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A small streamlined mackerel with wavy dark bars on a greenish back and a spotted, silvery belly, distinguishing it from its northern cousin. It schools in huge numbers along the warm Egyptian Mediterranean coast and is a vital food and bait fish.
Coastal and offshore pelagic water, surface schools over the shelf and around harbours
Surface schools near harbours and shore at dawn and dusk, sometimes under night lights
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Light spin rod, or a / feather string with tiny hooks — these are small surface fish and prime themselves.
A string of feathers or a tiny shiny worked through a surface shoal.
Eating & safety
Bleed and chill quickly, as the oily flesh spoils rapidly in the heat.
Best conditions: Surface schools near harbours and shore at dawn and dusk, sometimes under night lights
Chub mackerel have larger eyes and a swim bladder, unlike the true Atlantic mackerel which lacks one.