Silly Question -

[NewGuy]

I have a silly question, but how big is a strip of mackeral, related to hook size. Do you remove the skin?

Apologies for an obvious question.

[DAMIEN]

a strip of macker is usually a strip cut verticla from fillet or the side of a whole mackerel,they can be as big or as small as you want leave the skin on as this help it to stay on the hook

[Drew]

Also obviously depends on what you're targetting. 8)

[squalus]

If you are using whole mackerel, especially on a flowing trace, it helps if you cut off the tail