Mackerel Reports '11 here...

[eoghanb]

Skerries still doin ok ,got 4 today on float,feathers were doing well ,but most are small,float gear always seems ro pick out the big lads

[daveyboy]

Skerries seems to have been very good this year.. Is it worth trying even when the tides not all the way in as with the shorter evenings it can be hard to get an evening high tide with calm weather.

[paul skelly]

There still seems to be a few around had some off the rocks Hampton cove balbriggan the other night nice size too

[Determined Dan]

got 4 from the prom this evening. others fishing getting more. the fella beside me had a 6 hook feather rig with a 3 hoook rig tided to the bottom of it. madnessss. and only getting ne at a time . it was like a long liner on the end of beach caster. .

[Kgarr]

nice big mack caught at the Boyne mouth Tuesday, (lures) landed one, lost one. great crack!

[doggie3131]

had about a hundred on a mark near mullaranney last monday,and i believe there being caught on the pier in good numbers..very late..

[Al and Jordan]

got 23 off the rocks below the lighthouse at blackhead co antrim at the weekend. all taken over low water. about 2 hours before high tide there was 3 massive patches of birds about a mile out diving having a feeding frenzy. so there must still be plenty out there in belfast lough

[Kgarr]

another decent mack on a lure this morning at the Boyne mouth, seems to be fishin well lately

[eoghanb]

Pleanty of macks still in skerries got 5 on float and a gurnard ,weird had float set at about 10 foot,anyway saw a good few full houses coming in,so if yea need to stock up u know where to go,pier was fairly packed ,nearly all forigners with the mad huge telescopic rods swinging feathers all over the place got fed up after a while with them

[fisherman59]

Pleanty of macks still in skerries got 5 on float and a gurnard ,weird had float set at about 10 foot,anyway saw a good few full houses coming in,so if yea need to stock up u know where to go,pier was fairly packed ,nearly all forigners with the mad huge telescopic rods swinging feathers all over the place got fed up after a while with them

does it matter what state of the tide lw or hw

[eoghanb]

Not really after about two hours into the flood onwards u should get them

[fisherman59]

Not really after about two hours into the flood onwards u should get them

thanks

[fishy1987]

still a few about in cobh off the pier all taken on bait not in huge numbers.in close a lot more success!not sure about the deepwater but sprats are breaking mad and same in monkstown earlier in the week!

[Holla1974]

Pleanty of macks still in skerries got 5 on float and a gurnard ,weird had float set at about 10 foot,anyway saw a good few full houses coming in,so if yea need to stock up u know where to go,pier was fairly packed ,nearly all forigners with the mad huge telescopic rods swinging feathers all over the place got fed up after a while with them

What are you using for bait?

[eoghanb]

Usually mack sliver ,or squid,but any fish will do,dont put on too big a piece,cut ur sliver about 2" long and about 1cm wide ,cut most of the meat away leaving a thin bait to make it move in the tide,add a few glow beads when it starts to get dark

[sparkey+1]

Plenty fishing the peir yesterday would say they would of been a bit cramped with the bashers...

[Al and Jordan]

30 casts with feathers resulted in 2 mackerel from the back of bangor pier co down on sunday. big mackerel at that too . the place is also coming down with 5 inch whiting. i was getting full houses of them on the feathers and when i gutted the mackerel their bellies were full of whiting.

[paulmcgaughran]

got 9 this morning in howth, good few being caught. some big ones.

[eoghanb]

Any macks still about in skerries?

[thekid]

i was on a whim on ballyhealy or thereabouts.casting lures and feathers not expecting much with dog and child.never expected the three macks on the feds this late in oct.