mackeral

Anyone tell me when mackeral start to appear along the east coast. I'm waiting for a decent spell of calm weather to launch out of howth and looking to get mackeral. some say not till august, others say now. Any ideas?

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according to all reports they are still fairly scarce,but the weather forecast is good,
so mackerel or no mackerel,i know where id prefer to be,give it a lash + you may be surprised

Myself and herself were out last weekend and got 2 and they were lovely

have been out 4 times this week very scarce 10 macks for 30 hours of fishing but its not just the mackeral that are not there we tried ground fishing also resulting in 3 dabs

Went out from Howth this morning with the two kids and didn't get one between us, tried the back of the Eye, Balscadden and around towards the Bailey Lighthouse. We baited the feathers after a while hopping for any kind of fish for the youngest lad but nothing crossed the gunnels.

It wasn't the best tide time but even still, we were disappointed. I would appreciate if anyone wants to share a mark or two (by pm) around North Dublin as a fall back for when all else fails.

Mind you it was a cracking morning, and fish or no fish, it was enjoyable to be out and about.

It wasn't the best tide time but even still, we were disappointed. I would appreciate if anyone wants to share a mark or two (by pm) around North Dublin as a fall back for when all else fails

Check your pm.

Damien

Hi (first time poster), was off Dalkey Island on Saturday, 1 mak in a couple of hours. Tried the Bailey in Howth on Sunday, no maks, moved to Rosbeg bank, small whiting and doggies only - no maks, moved to Irelands Eye off the stack on the way back in, no maks either.....not alot around by the looks of things. A mate was out for a few hours off dalkey Island on Wednesday, got 3 in the first 10 minutes, that was it for the evening.

Baginabun head near Fethard, caught 5 in half an hour, birds were diving like mad about 500 yards offshore so I guess a shoal was around. Looks like mackerel are moving east along the coast towards Rosslare and will be up the irish sea soon. imho


gorey

Still very scarce of Dunmore East, even the commercial boats struggling.

Was fishing arklow area Sunday, drifted around the rock pier nothing showing, decided to move down to South of Clogga, first drop 2 Mackeral, whoohoo happy days i thought I had found them, 2 hours later not another 1 .Not a wasted day though anchored up and ended up with a mixed bag, with over 40 fish in total. which was great as i had my 8 year old with me.

have'nt hit any yet this year NW

was out from Kilmore Quay last week,only 2 macs for the day but had a good mixed bag otherwise. Plenty of cod,few pollack,coalies,wrasse and pouting.

there coming got 5 in an hour last night and 7 tonight

Was fishing out of Youghal last Saturday & Sunday Two of us had twenty six cod biggest 10lbs The last time I had fishing like it was 20 years ago Macs very scarce out deep and patchy inshore getting them one at atime and a lot of searching for them the gannets were hovering and diving but there certainly were no shoals of macs around.

Is this the worse year for Mackerel around Dublin or is is still a bit early?

its still very patchy all around the country. no big influx as of yet anywhere .as you can see from the above posts. last year we started getting large amounts early in june. they went patchy mid july. and back again strong for august.that was in howth so there a few weeks late .will try again later this evening hard life this fishing

was out for 3 hours to night first drop got a full string happy days i thought . 3 rods fishing 3 singles after that 8 in total 2 other baoats out at the back of islands eye they blanked

balscadden today blankety blank

So not great so far, I've had a few in previous years by the back of the Muglins, but its more convenient for me to launch in Howth without the high Dun Laoighaire parking fees, so was looking for good reports around howth, Irelands eye or lambay. Intend to go out in 2 weeks, will try anyway.