Mackerel Fishing: What is the best bait for mackerel?

Very fresh herring.

You can get live herring with "Small Bait Herring Tackle", and then use it as bait for mackerel. That's best. If the herring you got is a little big, just cut off the head so the mackerel can eat it.

You can also buy "small bait herring" from the fish shop, it's called "stagg". It's a small box of frozen small herring. It cost 25kr/box in 2019, it's around 50kr/box in 2025. If you only fish for one or two hours at a time, you can divide them into small bags or small bottles (baby food bottle, if you have a one or two year old child you know what that is). You can divide it into 5 to 8 bags or bottles. The way to do that is to thaw them in the fresh area of ​​the refrigerator for 4 or 5 hours. It's just okay to divide them. Freeze them again right after you divide them. One box of stag, you can use it 5 to 8 times.

You can also buy pieces of fresh herring from the fishmonger. You will need to find a way to keep it fresh when you take it to the beach. One way is to divide it into small bags and freeze it. Only bring one small bag at a time. The herring should be just thawed when you get to the beach, it is very fresh. You will get a lot of mackerel and save a lot of money this way.