WGMD Fishing Report
Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/23/25
User 284190339 · 04-23-25 Fishing Report Nothing but good news on Tuesday. The weather was beautiful and it looks good for the rest of the week. The weekend, don’t ask. Lewes Harbour Marina reported the Katydid fished ocean structure and returned with 23 tog on Monday. Brent did not have a party on Tuesday. There…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/21/25
User 284190339 · 04-21-25 Fishing Report The reporting shops I called at 4:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday were closed. I was not surprised. As I look at the weather for the week ahead, we just may have the first few decent fishing days we have had all year. I know I plan to hit the…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/20/25
User 284190339 · 04-20-25 Fishing Report Saturday saw small craft advisories up again, but with temperatures above 80 degrees, people still went fishing. One of the reports I have been waiting for all spring finally came through. Monica Rust caught the first keeper flounder from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. She and Travis Rust fished…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/19/25
User 284190339 · 04-19-25 Fishing Report Good Friday was not good for fishing with high winds and rough seas. Those conditions will continue through Saturday. The only fish that were caught came from sheltered waters such as Indian River Inlet, the South Pocket and near the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen. Old Inlet Bait and…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/18/25
User 284190339 · 04-18-25 Fishing Report Thursday came through as advertised. Winds from the northwest at 10 to 15 knots and 2 to 3-foot seas. However, none of the charter or head boats from Indian River or Lewes ventured out. One private boat from Indian River fished Site 10 with a green crab and caught…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/17/25
User 284190339 · 04-17-25 Fishing Report Wednesday saw small craft advisories up, as usual. Thursday we are supposed to have northwest winds of 10 to 15 knots and 2 to 3-foot seas. Won’t that be nice. My friend Dan Neumann fished the South Pocket again on Tuesday morning during incoming water and saw a 34-inch…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/16/25
User 284190339 · 04-16-25 Fishing Report Tuesday saw small craft advisories plus rain. Just another beautiful day in paradise. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said anglers were huddled up under the Inlet Bridge where they caught 18 to 19-ich tog. I am sure they caught plenty of smaller tog and everything was on green crabs…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/15/25
User 284190339 · 04-15-25 Fishing Report Once again on Monday, small craft advisories flew and boats once again remained at their slips and on their trailers. My friend Dan Neumann got up early and worked the South Pocket at Indian River Inlet with a paddletail. His effort was rewarded with a nice-sized striped bass. In…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/14/25
User 284190339 · 04-14-25 Fishing Report With small craft advisories up again, there was no report from either Lewes Harbour Marina or Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em. I am so desperate for a fishing report that I checked with Maryland to see what was going on over there. Guess what? They had a decent start…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/13/25
User 284190339 · 04-13-25 Fishing Report With small craft advisories up and a nasty, cold rain for part of the day it was no surprise when Old Inlet Bait and Tackle told me they sold a little bait, but had no reports from Indian River Inlet. They did get a report from the beach. The…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/12/25
User 284190339 · 04-12-25 Fishing Report In the words of my guy at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle, “Friday was a complete washout.” He did say a few folks tried to fish Indian River Inlet, but the cold rain drove them off. No sign of the 18 to 19-inch tog that have been caught on…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 4/11/25
User 284190339 · 04-11-25 Fishing Report Thursday was another cold and windy day. Believe it or not, but with southeast winds at 15 knots with gusts to 20 there was no small craft advisories because NOAA Weather only called for 3-foot seas. At the Delaware Lightship Buoy the wind was blowing at 17.5 knots with…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/10/25
User 284190339 · 04-10-25 Fishing Report I made calls to Lewes Harbour Marina and Old Inlet Bait and Tackle around 5:00 p.m. and no one answered the phone. Wednesday was slow probably due to the cold weather. DNREC will hold 13 Take a Kid Fishing events beginning on April 22 at 9:00 a.m. at the…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/09/25
User 284190339 · 04-09-25 Fishing Report I don’t think anyone went fishing on Tuesday. There was a gale warning up on the ocean and bay. No one answered the phone at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle and that was my only hope of getting a report as I thought someone might have tried to fish…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/08/25
User 284190339 · 04-08-25 Fishing Report If anybody went fishing on Monday, they are very sick. We had driving, cold, rain all day and if you had hopes that Tuesday was going to be better, fuhgeddaboudit. Tuesday will have a gale warning! I am about sick of this lousy weather! The water temperature is finally…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/07/25
User 284190339 · 04-07-25 Fishing Report Sunday saw small craft advisories up as usual, but that didn’t stop the trout fishermen. Patty at Captain Bones recorded two more Delaware Citations, but this time they were adults. Rachel Rothwell caught a 2.06-pound rainbow trout out of White Clay Creek on a Power Bait and Ricardo Pitti-Nieves…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/06/25
User 284190339 · 04-06-25 Fishing Report Saturday was a good fishing day and the kids that fished for trout had a great time and some recorded Delaware Citations. Patty at Captain Bones was kind enough to take time to give us three of the citation winners. Harper Malone age ,5, checked in with a 5.3-pound…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/05/25
User 284190339 · 04-05-25 Fishing Report Friday was a very nice day and for once, no small craft advisories were flying. I have no idea if any boats ran out to the ocean or bay because I got the answering machine at Lewes Harbour Marina and the same thing at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em.…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/04/25
User 284190339 · 04-04-25 Fishing Report Thursday saw temperatures in the 80s, but once again we had small craft advisories up keeping boats from exploring the ocean and bay. Patty at Captain Bones and Steve at Smith Bait both reported larger striped bass caught from shore and boats fishing between Augustine Beach and the fishing…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/03/25
User 284190339 · 04-03-25 Fishing Report Wednesday was another cold and windy day and Thursday isn’t looking any better. We may get a break over the weekend, but the only good reports I am getting are tog from the inlet and white perch from most of the tidal creeks and rivers. Old Inlet Bait and…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/02/25
User 284190339 · 04-02-25 Fishing Report Tuesday was another small craft advisory day on the open waters of Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The water temperature at the Delaware Lightship was a still cold 48.6 degrees, but at Lewes we had a very encouraging 54.3 degrees. I have no reports of any flounder caught…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 04/01/25
User 284190339 · 04-01-25 Fishing Report Monday saw winds gusting to gale force, with air temperatures rising to over 80 degrees. It was not a day for fishing from a boat and while I did see a bass boat on Wagamons Pond I can’t imagine trying to cast with or into that wind. My dogwood…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 03/31/25
User 284190339 · 03-31-25 Fishing Report Sunday was another windy day with small craft advisories up and no boats going to open water. Patty at Captain Bones and Steve at Smith Bait both reported white perch along the shoreline and from boats fishing between Augustine Beach, Port Penn, Bay View and the fishing pier at…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 12/01/24
User 284190339 · 12-01-24 Fishing Report Saturday saw small craft advisories up on the ocean and Lewes Harbour Marina reported no boats sailed from their docks. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said there were quite a few folks fishing for tog at Indian River Inlet. Unfortunately, if they caught anything they didn’t let anyone at…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 11/30/24
User 284190339 · 11 – 30 – 24 Fishing Report I am happy to report that not everybody went shopping on Black Friday. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported that five or six private boats ran for bluefin tuna in spite of the small craft advisory. They found success with bluefins in the 150 to…
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