BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2021

To get the ball rolling for 2021

Post up reports of catches or the lack of them

I had a few in the boat Dunlaoghaire on Sunday.

Fishing from the rocks at Roaches Point this morning see a boat pulling in mackerel about 300mt out. They were fishing the dropping tide.

Friends were out in their Orkney off Mayo's Downpatrick Head last weekend and pulled in a couple of dozen medium-sized macks. They've beern scarce enough this early in recent years, and usually fairly small, so nice to see the uptick.

Out on Wednesday for about 4 hours, no mackerel. Just off Dalkey island.

Filled the cooler box off bantry last weekend.

Out on Tues evening at low tide for a few hours, off Dalkey again, nothing. Loads of fish on finder, none on hook!

Local anglers who braved the winds round Downpatrick Head (the real one in North Mayo!) had a promising few bucketloads last week, but it seems to have gone patchy again this week. Were the shoals just passing by on their way to Iceland for the "summer"?

Nothing much off balbriggan or skerries,the odd few is all

Fishing around Old head Kinsale and slowly trolled till I found shoals on the finder and no problem filling the bucket.

Got a few out from Skerries today!

Its desperate at the minute out of dunlaoghaire very patchy no numbers

Mulranny

Two small ones last nigh to small herring style lures (Pollack loved them) at the top of the time into darkness in almost flat calm conditions.

3 trips out of Knights Town Valentia Island only 2 mackerel. The same story with other boats.

Had 18 mackerel to 2 rods in 4 hours hard fishing just south of Rounstone Co Galway on the 20th

Out again to day not a mackerel to found outside. Came back in for huss off the pontoon. Picked up 14 in no time.

Got about 20 mackerel on the burge bar today out from Portrane

2 of us out for 6 hours in Dingle Bay yesterday, only 3 Mackerel between us. Thankfully a couple of big shoals of Pollack provided a bit of sport.

Situation dire!

2 of us last Wednesday evening, at the mouth of Casla Bay where Rosaveal is situated, had 24 nice sized ones

Caz

Had a couple off balscadden