BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
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BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
A couple of mackerel caught in Cork harbour yesterday
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
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
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Still there today
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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
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
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
We had a couple on a wreck 15 miles north of Malin head on Thursday.
Species 2019: Common Skate, Pollack, Whiting, Coalfish, Cod, Cuckoo Wrasse, Bull Huss, Lsd, Porbeagle Shark, Mackerel, Grey Gurnard, Thornback Ray, Plaice, Turbot, Ballan Wrasse, Dab, Smoothound, herring, haddock, Blonde Ray, Tope, bass
Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna
Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim
Species 2016 : (32)
Species 2015 : (30)
Species 2014 : (29)
Species 2013 : (34)
Species 2018 : Porbeagle Shark, Spurdog, Lsd, Coalfish, Pollack, Ling, Mackerel, Haddock, Red Gurnard, Turbot, Dab, Thornback ray, Homelyn Ray, John Dory, Pouting, Ballan Wrasse, Smoothound, Tope, Bass, Bull Huss, Weaver, Painted Ray, Bluefin Tuna
Species 2017 : Cod, Coalfish, Whiting, Poor Cod, Pollack, Bull Huss, Ling, Pouting, Bass, Flounder, Painted Ray, Lsd, Tope, Ballan Wrasse, Mackerel, Herring, Launce, Haddock, Thornback Ray, Conger, Plaice, Turbot, Grey Gurnard, Red Gurnard, Cuckoo Ray, Tub Gurnard, Dab, Smoothound, black goby, Scad, Cuckoo Wrasse, Megrim
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?donal domeney wrote:Still there today
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
The perfect size for catching a boat full of lingshortcircuit wrote:Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?donal domeney wrote:Still there today



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
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
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
More likely due to trawler dodging!shortcircuit wrote:Extremely lean aren't they donal -post spawning ?donal domeney wrote:Still there today
2013 species; 31
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
2014 species; 27
2015 species; 28
2016 species; 32
2017 species;28
2018 species; 33
2019 species; ballan wrasse,blonde ray, coalfish, cod, cuckoo wrasse, dab, dogfish, flounder, goldsinny wrasse, ling, mackerel, plaice, pollack, poorcod, pouting, scad, sea scorpion, spotty ray, spurdog, thornback, tub gurnard, turbot, whiting.
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Hi all,
Had mackerel and herring (and a touch of frostbite!) on 6th March out of Kilmore Quay on the Enterprise. Has warmed up a bit since then.
Pajo
Had mackerel and herring (and a touch of frostbite!) on 6th March out of Kilmore Quay on the Enterprise. Has warmed up a bit since then.
Pajo
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Hi Lads!
Great conditions on the water yesterday. Had about 8 or 9 species but most notably a large shoal of macs near the Cork bouy.
N
Great conditions on the water yesterday. Had about 8 or 9 species but most notably a large shoal of macs near the Cork bouy.
N
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
was on kayak over weekend in kingsale no macks or anything blanked
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Any sign of any up the east coast yet greystones to howth ?
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
i was out in the boat last sunday for 8 hours off Dublin not a sniff of one.
Species Target (1) Anything will be a Bonus.
BallyBrack SAC.
Efsa Ireland.
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Efsa Ireland.
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
One mackerel off dun laoghaire this morning, was fishing for bout 40 min to see if there were any about.
Bit slow to arrive this year.... Any other reports from the east coast?
Bit slow to arrive this year.... Any other reports from the east coast?
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Spent 3 hours looking for macs in cork harbor this evening. Not a single one. A few sandeels only.
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Today 3 miles south of Roches point 2 dozen in 1 short drift, 4/5 at a time
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
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
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Good news Donal, recent warm weather must be doing the trick.Good week forecast too !
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
out at the lings today, thick with mackerel
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
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
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
No macks yet of Balbriggan ,loads of bait fish in the water ,they should be in soon
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Plenty in cork harbour around low water, but when the basking sharks arrived they became scarce, most likely due to the amount of plankton in the water. Also in good numbers further offshore south of cork bouy.
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
3 of us caught about 20/30 mackerel in Donegal bay out on the boat on Sunday 5/6/16. Some really big mackerel. We went out general reef fishing and the only thing to save us from blanking was the mackerel. Skipper moved on a few times so hard to say how good the numbers where. a lot caught in 10-20m mark.
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Re: BOAT MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Out yesterday west of Carna for 3 hours and two of us caught 134. We could not avoid them and we were trying. All water depths. They were even taking rubber eels and lead heads. Good sized mackerel and very happy neighbours and family. Interestingly no sign of birds anywhere.
Caz
Caz