Mackerel are back! We've started to see a few more line caught mackerel off Newlyn and as the season progresses and more fish turn up, we'll see better prices for sure There is nothing quite like freshly caught mackerel. Smaller vessels around the South West use the traditional method of line catching to bring in this superb catch. The mackerel are 'stiff-alive' (a fishmonger's term for very, very fresh indeed), when they arrive with us and they are one of the fish shop favourites