Shore Mackerel Reports '12 here...

plenty of nice fatty mac's arround Carraroe, Galway

Hi all , any been got around north Dublin?

did a couple of hours yesterday in skerries,,no maks,,not a sign of the fry,,

Anyone catch any around Cork Harbour yet?

Was down at Aghada pier yesterday evening for a couple of hours, not a glimpse.

How are the bashers getting on down in Ballycotton folks?

Zero macks in skerries,but no bashers about which was great,had to stop a teenage girl from throwing my bait to the seals as the parents looked on and didn't do a thing and not even an apology ,there is macks about though

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Fished the rocks behind clogerhead pier for 5hrs sunday and the rocks behind greenore yesterday (wed) and not a tap. Lads were saying that there was a few mack being caught at clogerhead but there was no sign of fry at both locations. Keep ye posted.

Was fishing at the back of the docks in Galway during the week and caught about 20 in 2 hours. Also seen lads pulling in full strings yesterday evening at Nimo's Pier. They seem to be around in decent numbers at the moment (macs and bashers).

Zero macks in skerries,but no bashers about which was great,had to stop a teenage girl from throwing my bait to the seals as the parents looked on and didn't do a thing and not even an apology ,there is macks about though

And an odd salmon judging by the top right hand corner of your photo!

Yea it was pot bait,but the macks were fresh and shiney so I doubt they had to travel too far,anyone any idea how to upload a video with tapatalk onto the site I videoed a seal being hand fed the same day

Went yesterday to fish from Nimmo's Pier, in Galway. Tide was at max around 21.30
Plenty of baitfish around the shore. I could see some sea gulls or similar birds picking up baitfish rather far from shore, but finally macks arrived, but just for a few minutes. It looked like watching some tropical fishing movie, water boiling, birds diving, bait fish jumping in to the air. But than it was over in less than 5 minutes. Another 45 minutes without any sign of fish, and then they came. Got around ten of them, that was what I needed, but watched some guys taking 4-5 of them with every cast and packing them to buckets, then there were more buckets...
But yes, they are in Galway, plenty of them.

Has anyone had any luck fishing for mackerel in sligo?

They are in on Brandon nice size too

Was down in Ballycotton for a few hours last Tueday evening, not a sniff of one. The same evening was chilly and misty- would that have anything to do with it?
Also had a couple of FNs taking tiny pollock for themselves

Fished Cobh on the 25th, friday morning at high then again on the evening tide at high. No macs about but hit a shoul of wee coalies for about 20 mins was getting 2, 3 or four each cast.

Got 1 mack in Clogherhead pier this evening...

Time to try skerries again(shhhhh don't tell the bashers)

got a few really decent ones at dun laoghaire earlier today, 8 lb braid on spinner rod, first time on my lightest gear...what a buzz. they are there but not many , we switched pier over 3 to 4 hours nobody was catching any, right on hi tide, only got the one hall and back to nothing , few baby pollock was all i got after d mac, good luck

john1... we were chatting to u there yesterday? wat was the name of them jelly baits u had? n the hook. off set j hook?

Hi Doggy i think it was me yous where talking to, they are Savage Gear Sandeel Slug's rigged with a size 3/0 weedless hook. Heading out now to try a catch my 1st Mack of the year.

After hearing a few are starting to show I chanced my arm in Balbriggan and had 3 mac and a small pollock on small green feathers, looks like they are starting to move in