WGMD Fishing Report

Friday was a good day to go fishing and a lot of folks did just that. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid left the dock at 4:00 AM for an offshore run and had not returned when I called around 5:00 PM. At last report, the best tuna action was at least 90 miles off…

No boats sailed from Lewes or Indian River marinas on Thursday according to Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em. There is a new and a first tripletail state record in Virginia. Last July Richard H. Stuart, Jr. was fishing with his dad, Richard H. Stuart, Sr. in the Chesapeake Bay. They were…

I was on the road on Wednesday, but when I made my calls, I found few boats ventured out. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Pirate King caught kings over bay structure while the Katydid had flounder over ocean structure. I called Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em and they said none of their boats…

Tuesday saw four to five-foot seas on the ocean and no charter or head boats left the dock. I did get an excellent report from David Zerbato who, along with his brother, fished Three Rs Road with mullet to catch a nice bluefish and had a good kingfish bite for about an hour. They then…

Monday was a gorgeous day for fishing. Nobody told the fish. My friend from New Jersey, Jerry Gomber, and I headed to Three Rs Road around 8:00 AM to try the surf. The water was as clear as I have seen it all year. I fished bloodworm Fish Bites for kings while Jerry tossed metal…

A not so beautiful day to be on the water. To the best of my knowledge, no charter or head boats went out to the ocean or bay on Sunday. A brisk northeast wind was the reason. Even the beaches were unfishable due to overwash. At least the flies were not a problem on the…

Another beautiful day to be on the water. Julie Stevenson was fishing the surf when she encountered a big bluefish. Lewes Harbour Marina said Mickey Slaughter, Mark Harris and Jarrad Hitchens fished the Canal with minnows to catch four flounder and one trout. Carter DiRado, Bobby Matte and Andrew White had a limit of flounder…

Not a lot of boats on the ocean Friday, but the Bay and the beach did a good business. Suzzanne Martin was fishing the beach near Herring Point with a pink pill rig for kings when she hooked a big bluefish. She said it was a lot of fun getting the big fish to the…

From my reports, Thursday was a little better on the ocean than Wednesday, but not much. Old Inlet told us Levi Work from Lewes had a 23-inch bluefish at Three Rs Road on Wednesday with mullet as his bait. Billy Talbot caught his first black drum out of Delaware Bay while fishing from his new…

Wednesday was not a pretty day on the water. My wife Barbara and I left the Lewes Boat Ramp around 9:00 AM in a thick fog and a nasty east wind. The incoming was really coming in and we started drifting up the Broadkill River in hopes of finding flounder, spot or croaker. Barbara had…

Fishing slowed up a bit on Tuesday. I had a report from Bart Stolp who ran out to A Buoy with two friends and set up for flounder fishing. His friends set up for black sea bass. They worked the Old Grounds all the way back to B Buoy. Bart did not catch any flounder…

Monday saw outstanding fishing. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Captain Jamar and Mate Terry fished the Jersey side and found some excellent sea bass action for their party. Captain Beau at Skipjack Sportfishing said the first few drifts produced excellent sea bass action, but then things slowed and it was a pick for the remainder…

Sunday was a great day to be fishing! Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Billy and Conner Mister caught black drum while fishing from their boat off of Broadkill Beach. Young Peter Didden fished the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal with Gulp! and caught flounder weighing 3.2 and 2.5 pounds. The Katydid and the Undaunted fished…

Saturday saw people fishing and they caught some fish. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Anthony from the shop fished the Coral Beds with clam to catch and release a big black drum. Richard Harpel was on the Coral Beds Thursday night when he caught and released a big black drum. Branden Moyer fished from the…

Once again, I must report that no boats left the dock on Friday. Small craft advisories flew all day and well into the night. They may return on Saturday morning. The only good reports I received were from Old Inlet Bait and Tackle. They said there was a bluefish blitz at Three Rs Road on…

To the best of my knowledge, no boats sailed on Thursday. As of Thursday, some beach access roads remain closed. The Navy Crossing on Cape Henlopen State Park is closed. At Delaware Seashore State Park, Keybox, Conquest and Faithful Steward crossings are closed. The reason for the closing is the northeast winds have driven the…

To the best of my knowledge no boats sailed on Wednesday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said some big blues were taken out of the South Pocket on spoons early in the morning during outgoing water. During incoming water shad, smaller blues and a few decent rockfish were caught along the Northside on darts, small…

To the best of my knowledge no boats sailed on Tuesday. The Cast for a Cure Surf Tournament was a great success last weekend. Twenty-six teams participated and One More Cast came in First with Sporto Gray, Tim Wallace, Bob Zak and Lance Cochran. Sporto’s 22-inch black drum secured the win. Second was a tie…

Monday, I spent the day on the Angler out of Ocean City, Maryland. Captain Chris called late on Sunday evening to say the wind would be up early on Monday morning so we would depart at 0800 instead of 0600. I don’t know what the wind was like at 0600, but it was a tad…

Sunday saw very few boats run to the ocean. At Lewes Harbour Marina the only boat that ran was the head boat Angler. She ran to the bay and returned with a catch of kingfish to almost 1-pound. On Saturday night Jesse Lerch caught a 20-pound black drum on a clam in Delaware Bay fishing…

Saturday was a bit breezy and a lot of boats choose not to sail. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid ran to ocean structure and returned with sea bass. The Angler with Captain Jackie put Richard Harris on a 52-pound Delaware Citation black drum on Thursday night and Mark Czarski on a 66-pound…

Thursday began with a brisk wind that kept most boats at the dock. Some waited until the wind dropped out and ran a bit late. I would like to begin with a freshwater report from Ed O’Donnell. He fished the fly-fishing only section of Red Clay Creek on Wednesday and caught over two dozen rainbow…

Friday saw perfect weather for a flounder tournament and Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said over 500 fishermen came out for the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament. Amanda has not added up the sales of tee shirts, bucktails and other contributions, but just the entry fees alone will give the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network…

Tuesday saw fishing get back on track with lots of sea bass caught along with flounder, blues and shad. Rick’s Bait and Tackle has opened a second location on Long Neck Road between Cove Liquors and Paradise Grill. This store will have everything you will need for fishing and crabbing in the Back Bays so…

Wednesday was a beautiful day to be on the water, unless that water was the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and you were trying to catch a flounder. Mike Pizzolato and I left the Lewes boat ramp around 8:30am as the current was running in and we fished the entire Canal on both sides until 11:30…