MACS IN LA HARBOR ???

>Whats the chance I will find some macs in the LA harbor on
>Sunday afternoon. Fishtrembling and I are going to Cat sunday
>late afternoon.
>I can get out earlier than he, so I was thinking of heading
>out a little early to make hoop bait. BIG TENTACLES OUT !!!!

BT....we made nice mini macks with some bigger ones mixed in just outside the breakwater a couple weeks ago......chum a few cans of mackerel......I get the cans at the 99cent store.....works great! Really gets them into a frenzy.

Bent Rods!

Thanks alot Mike !! Any info is helpful, big or small.. BIG TENTACLES OUT !!

hey john i'll be on the water sunday. i'll be butt fishing all day. i'm gonna try to make bait and if it goes good i'll try and load some up for you. call me.

Jeremy, how are you doing ?? I freakin lost your #. Please call me
work 949-574-1858 cell 949-636-5280. Good Luck out there bro !!
Hope you get a big barn door. Dont throw away any hoop bait .Talk to you soon. BIG TENTACLES OUT !!!

Hi John... Moonfish here... here's the alltime secret formula for "mac makin", given to me by a multi record holder of the marlin sect: (1) can mackeral, (3) cans tuna cat food, couple handfulls of oatmeal... mix it all together (the night before if possible) in a small plastic bucket, spoon it out little by little up current so the boat drifts over it, have one guy keep the chum line going... use a dull edge knife (butter knife) to remove the macs if you intend to keep them as live bait... GOOD LUCK!
PS - you can use this same mixture for ANY kind of fish attracting, from perch to yellowtail (yes, yellows) & nearly everything in between!
PSS - if you happen to end up with to many bugs, well...

Jeff

Can I ask how do you catch the mackeral with that chum method, what kind of rig? Never done it be4.

Chum and then throw a small croc, let it sink then back to the boat thru the water column....

Sabiki's work good too...

Neill

john I got about 40 macs last night so were set for a few pulls. Picked up two bugs also, not bad for a bait run.

(fishhawk) jim

Don't forget to tip the hooks with chunks of Mac, they will boil on it, and you'll end up pulling 4-6 mac's at a time on your sabiki!

How about knowing where good areas to catch Mackerel? Not specific #s, but what type of areas? Bays, rocks, current?