what does one use to catch mackeral?

[Newboater]

I just go out to the K2R Buoy at Portsmouth in May. Drop in the multihook mackrel jig and let one one. Let him stay there and the others come check out the food supply. Pull in 4 to 6 at a time.

Got 200 in and hour and a half. Cheap bait but never tried to cook one yet! YET !

NewBoater

[jimmy z]

That looks ok. I won a pool on a party boat, many years ago, for the heaviest Mac onboard.

[Christian]

a nice little trick if your having trouble finding them, is put on a bigger sinker, and you can troll them around a bit.