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Historically speaking, tracking down and catching mackerel during May when fishing Cape Cod is pretty much as simple as it gets. Even so, there are always times when the mackerel will be difficult to find. On these days it can make a huge difference to strategically use sonar, and cover a lot of water, until the macks are found. Homemade sabiki fishing rods make catching mackerel much less difficult. Sabiki rods prevent sabiki rig tangles and enable the sabiki rig to be stored and employed again numerous times. To make your own sabiki rod, simply attach an old fishing reel to a five foot long, half inch wide PVC pipe. Drill a hole in the PVC pipe a foot above the reel seat and thread the main line through the pipe. Tie the end of the line to a sabiki rig, connect a weight and reel the entire sabiki rig into the PVC. Upon locating mackerel schools, release the sabiki rig from the sabiki rod and allow the rig to fall to the depth where mackerel schools have been marked on the sonar. A slow jigging movement usually works very well, however it can make sense to experiment with depth and jigging motion.
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