MACKEREL REPORTS BOAT 2018

Post up your reports of mackerel catches, even your trips where none were caught, it all helps

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Fished a boat comp out of Ballycotton yesterday, while no one was fishing for them 4 were caught about a mile S/E of the island

Mackerel caught yesterday at rathlin o birne in Donegal Bay. Still not showing further in the bay yet

none showing out of kilmore quay yet

Some small ones caught in Killala Bay area in the past week.

One caught out of Dunmore East near west rock at 130 feet, also had A few herring , on friday

Plenty in Donegal Bay now and good sized at that

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Second hand but trusted, mackerel caught in Cork harbour this morning

dribs and drabs of mackerel from small to excellent in Killala Bay in Mayo 27th May 2018.
Skipper says that they appear to enter the bay at first light and move out during the day... so tide is important.

Any sign of them on the east coast yet

10 boats out all weekend at the Dunmore East festival.only 2 caught ,near brownstown head. Though a good few were caught out of dungarvan the next day

Out yesterday from Aghada. Stopped at the usual haunts, the Jetty and the Turbot Bank, with nothing to show. Tried off Roches point again nothing to show.
Eventually ran into a big shoal of them about mile south of the Smiths. Twenty feet under the boat. Fished my favourite 8 hook rig http://swordsanglingcentre.com/Sea%20Fi ... 0Eye%20Rig filled the house twice Could have filled the boat with them but threw most back as the were very big. Kept about a dozen large for bait and 10 small ones for the pan. All were filled with sand eel.

took the boat out of Howth for a pre season test, stopped at a couple of locations, about a dozen mack, some small haddock, and one cod.
We were only messing about fishing wise, as the object was testing the repairs etc.
Macks were only in 1's mainly but very good size. Went out at approx. 5pm to let the Howth bedlam die down and try and get a spot to park near the slipway.

Picked up about a dozen in the mouth of Lough Swilly yesterday!

took the boat out of Howth for a pre season test, stopped at a couple of locations, about a dozen mack, some small haddock, and one cod.
We were only messing about fishing wise, as the object was testing the repairs etc.
Macks were only in 1's mainly but very good size. Went out at approx. 5pm to let the Howth bedlam die down and try and get a spot to park near the slipway.

Where did you fish? At the back of the Island was it?

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blanked on rocks in kinsale yesterday

Plenty of them again yesterday out around the Daunt and further south.

Patchy small shoals off the cost of County Louth. While jigging at anchor on the Tope marks, expect to get maybe 20 or 30 per angler per tide as small shoals pass through. Mackerel fishing from the shore at Greenore and Clogherhead is very slow so far.

Out yesterday from Guileen, didn't try the harbour but plenty 2 miles off on the western side.


Out to day again from Guileen on a R&R after yesterdays comp. Went East around the Power buoy no shortage of them. getting to the vermin stage by now. worked hard to get some pan size ones

plenty of macks at black head plus the smallest baskin g shark ever seen a little panic over id lol all good fun