Posts Tagged ‘Eric Burnley’

User 284190339 · 10-24-26 Fishing Report If you had your heart sent on fishing the ocean from your boat this weekend, I fear your heart may be broken. The marine forecast calls for northeast winds of 10 to 15 knots with gusts to 20 knots and seas running to 4 feet. Now I’m not saying…

User 284190339 · 10-23-26 Fishing Report We lost another day to the constant northeast wind that pushed the seas to 7 to 10 feet in the ocean and that led to small craft warnings. Things will calm down a bit over the weekend. Winds will be northeast at 5 to 10 with 3 to 4-foot…

User 284190339 · 10-22-26 Fishing Report The marine forecast is still not looking good for the weekend with winds from the northeast dropping down to 10 to 15 knots, but seas still running 4 to 5 feet. The weather forecasters are looking ahead to another low forming to our south and giving us a repeat…

User 284190339 · 10-21-26 Fishing Report The only one of my reporting stations that answered the phone was Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina. He, of course, had nothing to report due to the gale warning on the ocean and bay that is in affect and will be right through Wednesday and beyond. Now they’re talking…

User 284190339 · 10-20-26 Fishing Report There just doesn’t seem to be any end to this dry nor’easter. As of Monday, it will be dominating our weather right through the entire week into the weekend with northeast winds up to 30 knots and seas of 11 feet. That has caused gale warnings and a coastal…

User 284190339 · 10-19-26 Fishing Report Once again, I didn’t call any of my reporting stations due to the nasty marine forecast. As I have reported before there is a gale warning up on the ocean and bay with seas expected to build to 13 feet and winds expected to reach 40 knots on the…

User 284190339 · 10-18-26 Fishing Report With a gale warning up for the ocean and bay and winds to 40 knots and seas to 13 feet it looks like no one will be fishing this week. I did call Old Inlet Bait and Tackle just because I know how those jetty fishermen think because I…

User 284190339 · 10-17-26 Fishing Report I hope you were able to get out and enjoy the day on Friday because it was the last good weather day we are going to see for a while. The high was 78 on Friday and the high on Saturday will be 54 with a gale warning on…

User 284190339 · 10-16-26 Fishing Report Thursday saw small craft advisories up and they will merge into a gale warning on Friday into Saturday, so it looks like the weekend is shot all to heck. Good time to catch up on all those honey-dos so when we finally have a good weather weekend you can…

User 284190339 · 10-15-26 Fishing Report Wednesday dawned bright and warm as we headed east on the Angler out of Ocean City. After two hours we made our first stop that proved unfruitful and we continued east. Before we reached our next fishing location something got caught in the strut behind one of the props…

User 284190339 · 10-14-26 Fishing Report Tuesday saw decent weather, but my reporting stations indicated that very few people went fishing. Little things like work and school got in the way of going out on the water. Dan at Dan’s Tackle said very few folks were fishing, but those on Broadkill Beach encountered small bluefish.…

User 284190339 · 10-12-26 Fishing Report Sunday was a total washout as far as fishing was concerned. We had almost an inch of rain by 4:00p.m. and there were small craft advisories up on the ocean and Delaware Bay. If anyone went fishing in those conditions, they must really love a fish. Once the remnants…

User 284190339 · 10-11-26 Fishing Report Saturday morning was fishable, but as the afternoon wore on the wind picked up and so did most of the fishermen. Boats returned to the dock well before 4:00 p.m. Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina said one private boat returned from ocean structure with a catch of tog while…

User 284190339 · 10-10-26 Fishing Report Friday bought beautiful weather and lots of fish from ocean structure. Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid brought in a boat limit of black sea bass from the ocean. A private boat also had plenty of sea bass. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said their head…

User 284190339 · 10-09-26 Fishing Report Well, one day was all the ocean-going boats had, and I am sure they were not too disappointed when sea conditions prevented them from going out on Thursday. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa said white perch and catfish were caught from Augustine Beach down to Dobbinsville with bloodworms…

User 284190339 · 10-08-26 Fishing Report On the first day in over a week that boats could reach ocean structure the results were disappointing, to say the least. Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that on Wednesday a private boat returned from the Del-Jersey-Land Reef with six or seven keeper black sea bass for the…

User 284190339 · 10-07-26 Fishing Report DMS reported that President Shaun Smith caught a 44-inch red drum at 3Rs Road during a rainstorm on a chunk of cob mullet fished on a fish-finder rig with a 9/0 circle hook. Jr. Griffith had a 38-inch red drum at the same location using the same bait and…

User 284190339 · 10-06-26 Fishing Report Monday brought lots of sunshine, that was better than all the rain on Sunday, but the fishing didn’t improve. There was a small craft advisory up all day, and it looks like Wednesday before things settle out and the boats can once again tackle ocean structure. Dan at Dan’s…

User 284190339 · 10-05-26 Fishing Report Sunday brought lots of wind and rain to the Cape Region with almost 2 inches at my house by 4pm I also checked the water temperature at the Delaware Lightship Buoy and the reporting station in the Delaware Bay just outside of Lewes. There was very little difference. Water…

User 284190339 · 10-04-26 Fishing Report I had almost an inch of rain at my house by 4p.m. on Saturday and the northeast winds roughed up the seas to the point that no boats left their docks at Lewes or Indian River. My fly-fishing reporter, Ed O’Donnell, fished the fly-fishing-only section of White Clay Creek…

User 284190339 · 10-03-26 Fishing Report It looks like summer will get one last day on Friday then we get a 20-degree temperature drop with rain and wind for Saturday and it doesn’t look any better for Sunday. Dan at Dan’s Tackle told us small croaker were caught on lug worms at Broadkill Beach on…

User 284190339 · 10-02-26 Fishing Report The first day of October felt more like summer than fall. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa said fishing returned to normal with white perch and catfish caught from the local tidal creeks and rivers and along the shoreline from Augustine Beach down to Dobbinsville. The perch went for…

User 284190339 · 10-01-26 Fishing Report The final day of September was decent with light winds and calm seas. Unfortunately, very few captains felt the need to go fishing or in the case of charter or head boats, did not have the required customers. Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid and the…

User 284190339 · 09-30-26 Fishing Report The weather was fine on Tuesday, but the fishing did not follow suit. The beaches remained closed and the rivers remained dirty. I would suspect there are some big floating hazards on the open waters so if you plan to go out on the ocean or Delaware Bay be…