deep sea fly fishing?

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latshki

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Im going deep sea fishing for mackerel and I always bring my own gear as i hate using their telephone poles.
and a thought came up that what if I used a fly rod, they use them for salmon on the west coast out at sea so I dont see why I couldnt take my old rod, put a weight on it and put some mackerel feathers on

do you guys think this will work
I dont see why it wouldnt honestly
 
What kind of mackeral and where?

King macks are big FAST fish. A 10wt at bare minimum is needed.

I pulled out my old 8wt St Croix flyrod Ive had for years and not used much the other day. Im thinking of taking it with my next time I head off shore and try and get some spanish macks or maybe even some snapper with it.
 
need to be more specific with the mackeral, just saw ur located in canada so i doubt ur goin for kings
 
...and "deep sea" fishing means pretty much that...deep. You use large weights to carry your bait down and keep it down. Basically bottom fishing.

Then there's trolling; self explanatory. Most of the time you troll at the surface, but you can also use a down-rigger. Fly type lures are trolled at the surface (mimics bait fish/flying fish). Diving lures can be surface trolled or down rigged with planers or a cannon ball. Soft lures are also good surface trolled or down rigged. Dead bait can also be dragged behind the boat.

Live and dead bait is good on the surface, at depth, and on the bottom. You'll only catch mackerel at the surface or mid-depth. They typically stay at depth and scan the surface for running bait fish; So trolling is the most effective method of catching mackerel. Using a bobber while drifting will work but you'll more than likely catch everything but mackerel. But if one hits a bait under a bobber, it will be one of the most exciting fights you'll ever have. Bobbers will require live bait. They won't take a dead bait or cut bait under a bobber. They want a chase first (they were built for speed).

As far as fly fishing in the depths, not my first choice. You won't be covering enough ground, but if you hook up, it will certainly be an exciting fight.
 
CHOMPERS said:
As far as fly fishing in the depths...
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One more thing, you might want to swap out the reel for a bait caster or have a high end fly reel with a good drag system. A mackerel will peel line off the reel like there's no tomorrow. Another consideration is to only have enough floating line for your maximum cast. Then load the reel with mono under that. That way, if you get a sizable mackerel, you can wear him down without worrying about running out of line.
 
CHOMPERS said:
...and "deep sea" fishing means exactly that...deep. You use large weights to carry your bait down and keep it down. Basically bottom fishing.
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Oops! Where I was going with that is if you get on a deep sea fishing boat, they will probably get pissy if you start wipping the fly rod around. There's just too many people in too close of quarters. If you charter a boat (much more expensive than the cattle barges) then you can easily fish off the bow or perpendicular to the boat on the stern (as long as no one is back there fishing too).
 
Well i guess I should have been more specific , these are atlantic mackerel which you fish with usually on a conventional rod with a heavy weight and 3 feathered hooks, thesse fish will eat anything really, so I guess the question really was, would I be able to attache a large weight to the line and just drop it over board

I likely will not do this as they are already enough fun on a light spin setup
 
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