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#201 Post by corbyeire »

myself and handbrake hynes - picked up a good amount of them today on feathers and bait in little killary - 14/10/07
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#202 Post by davide »

Last friday 12/10 lots of mackerels were caught in Ringaskiddy Deep Quay togheter with some pollacks by night time
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#203 Post by Security man »

Whats the latest time of year for schols of mackrel showing up?
Are they still around??
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#204 Post by corbyeire »

well there still seems to be plenty of them about in places - adding to the year round residency school of thought
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#205 Post by MC »

still a few in bradon bay,
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#206 Post by blackiemc »

Well MC,
Were those ones caught on a boat?

I tried a few spots in the Ringskiddy area for macks around HT yesterday, the water was flat calm and dead quiet unfortunately. Not a fish to be seen.

Looked across with at the Deep Water Quay with some longing. Is it really possible to fish that spot these days (I didn't bother asking the security guard!!).

I was hoping to catch a few late macks for the table before the weather broke (in our house 10 mackerel = 1 dinner and 3 well fed kids!).

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#207 Post by teacher »

blackiemc wrote:Were those ones caught on a boat?


No, shore. I passed by the lads on Sunday. Foul hooked one myself with a surface popper. Hard to avoid them.
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#208 Post by MC »

teacher wrote:
blackiemc wrote:Were those ones caught on a boat?


No, shore. I passed by the lads on Sunday. Foul hooked one myself with a surface popper. Hard to avoid them.


as teacher said from the bardon bay/beach, we where getting them every other cast, nice size too
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#209 Post by bigstyle »

Good numbers of Macks and herring to be had around Cable Rock on Bray head on Bank holiday monday.
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#210 Post by Dave »

There were a good few being caught inside the marina in Dingle on Sunday.
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#211 Post by blackiemc »

Ok, I think I have to be honest now!!!

My kids devour mackerel, and I was really hoping to provide dinner at least once more before the season is finished (1 or 2 fish is noooo good).

I thought my last chance had gone when I fished to no avail in Cork Harbour last Fri., but the posts here are killing me as it seems the macks still think it's summer at some spots around the country.

Are they STILL around?
Are they showing up around Co. Cork?
Do I have to drive to Kerry?
Am I the only one in Ireland who can't get a dozen on demand?

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mack cork harbour

#212 Post by screeming reels »

hi blakiemc
fished cork harbour on 2nd and it was full of macks and herring, now i was in a boat near the turbot bank, but i also had them close inshore on the crosshaven side.
surface was alive with herring.
found that moving feathers didnt work, just lowered them down and held them steady, bites were finnicky but was still getting doubles and trebles.
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#213 Post by bouncer965 »

i fished ballycotton last sat and had four decent sized mackerel and all the others fishing were still pulling them in.
I was using squid as bait, enjoyable session with a few small fish along the way
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#214 Post by lumpy »

the rocks to the right of crookhaven beach was full of them 2 weeks ago and i had one in the dark last monday from the rocks under charlesfort in kinsale
shore species 2008(25):dogfish(3.1lbs), bull huss (12lb 2oz), bass, shore rockling, coalie, whiting, pollack, conger (22.4lbs),flounder, thick lipped mullet (4.8lbs),turbot,ling (11.2lbs),ballan wrasse(4.5lbs), cuckoo wrasse, pouting, poor cod, cod (9.5lbs), dab, 3 bearded rockling, long spined scorpion fish, corkwing wrasse, plaice, trigger fish, sea trout, garfish


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#215 Post by blackiemc »

Thanks for the pointers folks.
Hopefully I can locate a few soon (just in case we get a winter this year :shock: )

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cork harbour

#216 Post by screeming reels »

Hi, if anyone interested still large mackerel in cork harbour, taking baited shrimp rigs just bouncing on the bottom, some were 1.8lbs!!!
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