WGMD Fishing Report
Talk of Delmarva Fishing Report 6-3-23
Saturday saw small craft advisories that will be up on Sunday as well. Hook 鈥榚m and Cook 鈥榚m said the Bill Slayer left the dock at 2:30 am and returned at 2:30 pm with 8 yellowfin tuna. They really earned those fish! A couple of other boats left at 5:00 am and caught flounder and…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 6-2-23
Friday was a good weather day, but the weekend is already blown out. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Billy Taylor caught a big black drum on the first trip aboard his new boat. He was fishing in Delaware Bay with clams for bait. Rick鈥檚 Bait and Tackle weighed in two black drum for Jimmy and…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 6-1-23
Friday saw seas reasonably rough so at least the No Limit and the Bill Slayer were able to reach the tuna grounds. Burt at Hook 鈥榚m and Cook 鈥榚m told me one boat had six and the other had seven yellowfin tuna. As for me, I spent the afternoon until 6:30 at the northside of…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-31-23
Small craft advisories were up on Wednesday, but they may be down on Thursday. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that no boats left the dock and they didn鈥檛 see anybody fishing the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Breakwater Bait and Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park said flounder were caught on minnows fished…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-30-23
Small craft advisories were up on Tuesday and will be up on Wednesday. Lewes Harbour Marina told us none of their boats left the dock and only a few boats fished the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Tuesday. Those that braved the northeast winds did manage to catch a few flounder on minnows and Gulp!.…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-29-23
Small craft advisories plus on and off rain on Monday made for a pretty miserable Memorial Day. A few private and charter boats tried the sea bass grounds, but they did not do very well. Hook 鈥榚m and Cook 鈥榚m reported that the No Limit brought in the first yellowfin tuna of the season. They…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-28-23
Small craft advisories on Sunday kept boats off the ocean and bay, but fish were caught out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, Indian River Inlet and from the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Dennis Connell caught a 5.65-pound Delaware Citation Weakfish at the Outer Wall on a…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-27-23
The holiday weekend did not get off to a good start with small craft advisories up on Saturday and back up on Sunday. Lewes Harbour Marina said Gracie Hudson used a Nic Rig that she bought at the store with a minnow to catch a flounder out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Nine-year-old Jackson…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-26-23
The ocean was not pretty on Friday, but a couple of boats ran out to the sea bass grounds and came back with the target species. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid and the Surface Tension both made the run to ocean structure and found the sea bass in a feeding mood. Captain Cary Evans…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-25-23
In spite of small craft warnings on the ocean a few boats did catch drum in Delaware Bay on Wednesday night. The small craft advisories continued into Thursday. Delaware has set the striped bass regulations for the reminder of 2023. The slot limit will be 28 to 31 inches to comply with the emergency regulations…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-24-23
The fishing on Wednesday was not very encouraging. No boats ventured into the ocean and small craft advisories are up for Thursday. The bluefish and hickory shad action at Indian River Inlet slowed and I had no reports of any drum from Delaware Bay. To top it off, the surf was too rough for most…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-23-23
I was at the northside of Indian River Inlet around 8:00 am on Tuesday morning just as the current began to run in. I gave fishing a shot until around 9:00 am without success and then I went back to my truck to warm up. One of the guys I was fishing with came to…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-22-23
On Monday a couple of boats ran from Lewes and Indian River and they found the sea bass waiting and willing to bite. On Saturday the Cast for a Cure Surf Fishing Tournament was held under less than optimum conditions. The contest benefits the Beebe Medical Foundation. There was a lot of rain and nasty…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-21-23
Once again, no boats ran to the ocean on Sunday. Some charter and private boats did fish Delaware Bay for black drum. I am happy to see many of these anglers are releasing their fish. Black drum are not that bad to eat, but they can be difficult to clean and the sight of all…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-20-23
Saturday saw small craft advisories on the ocean and they will fly again on Sunday. A couple of boats tried to go for sea bass on Saturday, but they quickly returned to the dock. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Tristan Ament and Erik Feinauer managed to fish the Coral Beads on Friday and catch two…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-19-23
The weather remained too rough for boats to sail on Friday, but 475 anglers entered the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament that saw Monica Powell come out on top with a 4.93-pound flatfish. I believe this is the first time a lady has won the tournament. Second place went to Wesley Scott with a…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-18-23
The weather remained too rough for boats to sail on Thursday. The forecast for the next few days is not encouraging. Just to see how the new reservation system was working for spots on the beach this weekend I went on line as if I was going to reserve a place at Cape Henlopen for…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-17-23
The weather remained too rough for boats to sail on Wednesday. DNREC confirms the new state record tog weighing 22 pounds, 14.4 ounces caught by James Milano of North Babylon, New York on the No Limit with Captain Jon Azato. They also confirm the new state record musky caught on January 11 by Stephen Rutkowski…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-16-23
What a difference a day makes. Lots of fish on Monday and only a few on Tuesday. Deanna at Hook 鈥榚m and Cook 鈥榚m said on Monday they had boats bringing in 60 to 100 pounds of black sea bass. On Tuesday they saw one 5-pound bluefish from Indian River Inlet. Mike Damiano and four…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-15-23
Monday May 15 is a day I have waited for since mid-February when I made reservations on the Angler out of Ocean City, Maryland for the first day of black sea bass season. Early weather reports called for northwest at 15 to 20 knots then northeast at 10 to 15 with rain. Fortunately, both of…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-14-23
I hope all the mothers out there had a great day on Sunday. Not many folks went fishing on Mother Day so reports were a little thin. Dan鈥檚 Tackle reported that Johnathan Davis and Zandar Plaches went up to the Coral Beds on Saturday night and caught two big black drum on clams. The largest…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-13-23
It didn鈥檛 take a genius to figure out that not many folks went fishing on Saturday. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Mark Maggs had a 8.44-pound Delaware Citation Tog from ocean structure on a green crab. On Saturday the Katydid brought in 16 tog from ocean structure. A private boat had one black drum from…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-12-23
Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Tyler Storm, Eric Church and Thomas Tyler ran up to Broadkill Beach where each did battle with big black drum. No bait was mentioned, but I suspect clams were used. Alex Hudson ran all the way up to the Coral Beds off of Slaughter Beach where he caught a big…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-11-23
Thursday was almost summer-like, but not a lot of folks went fishing. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa said big rockfish were caught on bunker and bloodworms from boats fishing at the Bull Pen. Most of these fish have been outside the new 28 to 31-inch slot limit. White perch and small rockfish are in…
Read MoreTalk of Delmarva Fishing Report 5-10-23
The weather wasn鈥檛 terrible on Wednesday, but the fishing was. I went up on Broadkill Beach in the late morning to catch the flood tide. I set out two rods with fresh clam baits and rebaited them every 10 to 15 minutes. When I arrived, the wind was light out of the east and the…
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