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went to fish my mackerel guaranteed mark at the rock ,white beach,chap was just leaving said he had only 2 mackerel in 2 hours and the seal had one of them.after 20 mins of feathering hooked 2 and just as i got them to the surface a seal came up and almost got them.last year one seal learned that when i was cleaning my catch i would throw the heads in and it came up and ate them at very close range,it now seems that two seals have decided its much easier to steel our hooked fish than catch their own.so i dont think white beach is worth trying again.Also there were 6 porpoise very close in (20yds) all of which didnt help the situation.The gannets were diving and catching mackerel about 200yds offshore.have never left this mark with less than 35 mackerel before so was a bad day there for this time of year. Also tried dropping some bait over the edge where i normally get loads of pollock and wrass up to 3lb,but these had also been spooked by the seals.so know what to expect if you go down to the woods tonight(white beach)