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Seen some guys taking hundreds of them, all tiny. I can't understand how anybody can take small fish, and nobody could possibly need so much. The greed was sickening me, I had to leave. They were also littering so much it was just obscene

#67 Post by **s50touring** » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:59 pm · Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:59 pm

Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2015

#67 Post by s50touring » Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:59 pm

about 20 mack from blackhead yesterday along with a few dog's

Species 2014: tb ray, lsd, conger, mack, 3 beard rockling, ballen wrass, pollack, dab, flounder, coalfish

#68 Post by **pierfishing** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:45 pm · Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:45 pm

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#68 Post by pierfishing » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:45 pm

Any around ballycotton might head out this week...??

#69 Post by **Pyreneenguy** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:56 pm · Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:56 pm

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#69 Post by Pyreneenguy » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:56 pm

DarrenNiall wrote:
Tofish wrote:Plenty out at balscadden cliffs yesterday all very small not nice to see full strings reefed out of the water and swung around the place
Seen some guys taking hundreds of them, all tiny. I can't understand how anybody can take small fish, and nobody could possibly need so much. The greed was sickening me, I had to leave. They were also littering so much it was just obscene

The waste is tragic. Mackerel do not survive after being man-handled, see :

http://www.sacn.org.uk/Articles/Releasing_Mackerel.html

People should just take what they need, then stop fishing for them, same if only tiny Joeys are around.

#70 Post by **DarrenNiall** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:49 pm · Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:49 pm

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#70 Post by DarrenNiall » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:49 pm

Howth pier today, had a few really big mackerel on the float, up to 51cm and very thick. Great fun on light tackle

fishing at low water, beside the lighthouse.

#71 Post by **eoghanb** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:59 pm · Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:59 pm

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#71 Post by eoghanb » Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:59 pm

Any pics a 51cm mack is a monster

#72 Post by **DarrenNiall** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:52 pm · Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:52 pm

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#72 Post by DarrenNiall » Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:52 pm

eoghanb wrote:Any pics a 51cm mack is a monster

No pics unfortunately

wish I had taken some, but was afraid I lose my phone between the rocks. Watched my knife slide away into the rocks when I was baiting the hook and decided against taking the phone out when I was there. Should have took a photo when I measured them at home, but felt a bit silly to be photographing mackerel. Upon reflection, I should have taken a photo, best mackerel I've ever caught. Was even stripping line off the reel, thought it was a bass LOL

#73 Post by **Chopin** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 2:03 pm · Thu Aug 13, 2015 2:03 pm

Any mackerel reports for Slade, Hook Head,Dunmore East

#73 Post by Chopin » Thu Aug 13, 2015 2:03 pm

Any reports of shore mackerel in the Slade, Hook Head area and also in Dunmore East?

#74 Post by **guernica84** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:14 pm · Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:14 pm

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#74 Post by guernica84 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:14 pm

51cm has to be a specimen, that's enormous.

2013 species (23 shore): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, cuttlefish, silver eel, pouting, 3b & 5b rockling, white trout, salmon, whiting, LSD, ballan, corkwing & goldsinney wrasse, thornback & spotted ray, red gurnard, lesser weever, LSSS
2014 shore (27): flounder, plaice, turbot, dab, coalfish, pollock, codling, mackerel, silver eel, pouting, 5b rockling, whiting, LSD, GSD, tope, smoothhound, ballan&corkwing wrasse, thornback & painted ray, tub gurnard, bass, common blenny, rock goby, haddock, LSSS, poor cod
2015 shore (37): cod, flounder, pollack, coalfish, poor cod, 5 bd rockling, shore rockling, whiting, LSD, plaice, dab, thornback ray, undulate ray, stingray, garfish, conger, ballan wrasse, corkwing wrasse, rock-cook wrasse, goldsinney wrasse, tub gurnard, common & tompot blenny, rock goby, pout, greater sandeel, mackerel, smoothhound, turbot, haddock, scad, red mullet, black bream, silver eel, bass, lesser weever, lsss

#75 Post by **DarrenNiall** » Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:33 pm · Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:33 pm

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#75 Post by DarrenNiall » Thu Aug 13, 2015 6:33 pm

guernica84 wrote:51cm has to be a specimen, that's enormous.

Have to say I was laughing when I landed it, it was a ridiculous size for a mackerel (a girl on the pier asked if it was a sea bass , she looked a bit funny when she heard it was a mack) really made the return to fishing worthwhile. I must get an official measure and scales and keep them in my bag, start properly recording and photographing anything I catch

#76 Post by **donal domeney** » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:51 pm · Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:51 pm

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#76 Post by donal domeney » Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:51 pm

Worth a watch for reports.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 50&page=16

Specimen Fish 2024: Shore Rockling (3) 36cm, 34cm, 31cm; Thick Lipped Mullet (2) 58cm, 57cm; Smooth Hound (1) 109cm; Sting Ray (1)125cm; Ballan Wrasse (1) 48cm ; Corkwing Wrasse (1) 24.8cm. Golden Grey Mullet (2) 43cm, 1.8lb; 40.6cm, 1.55lb;
Total species boat/shore: 45
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Specimen Fish 2025: To date: 6.
Flounder 46cm; Spurdog 120cm; Stingray 91cm; Smooth Hound 114cm; 103.5cm; 104cm

#77 Post by **booner** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:26 am · Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:26 am

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#77 Post by booner » Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:26 am

51 cms wow!!...."Male and female Atlantic mackerel grow at about the same rate, reaching a maximum age of about 20 years and a maximum fork length of about 47 centimetres (19 in). Most Atlantic mackerel are sexually mature by the age of three years." YOU ARE THE SHORE CAUGHT RECORD HOLDER CONGRATULATIONS!!

#78 Post by **eddyfletch** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:50 pm · Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:50 pm

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#78 Post by eddyfletch » Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:50 pm

a few mackerel caught in dungarven last friday night ... very poor tho ...

Species 2017 Shore caught Dog Fish Codling Flounder Strap Conger 3 bearded rocky Conger Dab Scorpion fish (22cm) Pollack Thornback Ray Tub Gurnard Sea Bass Smoothhound coalie

#79 Post by **Stephen8wood** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:39 am · Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:39 am

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#79 Post by Stephen8wood » Wed Aug 26, 2015 10:39 am

DarrenNiall wrote:
eoghanb wrote:Any pics a 51cm mack is a monster
No pics unfortunately wish I had taken some, but was afraid I lose my phone between the rocks. Watched my knife slide away into the rocks when I was baiting the hook and decided against taking the phone out when I was there. Should have took a photo when I measured them at home, but felt a bit silly to be photographing mackerel. Upon reflection, I should have taken a photo, best mackerel I've ever caught. Was even stripping line off the reel, thought it was a bass LOL

Are you sure it wasn't a dogfish??

List 2010. fish

List 2011: less fish

2012: less fish again,

2013: even less fish.

#80 Post by **kieran** » Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:04 am · Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:04 am

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#80 Post by kieran » Wed Aug 26, 2015 11:04 am

He hooked a bonito!!!

Did take a monster long mackerel off tourmakeady point a few years back but doubt it was 51 cms...