BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2019

Ballycotton yesterday, Guileen boat comp, mackerel a no show

I had 3 Mackerel yesterday between Ballycotton and Cork Harbour

Had 3 off Downings in Donegal at the weekend

Guileen to the Smiths and on to the Lings searched all the way out. Nothing but a few launce. Dolphins every where you looked, they must be on the way.

Today: stopped off at No 6. buoy on the way out and had 4 drifts. 3 mackerel, 4 herring and a plenty of launce. Enough bait for the day.
Headed out to deeper water and had a set of bulls eyes hanging out over the side of the boat all day. Only hit 1 shoal of mackerel about a mile south of the Smiths 5 mackerel on one drop and they were gone.
Stopped off at No. 6 again on the way back, Wind against tide and the mackerel were up on top of the bank . No comfort in fishing in a 4' swell but stuck it out and had about 4 dozen pan size mackerel and a lone herring.

Getting good reports of plenty of mackerel in the outer harbour.
Was down east of Power Head last Sunday plenty of mackerel taking baits intender for other species.

As much mackeral as you like at back of Ireland's Eye on tuesday 9th at low water.

3 hours x 3 anglers at the Skird rocks in Connemara not one mackerel. Depressing

Caz

Loads of mackerel on outside of Helvick Head in mid-water on Friday & Saturday. We caught enough for a day's shark fishing in 10 mins.

Plenty of them in Cork harbour over the weekend

Wicklow Harbour
Was out on Kit Dunne’s boat yesterday, had 30 of them on the sabikis in two drifts at low water, all pan sized. 4 other lads on the boat, all had macks too.