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I didn’t think anybody would be fishing on Saturday. I was wrong. I saw two guys fishing in the rain at the pier in Milton at the head of the Broadkill River. Then I remembered back in the 1960s fishing with Bill Steen on his cousin’s boat that he borrowed for the day. Knowing Bill,…

Thursday morning, I thought I could get in one more tide before the storm hit, I was wrong. I headed for Indian River Inlet around 7:30 AM and by the time I got there the jetty was already covered with two to three feet of water and the tide was four hours from the flood.…

Wednesday saw beautiful fishing weather and I went fishing. I wanted to try the beach at the Old Coast Guard Station during the last of the incoming and the first of the outgoing and that’s what I did. The water was clear and I had beautiful mullet from Butch at Old Inlet, but I all…

Tuesday saw decent weather, but not many boats fishing. This is typical for the fall, as most people are back to work or school and charter or head boats have a hard time filling spots. Unfortunately, this weekend will be as nasty as a cob and the fishing business will take another hit. At Lewes…

Monday saw no boats run from Lewes Harbour Marina or Fisherman’s Wharf. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported that a few private boats fished Indian River Inlet and the ocean just outside the Inlet and caught red drum and blues. No bait was mentioned, but I would suspect that mullet or lures that matched a…

Sunday saw small craft advisories followed by thunderstorms. Clark Evans at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle sent me the results of the 25th Delaware Seashore Fall Surf Fishing Classic. Brian Hill was first out of 252 participants in the Men’s Division with 293 points. He won $800 and a bronze trophy Kelsey Cycyk had 112…

Saturday saw less than perfect weather and while few boats fished the ocean, more did manage to get out on the bay and we had decent reports from the surf and inlet. Lewes Harbour Marina said boats that fished the Outer Wall, Ice Breakers and other bay structure found tog and sheepshead willing to bite…

Friday, we had gale warnings and seas of 9 to 6 feet are forecast for Saturday and Sunday. I don’t care how big your boat is, even 6-foot seas make for an unpleasant fishing experience. The water temperature has dropped to 73 degrees at the Delaware Lightship and it is down to 69.3 degrees at…

Thursday saw small craft advisories, then gale warnings then thunderstorms. To the best of my knowledge, no boats left their dock or trailers. I do have a few reports left over from earlier in the week. Aaron caught sheepshead out of Indian River Inlet on sand fleas on Wednesday. The Bill Slayer had the group…

Wednesday saw good fishing weather and fish were caught. I hope you got out and caught some, because it is all downhill until sometime next week. At Lewes Harbour Marina, they told us the Katydid had flounder and sea bass. A couple of private boats found flounder in the ocean and sheepshead in the bay.…

Tuesday began nice then the weather got a bit dicey. The rest of the week looks bad. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said private boats caught some triggerfish in the morning from bay structure. Other private boats fished close to the ocean beach and caught spot and croaker. Terry Lee Baldwin fished the Lewes and…

Monday, we had small craft advisories up and not many boats fished in the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had flounder, dolphin and sea bass from ocean structure. On Sunday, Steve Kibler caught a 10.36-pound flounder to win the pool on the Katydid and take home a Delaware Citation. Amanda said it was…

Sunday saw more good fishing weather and more good fishing. At Lewes Harbour Marina we learned that while it is hard enough to catch one swordfish the Tranquila brought in two on Sunday. The Katydid had another boat limit of flounder and the Surface Tension brought in flounder, sea bass and tog. Several private boats…

Saturday saw excellent sea conditions and the bottomfish finally put on the feed bag. At Lewes Harbour Marina the Katydid had a boat limit of flounder. The Surface Tension brought in a mixed bag of flounder and sea bass as did the Grizzly. The Jay Sea II also had flounder and sea bass. At Hook…

Friday we finally had sea conditions that allowed boats to get past Roosevelt and Indian River inlets. Unfortunately, the bottomfish in the ocean were still suffering from the beating they took over the past week from the big seas brought on by the two tropical storms. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Angler…

Thursday saw no boats venturing into the ocean and nobody fished in the Delaware Bay. Lewes Harbour Marina said a few boats went down the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Thursday morning, but they all returned shortly thereafter. Billy and Jules Mister fished the Outer Wall with sand fleas to catch sheepshead and tog to…

Wednesday was not nice. I had a firsthand report from a good friend that went out on a very well-known charter boat. They first stopped at Reef Site 10 and he caught one short flounder and one keeper sea bass. The ocean was getting rougher and the decision was made to go back to the…

Tuesday saw much better weather than we have had for over a week. The rest of this week looks promising so perhaps fishing will recover for those of us not addicted to football. At Lewes Harbour Marina, they told me the Surface Tension made it out on Tuesday and returned from ocean structure with dolphin,…

Monday, we had small craft advisories up on the ocean, but no coastal flood advisories and the small craft advisories expired at 6:00 PM. Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats left the dock and no one answered the phone at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em so I don’t think they had any business either. Lewes…

Just when you thought the weather couldn’t get much worse, it rained. That added to the small craft advisories, big seas and coastal flood watch pretty much discouraged any boat captain from leaving the dock. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle did have two reports from anglers who stayed on land, although it wasn’t dry. Christine…

Saturday was pretty much the same as Friday. Small craft advisories, east winds, coastal flooding and 6-foot waves on the ocean. The bay is looking better, but we had no reports from there. We did get one report from the beach. As you probably have guessed, the state parks have closed the drive on areas,…

Friday saw small craft advisories, coastal flood watch and a brisk northeast wind. Lewes Harbour Marina posted a couple of reports that were from the past weekend. Craig Hastings caught a 9.7-pound sheepshead and a 12.2-pound black drum at the Outer Wall on sand fleas. Big Billin’ with Captain Bill Vernon ran out to 50…

The only good thing about Thursday was it didn’t rain. Then again with small craft advisories up, seas to six feet on the ocean and a flood advisory there wouldn’t be much chance that anybody would be fishing rain or not. Right now, these beautiful conditions are forecast to continue right into Sunday. So, while…

Wednesday was just a nasty day. Rain, wind and big seas put up small craft advisories on the bay and ocean. If anyone went fishing anywhere, they certainly love a fish a lot more than I do. Some good news for those who fish out of Bowers Beach. DNREC announced the dredging project to clear…

Tuesday saw rain and wind and no boats left the dock. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few diehards tried to fish the beach and inlet, but they had no reports of any fish caught. The National Weather Service is calling for small craft advisories through Thursday and seas to six feet through Saturday.…