WGMD SPORTS

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.…

Tuesday saw very few boats fishing. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had flounder for her party over ocean structure. Both the Pirate King and the Angler fished over bay structure and both brought in good numbers of spot and croakers. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em told us the Judy V was the only boat…

Monday was pretty wet, but some people went fishing anyway. The final results of the Flounder Pounder Tournament out of Paradise Grill on Long Neck had the Banker’s Hours Team out of New Jersey winning with a 9.1-pound flounder and walking away with $100,000. The No Limit from Delaware placed 4th and won $30,000 plus…

Sunday saw reasonable weather and decent fishing. I did get a firsthand report from a Captain in the Flounder Pounder Open. Captain Beau on Skipjack Sportfishing said his group fished three days in all conditions from no drift to a too fast drift. They caught around 100 flounder to 4.21 pounds, but nothing for the…

Saturday saw good weather and good fishing with many charter and private boats going after the big money in the Flounder Pounder Tournament. Lewes Harbour Marina the report, was as usual, the head boat Angler brought in an excellent catch of croaker and spot. Private boats had a mixed bag of spot, croaker, triggerfish and…

Friday was another good fishing day and a lot of boats were fishing in the Flounder Pounder Tournament out of Paradise Grill on Long Neck. Frank Tucker, Zandar and Levi fished ocean structure to catch 12 flounder to 21 inches and 6 black sea bass. At Lewes Harbour Marina we learned that Vee Sisounthone paddled…

Thursday was a beautiful day on the ocean until around noon when a strong breeze came up and made the water a bit dusty I had planned to fish Delaware Bay, but the gentleman who was going with me fell ill, so I changed my plans and went surf fishing. There was hardly a breath…

Wednesday, we had small craft advisories up and to the best of my knowledge no boats left Lewes or Indian River Marina. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few folks tried to fish the beach, but they had no reports of any fish caught. I did get a good report from my friend Dan…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories and Eric with a broke computer. I did get a few reports. One from Fenwick Tackle where young Conner and his dad picked up some bait and tackle and headed for the surf on Sunday. They ended the adventure with a mixed bag on spot and kings topped by Conner’s…

Monday saw increasing east winds and building seas making for a rough day on the ocean. At Bowers Beach, the Captain’s Lady put blues, croaker, spot and trout in her customer’s coolers. Delaware Bay is beginning to preform like days of old. My friend and fellow surf fisherman, Acie Mankins fished on the Double Trouble…

Sunday saw good fishing on the ocean and bay. At Bowers Beach, the Captain’s Lady had a good week catching flounder, croaker, spot and trout. From Leipsic we heard from Steve at Smith Bait that slot rockfish and white perch have been caught from the tidal creeks and rivers on peeler crab. At the Elbow,…

Saturday was a bit bouncy on the ocean, but a few boats did venture out. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was croaker on the Angler caught over bay structure. The Surface Tension with Captain Chris had dolphin for his party fish ocean structure such as sea bass pot markers. Captain Aaron heard on the…

Friday saw northeast winds and not many boats went out. At Lewes Harbour Marina the only boat that sailed was the Angler and she had an excellent catch of spot and croaker over bay structure. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em told us a few private boats gave it a try, but they had no reports…