Boat Caught Mackerel Reports '12 here...

At last, caught a bucket full in Cork harbour last tuesday. They were taking traditional coloured feathers, but not those cheapo silver paper rigs. strange. Busy on the bbq since.

out of westport again yesterday for about 2 hrs 2 lines of feathers and a lure spinning from the boat about 5 mackrel caught all returned they were the size of a fish finger

at last today landed a good bucket of mackrel and a few nice pollack was out around clare island,still lots of very small mackrel!

Are many being caught around Wicklow Harbour?

No macks off Bulloch harbour last night Fished 17.30-20.00.

I was out yesterday some mackerel in Cork harbour around No. 6
Plenty of launce there'
Patchy out side the harbour off Trabolgan
Buckets of them about 6 miles south of Ballybrannigan.

Went out from Kilkee heading down toward Dunlicky / the castle last Thursday in flat calm water, we just got out of the Bay to find the water bubbling with life so we stopped up and got plenty of small mackerel for bait then carried on our way to find every where we looked u could see small mackerel disturbing the water a couple of time we seen them jump clean out of the water,

We couldn’t resist the temptation to stop every now and then to pick up a few more, Later we headed toward Mutton island where we came across a couple of dozen nice size fish in amongst the many hungry little fellows that we put back by shaking them off the hook rather then handling them… it was hard getting past them to reach the Pollock no matter where we fished,

Ended up with a nice block of frozen mackerel for rubby dubby should I get the chance to go after my first Blue,

Big difference from 2 weeks ago when after a 6 hour trip out all I had to show was one nice size mac and a little fat Pollock,

Had about 50 off Dalkey today in fairly rough conditions

a late report here,out at clare island on saturday and very very patchy,a lot of tiny one that got thru the nets probably

Inside Cork Harbour
16th Aug, afternoon
Tide flowing, quite lumpy

2 hours fishing = 1 mackerel

Hit the mother load to night (Fri) about 5 miles off Guileen.

Hunted around for a while getting the odd 1 or 2 but kept an eye out for natures greatest fish finder (gannets).
After about an hour on the water they showed in numbers so I headed out to them.
These boys are the best at what they do, finding food.

The slick form the shoal must have been over a mile long and only about 40 feet wide but it was full of mackerel and herring.

I had over 30 herring.
Herring at this time of the year is crazy.

This planet is goosed…
Everyone get on the next bus off it

Hit the mother load to night (Fri) about 5 miles off Guileen.

Hunted around for a while getting the odd 1 or 2 but kept an eye out for natures greatest fish finder (gannets).
After about an hour on the water they showed in numbers so I headed out to them.
These boys are the best at what they do, finding food.

The slick form the shoal must have been over a mile long and only about 40 feet wide but it was full of mackerel and herring.

I had over 30 herring.
Herring at this time of the year is crazy.

This planet is goosed…
Everyone get on the next bus off it

That's insane!!! I wonder if its possible to train a gannet

Lots of Mackerel around Killybegs yesterday. Strings of 7 occasionally. Good ones a bit farther out in the Bay. Best this year.

The water is thick with them off Dunmore.

The water is thick with them off Dunmore.

Dunmore East?

The water is thick with them off Dunmore.

Dunmore East?

Correct,I was actually watching a chap catching them from the Marksman on Monday while she was tied up in the harbour.

Out for about 6 hours yesterday from inside the harbour out to the smiths with loads of drops along the way... not a single mackie!!
And practically nothing besides a dozen 2lb pollocks!

Out early yesterday morning and ran into loads at no.6. There again this morning.

Out early yesterday morning and ran into loads at no.6. There again this morning.

Thats really quite annoying!!

I didn't get there until closer to lunch time and then back in the evening and nothing!

hi lads bit of a late report was out Sunday in howth at Irelands eye with Arkrose Glen and we were out testing a new fishfinder . the second we got.outside the harbour there was fish every were I mean thousands all the way across to the eye none stop beeping on the.fishfinder we actually taught it was reading wrong or was set wrong so we stopped and just dropped the feathers they didn't even reach the bottom and they were smashed first drop 6 fish mix of macks and my first herring new species for me yeaaaah we fished for 3 hours and had nearly 400 mack and 80 herring in total keeped a few joeys for bait and herring for eating put rest back it was non stop for 3 hrs we cud of caught all day but enough is enough ti be fair there was a few others out wit little success I out it down to the fish finder.

best trip I ever had water was like glass but u still managed.to get sea sick for 2 hrs straight was fun trying to reel in fish and get sick at same time.

regards
Mark