Sea Angling Ireland

A couple of mackerel caught in Cork harbour yesterday

Still there today

We had a couple on a wreck 15 miles north of Malin head on Thursday.

donal domeney wrote:Still there today

Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?

shortcircuit wrote:

donal domeney wrote:Still there today

Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?

The perfect size for catching a boat full of ling

shortcircuit wrote:

donal domeney wrote:Still there today

Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?

More likely due to trawler dodging!

Hi all,

Had mackerel and herring (and a touch of frostbite!) on 6th March out of Kilmore Quay on the Enterprise. Has warmed up a bit since then.

Pajo

Hi Lads!

Great conditions on the water yesterday. Had about 8 or 9 species but most notably a large shoal of macs near the Cork bouy.

N

was on kayak over weekend in kingsale no macks or anything blanked

Any sign of any up the east coast yet greystones to howth ?

i was out in the boat last sunday for 8 hours off Dublin not a sniff of one.

One mackerel off dun laoghaire this morning, was fishing for bout 40 min to see if there were any about.
Bit slow to arrive this year.... Any other reports from the east coast?

Spent 3 hours looking for macs in cork harbor this evening. Not a single one. A few sandeels only.

Today 3 miles south of Roches point 2 dozen in 1 short drift, 4/5 at a time

Good news Donal, recent warm weather must be doing the trick.Good week forecast too !

out at the lings today, thick with mackerel

No macks yet of Balbriggan ,loads of bait fish in the water ,they should be in soon


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Plenty in cork harbour around low water, but when the basking sharks arrived they became scarce, most likely due to the amount of plankton in the water. Also in good numbers further offshore south of cork bouy.

3 of us caught about 20/30 mackerel in Donegal bay out on the boat on Sunday 5/6/16. Some really big mackerel. We went out general reef fishing and the only thing to save us from blanking was the mackerel. Skipper moved on a few times so hard to say how good the numbers where. a lot caught in 10-20m mark.

Out yesterday west of Carna for 3 hours and two of us caught 134. We could not avoid them and we were trying. All water depths. They were even taking rubber eels and lead heads. Good sized mackerel and very happy neighbours and family. Interestingly no sign of birds anywhere.

Caz