Shore Mackerel Reports '14 here...

Beach past Black rock diving board in Salthill fishing well on Saturday night for few sholes. Two daughters landed their first of hopefully many fish! Only problem was that most of them were a bit small for eating so I ended up throw a good few back. Any one else comming across small mack around the coast??

Sunday evening got out for an hour across from Lemo's pier down by the docks. Plenty of fish being caught there from about 9-10pm last night. They were much better size too.....

There was a few caught in cobh today over high water. Not many fishing but everyone had a few in their bags and buckets.

Just to let everyone no the mackerel are in in galway yesterday evening everyone was pulling in 3-6 every cast mostly small but a few decent ones hopping everywhere and loads of sprat

Some horse mackerels last evening around cobh...some were well over the 40cm.
hate those feathers...light gear with a wobbler, can't beat it!

Some horse mackerels last evening around cobh...some were well over the 40cm.
hate those feathers...light gear with a wobbler, can't beat it!

Best way ever or a little silver sprat
Light rod and line

Great fun.


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Good show of macks in Cobh now. Saw several strings of six this morning. Deep Water Quay and Kennedy Pier producing, but the Five Foot Way and Lynch's Quay should produce as well. Fish showing at all stages of the tide.

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They seem to have arrived in number alright all around the coast. I was on holidays in Clare and there were large numbers being caught too.

anything happening in dublin?

I fished in close from shankhill and drifted right up to greystones, we got 11 at bray head. The havent arrived all afound the coast... the east is still barren!!

anything happening in dublin?

Been down to Sorrento and east pier Dun Laoghaire over the past 2 weeks, havn't got a thing. I heard their was a lot got at Sorrento yesterday and a few over the weekend on the east pier, but be warned Sorrento has been packed the last couple of weeks, couldn't even get a spot yesterday.

Nothing from Greystones tonight, perfect tide, perfect conditions but they are just not there!

Nothing from Greystones tonight, perfect tide, perfect conditions but they are just not there!

Plenty around dunlaoghaire and dalkey now richie

Fished Dunmore East early this morning mid to low tide to try and avoid the crowds.
Two mackerel on feathers for about 2 hours fishing. Good sized and delicious too.
The place is a disgrace though, trace packets EVERYWHERE….drink bottles, cigarette packets. Horrible to see.

Plenty around Tramore this evening went down And had 10 in 20 mins off to the mobile then and on the pan!
I'll go again in the morning to try catch the breakfast!!

There still in at nimmos most were good size only 10 or 12 small ones and most decent size also had 4 or 5. Huge macks never seen them as big..... They were very big shoals breaking the surface aswell good to see them in large numbers havnt seen this many in a few years freezer full for the winter

plenty about dunlaoaghaire/poolbeg

I'm an eternal novice when it comes to sea angling. Each year I try but I don't get the opportunity much to get out to wet a line. And when I do get the chance, conditions are far from ideal.
This summer I managed to get to Church Bay yesterday morning and I'm just back from Ballycotton this morning. Another two blanks!
There was an Asian man fishing with his family. Had caught zero but told me that they caught about 300 mackerel on Sunday.
I though he was b-s-ing me.
I then spoke to another in his group in detail:
He and his wife arrived at 3am for the 4am high tide. Already the pier was chocka and there were crates full of mackerel.
There wasn't room for them on the inside of the pier so they fished the outside. It was non- stop. Endless supplies of fish.
The Polish lads were running around the pier trying to find extra crates, any containers to hold all the mackerel. They were going to sell them later.
There were full crates and buckets lined up.
There was no need to cast. There were shoals of mackerel just off the edge of the pier.

Bet half of them end up dumped somewhere , what a waste and such a sad thought

Going to take the young lad on Friday evening, anyone know where is best to catch a bit of mackerel without getting snags..? It'll be on the east coast, dunlioare harbour maybe..?

Going to take the young lad on Friday evening, anyone know where is best to catch a bit of mackerel without getting snags..? It'll be on the east coast, dunlioare harbour maybe..?

Them East winds will push the Maks off shore for a few days, Saturday might be a better day for it once the swell settles down. Dun laoire is not a bad spot, not much snags fishing from the end of the pier.