How to catch, clean and cook Mackerel and Herring - Delicious and simple | The Fish Locker
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- How to catch and cook Mackerel. One of the most famous and widely eaten sea fish is the Mackerel. Great fun to catch, attractive to look at and tastes amazing. Here my father in law and I show you how to catch Mackerel and Herring, how to clean and prepare them and then how to cook them in the most delicious ways.
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This was a very special video for Jim and I and we hope to be able to do more catch and cooks on the boat together soon. Have a wonderful day everyone and take care. 👍🏻💙
All the best form Sunderland lads
Great job buddy thanks ❤️
Jim is a note book full of knowledge, I am seriously impressed, please keep sharing .
Amazon do a huge 454g English mustard powder for just under £9 bargain for the amount 👍
Very special for all of us John - just fantastic! Jim in his kitchen excelled himself.
Every time Jim makes an appearance, he puts a smile on my face. I like this man 😁
He is honestly one of the best men I have ever known in my life. 💙
Too kind Raz
@@jamesspargo7821 love it when you make an appearance! Always worth a watch. All the best from Australia 👍
@@TheFishLocker I like the way he takes you out of your comfort zone.
Jim needs to have his own cooking channel on UA-cam. Something that encourages people to try different species of fish than typical.
I’d watch the hell out of that!!
That's a great idea!
He'd have a subscriber in New Zealand if he did 😊
I have mentioned this to Jim and he has just retired after a lifetime of work so is looking to wind down his workload. Right now he is happy to add to our channel. Who knows, in time he may want to do his own. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker Well he certainly does "add" to the channel 😊 His cumin and tumeric beer battered fish with mango chutney mayonnaise is now a regular at our table, usually with Rig (like your Smoothound) or Snapper (similar to your Couch's Bream)
Great seeing you and Jim on the boat together and I love it when Jim puts you in check at the dinner table - “no John you have to eat the skin as well” 🤣🤣 you can see his passion for cooking and the memories it brought back for him. Great job guys 👍🏼
Haha. He is honestly one of the best men I have ever met. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker I would have given my right arm to be there John! Luckily, I'm left handed!
I cannot describe the enjoyment of watching you both out on the boat and then the magic Jim works in the kitchen, thank you both so much for a new look at why I should hurry up and get fishing in the sea.
We are simply sharing what we love doing. 😊👍🏻
This is entertainment at its best, you guy's make a team that can't be beaten, congratulations.
We are simply sharing what we love doing. 😊
Awesome session on the boat, great catch and cook up, lovely variation of flavours and methods, cheap fish turned into posh nosh, what a team John & Jim #Tightlines
Mackerel if done right and eaten fresh are amazing eating fish. 😊
This video was a real treat in several ways. Good to see you and Jim out on the boat together. It was fun to see all the meal creation for herring and mackerel and the side dishes. Lastly the eating and description of the dishes and a sit down together for a meal was delicious 😋. Thank you so much 😊
Thank you very much, I am glad that you enjoyed joining us. I know I say it every time but it really was delicious. 💙
That was so lovely. Nice to see Jim on the boat and his food a true delight. Glad you both enjoyed it,
We LOVED IT!!
I adore these shows. It’s like therapy!
I am glad that you enjoy them. 😊
just lovely seeing you two fishing and cooking
We had a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻
I love everything you forage and you are respectful. It's awesome. Your show is very calming right before bed too. Keep up the awesome work!
I am glad you enjoy the videos. 😊👍🏻
You're an inspiration, John. I watch all your videos with my dad. I've taken your knowledge and used it in my own fishing. Such a great presenter - you certainly should have your own show on TV.
I’m just glad if they videos have been helpful for you. 😊👍🏻
Like a millpond John. I’ve always found watching Jim in the kitchen to be very calming, like sitting with your grandparents and listening to the clock tick on the wall. Such a lovely gentleman.
Jim is simply wonderful. 😊
Great to see Jim catch some fish ! Looked like a great day together, culminating in a nice meal. Thanks for sharing.
It is our pleasure Matt
I have never seen anyone use oats instead of breadcrumbs on fish but it’s definitely something I’m going to try next time I get some mackerel!! Another great video as always and Jim’s cooking always gets me hungry!! 😋😍
Give it a try. It was lovely.
Just two guys being dudes in the kitchen. Love it. Great video. I have never had fresh mackerel. Everything looked great!
Fresh is definitely best with Mackerel. 👍🏻😊
Absolute pleasure to watch, the commentary from you both was top notch. Never cease to be amazed by Jim’s talent. The food made my mouth water, hope to see much more of this type of content. Thank you both so much, take care👏👏👍
Thanks Stephen and take care. 😊👍🏻
Jim knows his stuff amazing recipe cant wait to try it.Thanks for posting 😀
Let us know how you get on with it mate. 👍🏻
can't help but love the dynamic with you and Jim, he's a diamond and you are too! :)
Jim is simply wonderful isn’t he. 😊
I am in California and these videos have totally got me possessed!!!!! I must head to the northern California coast and start mucking about. I love shellfish of all kinds and Fish Locker Dude explains what you're looking at and looking for. The idea of bringing a small camping stove, digging up some amazing seafood, and feasting is so very cool. KInd of like gold prospecting. Excellent videos!!!!
It is just like prospecting. You have some great family fun and if you are successful, a tastey meal at the end of it all. 😊👍🏻
This absolutely the best video by far!!! The special relationship you have with Jim, moves me so deeply. You're such a dear man to be so patient and engaged when you speak to him. Also with your son James, I just realized. Thank you for all the work you put into these videos. 😊
Our son James is named after Jim, I am truly blessed to have both of them in my life. 💙
Cooking is a joy to me Amy, never a chore, will keep sharing for as long as I’m able. Thank you for your kind words
This is one of my new favorite, the stories an knowledge of the older generation is priceless. Thanks sharing 👍👍👍
It is our pleasure Travis. 😊
This brings back so many cool memories with my dad and me, out in his 5-man dingy, feathering for mackerel off the Noth Devon coast, Watermouth Harbour, between Coombe Martin and Ilfracombe. We could only stay out for an hour or two at most and the boat would be filled with fish. I'd then walk around the camp site, Big Meadow, with my sisters and sell the excess to fish to other campers, 10p a fish. Ahhhh, the glorious smell of fresh caught, BBQ`d mackerel.
Happy, HAPPY days indeed. 😊
Happy memories. 😊💙
Thank you both they looked delicious and so easy to do, at 76 I wish I lived near to you.
Still a spring chicken then? 😉
love the catch and cooks with Jim. keep up the good works.
Thank you. 😊
Every time I watch your videos, I ether grow as a fisherman or as a cook!! Keep up the great work!!!
I am really pleased to hear that. 😊👍🏻
Another great session! Absolutely love when the catch hits Jim's kitchen. Learn so much from him. Very nice gentlemen 🤠
He is wonderful isn’t he 😊💙
I love how passionate Jim was about the Mackerel dish, great video!
Love ❤️ these videos especially about filleting fish and cooking them
..I love ❤️ fish ....God bless from Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏
I do show the filleting in an as many videos as it suitable.
Absolutely found the Mackerel and Herring catch, clean and cook episode extremely interesting! Being an American here in Wisconsin, U.S.A. , the preparation methods are something I'd love to try in my kitchen. I was unfamiliar with some of the preparation ingredients, but I may try some substitutes using the methods I saw Jim using. I love the " On the water" fishing videos. But once in awhile seeing how those fish are prepared would be interesting. Another very informative video, John. Because of my health I can no longer travel. But watching Your videos is a real adventure for me! Thanks Again!
I am sorry to hear that you can no longer travel, but hope you can do so vicariously through our videos. 😊👍🏻
More Jim he's a great addition to the channel!
He is brilliant isn’t he. 💙
I just love to watch him cooking. He’s in his happy place. Just warms my heart.
Jim is wonderful isn't he. 😊
That is a really great video, loved both the fishing and the cooking, you’re a lucky guy John having a father-in-law like that, looks like you have a great friendship. The food looks fantastic, mackerel is my favourite eating fish, and Jim cooked them beautifully!
I have been so blessed with Jim as my father in law. 😊
You guys have a quite good chemistry for father/son-in-laws😂. I am glad for you John, I wish that I am that lucky, and I look forward for more of you guys. Great video, good food, and the fishing part was almost not necessary.
I couldn’t have asked for better.
Made in heaven!!
Nice to see Jim out there with you.
We had a great day. 😊
You can’t beat fresh caught and cooked mackerel for an early breakfast 😋
Amazing isn’t it. 😊
Fantastic upload John, makes Sunday night special, nice to see Jim out and about, love the herrings,know what you mean about hairs in your mouth 🤣🤣.kind regards Mike. Norfolk. Tight lines mate.
Cheers Mike and take care mate. 👍🏻
Your videos are great family entertainment. Appreciate your attitude in only taking what you need.
Thank you. I am glad you share our views on sustainability 😊
Jim you are not a fisherman, but you are one hell of a cook ( chef ). Keep these wonderful videos coming John, they a great.
We each have our talents. 😊
My favorite videos are costoral foresting-videos and a cook up afterwards on the beach, that is just the best!. But thanks again for another great video
We love those too but the conditions aren’t always right for that.
What an awesome video! Genuine, spontaneous passion and camaraderie. You could almost smell the food too! Bring on the next one, guys!
Thanks David and take care mate. 👍🏻
Absolutely love the videos with Jim such a treasure and so talented
Jim is simply wonderful isn’t he. 😊💙
Old skool traditional cooking of your own caught fish is always a win, BUT you've godda feel lucky having Jim to cook the gourmet stuff for you, great side pairings...you sure know how to make someone hungry and wanna go fishing all in the same video don't you. Spot on as ever John all the best, keep on enjoying life its great!👍
We are truly bless to have Jim. I couldn’t have asked for a better father in law.
I love mackerel. My mom was Japanese and one of my favorite meals as a kid that she'd make was grilled mackerel and rice with a grated daikon and ponzu dipping sauce. Mackerel will always have a special place to me.
It is a wonderful fish. 😊👍🏻
Best I’ve ever had in japan
What another wonderful video and Jim yet again makes something amazing and those simple colourful flavourful dishes he made to accompany the humble mackerel were amazing. Really would love for him to produce a fish locker cookbook because I would definitely buy it
I shall ask him to try to find the time. 😊
@@TheFishLocker If it happens, put me down for a copy John! Not far for me to have a drive down & collect it!
@@TheFishLocker I eagerly await it if he does
hi Jim its nice to see you out fishing with John hope you had an amazing trip and caught lots of fish
We had a lovely time.
Great video upload. Showing videos like this are seriously useful since both Mackerel and Herring are affordable and easily accessible fish for the average person like me to buy. How you guys prepared and cooked them too provided that much needed inspiration and has helped me to deviate significantly to how I would ordinarily cook these. An entertaining and enjoyable video to watch throughout. Thank you for sharing.
It is our pleasure Paul. The reason we experiment so much with recipes is to provide people with alternatives and new experiences. Best wishes and have a wonderful day. 😊👍🏻
Smell-O-Vision coming in Loud & Clear here!
Haha
Love Jim - Should have his own cookery show- My eyes glaze over when a pro shows one how to make a mustard/ Hollandaise Sause out of a simple 28 ingredients.
Morning John, Moring Jim.... Love Sundays and glad to see Jim abord!!
We hope to do many more in the coming weeks. 😊👍🏻
Every video you upload has something different and this was no exception. From catching the fish to the creative cooking it's a marvellous adventure. Creativity in the kitchen to the actual dishes served make this a real treat for us the viewers. Well done to both of you and thanks for posting.
I am glad that you enjoy the variety and effort we put into the videos David. 😊
This was the third video that I have watched on your channel. I am a keen fisherman but in a warm water climate. Great recipes and tips on cleaning and cooking. Great channel!
Thank you. I am glad to hear even though we are not local to you that you enjoy our videos. 😊👍🏻
@@TheFishLocker Thanks, we do get mackerel here from Norway and Japan so I will be giving Jim's soused mackerel recipe a crack!
Sorry to be a pest, is the oven temperature at 150degrees centigrade or farenheit?
Always love your videos John, but when Jim "does his stuff" in the kitchen, it makes it for me. What a top bloke to have as a father in law.
He is honestly one of the best men I have ever known. 😊
So nice to see Jim out and about with you. Good job Jim!
We had a great time. 😊👍🏻
It’s so lovely seeing a son and father in law hanging out like this - didn’t see a mackerel in shore all summer last year at Swanage
Mackerel we’re very patchy last year. 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks so much to you both. After a last season no success , caught 4 mackerel on bbq ,thanks for your help
It is our pleasure. 😊
Great to see Jim out on the boat for a wee change. That was a masterclass in pairing side dishes to oily fish! Fantastic choice of preparations for the fish too. Utterly mouthwatering. 👍
Absolutely lip smackingly good. 👌🏻😊
Stunning meal feel so hungry watching this
I am glad you enjoyed watching.
Jim's a great addition to the videos
He is wonderful isn’t he. 😊
The best of Jim’s dishes. What a jem!
My family is from the UK, about 150 years ago to the US.
Our Sunday meal would have been fried bass, catfish or bream, maybe a ham or cast iron fried chicken if there were enough family that week, some quick-pickled onions and cucumber salad, fresh raw onions, fresh tomatoes sliced, roasted corn on the cob, fresh green beans, fried grit cakes. Very humble, yet so damned delicious. My grandmother would have certainly baked a pecan pie or a coconut cake. We never had Sunday Roast, but we did have some Sunday feasts. It depended on the harvest of the farm and the time of year. She still had the accent, and I never realized it until much later in life. My daughter bought me a DNA test as a holiday gift, and I found out that I am 100% from the isles. Mostly Welsh with my names, but a bit of everything else, genetically.
You will find the Europe is a wonderful melting pot of ancestry 😊
Probably your best one yet.
Loved it, many thanks.
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I am glad you enjoyed the video. 😊👍🏻
Watch one of your vids every day. Just awesome. Jim is such a good cook. Learn something every vid. 👍🌄🥃
A video a day keeps the stress away. 😊
Appreciate John the journey of fishing and cooking lesson and they are awesome. Thanks
Thank you. 😊🎣
Brilliant as always just makes me so hungry!!
Haha. My stomach is rumbling now thinking about it. 🤣
Happiness is a full belly and a good day on the boat. Thank you for teaching me so many flavour combination! Thank you again for fishing AND cooking lessons.
It is our pleasure. 😊
This one made me feel so hungry, another gem of a video, lovely to see Jim on the boat and in his kitchen preparing such wonderful food...
We had a wonderful day 😊
Good lad bin waiting for my dose of Fish Locker
I hope you enjoyed the video. 😊👍🏻
I love Jim's cooking, looks absolutely delicious.
So do we. 💙
This must be the perfect vlog! Beautiful morning... great fishing... lots of tips and then Jim cooked up an absolute storm! Fun fact: back in the day women would follow herring down the east coast to fillet gut them and put them in barrels to sell. To get the job they would have to fill a barrel and the boss would then take the rings off and let the boards fall away. If the herring stayed in the shape of the barrel you got the job if not that was that as they would not pay for you to travel from Eyemouth right down to Ramsgate following the fish!
Very interesting. 👍🏻
Thank you John and Jim, a wonderful catch and cook , appreciate the effort for this video sirs ! 🎣👍🏼
It is our pleasure. 😊
It all looked really good and interesting choice of sides! Those mackerel are also great as sushi!
The sides were very special, definitely added to the fish taste. 👍🏻
Aww lads this truly is gold, from a sustainable oily fish. Herring, Mackerel and Sardines.. line caught, different ways to prepare and cook. Hugh Fearnley would be proud of this, great work so informative fantastic upload ❤🙏😎
Hugh who? Haha. 🤣
@@TheFishLocker Hugh fFearnly Whitinstal 😁
@@billymkirkwood4956 never heard of her. 👍🏻
Fant
Fantastic , real food cooked to perfection and you can see the enjoyment ,
Jim is wonderful isn’t he.
Jim seems a lovely fella and quite the chef...Enjoyed you both immensely!
Jim is simply wonderful 😊
One of my favourite fish to eat is mackerel,even fresh mackerel on its own grilled or fried is up their with the best of fish 🎣
We love it.
Great video fellas. I'm looking forward to when the mackerel make it up the coast to us. Herring are even better, one of the best tasting things in the sea in my opinion.
Stunning aren’t they. 😊
gday from sunny Queensland , good to see John out on the water with you , first time i have witnessed this , ,,love it , top vid this one , cheers
Thank you Colin and have a great day. 😊
El señor mayor es un gran cocinero , disfruté muchísimo verlo preparar ese pescado , un gran saludo para los dos
Jim is my father in law and he is a wonderful chef isn’t he. 💙
Hello Uncle John and Uncle Jim! Thanks for taking us on your adventure today!
It is our pleasure. 😊
Brilliant, really enjoyed watching this, from hook to plate via pan, lovely.
I’m glad you enjoyed it mate. 😊👍🏻
Makrill my favourite fish. I used to catch it as a kid growing up in Sweden. Dont eat it it now living in Australia. Everytime I visit Swed I always look forward to eating it. One thing I really miss.
It tastes wonderful doesn't it. 😊
Love Herring, one of my favourite. Not keen on mackerel, but husband loves them both! Yummy!
We love them both. 😊
Yet another EXCELLENT video 👍👍👍👍
The smiles on both your faces throughout says it all 👍👍👍👍👍
I love love Mackerel and will definitely be trying this out👍👍👍👍🙏🙏
Thank you both for taking time and effort to make this video 👍👍👍👍👍👍
It is our pleasure Gareth and take care mate 😊👍🏻🐟
Nice looking breakfast, fresh mackerel, wow
Fresh is always best. 😉👍🏻
Thanks John, and Jim, that was lovely as always, always a pleasure to watch, always something to learn. It’s been so long since i got out on a boat, so long in fact we struggled to catch Mackerel for bait, glad to see the stocks are back round the South West.
My brother and I always had a bag of seasoned flour, a stove and a pan, bit of oil, there’s nothing tastier than a fresh ‘joey’ filet, straight off the hook and into the pan. Delicious healthy and under rated species. Thank you!
Our pleasure Matt. 😊👍🏻
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Wholesome meal....now I'm going to cook myself a meal for treat🥰
Enjoy. 😊👍🏻
Absolutely bloody magic, I love Herring in all it's guises. Well done John and Jim for some great prep and cooking tips.
Our pleasure Glen. 👍🏻
the arrival of the mackerel has always been a sign of spring to me
We get them right through the winter. 😊👍🏻
I finally get to go on my first time fishing this Thursday
in the sea. I’m told it will be for Mackerel. Now I know how to filet and cook them. Thank you gentlemen!
smashing the flavours thats what makes a real good cook jim dont mess about fair play
Great Vid again bro. And Jim has inspired me with every one of those accompaniments. Fennel fritters is now officially a thing in my world hahahaha
They are wondeful.
Just WOW John! Got to be one of your best yet! Lovely to see Jim out on t'boat with you as well! Love Mackerel - my favourite fish to eat. Good job there isn't small-O-vision - front of my sweatshirt would be in a right mess!
Jim's herrings looked delicious, and the accompanying dishes for the Mackerel were fabulous too. I've never tried Celeriac as I hate Celery, and also not tried Fennel root, although I like Aniseed, and use Fennel seeds for cooking.
I think I asked you about Soused Mackerel before as my beloved Mum use to make it. She never took the pin bones out of the fillets and often baked them whole in more Vinegar than Jim used - I thnk the Vinegar used to dissolve the bones as I never found any! Many useful ideas in the video. Thanks John, thanks Jim, stay safe & well - Dave.
I am not a fan of celery at all but that was lovely. And the fennel fritters were surprisingly good. I tried it raw and it was like a punch in the mouth, but cooked they were delicious.
@@TheFishLocker I've heard Gooseberries are delicious with Mackerel too, but not tried them.
Ohhh, to have mackerel again! I don't enjoy it smoked (which we can occasionally get - it's just too over processed and you don't taste the true flavour) and we can't even buy it frozen! Canned - nah, again, too processed. It needs eating the way Jim prepared it. Envy isn't a nice trait, but I do feel pangs right now! Thanks for sharing! And I love the idea of beetroot and orange together - something to try another day! Soused mackerel takes me back to visits to my great aunt, for tea, on a Saturday ... so many memories!
Simple is often the best way. 😊
If you can't get fresh Mackerel Liz, Tinned Mackerel drained makes a good Mackerel Pate with Garlic, Black Pepper, Vinegar & Mayonaisse!
@@trampster7306 where I am, it only comes in a tomato sauce - over processed and really not good. So I'll just keep my memories of mackerel past! Thanks anyway! x
@@lizg5574 It can sometimes be hard to find here, but we get it in Brine, Olive oil, or Tomato sauce! xx
great video great company keep them coming. so fresh . there is something about catching your own dinner and sharing it with friends and family .you guys are living the dream i would love it .peace to you all
Take care sir. 😊
Greetings from Ireland again! I enjoyed this video! I know that flavor, a shot of Ouzo springs to mind! Was never a fan, even cooked!! Keep the videos coming.. I work in a fishing shop in Co. Kerry, you are more than welcome come here and ‘stealth camp’ with your young lad! and we’ll show you all the secret spots!
Thank you very much Conor. Please send me a PM to the fishlocker instagram about this secret spots as I'd love to come over camping with James. 😊
Mackerel that size are great eating ,,,, cleaned and deep fried ,, delicious
Deep fried? Interesting. 🤔
This has made me really look forward to the mad mackie season. Can't believe I've never floured and fried them like that. It's so obvious and straightforward. Great stuff Jim n John
Simple and yet absolutely delicious. 😊
i wish i had family. keep sharing yours for us to enjoy
It is our pleasure. 😊