Boat Mackerel Reports '13 here...
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:46 pm
Hello all,
Here's the one for the boatmen, hope to be out in April with the help of Kevin Murphy, Bella Vista, 8 of us (from 5 counties + across the water) looking forward to at day out from Cobh, so I'll be contributing at least once to this thread in 2013 (with the help of God!) .
Some reasons why this is a good resource for this community of anglers:
1. Increase chances of catching nice dinner
2. Tempt you to try fishing for them with a fly rod or very light gear
3. Allow you to bring nippers along, they'll NEVER forget catching the first mack
4. If it works it might mean less time fishing for bait (if the bait is mack)
5. it might mean less need to haul in loads at a time for bait for the freezer during the season
6. Use the info to avoid dangerously packed venues (I have found the morning tide can be like a different planet, a quiet, safe one
above are the 'selfish' reasons, other reasons are:
7. If supported it could provide an annual 'database' on mack stocks, allowing rough comparison from year to year
8. Might cut down on the need to take extra macks in a session, which is good for the fish.
Please support it all through the season, and more important than reporting catches, please report blanks (as I am very well practised at).
Any confirmed information is going to be really useful to someone.
Thanks to all and tight lines!
Blackie
Here's the one for the boatmen, hope to be out in April with the help of Kevin Murphy, Bella Vista, 8 of us (from 5 counties + across the water) looking forward to at day out from Cobh, so I'll be contributing at least once to this thread in 2013 (with the help of God!) .
Some reasons why this is a good resource for this community of anglers:
1. Increase chances of catching nice dinner
2. Tempt you to try fishing for them with a fly rod or very light gear
3. Allow you to bring nippers along, they'll NEVER forget catching the first mack
4. If it works it might mean less time fishing for bait (if the bait is mack)
5. it might mean less need to haul in loads at a time for bait for the freezer during the season
6. Use the info to avoid dangerously packed venues (I have found the morning tide can be like a different planet, a quiet, safe one
above are the 'selfish' reasons, other reasons are:
7. If supported it could provide an annual 'database' on mack stocks, allowing rough comparison from year to year
8. Might cut down on the need to take extra macks in a session, which is good for the fish.
Please support it all through the season, and more important than reporting catches, please report blanks (as I am very well practised at).
Any confirmed information is going to be really useful to someone.
Thanks to all and tight lines!
Blackie