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- SAI Hammerhead
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Mackeral reports '06 here
People: me and a dozen others on lunch break
Duration: 1 hour
Tide:immediately after ht
Weather: cloudy, warm
Bait: blue lures
Rigs:
Results: mackeral and poached flounder
Report:
I was passing Youghal around 1PM 19th July. Saw lot fishing and had a chuck.
Mackeral were about in reasonable numbers.
A fella' near me got a nice sized flounder on feathers :shock: . He donated it to me and it's about to be my tea :) .
Any other mackeral reports to help the likes of me who gets a rare chance for a chuck, put here please
Blackie
Duration: 1 hour
Tide:immediately after ht
Weather: cloudy, warm
Bait: blue lures
Rigs:
Results: mackeral and poached flounder
Report:
I was passing Youghal around 1PM 19th July. Saw lot fishing and had a chuck.
Mackeral were about in reasonable numbers.
A fella' near me got a nice sized flounder on feathers :shock: . He donated it to me and it's about to be my tea :) .
Any other mackeral reports to help the likes of me who gets a rare chance for a chuck, put here please
Blackie
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I have taken flounders when spinning for Bass, usually around estuaries. I have also caught them on live/dead sandeel trailed behind a weight on the bottom also while trageting Bass. Seems reasonable as they probably ambush sandeels as they emerge from the sand. Most of these have been over the 2Ib mark..!!
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Mackerel
People: me
Duration: 4 hours
Tide:2.5 hours before and 1.5 hrs after HT
Weather: cloudy, warm, some sunny spells
Used feathers
Results: light sun tan
Report: Fished from the pier in Ring, Dungarvan on Friday 21st July.Nothing doing. About 6 other people were in the area and caught zip. One chap who had been fishing at low water caught 2 mackerel about an hour before I got there. Going out again this evening and hoping for a fish supper!
Duration: 4 hours
Tide:2.5 hours before and 1.5 hrs after HT
Weather: cloudy, warm, some sunny spells
Used feathers
Results: light sun tan
Report: Fished from the pier in Ring, Dungarvan on Friday 21st July.Nothing doing. About 6 other people were in the area and caught zip. One chap who had been fishing at low water caught 2 mackerel about an hour before I got there. Going out again this evening and hoping for a fish supper!
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one mack was so eager to get out of the water last night that it hooked itself on a bare hook on the retrieve after the crab was gone - off the coast road in portmarnock - plenty of them about there
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there were 4 of us there a bit further up the coast road from the hotel - we could see another chap south of us nearer the mini pier - maybe there were two there but i didnt see the other chap
there were certainly lots of people swiming about and the lines had to come in at one stage - we were thinking of goin to the chippie!
there were certainly lots of people swiming about and the lines had to come in at one stage - we were thinking of goin to the chippie!
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took 3 macks in three casts and typically lost a trace - then 2 smoothies were hooked by one of the others and i gave the CFB guy a hand tagging them
first time theyve been tagged here in ireland
another got about 10 macks again only a few casts - they were there, but we were fishing 3 rods for smoothies - not saying too much here as the others took photos etc. and will probably do a report of their own - im thinking :?
first time theyve been tagged here in ireland
another got about 10 macks again only a few casts - they were there, but we were fishing 3 rods for smoothies - not saying too much here as the others took photos etc. and will probably do a report of their own - im thinking :?
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Fished Dun Laoghaire pier yesterday,got about 10 Mackerel on the float using Sandeel as bait.There were about 10 other lads there getting plenty on the feathers,30's and 40's.I prefer float fishing myself,it's just a bit more fun on lighter tackle.The fishing was good but there were some right yobs there,they started to hurl abuse at the passing yachts saying they were going to close to the pier :roll: .Embarrassing.
Mackerel were quite small though,anyone else notice this on the east coast??
Mackerel were quite small though,anyone else notice this on the east coast??
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yea the ones we were getting were tiny - not a patch on the west coast :twisted:
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Kinsale and Kinsale Bridge
6 PM to 8.30 (HT around 8)
Plenty activity early on.
Went a bit quiet around HT
Half of West Cork must have been there, each with a nice bag of mackeral.
Almost 800 hits in a week on this thread :shock:
Give us a few more report around the country on what is obviously an interesting topic!!
6 PM to 8.30 (HT around 8)
Plenty activity early on.
Went a bit quiet around HT
Half of West Cork must have been there, each with a nice bag of mackeral.
Almost 800 hits in a week on this thread :shock:
Give us a few more report around the country on what is obviously an interesting topic!!
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