Shore Mackerel Reports '12 here...

[Mahoney]

plenty of nice fatty mac's arround Carraroe, Galway

[paul skelly]

Hi all , any been got around north Dublin?

[Deleted User 3488]

did a couple of hours yesterday in skerries,,no maks,,not a sign of the fry,,

[shortcircuit]

Anyone catch any around Cork Harbour yet?

Was down at Aghada pier yesterday evening for a couple of hours, not a glimpse.

How are the bashers getting on down in Ballycotton folks?

[eoghanb]

Zero macks in skerries,but no bashers about which was great,had to stop a teenage girl from throwing my bait to the seals as the parents looked on and didn't do a thing and not even an apology ,there is macks about though

[flyno]

Fished the rocks behind clogerhead pier for 5hrs sunday and the rocks behind greenore yesterday (wed) and not a tap. Lads were saying that there was a few mack being caught at clogerhead but there was no sign of fry at both locations. Keep ye posted.

[gerty86]

Was fishing at the back of the docks in Galway during the week and caught about 20 in 2 hours. Also seen lads pulling in full strings yesterday evening at Nimo's Pier. They seem to be around in decent numbers at the moment (macs and bashers).

[johnwest]

Zero macks in skerries,but no bashers about which was great,had to stop a teenage girl from throwing my bait to the seals as the parents looked on and didn't do a thing and not even an apology ,there is macks about though

And an odd salmon judging by the top right hand corner of your photo!

[eoghanb]

Yea it was pot bait,but the macks were fresh and shiney so I doubt they had to travel too far,anyone any idea how to upload a video with tapatalk onto the site I videoed a seal being hand fed the same day

[standerus]

Went yesterday to fish from Nimmo's Pier, in Galway. Tide was at max around 21.30
Plenty of baitfish around the shore. I could see some sea gulls or similar birds picking up baitfish rather far from shore, but finally macks arrived, but just for a few minutes. It looked like watching some tropical fishing movie, water boiling, birds diving, bait fish jumping in to the air. But than it was over in less than 5 minutes. Another 45 minutes without any sign of fish, and then they came. Got around ten of them, that was what I needed, but watched some guys taking 4-5 of them with every cast and packing them to buckets, then there were more buckets...
But yes, they are in Galway, plenty of them.

[tex]

Has anyone had any luck fishing for mackerel in sligo?

[paul skelly]

They are in on Brandon nice size too

[shortcircuit]

Was down in Ballycotton for a few hours last Tueday evening, not a sniff of one. The same evening was chilly and misty- would that have anything to do with it?
Also had a couple of FNs taking tiny pollock for themselves

[tomgrey]

Fished Cobh on the 25th, friday morning at high then again on the evening tide at high. No macs about but hit a shoul of wee coalies for about 20 mins was getting 2, 3 or four each cast.

[grangebellew]

Got 1 mack in Clogherhead pier this evening...

[eoghanb]

Time to try skerries again(shhhhh don't tell the bashers)

[doggy]

got a few really decent ones at dun laoghaire earlier today, 8 lb braid on spinner rod, first time on my lightest gear...what a buzz. they are there but not many , we switched pier over 3 to 4 hours nobody was catching any, right on hi tide, only got the one hall and back to nothing , few baby pollock was all i got after d mac, good luck

[doggy]

john1... we were chatting to u there yesterday? wat was the name of them jelly baits u had? n the hook. off set j hook?

[Mozza]

Hi Doggy i think it was me yous where talking to, they are Savage Gear Sandeel Slug's rigged with a size 3/0 weedless hook. Heading out now to try a catch my 1st Mack of the year.

[paul skelly]

After hearing a few are starting to show I chanced my arm in Balbriggan and had 3 mac and a small pollock on small green feathers, looks like they are starting to move in