Posts Tagged ‘Eric Burnley’

Sunday was the perfect end to a beautiful weekend. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em was able to give us a bit more information on the nine-pound flounder caught on Saturday.  The angler was John Angles and he caught the big fish seven miles off of Indian River Inlet.  Diana also said they had a 90-pound…

Saturday was beautiful with the wind still northwest, but not as strong as on Friday. Dave at Lighthouse View Tackle on the fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen State Park told us anglers were catching spot two at a time during high tide, but the bite had slowed as the tide dropped out.  Bloodworms or FishBite…

Friday saw a hard northwest blow with small craft advisories up on the bay and ocean.  They are calling for 10 to 15 with gusts to 20 northwest on Saturday so the bay will be a bit choppy.. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle they said the croaker bite was strong in the morning along…

Thursday saw a hot day with a hard southwest wind, but fish were caught.  Friday will usher in cooler weather and a small craft advisory for the bay and ocean with wind out of the northwest to 30 knots.  Believe me, you do not want to be on Delaware Bay when the wind tops 30…

Wednesday saw partly cloudy weather with a nice south to southeast wind so I went surf fishing on Three Rs Road.  I arrived around 8: 30 AM to a flood tide and tried to fish with two rods.  The critters were stripping my bloodworms so fast I had to go with one rod that I…

Tuesday was another beautiful day with light winds and plenty of sunshine. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina told us about Bob Murphy who had a 6.69-pound flounder from the Thelma Dale IV on Sunday.  Also on Father’s Day, Rickey and Toddy Mills caught five flounder to 5.56 pounds out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal…

Monday was a beautiful summer day and people who fished from the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park caught spot, croaker and kings as did those who fished the surf.  Old Inlet told us croaker showed up at the Inlet on bloodworms. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em filled up my in box on Monday morning…

Sunday saw small craft advisories on the ocean and we didn’t get many reports. The early week looks like light southwest winds and incoming water in the morning.  This could provide decent fishing conditions for a change.  Then there are the thunderstorms.  Also be sure to have plenty of DEET bug spray as those flies…

Saturday began with moderate south to southwest winds, but they increased as the day went on as did the seas in the ocean.  Sunday looks to have strong south to southwest winds to 25 knots so the ocean and bay may still be off limits. Father’s Day should bring dry and sunny weather so you…

Friday did not get the weekend off to a great start.  West winds to 30 knots in the ocean and bay made fishing difficult. We had a couple of good fishing days, but for the past week or more the weather has been pretty bad.  It seems we get one front after another with strong…

Thursday arrived as advertised.  Heavy rain, lots of wind and rough seas. I do have a few reports left over from before the weather turned nasty. Rick’s Bait and Tackle reported that Phillip Lowe caught a 5-pound, 6-ounce flounder on a live minnow out of Indian River Bay.  Alex King had two flounder to 19.5…

Wednesday saw a hard northeast wind that pretty much cut down on most of the local fishing. The only good report we had came from Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina who told us the Katydid came in with a decent catch of flounder considering the weather. At Lighthouse View Tackle on the fishing pier at…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories on the bay and the ocean as a northwest wind made for difficult fishing conditions. Wednesday is supposed to be better with a reasonable northeast wind and several boats are planning to run for flounder in the ocean.  Other boats are hoping to make it to the offshore grounds.  Let’s…

Monday was another day of small craft advisories for the ocean, but a few boats were able to fish in the bay. The Pirate King with Captains Jackie and Chip once again had a catch of kings on clams at the Shears. Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle told us on Monday night jetty…

Sunday saw small craft advisories up and they will remain up for Monday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina told us the Katydid with Captain Brent Weise had a 10-man limit of 40 flounder on Friday, the last day anyone was able to fish the ocean.  On Saturday, Dave and Mike Angstadt caught three flounder between…

  The weather on Saturday was not good, but I do have reports from last week to share. The Pirate King out of Angler’s Marina with Captains Jackie and Chip have been catching good numbers of kings plus small trout, blowfish and ling on the Shears using clam bait. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina told…

On Friday Harry Yingling and I attacked the Delaware Bay as promised.  We left the Lewes Boat Ramp at 6:00 AM and headed for Reef Site 8, but the northeast head wind was a bit too much for two old men in a 16-foot tin boat.  We ended up behind the Inner Wall where I…

Thursday saw a strong southwest wind that made it hard to fish out of Ocean City, Maryland where my friend Harry Yingling and I spent most of the day.  We tried every bit of water from the Route 50 Bridge way past Bahia Marina and from the Inlet to the Airport behind Assateague Island.  I…

After so many good fishing days, you have to expect one like Wednesday to come along.  The 20 to 25-knot southwest wind just about shut everything down with the exception of the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park where a few keeper flounder were landed. Once we get back out on the ocean, we…

Mike Pizzolato and I were the first fishermen to launch a boat at the Lewes Ramp on Tuesday morning, but the 6:00 AM start did us little good as the northwest wind had the bay kicked up beyond the ability of my 16-foot tin boat.  By the time I was halfway out of Roosevelt Inlet…

Monday was not quite as bad as advertised, but few if any boats fished the ocean or bay.  Taylor Deemer released the first white marlin of the year on Sunday.  He was fishing in the Baltimore Canyon with Tyler Tribbitt and his dad Ken from their boat Rock On. Another first was reported from the…

Sunday was yet another good fishing day, but Monday will bring in some strong northwest winds. There were so many fish caught on Sunday, I will have to save some for Monday when I suspect reports will be slim. For those of us who fish the beach the arrival of kingfish is great news.  Two…

Saturday saw another beautiful fishing day. Boats that ran to ocean structure caught a mixed bag of flounder to six pounds and sea bass to three pounds. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Elaine Becker fished ocean structure on the Storm Rider and caught at 3.20-pound citation black sea bass.  Big blues were patrolling Delaware…

Friday was about as close to perfect fishing weather as you are going to get in Delaware.  Bright sunshine, light winds and warm temperatures. My wife Barbara and I left the Lewes Launch ramp around 2:30 PM to catch the incoming current in the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.  I was surprised to see the water…

Thursday was warm and the wind picked up out of the south in the afternoon.  Thunderstorms will pass by the beach in the evening and the wind will go northwest on Friday.  Saturday looks good with a light northeast wind and sunshine. The bloom is off the sea bass as many of the keeper-sized fish…