Mari Lou
Friday was hot and windy with small craft advisories up on the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina said the only boat that went out was the Angler and she returned with a catch of croakers from bay structure. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported that the opening day of tog season was met with open arms…
Ed Short – Laurel – Skydive Delmarva Summer Solstice jump. Click for full view
Thursday morning was absolutely beautiful and perfect for surf fishing. So that’s what I did. This time I went to Three Rs Road. Hardly anyone on the beach when I arrived around 0630. Set up with one rod out far and one in close. Both baited with Fish Bites bloodworm. Caught two nice kings on…
Craig Blount – Salisbury – At home overlooking the pool, barn and horse. Click for full view
Wednesday was a beautiful summer day and once again the number of boats on the water was small. I went fishing for the first time in three weeks and as far as putting something in my cooler, I might as well of stayed home. I was on the beach at Herring Point by 0630 and…
Tuesday was a nice day, but not many folks went fishing. Dan Neumann emailed me a report from Indian River Inlet. He said on Monday and Tuesday around the time of high tide, blues in the 10 to 15-inch range came through and were caught on Gotcha plugs, spoons and bucktails. A few small rockfish…
David Truppo – Millville – Boat In the water at Ocean View. Click for full view
Monday saw small craft advisories up and just as I was beginning my reports a bolt of lightning lit up my world and convinced to step away from the computer and phone. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the only boat that went out was the Pirate King and they fished bay structure for kings…
Phil Haro – Dagsboro – Indian River at Tuckahoe Acres. Click for full view
Bill Larson – (302) 684-3882 – Heavy Duty vehicle tow dolly in good condition – new tires, fresh paint, all accessories – No price given Lauren from Lewes – (347) 723-4871 – Solid, oak wood table w/ 4 chairs – table – 42-in square with two 11 1⁄2-in leaves, opens fully to 65-in – good…
Sunday saw the wind pick up and small craft advisories will be up on Monday. Frank Tucker and Tom fished on Saturday over ocean structure to catch five keeper flounder between 16.5 and 25 inches and six sea bass. Captain Pete on the Top Fin took the Miller family out shark fishing on Sunday morning…
ML – Sunrise over Rehoboth Beach. Click for full view
Saturday was just about perfect. Carter DiRado and Robbie Baxley who work at Lewes Harbour Marina fished on Tuesday in the canyons. They pulled a variety of lures, but the hot setup was the Red-Headed Slut by Magic Tail that put a beautiful yellowfin in the boat. Ronald Green fished with his granddaughter Lydia in…
Donny Reed – Ocean City – “Peachtree Lane” on Mt Zion Church Road near Dagsboro. Click for full view
Friday was a beautiful day at the beach. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Captain Pete on the Top Fin took the Ziglar family out on Friday morning for some shark fishing and boy did they ever find some action. They went ten for ten on sharks to 200 pounds giving the family lots of…
Chick Bradford – Harbeson – A few of the ponies at Assateague. Click for full view
Jean Messick – Millsboro – Watching the sunset over the bay. Click for full view
Wednesday was a blowout. To the best of my knowledge no boats left Indian River or Lewes. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few sheepshead and black drum were caught out of Indian River Inlet on frozen sand fleas. On Tuesday evening I spent 2.5 hours at a virtual meeting of the Bureau of…
WGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – before 1999. WGMD’s Jack Renault when he was working in sales. Jack later became the station’s General Manager before he finally retired after 30+ years with WGMD. He had the greatest voice for radio (and you can hear him towards the end of our Christmas recording of “The Night Before Christmas”) Sadly we lost Jack in October of 2012. Click for full view
Tuesday laid out real nice and fishing was good from the beach to the canyons. Deanna at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported the Judy V had sea bass and flounder on her morning trip. Flounder are starting to show up in better numbers and size as the summer moves along. Private boats had ribbon…
John Sharkey – Ocean City sunset on the Assawoman Bay – behind the Knights of Columbus. Click for full view
Sussex County is ready to begin the new fiscal year on July 1st now that the County Council has approved the $294.1-million FY 23 Budget. The budget includes NO increase in the County tax portion of the bill. County Finance Director Gina Jennings tells the Council that $32.4-million in reserves are being used in the…
It was still windy on Monday. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Savannah Lynn had a nice catch of bluefish on the troll. Once the wind kicked up the seas, she came back inside the bay and caught and released a 200-pound brown shark. The Katydid had 14 flounder over ocean structure. At Old Inlet Bait…
Dave Nelson – Ocean View – Boat meets wave in the Indian River Inlet. Click for full view
Four people were rescued when their boat began taking on water about 15 miles off Ocean City. Coast Guard watchstanders received a distress alert from the fishing boat “Hot Pursuit” – the captain said they didn’t know if they could make it back to port before it sank. A motor life boat crew from Coast…