WGMD Fishing Report

Tuesday was another cold and damp day along the beach, although the sun did come out late in the afternoon.  The rest of the week looks equally nasty with winds and seas that will stop any fishing on the ocean or bay. Delaware trout season in New Castle County’s stocked streams will open at 7:30…

Sunday saw decent weather and not much fishing due to the holidays.  I made phone calls to numerous tackle shops and marinas only to find out fishing is till slow. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle had an unconfirmed report of two big blues caught from the beach at Ocean City.  Normally, I don’t pass on…

As advertised, I went fishing on Saturday and as expected, I didn’t catch or see anything caught.  I began around 1:30 PM as the tide was just starting out at the public dock in Milton.  There were two other folks fishing when I arrived, but they soon left.  They did not have a full stringer…

There was a slight improvement in the weather on Wednesday, but big seas in the ocean and bay along with a 42 degree water temperature in both locations prevented anyone from getting out and trying to catch some fish.  There is a small craft advisory for high seas that looks like it will carry through…

Tuesday was still pretty cold, but the wind backed off just a bit.  Pretty sure no one fished the open bay or ocean and if they did they probably didn’t do very well. Had some sad news from Maryland where Harrison’s Chesapeake House on Tilghman Island has been sold after four generations of ownership by…

Saturday was a reasonably good day with a high temperature near 50 degrees and a wind that dropped off to a gale.  I decided to go back to my old stomping grounds over to Laurel and give the spillway below Records Pond a try. There were two gentlemen fishing on the pier when I arrived. …

On Thursday the water temperature at the Delaware Lightship Buoy was 47 degrees, up five degrees since Tuesday.  For all the snow and rain, that east wind did some good.  Unfortunately, we are going to have west winds for the next few days and that could drop the water temperature back down. The Captain’s Lady…

Why is it that when they make a lousy prediction the weather boys are always correct, but when they call for sunshine, warm temperatures and no wind we still get lousy weather?  Wednesday was one of their more accurate forecasts with rain, snow and sleet along with wind over 40 knots and temperatures in the…

Tuesday was the first day of spring.  We had temperatures in the 30s, northeast wind above 30 knots and heavy rain.  The second day of spring will bring heavy snow.  Would someone please wake up Mother Nature and get her back on the job! On Monday I mentioned that the A Salt Weapon out of…

Monday was the calm before the storm.  The rest of the week looks pretty bad with rain, snow and wind.  And spring starts on Tuesday. I did see one report from Sharptown, Maryland where anglers launched their boats and proceeded to catch a fair number of white perch out of the Nanticoke River.  I may…

I should have listened to Dan’s Tackle shop when they told me on Saturday that no one was catching fish.  No, I had to go out and prove it myself on Sunday. I drove down to Milton around 1:00 PM to try the town park at the head of the Broadkill River.  I arrived as…

On Saturday afternoon I made a call to Dan’s Tackle Shop because he seems to see more perch fishermen than most other shops.  I asked if anyone was catching anything, his reply was, “No.”  I also stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina on Saturday morning where the saltwater fly guys were tying saltwater flies.  That was…

Thursday was another cold and windy day and I don’t think many if any fish were caught.  The weekend should be a little bit better and fishing should be possible in the upper reaches of the tidal rivers and creeks as well as the ponds.  This includes the two trout ponds; Tidbury in Dover and…

Spring starts on Tuesday and if the weather reports are correct we are going to have another nor’easter to get the season off to a cold and wet beginning.  I recall some pretty big snowfalls in March, but this is getting ridiculous!  Perhaps the storm next week will be the one to turn the weather…

I did have one report from Sunday.  A group of fishermen launched their boats at Sharptown, Maryland and fished the Nanticoke River for white perch.  Between the two boats they boxed over 80 fish.  Sounds like a pretty good day. I don’t think anyone is going to be fishing anywhere during the next few days. …

Friday was another sunny day, but the 40 degree temperatures and 20-knot winds made for some very cold fishing conditions. I did run over to Milton to see if anyone was fishing at the head of the Broadkill River.  When I arrived around 2:30 three guys were drowning worms from the town dock.  One fellow…

Thursday saw sunshine, but too much wind for comfortable fishing.  That said, I am sure a few folks tried their luck for perch in the upper reaches of the tidal rivers and creeks. Some good news for flounder fishermen.  The minimum size for the 2018 season will be 16.5 inches.  The four-fish bag limit remains…

The only thing that could have made Wednesday worst would have been snow instead of rain.  As it was, I don’t think anyone would have gone fishing in the nasty conditions we did have. To the best of my knowledge, there are still no head boats and only one charter boat running out of Indian…

I finally found someplace that is producing fish.  Jerry Taylor at Taylored Tackle on old Route 13 between Seaford and Laurel, said the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek are both producing white perch.  Broad Creek has also seen some big yellow perch to over two pounds.  Minnows and blood or earthworms have been the best…

The only report I had from the past weekend was from a fellow who tried the trout fishing at Newton Pond near Greenwood.  He didn’t catch anything and saw very few fish caught with the exception on one angler fishing from the pier who had four.  That has been my experience in years past.  Sooner…