Whats going on !?

[clarky]

Aye when I was a youngn fishn with my dad off seaham, roker n shields it was always around July time for the macky,
We were just talkn about the exact same thing the other day, how the cold weather has pushed them back to how it used to be, let's hope the cod fishing back end of the year will be like it was 27 years ago

[finding nemo]

blaming the boats as usual lol

over a ton of makerel was hauled in the other day 6 mile of hartlepool
and there was steady hauls upwards of 200kg in the previous days.

they are there just not moving in yet.

[safc]

blaming the boats as usual lol

over a ton of makerel was hauled in the other day 6 mile of hartlepool
and there was steady hauls upwards of 200kg in the previous days.

they are there just not moving in yet.

Must be pretty big boats to stop them getting between the gap at the top of scotland and norway

[big phil 123]

I hate makie season close the piers from may to october would be my idea

[safc]

I hate makie season close the piers from may to october would be my idea

Im with you on this one, or open them after dark as theres some pretty good sport to be had on roker after dark

Cant stand makky bashers me. Fair play of they actually intend to use them or eat them but most of them just catch them and kill them for the fun of it

Even better I hope they dont turn up

[big phil 123]

Im with you on this one, or open them after dark as theres some pretty good sport to be had on roker after dark

Cant stand makky bashers me. Fair play of they actually intend to use them or eat them but most of them just catch them and kill them for the fun of it

Even better I hope they dont turn up

Agree and most serious anglers who want the sport go first light all makie season does is creat danger mess and give anglers a bad name i am all for having a few beers while you fish i dont but thats my choice vht carrying a rod reel and slab of cans to sit in the sun all day ruining the fish yku have just killed then chuck the guts everywere boils my ****

[Davyred]

Agree and most serious anglers who want the sport go first light all makie season does is creat danger mess and give anglers a bad name i am all for having a few beers while you fish i dont but thats my choice vht carrying a rod reel and slab of cans to sit in the sun all day ruining the fish yku have just killed then chuck the guts everywere boils my ****

Agree with all this.

[Deans]

We've just come off the coldest winter / spring for 50 years and the second coldest in the last 100. We have yet to have a decent spell of warm, settled weather without interruption from northerly / easterly air flows.

Going back 25 years to when I was a young man it was always July before we expected the Mackerel fishing to take off properly. People have become spoiled by the mild winters / warm springs of the last few years and expect things to continue that way. Unfortunately nature is not like that, it is unpredictable.

Give it another month and a bit of decent, settled weather and if the summer species are still thin on the ground look for something / someone to blame. But it is only mid June, the weather has been variable so far and it is still early season to be expecting better.

thats the one

[billynobaits]

Ooooh,now here's the rub!
If the mackerel are indeed late arriving,and just for sayings sake,
they appear mid July,is everyone aware ,the end of joker pier is
going to be closed the last week in July for essential repairs,
for a couple of months apparently?
All macky bladderers,should make their feelings known,in the
strongest possible terms,to their local MP.ASAP ,if they wish
to avert this tragedy

[safc]

Ooooh,now here's the rub!
If the mackerel are indeed late arriving,and just for sayings sake,
they appear mid July,is everyone aware ,the end of joker pier is
going to be closed the last week in July for essential repairs,
for a couple of months apparently?
All macky bladderers,should make their feelings known,in the
strongest possible terms,to their local MP.ASAP ,if they wish
to avert this tragedy

Brilliant, this is shaping up to be a great summer