WGMD Fishing Report

Small craft advisories flew on Tuesday and no boats left the dock. I had a late report from Captain Cary Evans on the Grizzly. He had a boat limit of tog on Monday and 15 tog with 25 sea bass, including 4 citations, on Sunday. The new pilot program for Surf Fishing Permits has caused…

Monday was a nice day with record warm temperatures and good fishing for those who were able to get away. The rest of the week will be a bit bumpy with northeast winds to 30 knots and seas to 7 feet. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had sea bass and tog on Monday. Several…

For the first time since I have been doing these reports, not one of my reporting stations answered the phone on Sunday. Fortunately, I was able to get a few reports from Facebook and it sounds like the fishing was pretty good if you were able to get out to where the fish are holding.…

Saturday the south to southeast wind was just a tad stronger than our good friends at the National Weather Service promised. As a result, some boats went out and came right back in while others toughed it out and managed to catch some sea bass and tog. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had sea…

Friday was a great day to be fishing in the ocean or over structure in Delaware Bay. I have been telling you to get out on the water while we have this wonderful weather window. Well, you have until Monday. Tuesday the wind goes northeast at 20 knots and the seas build to 7 feet.…

Thursday saw a pretty good heave on the ocean and, to the best of my knowledge, no boats ventured out there. Captain Cary Evans did take the Grizzly out to bay structure and his party caught over 80 tog. Unfortunately, only a few of those 80 were large enough to keep. Clark at Old Inlet…

Wednesday saw warm temperatures with light winds. Lewes Harbour Marina reported only the Katydid ventured out and they returned with a catch of tog. The current standings of the Lewes Harbour Marina Tog Tournament have Jason DeStafney in First Place with an 8.13-pound tog. Brian Kelly holds down Second and Third place with a 5.56…

Tuesday was another perfect fishing day, but to the best of my knowledge, only two charter boats and a couple of private boats ran to the ocean. The Katydid with Captain Brent and the Grizzly with Captain Cary ran from Lewes. Both returned with boat limits of black sea bass. On Monday, when I was…

Monday was a beautiful day on the ocean and for once your hard working reporter was actually fishing. We left the Talbot Street Dock in Ocean City on the Angler head boat at 6:00 AM and ran for about two hours before dropping the first baits to the bottom. My Gulp! was viciously attacked and…

Small craft advisories were up on the ocean on Sunday, but it looks like Monday, when most everybody has to return to work, will be fishable. I certainly hope so, because I will be on the Angler out of Ocean City, Maryland for a 10-hour trip beginning at 6:00 AM. Bill at Lewes Harbour Marina,…

Small craft advisories were up on the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean on Saturday and to the beat of my knowledge, no boats left Lewes Harbour or Indian River Marina. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported small rockfish in the Back Bays. They didn’t say what they were caught on, but back in the day,…

Small craft advisories were up on Friday for the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay and forecasted to be up again on Saturday. I did get one report from Indian River Inlet. Tony Walls caught an 18-inch tog on a sand flea while fishing from the north side. Fortunately, freshwater fishermen can still fish during hard…

With small craft advisories up on Thursday to the best of my knowledge, no boats went out of Indian River or Lewes. If the marine forecast holds up it looks like no one will be fishing the ocean through Monday as seas are going to be 6 to 7 feet and winds are going to…

From the reports I received from boats on the water, Wednesday was pretty nice out on the ocean once you got past the fog. The black sea bass were really chewing and some tog and flounder were also taken. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Bill told me the Katydid came in from ocean structure with a…

Tuesday was almost as miserable as Monday. I am not only tired of this weather, but this weather is making me tired. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Katydid came back from ocean structure with plenty of black sea bass. The Surface tension had a good catch of tog. The Grizzly also ran…

Monday was just miserable. Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats left their docks and no one answered the phone at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em. Lewes Harbour did record a Second-Place tog in their tournament. Chris Miller weighed in a 4.68 pounder to move into that spot. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said small tog…

Sunday saw small craft advisories that will still be up on Monday. Of course they will. I was booked on the Angler out of Ocean City on Monday. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Bill said no charter or head boats fished on Sunday, but they did get a leader for their Tog Tournament on Saturday. Jason…

Saturday was another great fall day. At Lewes Harbour Marina, tog were the story of the day. The Katydid, the Surface Tension and several private boats came in with tog in their coolers. Paul Matthews had a 7.75-pound tog at the Outer Wall while fishing with green crabs and sand fleas. The Lewes Harbour Marina…

Friday was just about a perfect fall day. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid and the Grizzly both came back from ocean structure with a boat limit of black sea bass. Several private boats did as well. Other private boats fished bay structure to catch some tog. Jules and Bill Mister were in that…

Thursday was a carbon copy of Wednesday. According to Lewes Harbour Marina no boats left their docks and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said the same for the boats out of Indian River Marina. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em did say some boats were planning to sail on Friday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported…

Wednesday was cooler still with a refreshing northwest breeze. At Lewes Harbour Marina, they told me the Surface Tension made it out to Delaware Bay structure and returned with a handful of tog. A private boat did the same with the same result. Sand fleas and green crabs were the baits of choice. At Hook…

Tuesday saw much cooler weather and the only fishing that I had reports from happened at Indian River Inlet. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said rockfish in the 20 to 25-inch class were caught on white bucktails with a white worm. That combination has been catching rockfish out of the inlet since before I was…

Monday may have been the last warm day of the year. Even so, the unsettled weather had most boats at the dock or on their trailers. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was one private boat ran to the Outer Wall and returned with some tog. No charter or head boats left the dock. I…

Sunday saw good fishing conditions, but with fewer people fishing and more people hunting or watching football the interest is just not there. I do believe if surf fishing were better, we would see more folks on the beach. The Delaware Mobile Surf Fishing Team #1 placed Third at the Assateague Mobile Surf Fishing Tournament…

Saturday’s weather was lovely on land, but not quite so nice on the water. Nevertheless, boats still fished the ocean and bay with varying degrees of success. At Lewes Harbour Marina they reported the Katydid brought in a mixed bag of sea bass and tog. A few private boats worked the Outer Wall and other…