Mackerel Reports '10 here......

finally got on the mackerel over the weekend , I've been prospecting in the kayak recently
around skerries... found a spot with about 30 cormorants and the terns were going mad so had
a lash there yesterday and sunday, took close to 50 over the 2 days... was plagued with giant
sand eels taking the feathers, largest sand eel was over 30cm

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nice going were you out far

about 1km out... a little out of my casting range and just 10-20m off an island

Helvick again 3 hrs yesterday.1.5 hrs either side of high tide. Zip!Nada! Nothing! & Zilch. One of the local fishermen said one boat had been out all day and came back with half a box of macks and 2 pollock!

Hoping the Youghal mack feast means they're moving this way...

Out Tuesday, Whitehead & Carrick, 11 to 4.30 (high tide). One Mack between 4 people Things are getting dire-explanation anyone

Book a flight to iceland thats where they are

dun laoghaire area 05.08.10 19:30- 21:15: no mack but 1 small red cod , 1 star + 1 baby pollock

quite a few boats mackelling not far from me, they didn't seem to catch any

Cheers Gilks for the in depth reply - some good info as have just taken up fishing again, used to fish youghal in cork a fair bit back in the day - decent at the time for codling/bass

Anyways, am chancing SeaPoint again tonight on the rising tide so we'll see what happens.

Going for 4 blanks in a row - thought mackie fishing was meant to be easy

jonni

im going to Howth in the morn. Its going to be a good day for me . I will get back with how many sack for macs I catch.

killiney seems to be the place to be so,a famine in howth so far

Put the boat out of dunlaoghaire from 7 - 9 pm tonite , 6th aug .3 of us fishing along wall out to scotsmans bay and back again .Got 30 in total , nearly all in singles all of a fine size.

Fished Howth thursday evening. No mackerel from balscadden, didn't see anyone catching at all...Moved to split rock to try some lure fishing. 1 small pollock on a firetail just before darkness...

I got 8 or 9 off the rocks between balbriggan and skerries during the week i think theyre hit and miss this year again though
i was just using small kiltys

saw 4 fellows just came back from boat trip at bullock this evening, they only managed 4 or 5. didn't asked how long they were out though.

Myself and beebub2 had about fifteen this morning at Bulloch. (Beebub: 14, Myself:1.)They were well spread out though.

On boat friday around Owey Island Donegal. Caught 60-70 mackerel in about 2 hours, most of them large.

Was out of Bulloch in the boat today there was mackerel everywhere. Between five of us we got 100+
All the boats where getting loads and coming in with bag loads.

Is anyone catching any mackerel in Cobh? Was there over the weekend, no mackerel at all.
Was wondering if it was the same for anyone else that fishes in Cobh.
Where are all the fish gone from Cork?

Sorry to hear about the no Mackerel's around in different area's when it should be peak of mack season... I've been going around Clare the past several weeks and is doing some Mack bashing in between my fishing sessions andI am so happy that I have never gone out and back with less than 30 macks for a 2 hour bashing... its always madness and my back is a bit aching due to those sessions. . I suggest to those who are missing Macks to drive around Clare and join the fun... my neighbors are always having some for grilling whenever I come back from a session.

Is anyone catching any mackerel in Cobh? Was there over the weekend, no mackerel at all.
Was wondering if it was the same for anyone else that fishes in Cobh.
Where are all the fish gone from Cork?

Try fishing mackerel strips on the bottom about 20 or 30 feet out from the quay. We had loads of mack using this method last year when the feathers were getting nothing. Great fun on light gear. Might be worth a try.