Scad fishing

PopSensyDad

Hi all, is there anybody who caught Horse mackerel (Scad) around the east coast like Dublin/Wicklow? Any info/advise about area/rig is grateful. Thanks.

mawk

PopSensyDad wrote: »

Hi all, is there anybody who caught Horse mackerel (Scad) around the east coast like Dublin/Wicklow? Any info/advise about area/rig is grateful. Thanks.

for rigs, most Scad will be caught by accident fishing for mackerel, try some size 1-2/0 flashy feathers or a paternoster with some french booms and small fish baits.

I down south, cant help with a location up by you

jd

Off the shore? I fished for them with a friend who lived in Whitegate, Cork Harbour. He used a type of pop up rig. I'll try dig up the details if you want.

Atlantic Dawn

Are they edible? I recall it going as fishmeal when trawlers caught them.

jd

Bony but edible. Tastier than a bland white fish.

http://www.boat-angling.co.uk/simple-scad/

nthclare

Plenty of these prehistoric looking fish around the headlands in Clare during the late autumn...

German sprats are good

PopSensyDad

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Are they edible? I recall it going as fishmeal when trawlers caught them.

Atlantic horse mackerel (scad) is almost identical to Japanese horse mackerel. Large quantity is being imported to. Actually more valuable fish than mackerel there, both in price and as a catch.

Raw (Sashimi / Sushi), frying, baking, pounding with source... bliss.

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PopSensyDad

It seems I have to go south... I caught only once off from Dun Laoghaire pier but was tiny about 4 inch!

I bit wonder about "prehistoric looking"... am I sharing the same idea about what is "Scad"? According to wikipedia, this is Scad.

dmc17

PopSensyDad wrote: »

It seems I have to go south... I caught only once off from Dun Laoghaire pier but was tiny about 4 inch!

I bit wonder about "prehistoric looking"... am I sharing the same idea about what is "Scad"? According to wikipedia, this is Scad.

Yep, that's them. Some info here

PopSensyDad

Thank you for the information all!