Monster mackeral

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eoghanb
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Monster mackeral

#1 Post by eoghanb »

Tried bait fishing at the cardy rocks Balbriggan ,not much about on the bait until this guy came alongImageImageImageImageImage
16"
1lb 2oz


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Re: Monster mackeral

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I thought he looked a bit on the lean side so I checked a length to weight conversion table and got 40cm = 1lb 2oz, your measurements exactly!
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.
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Re: Monster mackeral

#3 Post by eoghanb »

johnwest wrote:I thought he looked a bit on the lean side so I checked a length to weight conversion table and got 40cm = 1lb 2oz, your measurements exactly!
Tasted great though[emoji1]


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Re: Monster mackeral

#4 Post by guts »

just a big mack lol not a hourse mack
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Re: Monster mackeral

#5 Post by eoghanb »

I know it's just a mack ,but to catch anything decent off Balbriggan is an achievement ,the fishing is really bad
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Re: Monster mackeral

#6 Post by Chris T »

Nice mackerel! I was the guy fishing from the kayak, we had plenty of mackerel but some were as small as 5 or 6 inches. The average size is tiny this year, even down in west cork a few weeks ago the average size was only slightly bigger than joeys, about 10 inches. Must be a lack of food, I saw lots of sprat yesterday and these were tiny too, only just over an inch long! It's a strange year for them!
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Re: Monster mackeral

#7 Post by eoghanb »

The macks were small earlier but the last few weeks I'm getting some decent ones around the cardys with a few pollock around the lb mark ,the carabaits rocks are also ok for pollack they are straight out from the Martello ,you can see the top of them at low water

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