Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

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Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

#1 Post by simplywabs »

Seemed that the mild winter was great and so as the early mild weather. No wonder Macks are back on our shores early!!! Barbecue anyone!

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Re: Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

#2 Post by Paul Harris »

what mackerel - where??
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Re: Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

#3 Post by paul skelly »

Paul Harris wrote:what mackerel - where??
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Re: Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

#4 Post by bhoy32 »

a couple of the small boats got a few of them out of youghal and i heard there was a few caught in cork harbour also last weekend there was big schools of dolphins couple miles out from youghal
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Re: Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

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"a puny 14C"

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Re: Weather perfect... no wonder the macks are back early!

#6 Post by CEng »

Joe Lynch on Wreckhunter had a dozen today outside Cork Harbour. The lads that fished the light line comp. out of Cobh last weekend had plenty at anchor on baits. Plenty also being caught out of Kinsale, just inside the head,

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