Horse Mackerels in Vancouver Island?

[ichenjia]

Hi guys, my friends caught these fish about 12 miles off Port Renfrew. He believed it's Horse Mackerels, which shouldn't exist in our water. Any ideas what they are?

thanks!

 

[donnie d]

Hi guys, my friends caught these fish about 12 miles off Port Renfrew. He believed it's Horse Mackerels, which shouldn't exist in our water. Any ideas what they are?

thanks!

Look like pacific Jack mackerel

 

[ichenjia]

Look like pacific Jack mackerel

He said it's about 3LB each. Do jack mackerel grow that big?

 

[bpsuls]

A few years back my dad and I caught a bunch in renfrew as well. They are jack mackerel and ours were about that size too. When you get in the school it's one after another as I recall.

 

[ichenjia]

How do they taste?

 

[Slivo]

Caught a whole bunch in 2018 August out on the west coast
They are very tasty.

 

[ichenjia]

Caught a whole bunch in 2018 August out on the west coast
They are very tasty.

That's awesome dude. A lot of fish for three of you eh?

 

[seabeyond]

That's awesome dude. A lot of fish for three of you eh?

Pictures don't take themselves. Math works out for the west side of the island.
Guy's responding to your post and you give him a hard time. Don't get it.

 

[CIVANO]

crab love mackerel.

 

[SpringFever552]

crab love mackerel.

So do east coasters lol

 

[ichenjia]

Pictures don't take themselves. Math works out for the west side of the island.
Guy's responding to your post and you give him a hard time. Don't get it.

No man. I wasn;t giving him a hard time at all. I like the fact that they got so many fish. I know the quota is a lot higher over there. Sorry if anyone thinks I wasn't being sarcastic.

 

[Hardy Guy]

I have seen them in Hecate St. also. Not unheard of especially in Southern BC.

 

[adanac]

They eat good, not be confused with the chub Mack’s we get in huge numbers inshore certain years . Can get pretty big, and fight twice as hard as any coho

 

[Dogbreath]

Pacific jack mackerel - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[trophywife]

sitting on the anchor for hali and casting for coho, the bait would boil up. cast over to it and we where pulling up one after the other.
bled gutted and on ice. the fillets are deliscus.