WGMD Fishing Report

Sunday saw good fishing weather and it looks good for most of the coming week. DNREC’s Fish and Wildlife Department has issued two possible choices for cobia regulations that will be in effect during the 2020 season.  Right now, Delaware has no cobia regulations and cobia are not allowed to be harvested in the federal…

Saturday was a bit rough in the ocean, but the bay was fishable even for trailer boats. The Fish Bound out of Ocean City had a flounder trip last Wednesday and ended up catching triggerfish and sea bass.  This boat has a well-deserved reputation for catching flounder and when they can’t find them the fish…

Friday was a good day for fishing with moderate wind and seas.  Saturday looks a bit bumpy in the ocean, but the bay should be fine.  Sunday looks to be good where ever you wish to fish. On Thursday the Katydid fished the bay and caught blowfish, blues triggers and a 10.52-pound sheepshead. Dave at…

Thursday saw warm and breezy weather, but not enough wind to hold the bigger boats to the dock. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina corrected her report from Wednesday.  The two porgies weighed 3.42 and 3.49 pounds and were caught by Bob Murphy on the Katydid.  Captain Rick Yakimowicz had triggerfish weighing 3.75 and 4.04 pounds…

Wednesday was another beautiful day and I was at Indian River Inlet just after sunrise.  The current was slack and it didn’t look promising for the outgoing water so I headed to Three Rs Road.  There I was greeted by a hoard of barn flies that set upon my legs.  Before I could think about…

The weather cooled off on Tuesday, but the wind continued to blow resulting in no boats going out of Lewes or Indian River to fish in the ocean or the bay.  At least one boat fished the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, but he didn’t catch anything on incoming water. Bob Baker called late on Monday…

Monday was a hot one with south to southwest winds and very little fishing activity.  It doesn’t look like Tuesday will be much better. Henlopen Bait and Tackle reported that on Sunday young Ryan Kleban fished Site 10 with a sand flea and caught a citation eight-pound sheepshead. Also on Sunday, Old Inlet Bait and…

Sunday was another beautiful fall day.  Folks fished from the beach to offshore with good results everywhere. Frank Tucker and Zan caught five flounder at the southside of the Old Grounds on Saturday. On Sunday, Suzanne Martin was catching bluefish at Cape Henlopen State Park.  On Saturday, Darren and Christine Purcell caught kings, spot, pompano,…

If ever a day was made for fishing Saturday was that day. My wife Barbara and I went up to the Point at Cape Henlopen during the afternoon where I soaked some fresh mullet.  I could see bunker and mullet breaking, but despite a gallant try, I caught nothing.  The only fish I saw caught…

Small craft advisories were still up on the ocean, but dropped on the bay.  Boats fished both bodies of water with success. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid fished the bay and came back with trout, blowfish, blues and pompano. The Angler had blowfish, trout and bluefish all over bay structure. On the…

Small craft advisories remained up on Thursday and will be up through Friday.  No boats went out on Thursday and to the best of my knowledge fishing was unproductive for the few who gave it a try.  The recent hurricane produced a nine-foot storm surge across the Point Lookout National Park that cut 54 new…

Wednesday was another rough day with small craft advisories up for the ocean, Delaware and Chesapeake bays.  They will be up again on Thursday and may be back up on Friday for the ocean as seas are predicted to be at seven feet even though the wind is supposed to drop out to five to…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories up and they will remain up through Thursday.  All of my calls to my usual reporting stations resulted in the same news, no one catching anything.  The only exception was the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park where Lighthouse View Tackle reported a few flounder and short rockfish caught…

After driving through some pretty thick fog, I arrived at Indian River Inlet around 6:45 AM on Monday morning.  The current was running in, but no birds were working and after two hours of casting metal I gave up.  I didn’t have a hit and didn’t see anyone else catch a fish. I moved my…

Sunday saw the wind and seas settle down, but this is going to be a short-lived reprieve.  Monday will be OK, but after that it is all downhill with northeast winds to 30 knots and seas to seven feet until Friday.  I had a few short trips to make on Sunday morning and ran through…

Saturday saw small craft advisories still up for the ocean so most boats fished in Delaware Bay or inside Indian River Inlet. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid with Captain Brent Weis had some triggerfish and sheepshead along with 48 blowfish.  Thirteen-year-old Jay Warius caught a 9.37-pound sheepshead on that trip.  Kelly Lenker…

As promised, Friday saw small craft advisories up for the ocean and bay.  On Saturday they will stay up for the ocean and drop down for the bay, but it will still be a bit lumpy out there with three to four-foot seas.  We have a new Delaware State Record blue catfish.  The 47.75-pound monster…

Thursday saw good fishing weather, but it will go downhill fast.  Small craft advisories are already up for Friday and may be needed for Saturday.  Right now, Sunday looks fishable. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said on Wednesday Bill Swords, Kevin Legates and Tanner Virden ran out to a canyon where they deep-dropped for a…

I can’t let Wednesday, September 11 go by without speaking to that terrible day in 2001.  I was fishing at Indian River Inlet with my neighbor George, whose son was captain of a New York City Fire Boat.  When my wife called to tell us about the attack, I ran to the ramp, pulled the…

I arrived at Indian River Inlet at 5:45 AM Tuesday morning.  I wanted to fish the magic hour between first light and sunrise.  I started with a black Bomber and a black eel imitation teaser.  Switched to a Stingsilver when the lady fishing next to me caught a bluefish on a spoon.  Cast the metal…

Monday was another good weather day and Tuesday looks good as well. I did want to mention that just before the storm the Katydid fished the bay and caught nine sheepshead to 13 pounds and the Grizzly also fished the bay to bring back a mixed bag of sheepshead, trout and triggerfish. On Sunday Frank…

We had beautiful fishing weather on Sunday and the action picked right back up where it left off before the storm. I did get a late report from Saturday.  The Morning Star out of Ocean City had a charter that Captain Monty wanted to cancel due to the big seas, but instead they went out…

Saturday saw small craft advisories up with seas to seven feet.  Sunday looks good, but the bottom may still be stirred up. Getting back to circle hooks.  I find the biggest mistake folks make with circle hooks is trying to set the hook like Roland Martin setting up on a bass while yelling, “SON!” The…

On Friday we got lucky.  The wind at the Delaware Lightship Buoy topped 33 knots and the waves were at nine feet.  It could have been a lot worst. Since I have no fishing report, I thought I would talk about circle hooks.  It looks like we will be required to use circle hooks when…

Thursday saw the first of the wind from the hurricane with seas running five feet at the Delaware Lightship Buoy and expected to top eleven feet on Friday.  It looks like Monday before most boats will be able to get back out on the ocean and then they may find the bottom stirred up. The…