Where do all the Macky Bashers go during the winter??

Right lads no racist remarks or things of such, but was just thinking there the other day when I was on a pier with a mate of mine, this pier during the summer months is PACKED with macky bashers, and each claiming to be a better fishermen then the next.. some with countless tins of beer scattered around thier legs, fag ends piled deep, mono let loose all around the place, and thier rods?!?!? best one I saw so far this year was a lad feathering with a 15'9" Penn Powerstix and not being able to cast it any distance, another one was casting a 6oz weight with feathers!!!

But it got me thinking where do these lads go when winter sets in?? (just so we close the doors and lock them in there)

if noise being made by the rabble congregated outside on (any) saturday night was any indication Ligoniel and District Pidgeon Club would be one place

My name is Rory and I like to bash Mackeral

good man Rory - so, what are you doing in relation to angling over the winter time - please let us know first hand

They probably all head to the county that is said to have 365 lakes in it(a full years supply), to fish for pike and other coarse fish

right so Rory - so, what are you doing in relation to angling over the winter time - let us know first hand

Seeing as I won't have access to the Mackerel cookie jar, will probably just go "blanking" over the winter to get some head space.

@yngkmd ahhhh try locking the door from the outside when there all in there they wont notice psml!!

@ Rory I been fishin with you and no offence your not a macky basher the key elements that make a true macky basher, a macky basher, is the half lit cig, over extended rods (normally telescopic in nature), 6oz-7oz weights with 10lb mono, endless supply of beer, and equal amounts of mono to cover at least 1/4 of the pier, the ability to fish the furthest end of the pier and tangle EVERYONE in a single cast (being honest I think this is super human stuff!!), oh and least I not forget the incredible knowledge of fish/fishing which is normally punctuated with a curse word at the start and finish of every sentence

@John Hope not!! Thoughts of Pike flying through the air as they do with Mackerel

@John Hope not!! Thoughts of Pike flying through the air as they do with Mackerel

Imagine this headline , mackie basher heads to Irelands lake district, armed with 6 feathers from woodies and lands a full house of pike

@John Hope not!! Thoughts of Pike flying through the air as they do with Mackerel

Imagine this headline , mackie basher heads to Irelands lake district, armed with 6 feathers from woodies and lands a full house of pike

!! HAHAHA!!!! with the 6oz weight! knocks out several ducks in doing so!! I think right there a lot of lads will just throw down thier rods!!

@John Hope not!! Thoughts of Pike flying through the air as they do with Mackerel

Imagine this headline , mackie basher heads to Irelands lake district, armed with 6 feathers from woodies and lands a full house of pike

!! HAHAHA!!!! with the 6oz weight! knocks out several ducks in doing so!! I think right there a lot of lads will just throw down thier rods!!

and he manages to trap a mute swan pluck him on the spot, and cook him on a disposable BBQ before he burys the tray under some sand for some child to stand on

Dont care at least no more crossed lines or 6oz leads going over your head like the time me and Creep where getting bait in Sorento harbor and this man was using a beachcaster and casting 40 yards with all his might... He need a hand LADS anyone up for it.... . Me and Creep 2oz and pleause cast 60 yards and pull in full house after each other and head of after 30 mins with your man staring at us.....

carp fishing

actually wondered this myself altho they do seem to be there still in some marks 6ft telescopic river rods 1oz weights rag worms is what i encountered last week when id a 6oz grip and barley holding bottem lol funny auld guys i quote him "i do not believe i get caught every time"

Down here in cork alot of the macky lads can be seen along the monkstown sea wall during the winter months trying to hold bottom with 4 oz plain leads,but still managing to cross as many lines as they would when fishing for macks off the nearby piers in the summer,thank god for braid

I used to think it was unfair to crib about mack bashers, but this year I've had enough of them. It's not even the arriving at a mark and finding it packed, anyone is entitled to fish anywhere, it's without doubt the rubbish that annoys me which tars true anglers as messy, disrespectful yobs and speaking of trash, some of the crap they come out with. Why do they insist on talking absolute BS!

A €50 a year rod licence would soon thin them out......

@John Hope not!! Thoughts of Pike flying through the air as they do with Mackerel

Imagine this headline , mackie basher heads to Irelands lake district, armed with 6 feathers from woodies and lands a full house of pike

!! HAHAHA!!!! with the 6oz weight! knocks out several ducks in doing so!! I think right there a lot of lads will just throw down thier rods!!

and he manages to trap a mute swan pluck him on the spot, and cook him on a disposable BBQ before he burys the tray under some sand for some child to stand on

Runs Back to the car (while the line is still drifting in the current) gets another tray of beer, another pile of fag ends that trail back to the car and while he's there turns on the "F"in stero full blast "BOOM BOOM BOOM"

probably strangling some kittens

Dont care at least no more crossed lines or 6oz leads going over your head like the time me and Creep where getting bait in Sorento harbor and this man was using a beachcaster and casting 40 yards with all his might... He need a hand LADS anyone up for it.... . Me and Creep 2oz and pleause cast 60 yards and pull in full house after each other and head of after 30 mins with your man staring at us.....

I normally use my bass rod when fishin for macks (better sport!) unless im over rocky ground or a high pier wall, but most times the little 8' suites the job

@Crommdog I hear ya, like everyone has to start somewhere...BUT its the rubbish that gets my back-up, empty packets of feather rigs, beer cans, on one pier lads casting out without watching whats behind them (like kids and passer-bys!!) and then ALL anglers getting labelled as dirty ol clowns!! Also the way they treat the fish last year seen lads fling a brace of mackerel over a pier wall hard onto the ground fish bounced all over the place, was sad to see, took him up over it only to be told to F off, then was out in another known mark and this guy was trying to pedulem cast off a packed pier on my left side with a 6oz wieght and no shock leader, needless to say i was out of there!!! (heard several crack-offs as I was packing, hid behind the tackle box!!)

I hear they swim to deeper waters and wait out the cold winter months.