Mari Lou
Wednesday saw a lot of fog and some showers, but boats still went out of Lewes and caught some tog at the Outer Wall and from ocean structure. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a good catch of tog on Wednesday. Several private boats also fished for tog on Wednesday and found…
WGMD Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – going back to 2016. After our visiting barn swallows returned – we put a live camera over the nest to watch the progression of the building and the babies and caught the first baby hatching from the eggs – with the proud parents watching over them. Most years the birds have built their nest on top of our security cameras on the porch. While we’ve spotted the swallows a couple of times last month – no one looks to be building on the cams this year. Wonder if they’ll return for the summer of ’22? Click for full view
Tuesday saw an east wind pretty much shut down the open water fishing. The weekend is not looking good for fishing so take Mom somewhere nice for dinner. Harry Aiken and his son Scott caught a pair of black drum at Broadkill Beach on Tuesday. I suspect they used clam and sand fleas for bait.…
Margaret May – Lewes – First goose family of the season! Click for full view
House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst(D)聽and聽Rep. Debra Heffernan(D) issued the following joint statement Tuesday on the impending U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding reproductive rights and Roe v. Wade: 鈥淭oday is a day we have feared for the past five years: The impending erasure of reproductive rights that have been considered sacred for the last 50 years.…
As part of the City of Salisbury Department of Infrastructure & Development’s ongoing effort to keep the public informed of improvements within the City of Salisbury, please be advised that City Staff will be permanently removing the obsolete signal system at the intersection of E Church St. and E Isabella St. on the City鈥檚 East…
Delaware State Police have arrested 30-year-old Christian O鈥橪eary of Lewes, DE and 34-year-old Jacob Steele of Dover, DE following an investigation into numerous thefts that occurred in Sussex County. Throughout March and April 2022, Delaware State Police have fielded numerous reports of thefts of watercraft equipment and accessories that were occurring in boat yards in Lewes, Millsboro, and Milford.…
Monday was another good day to be fishing. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said Ed Heite caught a 5.25-pound trout out of Indian River Inlet on a 录-ounce leadhead and a paddletail shad. They also reported that Grant Barnhart, who caught that big rockfish from the surf at Fenwick Island on a plug, has caught…
Jean Messick – Millsboro – Caught at the feeder. Click for full view
A lot of fish were caught on Sunday including tog, flounder and rockfish. The remainder of the week looks fishable and it鈥檚 about time. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Katydid came back from ocean structure3 with 30 tog. Several private boats also came in with good numbers of tog also from ocean…
The weather was a bit blustery and pretty cold on Saturday morning when my sister Debbie and I arrived at Indian River Inlet close to the time of high tide. I was hoping to put her on some hot shad fishing, as I had done for my son the week before, but such was not…
Joe Hurst – Dagsboro – Sundown across the Indian River. Click for full view
Bill – 302-684-3882 / Joe – 302-339-1146 – Heavy duty automobile tow dolly with accessories – $650 Pat – 321-258-2738 – La Savont hand-carved knick knack shelf – $50 – 2 models- 57 convertible Corvette and 62 convertible corvette mint in box – $50 both – 2 kitchen hutches – $50 both Vicky – 302-645-2790…
The Wicomico County Board of Education on Friday, April 29 announced the names of the three finalists for the next Wicomico Superintendent of Schools, and outlined plans for gathering community input. Board of Education Chairman Gene Malone said the finalists are, in alphabetical order: Dr. Frederick L. Briggs, Chief Academic Officer, Wicomico County Public Schools.…
Small craft advisories were up on Friday, but they will be coming down for the weekend. I called Lewes Harbour Marina and Henlopen Bait and Tackle. Once again, the only one who had heard of a fish being caught was Jordan at Henlopen. He had a few scattered reports of tiny bluefish at Broadkill Beach…
Greg Ryan – Millsboro – Wednesday, April 27th launch of SpaceX’s Crew-4 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and spotted over Millsboro as the stage 2 rocket propels the Crew-4 into orbit. Crew-4 docked with the ISS under 16 hours later. The 4-person crew will spend 6 months at the ISS. Click for full view
A Greenwood man has died from injuries he received in a crash Thursday morning near Seaford. Delaware State Police say a Nissan pickup failed to remain stopped on Herring Run Road and pulled into the path of a tractor trailer that was northbound on Ross Station Road. The driver of the tractor trailer, a 32…
Small craft advisories were up on Thursday and, as I suspected, they will be up again on Friday. I called Lewes Harbour Marina, Old Inlet Bait and Tackle and Henlopen Bait and Tackle. The only one who had heard of a fish being caught was Jordan at Henlopen who said one customer called to tell…
Small craft advisories were up on Wednesday and they will be up all-day Thursday and probably up again on Friday. Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats went out on Wednesday, but on Tuesday, William Lindsay weighed in a 19-pound tog he caught on the On Delivery with Captain Mike Rivera. At Rick鈥檚 Bait and Tackle…
Ah spring, summer on Tuesday and back to winter on Wednesday. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the Katydid had tog and a private boat also found some tog. Baits were green crab and sand fleas. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was excellent shad fish during incoming water at Indian River Inlet.…
Lt Tom Tyndall – Georgetown – Outer wall at the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse. Click for full view
The Sussex County Council met for the first time in over 2 weeks and had a packed agenda – including an presentation from Executive Director, Patti Grimes of the Freeman Foundation. The Council also paid tribute to the Cape Henlopen Cheerleaders who won the 2022 State Championship held at Smyrna High School in March. EMS…
It was a blue Monday unless you were catching shad out of Indian River Inlet. That鈥檚 according to Old Inlet Bait and Tackle. While hickory shad are not exactly top table fare, they put up a good fight and will take to the air just like their cousins the tarpon. To get the most out…
Richard Snow – Rehoboth Beach – Heron strolling off the Gordons Pond trail at Cape Henlopen State Park. Click for full view
In an effort to curb the spread of the聽highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI),聽the Delaware Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the State Epidemiologist Office, has issued a directive for all live poultry competitions and exhibits at the 2022 Delaware State Fair to be canceled for the 2022 event.聽鈥淲ith the United States continuing to have positive…