fishing. 👍

@neiladams4136 11 ай бұрын

Had quite a few good size mackerel (30cm min) on lures around South Pembrokeshire this year, starting mid-March.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Good info thanks. Beautiful stretch of Coastline 👍

@nocode1603 11 ай бұрын

I was out on my friends boat on Wednesday just off the hunterston coal terminal north ayrshire & caught my first mackerel of the year took them home straight in to the smoker tasty 😋

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Now that’s a win

@fisherman5517 11 ай бұрын

ive caught 9 mackerel at seaford so far this year in two visits.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

I’d take that ! Good work we don’t need 1000s to keep us happy 😃

@lucasj2260 11 ай бұрын

Caught 11 on metals today in cornwall, first Macky of the year for me

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Way to go !

@nicholascavie2464 11 ай бұрын

Awesome again Matt caught many from old Hastings pier, r u going 2 fish 4 garfish?really good fun on light gear not bad eating green bones put people off. Happy catching from Australia Nick

@ManicFishing 11 ай бұрын

Cool😎

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yea!

@gdogg4002 11 ай бұрын

Caught 3 really decent mackerel on 90mm sandeel off lancing in June when it was warm, a couple of small Bass that evening too. Has been awful weather since though

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yes 🙌 September could be awesome though

@gdogg4002 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler hope so Matt!

@Stevie-F 11 ай бұрын

Great video. I thought the breakwater was blocked off.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

It is !

@vinvu9978 11 ай бұрын

Best part of summer really nice Matt 👍👍, can I ask a question ? Where did you get the rod cinnetic rextail rod ? I watch one of your video and really like the idea of that :)

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Tony’s tackle= not sure he does them but a good place to check

@user-mk3th1id5s 10 ай бұрын

tryed burry port lighthouse,spinning for mackerel no luck high tide was at 9.00pm a 8.7 ht.just as the sun was going down dead :( then tryed pwll of the point a just by the sand bank for bass and flat fish, dropped a pulley rig with sort crab and lug, high tide was at 13.09 a 5.7 on a friday a lovey sunny day not a bite :( then tryed fishing just down the side of loughor bridge on a saturday the 9th, high tide was at 14.53 a 5.6 ht. fished there with rag and lug and on the next rod sort crab for bass coming up loughor, had no bites on the lug and rag but two bites on the sort crab after that just went dead :(

@SaltwaterAngler 10 ай бұрын

Good report thanks , always interesting what tides fish well

@user-mj4py3yk3p 11 ай бұрын

Caught mackerel in portrush rocks northern ireland on feathers also landed 6 Pollock and a sand eel

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@andreavilimkova6948 10 ай бұрын

Hi Matt this Seaford fishing video made me to start fishing in Seaford too. Thank you for uploading your videos. I just have some questions. So you are using Sabiki rig for Mackerel and than you switched to float using the same rod. How do you do it? Have you got your float rig ready and you just use clips to switch it on the main line with the leader line? Or you don t use leader line at all while using the float?

@SaltwaterAngler 10 ай бұрын

Great welcome! I will do a video to explain this. However its easiest to have a length of florocarbon ready with a hook that your clip on after tying the float on. However sepperate rod best especially using live mackerel as bait

@nickproudlock1751 11 ай бұрын

You probably got snagged at the start on the old pipe that goes across at an angle to the left of the concrete pier

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yep! Good spot

@jonathanbritton7347 11 ай бұрын

Well done Matt another good video can l ask you what green continental rod' using as after that color, like cobra but expensive.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

I’ve put a link in the video description from the blog

@jonathanbritton7347 11 ай бұрын

Cheers Matt

@bobbob6725 10 ай бұрын

jus been down seaford and its like a shanty town down that end ...was probably 30+ tents pitched up .. rubbish and crap everywhere :(

@SaltwaterAngler 10 ай бұрын

Same here in Hastings. Locals picking up rubbish in bags once they have gone. I have some footage but don't know wether to put it on youtube. All this for possibly two days a year. You will get your beach back for 11 months soon!

@bobbob6725 10 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler name and shame 😁 Newhaven was jus as bad other morning too, must of been 100+ people easily crammed on the east arm, 50+ people fishing up the river and car park probs the same on the arm didn't even bother looking dwn on the big beach cos It was just as bad as seaford lol

@justintime1307 11 ай бұрын

Bit of a novice for a beach rod so may sound daft. Do you use a tippet length off the end of your line for a beach rod?? I do have braided line but unsure what setup I need. Have had a beach rod for some time but always end up out flyfishing, stick with what I've done for decades

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yes, called a leader.A tapered leader much better, similar advantages to your fly fishing tippet .20 ft worth though ! On occasion I fish braid of50-60lb straight through-pros and cons

@benoitziea4850 11 ай бұрын

Can u go to Ramsgate next time

@johnweekes8497 11 ай бұрын

Had a few at Brighton marina in early June and just recently on holiday in North Devon but it always saddens 😢me to see people taking to many or under size fish when taking fish for bait size limits should still apply if we want a good season next year to

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Yep, Wise words and as you say not everyone realised there is a minimum take size for mackerel .

@Sdbitsuk 10 ай бұрын

Are feathers stiff effective for macky in september-december?

@SaltwaterAngler 10 ай бұрын

Yes

@smokinstud1 11 ай бұрын

Any hints or tips were i could lure fish for bass in the south east?

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

Approximately 30 hours worth on the channel ! Take your pick You can catch a bass on lure at any point on the Sussex coastline. The whole channel is dedicated to this exact question 👍

@robertmedzai8163 11 ай бұрын

You said it was a continental rod what make is it and how you finding it

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

I love them.Longer, thinner more designed for smaller fish - they are great for bite recognition.Dont Power cast Long and Lazy

@jus5810 11 ай бұрын

Should your main line be thinner or thicker than the leader line? Can somebody advise please.

@SaltwaterAngler 11 ай бұрын

The main line should be thinner than the leader. For example I use for general beach fishing; 15lb (0.31mm) Main line And a tapered Leader that is 15lb where it joins the main line to 60lb where you tie the rig on.

@jus5810 11 ай бұрын

@@SaltwaterAngler thank you very much