Mackerel reports '09 here.....

there was a few macks in killary harbour yesterday - at low water - plenty of bashers turned up for HT and got nothing

down in ringaskiddy yesterday was ground baiting but to no joy and seeing fish 5 feet in front of me had to take out the rod and start spinning myself dirmuid and his father got 13 between us they were all over the place

i was heading out to my co. antrim mark yesterday and as i was passing through drains bay there was a mass of gull activity half way between the shore and the maidens. the gulls were diving in big numbers so at a guess i'd say it was likely macks forcing fry of some sort to the surface. i was taken back by the sheer numbers of different birds diving and circling overhead if only i had a boat my freezer would be full

Fished west cork barley cove area on saturday and sunday no macks.

Fished the quays off Cobh this evening. Had a few macks...aswell as pollack and whiting, all on Shrimp rigs.

i fished Aughris a week ago with my kayak loads of macky caught and this evening rock fishing caught 6 macky 1 pollack 1 collie

TL

zeke

Few macks caught tonight at coliemore, nothing to crazy but steady 2's and 3's for about an hour or so! I bagged 8 and the lads beside me easily got 20 between them! The guys on the rocks further round the corner caught nothing!

Few macks caught tonight at coliemore, nothing to crazy but steady 2's and 3's for about an hour or so! I bagged 8 and the lads beside me easily got 20 between them! The guys on the rocks further round the corner caught nothing!

Nice one, only 989 to go

Any Reports of Mackerel been caught around Wexford at the moment...??

Any Info would be much appreciated, tanx a million....

Their being caught along the quay(behind the old carpet factory) in youghal now in june.

the son was down at culdaff pier on tuesday night, place is full of mac's

Patchy reports of macks being taken in Portnoo, Donegal.

Not while I was there though. Have tried now 6 times.

My mate caught 4 last night at the Pier at Portsalon up here in Donegal

caught 3 bigish macks on me 2nd cast at collimore pier saturday (14th),much to the annoyance of about 15 mackie bashers who were there all day, and as far as i know i was the only one that scored all day,had em for brekki this morning,mmmmmmmmmm

I saw some caught yesterday Kinsale, around 9.30 PM

Blackie

Caught 3 small macks half hour before HW at balscadden, Howth, today.

We caught 160+ from the boat today at the back of Bray head.

We caught 160+ from the boat today at the back of Bray head.

We had a cracking day!!... Mack frenzy

Couldnt buy a Mack in Scotsmans, Dalkey Sound and the Muglins this morning.
50+ out at the Kish. Got 12 the first few drops then stopped. As soon as we tried again they the everywhere.

There was a shoal of mackerel on the rampage in Lough Hyne, West Cork, yesterday.
I know you are not supposed to remove any fish from the lough as it is a nature preserve but does that apply to mackerel?
I reckon they probably got in during the warm weather the week before last and probably havn't found their way out yet and are eating their way through the small juvenile fish population.