My understanding is that Mackerel is supposed to be the best for baitfishing, but I was curious how far behind Pollock is? In other words, if you're fishing for mackerel for bait, and you're getting a bunch of pollock, do you just throw them back in, or are they worth keeping?

I have a friend that is going to come to town. Fishing wise not too bad with plugging with a spinner, but not too good with casting a conventional for bait. I am thinking that I have some reels that I can pull out of storage or modify to make casting a conventional easier with something like...