The EASIEST fish to CATCH, CLEAN, and COOK on your vacation to Maine

Today I set out with a specific recipe in mind the required me to catch Atlantic Mackerel. So, I set out to the cliffs of Bar Harbor, Maine, and did just that. Stick around to see how the recipe turned out its an interesting one, to say the least.
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[@AryDontSurf]

You're a really good fisherman brother. Fly tying is a worthy cause, right up there with reloading ammunition.

[@bowdentate359]

Loving the intros recently!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks I’ve been trying to improve them lately

[@MarinosMysteries]

Love finding another Mainer in the KZbin mix. Great job with this video.

[@jacobknowles5421]

Great video! The pollock need to chill haha. They are everywhere! Out of control!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks! No kidding I could hardly cast without catching them

[@amitachalal85]

Yes i could never get enough of this content.

[@kriyashivajiva]

nice looking dinner. simular to sicilian st joseph 's day dish pasta con sarde. minus the pasta, loved the garlic baquette. enjoy your passion and love for maine

[@ChrisTingom]

Heading to Maine for the first time in September. Really liking this idea.

[@riverrightoutdoors]

Great looking flies and a great catch and cook.

[@stropolimadness3867]

Hunting season is right around the corner

[@March94Hare]

Wish I had seen this earlier in the year! I’d have tried fishing for them! Love following your channel because it gives me ideas of different places to adventure to in the state for some content of my own once I make a new channel haha

[@darkstar3246]

You are very lucky to be able to catch sushi grade fish so easily. I have been a sushi chef in the city but now moving towards the self sustainable rural lifestyle. I'm from Texas but chose Arkansas though I haven't fully committed and keep dreaming about Maine for the seafood. Try the mackerel as sashimi and nigiri if you haven't already. That's a perfect size, research the method of Ika Jime japanese slaughter. It will preserve the flesh integrity. Basically as soon as slaying, you will need to insert a spike into its spinal cord to keep the flesh soft. This is the superior method for all fish of any species. Then cut the gills and bleed. Should make a video on catching and sushi for these slaughtered Ika Jime style! I'll be on the lookout, lol.

[@darkstar3246]

You can do the mackerel straight as is or soak it in a sweet vinegar (just soak it in sushi rice vinegar), generously salt the flesh side (vs skin side) in the refrigerator for about an hour. Pull the bones out with chef tweezers and theres a very thin layer of clear skin on the skin side which will become more apparent after the vinegar soak. Use the tweezers to pull that off, start from the head sides northern corners and pull in the opposite diagonal directions, NE to SW, NW to SE.

[@swampsardine]

Nice take on puttanesca! 👏

[@jollygreenhuntingchannel7286]

We just moved to Maine we can't wait to go mackerel fishing!🎣🐟💙

[@Michael-ly7vt]

Appreciate your time

[@reidzunti3425]

This channel deserves waaaay more subs

[@user-fo2ps4lf9o]

Love to see it😊

[@joeysorento4230]

That recipe looked very good to me!👍🏻I’m gonna try it with the Spanish Mackerel we catch here on the Carolina coast.

[@cre5524]

I am leaving for bar harbor tomorrow morning! It was great to see this video. Thanks

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Hope it helped!

[@Technify82]

It's good to see Maine being represented! I've always wanted to go to Bar Harbor, but I HATE travelling up Route 1.... Maybe next year. Until then I'll fish Phippsburg and Harpswell! Can't wait to see some of the winter activites!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Can’t blame you there 😂 I’ve got the gear to film more ice fishing videos this year so I’ll be better at posting through the winter now!

[@eddiespencer1]

I hear ya. 1A is a terrible drive. Unfortunately, it's the most direct route to Acadia and MDI unless you're willing to drive 100 (exaggerating a bit) miles out of your way to track around it. Even then, you still have to get on 1A to cross the bridge from Trenton or to go to Acadia.

[@jayeye4798]

Great video and definitely supports my experience at Bar Harbor. We're visiting in a few days and bringing the rods!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Good luck!

[@holdenmc6]

Grouse season coming up. Hope to see another cast and blast video from you this year!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Oh yeah! I hope to get out to film plenty of grouse hunts this year. Hopefully I can take a week off to just go out and film we’ll see

[@qwertyuiop1428]

I’m still mesmerized by how casually you carried those 5 fish on a stick.. like it was not the most brilliant and efficient idea anyone has ever come up with 🤯

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Definitely an easy thing to do when you out in the woods!

[@calebmorang4082]

ive done that a billion times lol

[@ivycycles]

Well done. Great video :-)

[@OutandaboutoutdoorswithRon]

Nice i have never been to maine one of those states i would just love to visit though nice catching i think i would have had to keep a couple pollock though. I thought the same thing when you put out the ingredients but then you did say Mediterranean. nice video!

[@walkeroutdoorsadventures8521]

I love your channel. You deserve way more subs.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Maybe one day!

[@chrisbundy6104]

Looks yummy

[@zest431]

I really appreciate these videos. I only started salt water fishing 3 years ago. But I seem to not have much luck. Im hoping with this info I can head up to Maine in July and try to catch some harbor pollock and mackerel!!!

[@wuthghomer9546]

Did you have any luck?? I'm heading up there in a week for some fishing too

[@xXPhunKXx]

pink & gold crush mackerel all around the islands surrounding bar harbor.

[@beachaddict7653]

I would love to move to Maine one day. I heard the summer temperatures are perfect.

[@brianeaton3734]

Can almost see my house from where you were fishing... live on Schoodic peninsula.. your recipe was very similar to Italian puttanesca sauce, just without the anchovies.

[@paulsnyder681]

Just love your catch and cook vids. Reminds me of MeatEater! Keep it up.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks 🙏

[@paulsnyder681]

MainelyOutDoors do you have an email or anything?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

@@paulsnyder681 Yup [e-mail]

[@kalebgower2522]

Shoutout Westbrook Maine

[@eddiespencer1]

I've never fished for mackerel but I do enjoy smoked mackerel. Maybe I'll take a drive down to the coast sometime and try my hand at catching a few.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Very worth it I smoke some every year now they are delicious and plentiful

[@ChrisTingom]

I tried to do this in Jonesport but the tide went out so far I was dealing with a ton of kelp.

[@mfblackburn1980]

I'm heading out to Bar Harbor this week. I was already planning to take a fly rod for stream brookies but now I want to catch some mackerel too! Can you (or someone else here) please recommend a spinning saltwater outfit type for this type of shore fishing? I'm really just a freshwater guy so I'm not sure where to start, thanks!

[@DeanMD77]

Great video, thx. I am travelling with my family to Bar Harbor July 11-18. Are there shops to rent a pole/tackle? What type of rod/reel are you using for Mackerel? Sorry about the novice questions, but I am just getting into the sport.

[@Charlie-lh4xb]

Well done👌 all my years in Maine...I never fished in the ocean like u hv here.(trout & salmon😁) Good cooking though. It'll b or is it past🤔 chanterelle season?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

They should still be in season depending where you are I pick them from September-October mostly

[@StriperScott]

Really great shots, love the pans. Excellent work! Almost made me want to eat a mackerel! Do you go out deep sea fishing in the fall?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Thanks! Sadly I don’t have a boat so I’m shore bound. Besides in the fall I’m all about my trout and landlocked salmon! Can’t wait for that to start

[@StriperScott]

MainelyOutDoors you have some great trout vids. If you ever want to see how big those harbor pollock grow up to be, hit me up. I do my annual marathon trip next month. Thanks for your vids!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Best of luck! Not sure id be able to find the time for a Marathon trip but it sounds like a blast!

[@buckchase1]

Wearing a white shirt with that meal is brave! I would probly bloop some food on my shirt in the first couple bites.

[@zhenzhang9412]

Is harbor pollock a white fish? Like regular pollock? Mackerel is tasty but quite a strong flavor. That dish looked great!

[@youngsaltyoutdoors1215]

You should do a collab with Jon b. Like so he'll see

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Not sure I’d be able to reach out to him being such a small channel but it would be a cool collaboration!

[@youngsaltyoutdoors1215]

@@MainelyOutDoors it wouldn't hurt to try

[@youngsaltyoutdoors1215]

@@MainelyOutDoors if you guys collab it would be sick😁

[@youngsaltyoutdoors1215]

@@MainelyOutDoors plus ur not a small channel you have 10k subs

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Well when compared to his channel anyway. I'll try to reach out to him on instagram. We'll see!

[@HacheChugz]

Do you ever cast out the mackerel on a bigger rod in hopes to catch larger fish?

[@connoralbert3935]

Great Vids man!!! You gotta go bird hunting at St Francis sometime and make a vid about it! Ur vids make my day every time I watch em. Would love you to collaborate with John B!

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I use to all the time! I was born in Fort Kent! Hopefully this year I can take a week off to go hunt the NMWs. That would be an awesome collaboration i feel like I could learn a lot about how he goes about filming but not sure it will happen since I’m such a small channel.

[@connoralbert3935]

Keep up the good work and you’ll be big in no time! I’ll be sure to leave comments on all of Jon’s vids to collab with you!😂

[@MainelyOutDoors]

😂😂 maybe that will work!!

[@DragonOfTheRiver]

Great video! Where did you get the recipe from?

[@nicholas_furious]

This is going to sound crazy, but I've been skunked looking for mackerel in Casco bay last year. I tried to target them because of the ease and I can't get out too often, so wanted to be able to have a high chance of success but I've had better luck with stripers than mackerel. I don't want to give up, though. Any ideas on when/where in Casco Bay I'd have the best chance? Am I looking for depth? Shores? Channels? Tides? I didn't grow up here so I am oblivious to what might be intuitive for a native Mainer angler.

[@skipheald7300]

Id love some of your golden retriever Jesse , both the traditional gold color and some of your olive’s! How do we do that?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

You can just send me an email I’d be happy to tie some for you! [e-mail]

[@dixieboy5689]

Come to Eastport , Maine and get all you want. 5 fish per cast ! True. Im not sure why this guy is throwing back perfectly good pollock ??

[@georgesakellaropoulos8162]

Your rod guides are misaligned. That's a good way to reduce your casting distance.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Definitely! I broke a few of them on my way out there but still made it work.

[@willoster8083]

Love your channel and I am moving to Bangor from MN in a few weeks! Do you fish flounder often?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

No I've never really fished for them but maybe I can try to do that in the future

[@StephenKlineMCM]

Try smoked paprika next time. You won’t be disappointed. Looks amazing. Headed up there from TX Aug. 1. Thanks. Where can I get the sabiki you made? Amazon?

[@Xbox360Rules00]

Hi, do you know any shore fishing location near Brunswick. Also, any ideas what is biting now. Thank you

[@MainelyOutDoors]

no im not too familiar with that area but the Striped bass are definitely in

[@jajatus2002]

I haven't done any salt water fishing. What licenses in Maine do I need? I'm a resident... Washington county area.

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Well it’s a little vague you basically don’t need one but do need to let the state know you fish it when you get your fresh water license. You can also pay a one dollar fee online to accomplish this. I’ve always been a bit confused about this to be honest

[@edwardmontalvo1473]

What kind of trout?

[@kevinkane1405]

I am going to be making a trip near bar harbor Maine next week. Any tips on what I can catch this time of year?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Well better being your ice fishing gear 😂 if your lucky ice will be out enough for you to possibly get some brook trout along the inlets of lakes and ponds just make sure it’s legal when you go most open water fishing opens April 1st. Nothing is really near the coast in the ocean yet and it’s a bit too early for spring fishing inland but you can probably get on to something if you try

[@kevinkane1405]

@@MainelyOutDoors yeah I have just started my research of the fishing laws. They are way different in Maine rather than New York. Does open water refer to water without ice or to the ocean?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

@@kevinkane1405 water without ice the ocean is open year around if I'm not mistaken

[@kevinkane1405]

@@MainelyOutDoors ok sounds good thank you for your help

[@tjpayne9202]

Have you ever thought about being a fishing guide?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I’ve considered it but I’m still in the fence if that’s something I’d enjoy or not. Plus I think I still need to become a bit more versed in my fisheries before I bring others out.

[@fishingunlimited1139]

You seeing tuna right off bar harbor?

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I’ve heard of it before but this is the first time I’ve actually seen it. Still a little hard to tell with with video quality but the slashing looks to erratic to be dolphins

[@beavercreekoutdoors4951]

First

[@berniersoutdooradventures9812]

You still interested in coming to NY to catch salmon and steelhead

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Definitely what time of year are they running again? Me and a friend were just talking about this the other day

[@berniersoutdooradventures9812]

They are in now but a few more weeks will be better. Pm me some time and we will talk

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Ok i'll see what I can do but it might be hard for me to find the time to get down there right now. Hows the winter fishing? If you have instagram shoot me a message on there. Its so hard to keep track of messages here on youtube

[@trex1448]

If I bothered to go mackeral fishing I would bring a few ice packs and bleed the mackerals as soon as I catch them and throw them in something even semi cold. Best way to eat mackeral: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raGXpYJsn7RrjdE

[@MainelyOutDoors]

I need to try this next season!! thanks for the suggestion that looks amazing!

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Last time I went mackerel fishing a seal kept stealing my fish

[@MainelyOutDoors]

😂 they are very good at that! And I’ve never actually seen one get hooked too pretty impressive really

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

@@MainelyOutDoors I don't know if it got hooked or not but, despite me moving away to a new spot, eventually the seal broke my line and put an end to my fishing. My friend was luckier and he got 10 mackerel that we ate at dinner.

[@austink4712]

You call mackerel the easiest fish to clean while avoiding pollock?

[@Charlie-lh4xb]

So other Maine dudes doing what ur doing pop up on my "feed" on KZbin...but I don't watch em😑

[@MainelyOutDoors]

Well I appreciate you watching mine! Really glad you enjoyed them!