Mari Lou
The wind did not go away for Father’s Day. To the best of my knowledge no boats fished the bay or ocean on Sunday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said the run of kings continued on the surf with bloodworms and Fish Bites still doing the job. Interesting news out of DNREC on Friday. It…
UPDATED – 6/19/22 2pm – Delaware State Police have identified the victim who died in a fatal crasg that occurred on Friday, June 17, in the Milford area as 28 year old Latre Bonville of Magnolia, DE. ============================================================= A crash around 5:30 this/Friday morning on Wilkins Road just east of Elks Lodge Road near Milford has…
Saturday was just a tad breezy at the beach. No boats left Indian River Marina or Lewes Harbour Marina on Saturday. and I don’t think any will be going out on Sunday. Bummer for Father’s Day fishing Trips. The Big Rock Tournament out of Morehead City, North Carolina is in the books for 2022 and…
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President Biden, Dr Jill Biden and Willow the Presidential Cat arrived in Rehoboth Beach Friday just before noon. They spent the after noon at the beach house, but Saturday morning ventured out for a bike ride on the trail nearby. While Dr. Jill Biden zoomed past – the President rode over to chat with some…
Your help is needed to identify who killed 17 year old Elva Poore of Chesapeake City, Maryland in June of 1992. Delaware State Police say her death was ruled a homicide after her body was found along the edge of Route 13 north of Odessa – she was last seen alive during Senior Week in…
A Berlin man has been sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine. According to 49 year old Marcus Pitts’s guilty plea, “In September 2018, members of the Worcester County Criminal Enforcement Team (WCCET) were investigating Pitts for suspected drug distribution. While conducting surveillance at Pitts’s residence…
Friday was hot and windy at the beach. Jordan from Henlopen Tackle is running a surf fishing tournament from June 17th until July 1st. There will be prizes for the largest striped bass, bluefish and kingfish. Stop by the shop on Savannah Road and find out all the details. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said…
Al Nardi – Long Neck – Virginia Avenue beach in Rehoboth Beach. Click for full view
Sussex County’s unemployment numbers continue to fall – dropping 4-tenths of a point from April to May to 3.8% (from 4.2%) while the state’s overall numbers remained at 4.5% for the third month in a row. Delaware has seen 8100 more jobs in the past year – with the biggest growth in Leisure and Hospitality…
Delaware State Police have made an arrest in a murder investigation that began on June 7th when a body was found on the property of Baywood Green Golf Course near Long Neck. Police learned that the victim, 64 year old Lewis Fetrow of Millsboro had been stabbed multiple times and investigation led police to identify…
Thursday was a lousy day at the beach. All of my reporting stations had nothing to report. There have been some major changes in the way NOAA, the Mid-Atlantic Marine Fisheries Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission set regulations for recreational fishermen in the future. All of us who thought we had…
Marsha Murphy – Pelicans nesting – Saxis, VA. Click for full view
Wednesday was a beautiful day at the beach. I was up at 5:30 and at the Indian River Inlet by 6:30. The current was running in hard, but there were no birds and no one along either side was catching anything. I decided to have my breakfast while I watched the action or lack thereof.…
WGMD’s Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day goes back just a few weeks! It was taken by Anthony Manuel of Bethany Beach during a WGMD remote broadcast with Mike Bradley and State Senator Gerald Hocker at the new Hocker’s G & E. Click for full view
Tuesday, we had quite a bit of rain at the beach. This made the farmers happy. Fishermen, not so much. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said several boats left the marina to try fishing, but all returned due to the rain. On Monday the Greyson Kupsky family caught some small, but just right for eating,…
Maria Monsanto – Seaford – The June full moon – the Strawberry Moon. Click for full view
A Seaford man has been arrested for manslaughter and other charges after a deadly motor vehicle crash in January. Delaware State Police were called to Atlanta Road and Brighton Drive in Seaford. Investigation showed that two passengers, 14 year old Hope Glasgow and 6 year old Nathan Glasgow died from injuries sustained in the crash…
Monday was a nice day at the beach and some folks went fishing. At Lewes Harbour Marina, they told me the Katydid had 29 flounder over ocean structure for her Monday group. The Angler had kings and croaker over bay structure. Fuentes Rivas Lucio fished on the Thelma Dale on Sunday and caught two big…
Margaret May – Lewes – HAPPY FLAG DAY! Long may it wave. Click for full view
The Sussex County Council will meet on Tuesday – but the meeting time has been moved to 12:30pm. The Council will hear Old Business – and revisit two Change of Zone and one Conditional Use for American Storage of Delaware, LLC. This application is for property on the west side of Route 24 in the…
Sunday was an interesting day. I didn’t have a drop of rain in Milton, but when I called Old Inlet Bait and Tackle and asked about fishing at the Inlet and along the beach, they said in this downpour? They told me the sun was just coming back out and they hoped the water would…
Ocean City Police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing at 8th Street early Sunday morning. Police were called just after 4am and found a victim with a stab wound – the victim was flown to Shock Trauma for treatment. Witnesses provided a description of the suspect who was located at a…
The Escape the Cape Triathlon took place on Sunday morning. Delaware River and Bay Authority officials say a 70 plus year old man from Wilmington became in need of medical attention near the end of the swim finish. Lifeguards took the man from the water in Lower Township and gave him CPR and transported him…