WGMD SPORTS

Saturday saw excellent sea conditions and the bottomfish finally put on the feed bag. At Lewes Harbour Marina the Katydid had a boat limit of flounder. The Surface Tension brought in a mixed bag of flounder and sea bass as did the Grizzly. The Jay Sea II also had flounder and sea bass. At Hook…

Friday we finally had sea conditions that allowed boats to get past Roosevelt and Indian River inlets. Unfortunately, the bottomfish in the ocean were still suffering from the beating they took over the past week from the big seas brought on by the two tropical storms. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Angler…

Thursday saw no boats venturing into the ocean and nobody fished in the Delaware Bay. Lewes Harbour Marina said a few boats went down the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Thursday morning, but they all returned shortly thereafter. Billy and Jules Mister fished the Outer Wall with sand fleas to catch sheepshead and tog to…

Wednesday was not nice. I had a firsthand report from a good friend that went out on a very well-known charter boat. They first stopped at Reef Site 10 and he caught one short flounder and one keeper sea bass. The ocean was getting rougher and the decision was made to go back to the…

Tuesday saw much better weather than we have had for over a week. The rest of this week looks promising so perhaps fishing will recover for those of us not addicted to football. At Lewes Harbour Marina, they told me the Surface Tension made it out on Tuesday and returned from ocean structure with dolphin,…

Monday, we had small craft advisories up on the ocean, but no coastal flood advisories and the small craft advisories expired at 6:00 PM. Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats left the dock and no one answered the phone at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em so I don’t think they had any business either. Lewes…

Just when you thought the weather couldn’t get much worse, it rained. That added to the small craft advisories, big seas and coastal flood watch pretty much discouraged any boat captain from leaving the dock. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle did have two reports from anglers who stayed on land, although it wasn’t dry. Christine…

Saturday was pretty much the same as Friday. Small craft advisories, east winds, coastal flooding and 6-foot waves on the ocean. The bay is looking better, but we had no reports from there. We did get one report from the beach. As you probably have guessed, the state parks have closed the drive on areas,…

Friday saw small craft advisories, coastal flood watch and a brisk northeast wind. Lewes Harbour Marina posted a couple of reports that were from the past weekend. Craig Hastings caught a 9.7-pound sheepshead and a 12.2-pound black drum at the Outer Wall on sand fleas. Big Billin’ with Captain Bill Vernon ran out to 50…

The only good thing about Thursday was it didn’t rain. Then again with small craft advisories up, seas to six feet on the ocean and a flood advisory there wouldn’t be much chance that anybody would be fishing rain or not. Right now, these beautiful conditions are forecast to continue right into Sunday. So, while…

Wednesday was just a nasty day. Rain, wind and big seas put up small craft advisories on the bay and ocean. If anyone went fishing anywhere, they certainly love a fish a lot more than I do. Some good news for those who fish out of Bowers Beach. DNREC announced the dredging project to clear…

Tuesday saw rain and wind and no boats left the dock. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few diehards tried to fish the beach and inlet, but they had no reports of any fish caught. The National Weather Service is calling for small craft advisories through Thursday and seas to six feet through Saturday.…

Monday ended a beautiful holiday weekend with good fishing in the bay and ocean. Dolphin continue to lead the pack in the ocean. The buoys that mark the commercial sea bass pots, and anything else that floats, hold lots of hungry fish and anglers are having a great time catching them on light tackle. Rockfish…

Sunday was a beautiful fishing day and lots of fish were caught. I seldom report on fish caught out of Delaware and never on spearfishing, but today I must make an exception. Fish in OC reported that Kia Cooper speared a 64.5-pound cubera snapper in 30 feet of water in the ocean. I caught a…

Saturday saw good fishing conditions and fish were caught from the ocean and bay. The hottest bite right now seems to be at Indian River Inlet during incoming current. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported lots of folks fishing there on Saturday and most were catching blues on small spoons or other metal lures. These…

Friday saw an east wind pick up and cause nasty conditions on the bay and ocean. I planned to fish from my 16-foot tin boat on Friday, but could not find anyone who could go with me. That turned out to be my good luck. Instead, I headed south to fish Indian River Inlet for…

Thursday saw good weather and good fishing, but not many people here to take advantage. Amanda said the Katydid had a group of Amish on the boat and they caught a limit of flounder plus some sea bass. Another customer brought in a 3.47-pound flounder that he caught from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Deanna…

Wednesday was a bit windy and fishing was a bit slow. Fortunately, I have reports from better days that I didn’t have space to run. The Bill Slayer had the Sager Brothers out for a four-man limit of dolphin and some big golden tilefish. Dan’s Tackle reported that Stevo caught his limit of dolphin fishing…

Tuesday saw good weather, but no many folks went fishing. On Monday, the Katydid went deep dropping and after a long day returned to the Lewes Harbour Marina cleaning table with a fine catch of blueline and golden tilefish. Delaware Citations were won by Mike Toomy, 11.26, Mike Pizzolato, 13.14, Glenn Melrose 12.61, Howard Goldstein…

Monday was another good fishing day. The Captain’s Lady out of Bowers Beach is holding a Flounder Tournament and as of Sunday, George Kemfort was in First Place with a 4-pound flounder and Joe Rechota was in Second place with a 3.44 pounder. Monica Marie Bayless, Scott Aiken and friends fished on the Chasin’ Fin…

Sunday we had good fishing weather and the fishing was good. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported on a pending Delaware State Record blueline tilefish. Daine Hursh fishing on the Outnumbered in the canyons caught the 25.5-pound blueline tilefish that was 38 inches long with a 24-inch girth. The Reel Ledo brought in a 151.6-pound…

Saturday saw very nice weather on the bay and ocean except for those afternoon thunderstorms. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Amanda told us that the Angler brought in spot, croaker, trout and flounder for her patrons. The Katydid had flounder and the Surface Tension had flounder and dolphin. Josh Gorub stopped by to weigh in a…

Friday began nice than around noon it got nasty. Robby at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid brought in flounder and dolphin from ocean structure. The Angler had spot. The Pirate King with Captain Jackie and mate Gary had an all-day charter that caught spot, croaker, flounder, triggerfish and trout over bay structure. Their…

Thursday saw a bit of a breeze and most boats fished close to shore. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a mixed bag of trout, flounder, spot and croaker over bay structure. The Surface Tension did venture out to the ocean where they found some sea bass and dolphin. Overall, it was a pretty…

Wednesday was a beautiful day on the water. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Vee Sisounthune paddled his kayak out to the Outer Wall and caught another Delaware Citation sheepshead. This one weighted 9.45 pounds. Sandy Buchalter caught her first yellowfin tuna, a nice one at 50 pounds. It hit a side tracker over ocean structure.…