Mackerel Reports '11 here...

caught 1 decent mack today 19.00-21.00 spinning skerries/cardy rocks, loads of fun on light gear! wish there was more!

Greystones 27/07, 3 jumbo mackerel, green kilty.

27 july 2011
Flat rocks, Dunmore east, Waterford
3hrs at high tide, 10 people fishing
Zero Mackerel

Two quick sessions in north Dublin 25th and 26th, 1 mac first session and 3 the next night
Very poor and also very few birds diving

Skerries today 10:30--13:00 ,about 50 macks caught pleanty of fishers ,der seems to be a float fishing revolution goin on so I was happy I had planned on using a float ,i saw only 2 or 3 on feathers rest on floats I got 8 myself all good size "viva la revolution"!!

few mackerel starting to show around north county dublin. only thing i hate about mackerel fishing is the gangs of people who never normally fish that come and take over the marks i have to myself the rest of the year, with their half-arsed fishing rods and rusty sets of feathers that havent seen the light of day since this time last year, and then they leave their empty beer tins and various other crap all over the rocks. luckily most of them are too thick to catch mackerel and feck off home after a short while

Had a couple of dozen between two of us in three hours over high water this morning near Ballyvaughan North Clare . It is easy to see that the mackerel are not abundant as the place was deserted and the litter is not too bad yet

few mackerel starting to show around north county dublin. only thing i hate about mackerel fishing is the gangs of people who never normally fish that come and take over the marks i have to myself the rest of the year, with their half-arsed fishing rods and rusty sets of feathers that havent seen the light of day since this time last year, and then they leave their empty beer tins and various other crap all over the rocks. luckily most of them are too thick to catch mackerel and feck off home after a short while

Well said

Saturday 30.07.11 4pm-8pm -Spiddal, Co.Galway
No sign of mackerel. A lot of dissapointed people waiting for them
One local told me that macks should be here in around two weeks time - not so revealing, but keeps a hope

None n Cobh... Bout 20 anglers fishing trying for them

Fished two hours up to high tide from the coal harbour in Dun Laoghaire and caught zilch. There were two other lads there too who also blanked.

Took a spin up to howth harbour today on low tide and seen a few getting caught on float,most fishing on float and only a couple on feathers catching nothing
you cant beat the float and scrap from a mack on light gear

Got 2 on float at skerries,lost about 10 to the seals,and two floats
Sunday nite

fished monkstown and ringaskiddy this evening both blank

Fished Ballycotton pier for 3 hours nothing caught about 20-30 people fishing!

So if i use a float what is best bait for macks??

Makeral belly cut long and thin like sandeel,also sprats ,small sandeel,squid ,even shelled prawn,if macks are scarce dont be afraid to fish a few feet deep mite get a garfish especialy on south coast

fished the mouth of the boyne in a boat using feathers,hok eye and numerous spinners for 3 hours on sun morn 0900 to 1200 ...big fat zilch .....tried from the shore on monday evening low water for an hour ...3 mack 2 big ones 1 skinny fella all fell to silver tazzie...who needs a boat

I’ve been boat fishing over the weekend, fishing out of guileen east cork, very few mackerel inshore but when you get out about 2 miles + there is plenty to be got.

What do seem to be missing this year is the sprat.
By now there should be big shoals of them showing along the shore line.
I’ve yet to see the mackerel break

Youghal this evening 2 of us for two hours.........Blank....

There was plenty Mackerel off Fenit pier, Tralee early (8am) on sunday morning (July 31st)....