BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2019

[donal domeney]

Ballycotton yesterday, Guileen boat comp, mackerel a no show

[sukara]

I had 3 Mackerel yesterday between Ballycotton and Cork Harbour

[Rob Millard]

Had 3 off Downings in Donegal at the weekend

[donal domeney]

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.

[donal domeney]

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.

[donal domeney]

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.

[BMcD]

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

[Caz-Galway]

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

Caz

[bpmurray]

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.

[donal domeney]

Plenty of them in Cork harbour over the weekend

[DarrenNiall]

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.