Are Mackeral in Galway yet?

Hi Guys,
Want to take the Kids fishing for Mackeral this week in Galway. We will be fishing from the shore. Anybody know if they're catchin them in decent numbers yet anywhere - Salthill, Barna Spiddel etc.?

ha mate pleanty of mackeral in around spiddal pier .. but have to tell you any mackeral been caught are very small only 3 to 4 inchs......

ha mate pleanty of mackeral in around spiddal pier .. but have to tell you any mackeral been caught are very small only 3 to 4 inchs......

Thanks for the reply.

Are there any decent sized mackerel around yet or are they all small?

Not sure,
Caught both big and small but I never saw as many small fish as I did last week . Don't know if that answers the question really.