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Baits Mackerel is the common name for any of 48 species of food fishes having a pointed head, with a large mouth and thick, narrow body that tapers just before the bi-lobed tail. The Atlantic mackerel ( Scomber scombrus ) is the species that we at Predator Baits pack for pike baits It grows to 3lb in weight, has a mottled green / blue back traversed with numerous black lines and a silver underside.

The vast majority of the mackerel that comes into our processing plant is hook and line caught 12 months of the year off the Cornish coast and are packed and blast frozen immediately on landing. For the pike baits we use small mackerel with a weight range of 1.5 - 6oz in our factory these are sorted into 3 sizes:- 1.5 - 2oz for our mini mackerel pack, 2 - 4oz for our joey pack and 4 -6oz we cut for our mackerel tails pack.

Mini mackerel are one of the hardest products for us to source due to the legal catch size of mackerel in British waters, as a consequence 95% of all our mini mackerel are imported from the French/Spanish fishing fleet and make them, weight for weight, the most expensive of our mackerel range of baits. Our mini mackerel packs contain 3 fish of all the same size to give you baits of approximately the same weight for accurate casting.

Joey mackerel are packed in 3 fish to the pack and again we endeavour to keep the fish in each pack the same size, though the size of mackerel from pack to pack will vary.

Mackerel tails are 4 - 6oz fish with the head and shoulder cut off and packed 4 fish to the pack. These are the heavy weights of our mackerel range and the best as far as scent is concerned as the stomach pouch is cut open.