Shore Mackerel Reports '13 here...

[EcoFish]

thanks Bait ball, might try West Pier, DL this coming weekend, depending on weather.
Last year was mixed bag- small pickings , so will monitor and also go to South Bull wall
which was excellent in 2011 for macks

[paddybbay]

saw about 15 caught in Wicklow last Saturday mixed with some herring !

[JBAXTERMANNI]

Was yesterday and seen 3 being caught at helen's bay near Bangor but the seal's were out in force.

[marklocko]

fished greystones south beach today for 3 hours 1-4 high tide at 5
no macks (feathers)
can anyone confirm if macks being caught in wicklow town ???

and if any one has any tips for floating for macks what is the best bait or lure as iv never tried it before and how deep to fish it thanks

[booner]

you wanna be fishing a sliding float rig so you can adjust the depth, they could be anywhere from 3 feet down, just depends what depth of water you are in, sometimes they go deep.

[flounder5791]

Loads of mackerel and sprat and hundreds of guls diving around hare island on the yak yesterday there was a few lads on nimmos pier and they said they hadnt anything yesterday but they came in close 2 nights ago all fine size aswell

[joebhoy]

Any being caught around kilkee yet?

[The Austrian]

Any being caught around kilkee yet?

rumour has it that there were "huge shoals of Mackerel" sighted from a *cough* 'secret location'
near Carrigaholt last week - I say no more....

[Al and Jordan]

watched a half dozen lads spinning fro them off the rocks at the back of ardglass harbour (co down) on saturday over 5 hours. did'nt see a single one taken. same again yesterday at bangor harbour (co down). enough lads feathering for them but not a one caught. but one of the lads did say they had a few herring on the mini sabiki's

[seanbah]

Im not sure if its mackerel but i seen what looked like a break out side my house there awhile ago and there was a few sea guls diving down. Im in monkstown by the way.

[simplywabs]

They are back in Clare...

Even with roughly 12 dolphins roaming around...

[mackfish]

Seen 4-5 caught at rathmullan today....

[henrykelly10]

some getting caught at lighthouse in ringsend

[srameen]

4 hours either side of high tide this morning at Clogherhead, 6 people fishing but still not a mackerel in sight. Plenty of small Pollock and seals about though.

[Mikesound]

Ballyreen to Fanore to Ballyvaughan
Lots of people fishing, nobody catching.
All weekend.

[Der]

Set out on Saturday for a few macks, fishing 2 hours before high tide and 1 hour of ebb.
Results: 2 good Pollock and 4 smaller returned for another day. No Mackerel.
Hoping for better results in Co Clare in a week or so. But happy not to blanks on the first shore trip 2013.

Sorry about a Pollock mug shot in a Mackerel report, I could not resist

[Al and Jordan]

went deep sea wrecking out of downings in donegal yesterday and not a single mackerel to be found!!
the skipper radio'd through to another skipper with a charter out round towards tory island and only 4 mackerel landed the entire day!! god this is bad stuff!!
the skipper told us that they were almost impossible to find in the swilly as well from the tope festivle at the weekend too.
where have they all gone

[Deleted User 3488]

went deep sea wrecking out of downings in donegal yesterday and not a single mackerel to be found!!
the skipper radio'd through to another skipper with a charter out round towards tory island and only 4 mackerel landed the entire day!! god this is bad stuff!!
the skipper told us that they were almost impossible to find in the swilly as well from the tope festivle at the weekend too.
where have they all gone

The vikings took them all for themselves!

[Stephen8wood]

Are the stocks Donald Ducked after the faroe islands and iceland landing more than quota last year?

[shortcircuit]

Any showing in Ballycotton lads?