MACKEREL REPORTS SHORE 2018

Post up your reports of mackerel catches, even your trips where none were caught, it all helps

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Thanks for posting this topic. Absolutely essential one!

Took a spin out to Howth on Wednesday 6th with my little fella, fished about 3 hrs up to high water, spinning at Balscaddden low rocks........ nothing at all, about 6 other anglers and not a sausage.
Took another spin out and fished about 3hrs up to high water again but from the elbow of East pier.......... 2 cracking Pollock each 2.5lb+ about 1hr before high water, other than that not a sausage again.

a few singles at parkmore inner bay galway

last year was a bad year hopr this year is better

I have been going out since mid may every weekend and we are getting roughly between 10 and 20 for 2.5 hours fishing in Clare. Still very sporadic... there are more Dolphins than Mackerel... we can see more than 20 dolphins around.

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Anything happening in dunlaoghaire

few mackeral in ballycotton but they are massive few herring as well but u have to work for them

Caught one last weekend a wee bit South of Dun Laoghaire. Saw another lad catch one too...this was over a couple of hours. What surprised me was the size, very big for this time of year.

Any mackerel been caught in Ballycotton?????

still quiet but u will catch at high tide closer to dark the better lot of herring as dark approaches if tide is over half way in

7 am to 9 am Sunday morning in Skerries,,,still no sign of them.

saw one on wicklow north beach, a few times they broke the surface - but gone after 5 mins

blanked again on rocks in kingsale

same as myself thurs evening in kinsale would usually of had a good few by now

Was out in dun laoighre this morning for 2 hours. About 8 people fishing no mackerel being caught at all.

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Surely the good weather in Cork has brought them into the harbour?

Cobh have a few showing

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Checked it out tonight, yes they are there

Send them up to Dublin nothing showing here yet
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Went to Dunlicky / The castle Co Clare yesterday and on the way to the cliff spoke to 2 people walking away... They said they fished hard for over 2 hours and had nothing to show for it,

Undeterred I soldiered on But after 30 minutes of lead slinging while being entertained by a Seal showing off his fat belly and watching 4 others catch nothing I slung my leg over the new Harley and had a very pleasant ride up the coast to chat with mates along the way.... Even the boats out of Kilkee and Quilty are only picking up the odd few here and there,

Great day to be out an about, Pity about the slow fishing But the bike is running great.