Mackerel Season Fast Approaching

Robarley

Won't be long before it hit's May,they start to come in slowly for a few months!!

monty_python

Do they really come in that early??
All around the coast??

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

monty_python wrote: »

Do they really come in that early??
All around the coast??

I can only speak for the east coast in recent years but it's June at the earliest. There's at least 8 or 9 weeks to go before I'll be even thinking about targeting them.

The other fella

They were very late coming in last year.It was halfway through july before i saw them in any big numbers

Robarley

Caught them on the west coast last year in mid may,very slow though!!

Joeseph Balls

Zion Mammoth Kleptomaniac wrote: »

I can only speak for the east coast in recent years but it's June at the earliest.

If we're lucky....

bpmurray

They never really showed up last year off Louth - small numbers and only sometimes. Even from a boat we had to work very hard to get enough for bait. The earliest I've caught them up this way is May, but that was exceptional - usually July before they're really around.

Robarley

Did any of ya use Sabiki Feathers for mackerel fishing,i do all the time not great in strength line wise but much better than what ya would buy out off the shop,there's a bloke selling them on adverts.ie for 1 euro a pack,he will do ya a deal if ya ordered a good few...selling them on e-bay to but ya would have to buy hundreds of packs at a time,but worth it..

realrebel

Robarley wrote: »

Did any of ya use Sabiki Feathers for mackerel fishing,i do all the time not great in strength line wise but much better than what ya would buy out off the shop,there's a bloke selling them on adverts.ie for 1 euro a pack,he will do ya a deal if ya ordered a good few...selling them on e-bay to but ya would have to buy hundreds of packs at a time,but worth it..

You can catch them in April down around kinsale get them every year there

Robarley

realrebel wrote: »

You can catch them in April down around kinsale get them every year there

kinsale,where abouts exactly??

realrebel

Robarley wrote: »

kinsale,where abouts exactly??

Out around the old head off the rocks

bpmurray

Robarley wrote: »

Did any of ya use Sabiki Feathers for mackerel fishing,i do all the time not great in strength line wise but much better than what ya would buy out off the shop,there's a bloke selling them on adverts.ie for 1 euro a pack,he will do ya a deal if ya ordered a good few...selling them on e-bay to but ya would have to buy hundreds of packs at a time,but worth it..

I've used sabikis for years - they're first class. The tiny hooks are great for the kind of fish that are left in the NE or for herring, and the larger ones are good for mackerel, pollack and coleys.

Robarley

bpmurray wrote: »

I've used sabikis for years - they're first class. The tiny hooks are great for the kind of fish that are left in the NE or for herring, and the larger ones are good for mackerel, pollack and coleys.

Yeah love the sabikis,caught some nice fish with them!

dmc17

I seem to recall catching them early enough last year off the west coast, then they disappeared for a while and then they came back again later.

bazzer_1984

wheres a good spot in Dublin to Fish for Mackerel anybody know ?

pullandbang

Robarley wrote: »

Mackerel Season Fast Approaching
Won't be long before it hit's May,they start to come in slowly for a few months!!

Eh, think I'd change the title of this thread.
It's the middle of March and the mackerel are a long way off for most anglers. Unless you're out in a boat you've no chance of catching macks yet (especially on the East Coast).

Start a Mackerel thread when they show and then get the mods to sticky it.

Robarley

pullandbang wrote: »

Eh, think I'd change the title of this thread.
It's the middle of March and the mackerel are a long way off for most anglers. Unless you're out in a boat you've no chance of catching macks yet (especially on the East Coast).

Start a Mackerel thread when they show and then get the mods to sticky it.

Eh!! No...actually 8 days away from April upon posting,then after that 30 days to May.

Happy Fishing

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Eh yes! You OP'd on 10th March. At least 10 weeks before shore mackerel for most of us and then we'd be lucky.

Joeseph Balls

Zion Mammoth Kleptomaniac wrote: »

Eh yes! You OP'd on 10th March. At least 10 weeks before shore mackerel for most of us and then we'd be lucky.

I reckon May will come and go and we'll still be waiting for them in decent numbers

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

I reckon May will come and go and we'll still be waiting for them in decent numbers

No doubt in my mind!

Jim from Cork

April mackerel from the shore in Cork.....optimistic!

Robarley

Jim from Cork wrote: »

April mackerel from the shore in Cork.....optimistic!

Ya might ya know!!