Mackerel Reports for '08 here.....

bro in law was getting a full house each cast on buncrana pier

Youghal harbour full to bursting with macks with last three days - giving themselves up as usual -

place thronged with bashers though but surprisingly the place wasnt littered

got a few from Bangor Lastnite everyone that was fishing near was getting them

Nice 1 immunecfg

I have been at bangor the last few days and blanked every time and people standing next to me where all catching macks.
Oh well maybe i will have better luck tomorrow when i head over.

Regards Paddy

it was plague proportions down in courtown again yesterday - both people and macks

Was out in Ferrybank yesterday evening and saw a couple of anglers bag up on mackerel, they were down by the mussel boats, not even casting just dropping into water. As i drove back into town i saw the gulls diving on the other side of the bridge it was then I noticed mackerel breaking in the Holy Ground. Never seen them so far up river before.

Was out in Ferrybank yesterday evening and saw a couple of anglers bag up on mackerel, they were down by the mussel boats, not even casting just dropping into water. As i drove back into town i saw the gulls diving on the other side of the bridge it was then I noticed mackerel breaking in the Holy Ground. Never seen them so far up river before.

They went up as far as Ferry Carrig last year .

Its just getting plain silly now

Venue: Kinsale
Date: 1st Sep
Time: 17.00
Tide: 1.5 hr up to HT
Weather: fine
Rig: feathers
Results: no shortage

Blackie

Venue: Kinsale
Date: 3rd Sep
Time: 18.00
Tide: 2.5 hr up to HT
Weather: fine
Rig: feathers
Results: abundant, especially 2 hrs up to HT

Blackie

Was out in Ferrybank yesterday evening and saw a couple of anglers bag up on mackerel, they were down by the mussel boats, not even casting just dropping into water. As i drove back into town i saw the gulls diving on the other side of the bridge it was then I noticed mackerel breaking in the Holy Ground. Never seen them so far up river before.

Shoals & shoals of them in Wexford harbour again tonight...

Venue: Howth Harbour (Sutton Side)
Date: 3rd Sep
Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm
Tide: HT ~ 1:00pm
Weather: Very Windy
Rig: feathers
Results: Not a sausage (or a mack for that matter)

Ballyhornan

Got about 40 mackerel at ballyhornan today between 2pm and 6pm,they were everywhere getting them almost every cast 4 to 6 each time.
Thats the bait in for the winter

was up at Portrush on Wednesday 17th Sept. Nothing for the first hour then had about 10 macks in 10 minutes. Caught about 10 the previous Friday. Plenty of others were catching too.

Ballyhornan sat 20th plenty of macks about caught 15 & 3 Launce all on pink hoki's in ~1hr started off using spinners (Tobys, abu krill) but no joy strangely. Macks stuffed with sprats. Lots of gulls diving about 200 yards out having a field day!

Was at carnsore the last few nights... not a sniff of mack.
The odd one here & there (2 in 2hrs), but nothing like what it was weeks ago. Was talking to a guy who tried Rostoonstown 3 nights in a row and completely blanked.
Maybe the calmer weather this week might encourage them back in and give us one final blast to fill the freezer before the winter..

Hello,
I happily filled my freezer from Kinsale a few weeks ago, haven't been looking for macks since.
I have a buddy who wants to get his youngsters out for some at the weekend. He's about an hours drive from Youghal, Ballycotton Cobh etc.
Does anyone know are there any macks being caught from the shore, Youghal to Kinsale area at the moment??

Cheers

Blackie

Hello,
Time to 'un-sticky' this thread now I guess.

Here's some info from all shore reports since April to now.
Not really scientific, and it's probably only useful comparing one year to another,





The percentage of shore reports that had macks included since the middle of April is around 25% (about 200 out of 800 odd).

Blackie

mr sullivan pegged beside me had 4 good mac off the bottom in the jimmy smith in gurteen co. galway on sat4th oct

Was chatting to some Japenese sailors last Wed in Galway docks. They had a box of around a 100 mackerel who (unlucky for them) got locked in when the harbour gates were closed. Good catches still being taken from Nimmos pier too.

Saw someone with half a dozen caught at Bantry Quay around HT (12 ish) today

Blackie