Posts Tagged ‘Eric Burnley’

Tuesday saw the gale warning lowered to a small craft advisory, but still no boats left the dock.  The rest of the week looks a bit bumpy at best as the wind continues to blow 15 to 20 and seas continue to run four to six feet. I did have one report left over from…

Fats Domino would have loved this Blue Monday. Gale force wind, driving rain, tornado warnings and seas to 10 feet kept even the most dedicated anglers off the water. Tuesday doesn’t look much better. I do have a few reports left over from a very good weekend of fishing. On Sunday the Morning Star out…

Sunday was a beautiful day and lots of fish were caught.  A gale warning is up for Monday with seas from seven to ten feet.  Tuesday the seas will be five to eight and on Wednesday they will run three to five feet.  Finally, on Thursday seas will drop down to three feet and the…

Saturday was another good fishing weather day and Sunday looks good as well.  After that it’s all downhill with gale warnings up for Monday and seas to at least four feet right through Thursday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina recorded two citation tog caught on the Top Fin with Captain Pete Haines.  Howard Gates had…

Thursday was just a plain, old lousy day for fishing.  Friday and the remainder of the weekend look good. Delaware people have a fascination with low digit license plate numbers.  I should know, because my grandfather acquired the Delaware number 7711 in 1936 and it has been in the family even since. This has not…

Wednesday was not too bad, but very few boats went out from Lewes or Indian River Inlet.  Thursday is not looking good for fishing, but waterfowl hunting should be very good in the morning.  These were the Thanksgiving mornings I so enjoyed at Snow Farm in Smyrna.  Low clouds, spitting rain and Canada geese as…

Tuesday was not terrible, but the wind did make the cold air cut through light outerwear. A few boats did fish, but were not back before I had to do this report. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was more of the same. Short tog at the Inlet on green crabs and sand…

Monday saw gale warnings up and, to the best of my knowledge, no boats sailed from Lewes or Indian River. It looks like Friday before the winds and seas back down enough for most folks to be comfortable on the open water. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said she along with Julie Stevenson and Tommy…

Sunday was a bit breezy from the northeast, but a few boats fished in Delaware Bay.  Small craft advisories are up for Monday.  Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina announced the final results for the Lewes Harbour Marina Tog Tournament.  In First Pace was James Hill with his 7.84-pound tog.  Ron Keeler came in second with…

The wind was puffing pretty good all day and the only boat that I know for sure that went out was the Thelma Dale IV from Fisherman’s Wharf in Lewes. Captain Mark reported he had some tog for his customers. Saturday is looking pretty good, then the wind goes northeast 15 to 20 and that…

Small craft advisories were up on Thursday, but I really don’t know why.  The ocean was just about flat calm and the wind was not that strong, although it may have picked up a bit later in the day. As I reported, there were rockfish caught out of Indian River Inlet on Tuesday and Wednesday…

Small craft advisories were up on Wednesday and Thursday looks like it may be fishable.  The problem this time of year is a lack of fishermen as hunting and other activities including work and school have people tied down during the week. To the best of my knowledge, no boats left Lewes or Indian River…

Our old girlfriend Gale Warning was up on Tuesday and she may be back on Wednesday. Now it looks like the wind may stay through Thursday, but the weekend could be fishable. I knew we would have to pay for that string of warm and clam weather in early November. I did get a report…

Small craft advisories were up on Monday and my guess is they will be back up on Tuesday and Wednesday. I did take a ride into Lewes just to get out of the house. There were no boat trailers in the boat ramp parking lot and only one guy fishing at the Canary Creek Bridge.…

Friday might not have been a perfect fishing weather day, but it was the best we are going to get until next Thursday.  Gale warnings are up for Sunday and seas won’t go below five feet for the next three days.  In addition, the air temperature is expected to drop to the 40s during the…

Friday saw reasonable fishing conditions inshore and several boats did fish for tog. Saturday looks pretty much the same while Sunday is going to be very rough. At Lewes Harbour Marina Tommy said the Katydid and the Top Fin had good catches of tog. I suspect they fished structure close to the beach. The Thelma…

Thursday saw small craft advisories up and no boats left Lewes or Indian River Inlet.  Advisories are up for Friday morning as what’s left of the hurricane passes by Delaware.  Killens Pond is getting an elevated walkway along Killens Pond Road and the construction will begin on November 23 requiring the closure of the boat…

As promised, the weather started going downhill on Wednesday with small craft advisories and they will be up again on Thursday.  The latest hurricane, Eta, will be off of our coast on Friday, or so the National Weather Service predicts, and if they are correct, and sometimes they are, then the ocean will be just…

Tuesday was the last good weather day for a while, possibly until spring. I fished the southside of Indian River Inlet again and again I came up empty. I only saw one small tog caught, although I am sure there were others. At Lewes Harbour Marina the Katydid came back from ocean structure with a…

OK boys and girls, we have two more days of this wonderful weather before it all goes down hill like a rolling stone.  Sea bass and tog continue to dominate the fishing in the bay and ocean with some porgies and triggerfish mixed in the catch. At Lewes Harbour Marina Amanda said Tim Morris and…

Saturday began with a very thick fog, but the boats pushed on, some pushed a bit to fast for their own safety, but what else is new.  It looks like this fantastic weather is going to hold until Wednesday, so if you can find the time get out fishing somewhere. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina…