Where are the macs

[Tatunka joe]

We are in July now but still no signs the big shoals are going to show haven’t seen any gars or scad either there’s huge whitebait shoals everywhere now lots of bass in the exe and for some unknown reason loads of gurnard but the macs aren’t about in any numbers few here and there wots going on anybody got any ideas ??‍

 

[JLD]

Sucked into the belly of a super trawler probably.

 

[John Mitchell]

We caught one mackerel between 5 of us last night and no sign of bait anywhere, so the mackerel are in ???

 

[Trampster]

Troj in Guernsey is saying the same - very few Macker about. He reckons it's overfishing by the big boys/boats. He also said there are loads of Baitfish off the Islands, but no Macker about to feed on them or drive them inshore like normal, so the Bass are staying offshore too, as they can gorge on the Baitfish.

 

[nearly70ty]

Mackerel have been in short supply in my neck of the woods for quite a few years

 

[Valleyboy]

Lots along the North Wales coast the last week or so. Right in close. A lot earlier than the last few years

 

[Tournamag]

We are in July now but still no signs the big shoals are going to show haven’t seen any gars or scad either there’s huge whitebait shoals everywhere now lots of bass in the exe and for some unknown reason loads of gurnard but the macs aren’t about in any numbers few here and there wots going on anybody got any ideas ??‍

When i Read "MAC's" Thought you'd been chasing @Mr Fish and co with some of the Devon Rubber ware!

But your Mackerel and most other top water fish shoals have been destroyed by those giant hoover trawlers and there won't be Mackerel for many years as there taking many years in shoals so nothing left to breed so they will end up endangered as will be genetically weak.

 

[Cfish]

Mackeral are patchy as hell here! Never seen so much baitfish though,we were catching garfish in February,the season's all to cock! The bass here are offshore! Hardly had any or seen any caught off the shore.pods of dolphins are also breaking up the mackeral shoals.

 

[Tatunka joe]

When i Read "MAC's" Thought you'd been chasing @Mr Fish and co with some of the Devon Rubber ware!

But your Mackerel and most other top water fish shoals have been destroyed by those giant hoover trawlers and there won't be Mackerel for many years as there taking many years in shoals so nothing left to breed so they will end up endangered as will be genetically weak.

I hear that every year and every year the shoals turn up so for once I hope your wrong tourney I really do ?

 

[Tatunka joe]

Mackeral are patchy as hell here! Never seen so much baitfish though,we were catching garfish in February,the season's all to cock! The bass here are offshore! Hardly had any or seen any caught off the shore.pods of dolphins are also breaking up the mackeral shoals.

We had a run of maks on the chapters few months ago but then a moosive pod of dolphins rocked up haven’t seen the shoals since ?

 

[Cfish]

I hear that every year and every year the shoals turn up so for once I hope your wrong tourney I really do ?

the line caught boys were getting £10.50 per kg for medium mackeral recently so they must be scarce!!!!!

 

[Angle2dangle]

the line caught boys were getting £10.50 per kg for medium mackeral recently so they must be scarce!!!!!

How good is rainbow trout as bait ?

 

[Tatunka joe]

How good is rainbow trout as bait ?

I know Graham of totally awesome fishing uses it in the Bc and gets daily good results on it .

 

[2006 holmwood]

Took the Rib out in Poole bay last week and caught 1, thinking of getting it stuffed and mounted.
Also haven`t found any Bass in the usual spots, very poor fishing.

 

[Tatunka joe]

So speaking to my clients I’m building an extension for atm and the wife’s big into her open water swimming and apparently that lot are saying the water temp is a lot lower than it should be atm I’m wondering if this is haveing a adverse affect on the fishing I know my mate fished the Samalite sat and said it was desperately slow he only had one fish and got a third place finish there were 10 blanks unheard of in July some good anglers on that circuit let’s hope this run of hot weathers gonna warm the seas up and kick it off ????

 

[Cfish]

So speaking to my clients I’m building an extension for atm and the wife’s big into her open water swimming and apparently that lot are saying the water temp is a lot lower than it should be atm I’m wondering if this is haveing a adverse affect on the fishing I know my mate fished the Samalite sat and said it was desperately slow he only had one fish and got a third place finish there were 10 blanks unheard of in July some good anglers on that circuit let’s hope this run of hot weathers gonna warm the seas up and kick it off ????

Saw a sunfish lastnight, been catching the odd jumbo mackeral on bass gear,2lb mackeral are more fun than bass. If I really wanted mackeral I would float,spin or use sabbikis, heavier feathers aren't doing well here.

 

[ouchthathurt]

Just came back from the right hand harbour arm in Hastings, quite a few mackies caught by the tinsel chuckers this evening

 

[Tatunka joe]

Ok so some of our club members just come back from a species hunt with bite adventurous out from Penzance they caught more megrim than mackerel WTF ?

 

[Cfish]

Ok so some of our club members just come back from a species hunt with bite adventurous out from Penzance they caught more megrim than mackerel WTF ?

Very patchy still,prices are still sky high so the commercials aren't getting many either. Nice to hear there's megrim about, caught two in the bay last year very unusual to see them inshore here!!!

 

[Trampster]

Very patchy still,prices are still sky high so the commercials aren't getting many either. Nice to hear there's megrim about, caught two in the bay last year very unusual to see them inshore here!!!

Spotted some Megrim for sale in a supermarket a while back - think it was Morrisons. Twas bleddy delicious anyway! ??