BCNPescaFishing forecast · Barcelona & the Catalan coast

Pier

Atlantic horse mackerel at Pont del Petroli

Targeting Atlantic horse mackerel from Pont del Petroli — the bait, the rig, the season and the light that suit this mark.

Check the live forecast for this mark About this mark About this fish

Badalona’s old oil pier, now a public walkway reaching into deep water. The best-known mark on this coast for bass, bluefish and squid.

What it takes
Sabiki feathersSmall soft plastic
How to rig for it
  • Sabiki under harbour lights at night
Best light
First light · Dusk · After dark
Depth
10–30 m
Water temperature
13–24 °C
Minimum landing size
15 cm
See the photographAtlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Photo: Kare Kare (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons · Source

When Atlantic horse mackerel is in season

All year round · January· February· March· April· May· June· July· August· September· October· November· December

Also worth targeting at Pont del Petroli

Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax White seabream Diplodus sargus Two-banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris Annular seabream Diplodus annularis Saddled seabream Oblada melanura

Where else to target Atlantic horse mackerel

Breakwater Escullera de Barcelona (Port Vell) Long port breakwater with deep water close in. Conger and scorpionfish after dark; sargo tight to the blocks. Breakwater Port Olímpic Lit harbour walls — squid and cuttlefish on autumn and spring nights, mullet inside the basin. Breakwater Espigó de Bac de Roda Accessible groyne with rough ground on both sides — light rockfishing and float work. Breakwater Port del Masnou Marina walls and adjacent beach; a good all-weather option when the south is blown out.