Mackerel thread 2014 - reports, queries and chat. Mod note post #318

veetwin

Got 8 mackerel off the rocks in Balscadden yesterday afternoon in the space of an hour. Not loads but enough for me.

Curiously the guys around me were catching very little if any except the ones out on the precarious rocks where I don't really want to go for the sake of a few cheap fish. They were delicious though!

are you serious

veetwin wrote: »

Got 8 mackerel off the rocks in Balscadden yesterday afternoon in the space of an hour. Not loads but enough for me.

Curiously the guys around me were catching very little if any except the ones out on the precarious rocks where I don't really want to go for the sake of a few cheap fish. They were delicious though!

How far out were you casting?
Were you up the top or down the bottom?

veetwin

are you serious wrote: »

How far out were you casting?
Were you up the top or down the bottom?

I was casting as far out as everyone else, probably around 80 or so metres and allowing the feathers to drop to the bottom

pullandbang

Fished Howth/Ireland's Eye today and managed only a few small macks. They were very sporadic - for example, one of our three kayaks would hit a shoal and the other two, no more than a few yards away, would get nothing. Then when you hit, reeled in, unhooked, dropped back down again - nothing! The small shoals seemed to have moved on very quickly.

I did however manage a pretty decent Cod...

colrow

Out in my boat, drifting between Knightstown Marina on Valentia Island, and just off Renard Point, caught a box of mackerel for the freezer, in an hour.

ajncam

Literally thousands of mack carried off the west pier in dun laoighre over the past 4/5 days.

are you serious

If only I'd seen that post before today. Went to howth today, just stayed in the harbour. Fished along side 3 lads, started off with nothing they got 3 between them, only small.
Another lad arrived with silver feathers and pulled in 13 before it was my time to head.
When he was starting he offered me the same feathers he was using, and in the time he had all of his 13 landed I caught 2 and at that the seal robbed one of them both of us using the same gear.
I'd say 3 of them were big enough for the plate.

We were casting almost into the same place every cast.


(Edit) Shocking trying to read that back, made no sense even to me.

robbie67

Went out by boat out of Malahide yesterday caught a load of mackerel good's days fishing

are you serious

ajncam wrote: »

Literally thousands of mack carried off the west pier in dun laoighre over the past 4/5 days.

Any macks still about there?

I've never fished it out there, where abouts is it fished from or do lads literally cast from anywhere along the pier?

JimLahey

are you serious wrote: »

Any macks still about there?

I've never fished it out there, where abouts is it fished from or do lads literally cast from anywhere along the pier?

Going out for an hour or two after work, I'll let you know how it goes. I usually fish over the back of the east pier.

ajncam

are you serious wrote: »

Any macks still about there?

I've never fished it out there, where abouts is it fished from or do lads literally cast from anywhere along the pier?

I was there two evenings last week and didn't see a single one being caught by anyone, and there was a good 30/40 people along the back of the west pier.

I'd usually head for the second bend on the west pier and go off the back, don't let the feathers sink too much, I've easily lost 100 quids worth of gear there during the course of my career!

All the best and let us know if you've any success!

JimLahey

Caught 3 mackerel and a Pollock this evening all on feathers. I was on the back of the east pier for about 90 mins.

I definitely agree with ajncam, from about 25 yards out the bottom seems clear enough but as you get closer speed up your retrieve and keep your rod high to avoid the snags.

Joe Duffy..

Just back from Salthill, insane amount of mackerel being caught, every cast a good sized mackie, haven't seen it as good in several years. Amazing.

mattser

Pain in my arms in August/Sept and they arrive in October.

Andypdublin24

Anything happening now with mackerel mite try get few

SeaFields

We're into November so I Guess that's the end of the mackerel for another year.

So until next Spring gentlemen, thread - Unstickified!

a148pro

And I still haven't caught one!

squidly

how about a thread for the winter fishing?for reports of where codling and whiting are showing etc

SeaFields

We did that before and it went well. Feel free to start a thread. If it gets busy we'll sticky it too for the winter.

uck51js9zml2yt

I'm at the end of the e quays in Galway watching a guy land 4 at a time.
He has 12 in the last 5 minutes

dmc17

SeaFields wrote: »

We're into November so I Guess that's the end of the mackerel for another year.

So until next Spring gentlemen, thread - Unstickified!

Carla Billions Bathroom wrote: »

I'm at the end of the e quays in Galway watching a guy land 4 at a time.
He has 12 in the last 5 minutes

Ye have little faith :pac:

grainne whale

dmc17 wrote: »

Ye have little faith :pac:

Climate Change ?

uck51js9zml2yt

He filled a black bucket in the 10 minutes I watched him.

I just wished I brought my rods from Dublin

mattser

Carla Billions Bathroom wrote: »

He filled a black bucket in the 10 minutes I watched him.

I just wished I brought my rods from Dublin

Crazy stuff

gumbo1

I've not really had the chance to get out the last 2 months or so. Just wondering if anybody know if their still biting around the Dublin area? From the shore? Ta very much

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

gumbo1 wrote: »

I've not really had the chance to get out the last 2 months or so. Just wondering if anybody know if their still biting around the Dublin area? From the shore? Ta very much

East coast - gone. Forget it. Time to switch species for a few months.

Kingfish

I only caught one mackerel this year on salt hill 😎