Mackerel Fishing in Cornwall

Summer evenings; feathering or small metals cast from the wall into deeper water; best on flooding tide and clear water.

Summer into autumn; cast metals or float-fished strips from the end on a flooding tide. Best at dawn or dusk. Watch swell on the seaward face.

Summer-autumn; cast sabikis or 20-40g metals from the outer wall. Best at dawn/dusk on a flooding tide. Keep lines clear of boat traffic.

Summer, calm evenings. Cast sabikis or 28-40g metals from the outer wall into the tide line on the flood. Keep mobile along the breakwater.

Summer to early autumn. Feathering or small metals from the breakwater on the flood; best at dawn/evening or when baitfish show.

Summer shoals; feathering or small metals from the headland; best at dusk on the flood in clear water.

Float or feather jigs into the tide from the headland; June–Sept, dusk best on a rising tide.

Summer shoals on the flood; cast metal lures or 1-3 hook sabikis from beach or rock ends. Dawn/dusk best in clear water.

Summer shoals; feathering or float-fished strips from the seaward side, evenings on a making tide in clear water.

Summer shoals hit the point; small metals or 2–4 hook sabikis. Best at dawn/dusk on the flood when tide lines form. Keep numbers sensible.

Summer shoals in clear, calm seas; spin 20–40g metals or float mackerel strip. Best at dawn/dusk on a rising tide from the pier end.

Summer, clear water; small metals or float rigs from the point when the tide runs. Best at dusk around high water.

Summer–autumn; cast feathers or small metals from the slip or headland on the flood. Evenings in clear water; keep mobile to find shoals.

Summer evenings; feathers or 20–40 g metals into deep water at the headland. Moving water improves takes.

Summer in clear water; feathering or small metals from the point, best at dusk on a rising tide when the tide race forms.

Summer shoals; sabikis or 20–40g metals from the points into deep water on the flood; dawn/evening most reliable.

Late spring–autumn. Feathers or small metals into the tide rip on the flood and at dusk; vary depth to find shoals.

Summer; feather rigs or small metals from the Island rocks; dusk on a flooding tide is best.

Summer shoals; single feather or small metal, evenings on a flooding tide. Work from higher ledges to clear weed; keep tackle minimal to avoid snags.

Summer to early autumn; metals or float with strip at range. Best on the evening flood when the tide races past the headland.

Summer shoals on a flooding tide; spin small metals or use feathers from higher ledges; dawn/dusk best; keep moving to find passing fish.

Summer shoals; cast metals/feathers from the headland into tide runs, best dawn or dusk on a rising tide.

Summer shoals; feathers or small metals from the outer rocks on evening floods. Keep moving to find fish.

Summer–autumn; feathers or 12–25g metals mid-water. Best on a flooding tide in clear water—watch for birds and surface boils.

Summer shoals; spin metals or feather rigs from deeper points on a flooding tide. Avoid heavy swell.