Mackerel Reports for '07 here.....

down at carrick for a few hours before high tide and got about 8. would of got more at high tide but left because of the rain!!! :evil:

a piker mainly so go easy on me. does the weather have any effect on macks feeding and coming in close. thanks lads

One bit of bad weather and they are scattered all over the place. they head back out in to deeper water.

cheers mate.

Little Killary 5.00am to 7.30am this morning.

No mack's at all completely dead except for 1 small pollock caught by accident i think.

No more early mornings for me again waste of time.

Report :

Venue: Downpatrick Head, Ballycastle Co. Mayo
Date: 11th June
Time: 13:00 to 14:30
Tide: flowing, HT at 13:30
Weather: really sunny, very little stir in sea
Rig: hokkai type, feathers
Results: macks, macks, macksl !!!!
Comments: myself and brother caught over 30 macks (tough going as all had to be winched up the cliff, some in 3's ) at least another 10 lost
+ a broken rod tip when a gull got greedy !!

tried for some pollack but couldnt get down through the shoal of macks

have had reports since of lots more at Enniscrone & Kilcummin Pier's


sorry its a bit late...just back from honeymoon !

Venue: East side of Black head ( Mark 97) Co. Clare
Date: 16th June 2007
Time: 6 hours
Tide: 12.30 pm Low water to 18.30 pm High water
Weather: fine, little stir in sea, overcast and warm
Rig: home made rigs
Results: 19 caught

Comments: The shoals seem to be out a long way and deep. Caught some big ones there, the occasional small one on the way in.
Ate half the catch that evening, the dog had two at the mark and the rest went in the fridge for bait

Also caught two small Pollock, a plaice and an edible crab

i was out on bray pier yesterday 11am-2.30pm for some casting practice and noticed a few guys at the top getting mackerel (7-8) tide was on the rise.

Drifted for three hours around Lambay island yesterday morning - nothing !. Birds were busy taking sandeel but there was not a mackerel to be had.

is the west pier fishing or not? off the end is probably where im headed tomorrow? thanks lads

had 2 casts in ballycotton last nite and had 6 mack on 2nd cast, enough for bait so i finished fishing for them. alot of macki bashers loking at me with their eyes popping out of their head 8) 8)

I went to Howth Sat with the last of last years macks for bait I thought I would watch the lads chucking feathers for a while maybe join in and then go around to the end of the far pier to try for pollock. There was nobody their :o so I feathered and baited myself for a while but nothing 4-5 others came along and still nothing. Tide was ebbing. So bored with it and not in the mood of making the long walk I stuck a mack with one side stripped on to a meat hook and 50lb leader and a 6oz weight and lobbed it into the margins.....result a double figure conger a pb from the shore. I let him off .....

{edit: just seen 10lbs is a specimen I didn't think it was that low (he was deffo 13-14lbs) If I had known I would have wieghed it didn't even get a shot on my phone, some Polish lad took a shot of me with the fish but where is he now :cry: ?}

Anyway no mackerel were caught that day but there were a few on the Sunday and reports of a shoal during the week

got one mack on the float with mack in ballyloughan on the 16th - small

Was fishing the baech last night lots of mackrel being taken from the Burrow on high Water.. 18/6/07

wasn't fishing myself but saw a few being taken in greystones yesterday

People: me and dan

Duration: 6 hours

Tide: rising and slack high

Weather: overcast, windy

Bait: n/a

Rigs: feathers

Results: 36 mack 4 pollack

Catch and Release::pollack Yes/ mack No




Report:


there is most definitely a shoal of mack at howth. went there this morning with my mate dan for a bit of feathering. ended up with 36 mackerel and 4 pollack between us. lovely day oiut on the east pier fishing into the harbour.

Hello,
It's nearly a week since anyone has reported about macks, is this because the bad weather means they're not turning up in great numbers?

I saw some other reports during the week where they're being caught along with other species, maybe they're just a lot scarcer at the mo'

Anyway, even if you have a report that says you got none I think that's useful.
I'm hoping to get a bit of fishing this evening along the south coast, will report

Blackie

Went fishing for pollack in Galley Head area, Co. Cork, Weds 26th 6.30 to 7PM

Got no mackerel, saw no sign of them

Blackie

Fished Dun Laoghaire last night 19.00 - 21.45.High Tide was 21.35.No sign of any Mackerel.

Mackerel are showing in close on the Cork beaches. Worth a try in the usual spots, Myrtleville, Fountainstown, Garretstown etc.