Nothing at West Clare. Tried 5 different marks over both tides yesterday.
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SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
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fishantics
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guts
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
a few mack caught in kinsale of the rocks
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guts
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a few macks of rocks in kinsale
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simplywabs
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Surprisingly no one is reporting on these for this year... I have seen quite a lot of Macks being caught on shore but no one is reporting here... 
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[b][color=#4000BF]'2011 Species: Bass, Mackerel, Coal Fish, Whiting, Dab, Pollock, Silver eel, Sandeel, pouting, Strap Conger, LSD, Bull Huss, Weever Fish, Plaice, Tub Gurnard, Cod [/color][/b]: Current count (16) Season target (15) WooHoo Target hit for the season... more to come...
[b][color=#4000BF]'2012 Species: Coal Fish, Whiting, Cod, Mackerel, Bass, Pollock [/color][/b]: Current count (6) Season target (18)
[b][color=#4000BF]'2011 Species: Bass, Mackerel, Coal Fish, Whiting, Dab, Pollock, Silver eel, Sandeel, pouting, Strap Conger, LSD, Bull Huss, Weever Fish, Plaice, Tub Gurnard, Cod [/color][/b]: Current count (16) Season target (15) WooHoo Target hit for the season... more to come...
[b][color=#4000BF]'2012 Species: Coal Fish, Whiting, Cod, Mackerel, Bass, Pollock [/color][/b]: Current count (6) Season target (18)
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Stephen8wood
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Went out to Dillons on Saturday for half an hour in the evening. Nothing to report.
List 2010. fish
List 2011: less fish
2012: less fish again,
2013: even less fish.
List 2011: less fish
2012: less fish again,
2013: even less fish.
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Pyreneenguy
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Fished various marks around Burtonport / Cruit Island / Termon / St Johns Point in Donegal- no sign of them, not one !
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donal domeney
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Culoo rock, Valencia island on Monday plenty of mackerel. The right hand side of Kells bay yesterday had about a dozen there.
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;
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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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Teegerstk
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Fished slade the other day, not a tap
2019 species: codling, whiting, flounder, dab, dogfish, spurdog, sole, smooth hound, bass
2020 species: codling, dab, whiting, flounder, dogfish, turbot, smooth hound, bass
2021 species: flounder, black goby, dogfish, smooth hound
2022 species: dogfish, smooth hound
2023 species: flounder
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2020 species: codling, dab, whiting, flounder, dogfish, turbot, smooth hound, bass
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guts
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
few macks in cobh
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eddyfletch
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Fished location in waterford 32 mackeral in a hour between two of us , stocking up the bait freezer
alot of joeys tho
alot of joeys tho
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corbyeire
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
a few showing around north clare now - plenty of bashers showing up also - sure sign the numbers are thickening up
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fishface
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
a few in wicklow got 3 on pier on monday evening
with friends like mine ----who needs enemies
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stevo74
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
one mack off greystones beach this evening
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guts
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
few macks in cobh
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eddyfletch
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heaps of mackeral in youghal area even going up past the abbey
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fishface
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
macks have disapeared in wicklow
with friends like mine ----who needs enemies
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Teegerstk
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
9 mackerel in 2 hours around the Hook, often more than one fish on the line, plenty of them being caught by others
2019 species: codling, whiting, flounder, dab, dogfish, spurdog, sole, smooth hound, bass
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shortcircuit
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Are they still about in Youghal-I was going to take a run over tomorrow for them
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DarrenNiall
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Had a few off Dun Laoghaire west pier this evening. Also seen about twenty being caught over 3 hours on the falling tide.
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Re: SHORE MACKEREL REPORTS 2016
Youghal yesterday evening started off at the carpets ,no fish being caught and hauling in weed every cast. Gave it about half an hour before we went for a move. Was passing by the little mooring basin at Harvey's Apartments and saw a lot of activity on the surface. Looked in and there were loads and loads of mackerel chasing and devouring tiny silver fry in only a couple of feet of water- they were making a serious commotion- I thought it was going to be time to bag up.
Dropped in the feathers (very small silver ones) and herself was jigging a small silver metal but the macks were completely fixated on gorging themselves on the fry - they just had no interest. The speed at which they move when hunting is quite a sight. After a while they had either eaten all the fry or gotten full and the shoals were just cruising around. At this stage we were able to tempt the very odd fish on the feathers and metal but not many- we got half a dozen in about 40 minutes. The basin was full of people at this stage but no one was getting many.
When I gutted them at home, I could see where the phrase "full to the gills" comes from. The fishes stomachs and throats were full up with fry right up to the mouth. It's no wonder they had no interest in the artificals- its actually a miracle they could swim at all they were so full.
Dropped in the feathers (very small silver ones) and herself was jigging a small silver metal but the macks were completely fixated on gorging themselves on the fry - they just had no interest. The speed at which they move when hunting is quite a sight. After a while they had either eaten all the fry or gotten full and the shoals were just cruising around. At this stage we were able to tempt the very odd fish on the feathers and metal but not many- we got half a dozen in about 40 minutes. The basin was full of people at this stage but no one was getting many.
When I gutted them at home, I could see where the phrase "full to the gills" comes from. The fishes stomachs and throats were full up with fry right up to the mouth. It's no wonder they had no interest in the artificals- its actually a miracle they could swim at all they were so full.