Mackerel 2024

mexicanking

Been out last few weeks to dun laoghaire east pier, have caught none. Last Saturday no one seems to have caught any fish there. Anyone in luck or is it too early?

PopSensyDad

Only few in last week at Dalkey…

Planet X

Just bought a Bass rod and Penn Spinfisher reel. Going to give it a good go this year. Spent a lot of time last year on a light lurerod and lure but not much action whilst the guys feathering were hauling.
Feathers here I come. 😀

Planet X

Did two and a half hours this morning in Dun Laoighre. Incoming tide. About 8-10 people knocking around…….nothing caught as far as I know.

Reel Escape

I've only been out twice this month and there appear to be many 5in to 6inch sized mackerel but the larger or normal sized mackerel are elusive. Yesterday I gothalf a dozen normal sized mackerel, but no-one else seemed to be getting any either.

The Government sponsored factory fishing regime around our coast is robbing us of the sustainable fishing we have enjoyed for decades.... Local fishermen catching a few boxes at a time have been instructed to cease all mackerel fishing.

Glencarraig

3 hours on the rising tide on the back of the West pier Dun Laoghaire yesterday, not one mack to be seen. I tried three different types of feathers. It's pretty grim.

pummice

Any Macks on the south coast? Cork, Cobh, Youghal, Ardmore, Dungarvan, etc

vixdname

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122413752#Comment_122413752

Am heading to Helvick Pier tomorrow evening a couple of hours before high tide.

I'll report back how I get on.

RoyalCelt

Haven't fished in years but when I did in the late 90's you'd catch endless amounts of mackerel off the West coast. Not sure exactly when it would have been the mid 2000's they really started to dry up, you'd never see the shoals going past the rocks like you used to. Eventually we got bored and haven't fished since.

Would this correlate with any over fishing relating to the EU fishermen? Has it improved since?

nokiatom

was out in the boat yesterday fishing off Youghal, caught six mackerel in 3 hours.

Glencarraig

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122414205#Comment_122414205

More to do with the Russian factory ships hoovering the shoals up, they dont even use nets anymore.

RoyalCelt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122416862#Comment_122416862

I found two articles on the Russians. They're destroying red fish in the Atlantic and completely over fishing many species in the Baltic.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/russia-undermines-eu-efforts-to-restore-baltic-fish-stocks-ministers-warn/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/27/russia-international-anger-redfish-overfishing

The Continental Op

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122413752#Comment_122413752

Nothing along Clonea. Know guys out in canoes and nothing. Normally spot the Gannets diving when there are Mackerel around and not seen any of them either.

vixdname

Fished last evening at Helvick pier, 3 hours and not even a bite.

It's the earliest I ve ever fished there, usually the 2nd week of August, so I'll give it another couple of weeks before trying there again.

Diddeyejoe

Looking to fish Roches Point in Cork in a few weeks time. Anyone know the best places to go as I've never been that way before? Any other good places to spin for mackerel, pollack, bass?

Glencarraig

They will have to give grief counseling to all those "summer anglers" around Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey if the macks dont show up soon 😁

vswr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122430521#Comment_122430521

I remember some summers they didn't pop up in big numbers close to shore until mid Aug/ early September due to whatever way the temps and currents were. There was always 2 or 3 weeks between them being seen off Waterford/Wexford and able to get them in a lot of spots in Dublin bay…. if the Dolphins were around, you knew it was good timing.

Used to be an abundance of Wrasse to keep us occupied round Dalkey though :-D

GoWan

I was out in Clogherhead last weekend. Fished 2 hours of the High tide... Not even the look of a fish! Presuming balscaddin is the same?

Tight lines!

Bio Mech

They were plentiful out in the boat from Caherciveen last week. On very small lures, small sabikis. Some good size.

br8

any updates from Dublin? Heard last week that they were getting all small ones off Dalkey

Prefect_1998

High tide off hook last night, nothing on the line at all, good few Sea kayakers going up and down, did not see them get anything.

Any more Reports ?

robbie67

i went out last month on a boat from Malahide no mackerel actually very little anything going out again this morning will let you know

Glencarraig

Spent a couple of hours feeding the seal on the back of the West pier in DL, he stole more than I landed.

robbie67

Bad day fishing yesterday 8 of us on a boat spent about 4 hours fishing ,a handful of Mackerel and 2 Pollack

nokiatom

Got a few earlier on in the week, one mile outside Youghal harbour.

thatsdaft

Nothing but weeds off Connemara few weeks back

nokiatom

various size mackerel today in Youghal harbour.

Flipperdipper

I was down in Cobh on Monday evening, a good few fishing for mackerel. I was disgusted to see the small size they were catching and keeping, very small, I've seen bigger sardines. Same again on Tuesday morning, Irish, tourists, locals, they were all at it. I felt like chucking them all into the harbour. 😡

mexicanking

I have been down to DL east pier a good few times near the band stand. Most recently last Friday. Good few there, no one caught mackerel or anything. Except for a few whitings. Last year this time never came back empty handed. Will definitely need therapy if this continues.

westsidestory

Many mackerel about the country?

gifted

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123538958#Comment_123538958

not hearing many being caught