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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…

Wednesday was a beautiful summer day, but summer is still a month away. For those of you who haven’t tried to navigate Baker’s Channel at low tide, don’t.  The water is only 1.5 feet deep and that’s with a normal tide.  It will be all but dry on a west wind blowout tide.  Amanda at…

There were a few heavy rain showers on Tuesday morning, but the rest of the day was nice. The Andy and Opie Kids Fishing Tournament sponsored by Techno Goober along with many local businesses will be held this Saturday at Milton Memorial Park. Registration begins at 8:00 AM with fishing from 9:00 AM until noon. …

Monday saw beautiful weather to end an almost perfect Memorial Day Weekend. Fishing reports were a little thin as I suppose folks were heading home and not as many went fishing. We did see a report from the Captain Ike from Sunday when they brought in a 156-pound thresher shark. The Fish Bound out of…

Sunday saw beautiful weather and the fishing was pretty good. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Saturday night saw some big drum caught on clams at the Coral Beds during incoming tide.  Elias Perez had a 40 pounder on the Angler and Brian Monk had a 60.5 pounder on the same boat.  Christopher Costisan caught…

Friday saw a hard northwest wind and in my limited experience, that is a wind that blows no one any good. I headed to the northside of Indian River Inlet to catch the incoming current and when I arrived around 8:30 AM the current was sort of deciding what it wanted to do.  It took…

Thursday saw warmer temperatures, but the wind stayed up.  It looks like it will still be up on Friday, but switch to the northwest.  Small craft advisories are up for Friday morning. The Katydid out of Anglers Marina went after sea bass, but found the conditions pretty rough.  They did put together a nice catch…

Wednesday saw continued cool and breezy weather. The big news of the day was a 42-inch rockfish caught and released from the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park.  Kevin Jefferson was soaking a mullet rig when the big linesider hit and he was able to land and release it to fight and breed another…

Tuesday saw a drastic drop in temperature and a change in wind direction, but not velocity.  As my grandfather would say, “It blew like snot.”  Never quite sure what that meant, other than we weren’t going out in the boat. After a less than successful outing on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park on…

Monday was warm and very windy.  To the best of my knowledge no boats tried the sea bass grounds and only a few worked the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and the Delaware Bay inside the Inner Wall.  Sea bass action was red hot over the weekend. I hit the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State…

Sunday was warm and breezy with small craft advisories up for the ocean. The Cast for a Cure Surf Fishing Tournament went off on Saturday and Clark Evans was kind enough to send me the results.  He and Brandy Timmons put this event on every year to benefit the Tunnel Cancer Center.  All entry money…

Saturday’s weather was about as perfect as you can get for fishing and the fish didn’t disappoint. The Cast for a Cure Surf Tournament held out of Old Inlet Bait and Tackle was just wrapping up when I called.  The final tally will be in Sunday’s report, but I can tell you the biggest fish…

Friday was a beautiful day for the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament to Benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.  This year 445 anglers signed up to fish and found conditions much better than they encountered in 2018. First Place went to Tim West and his 5.95-pound flounder.  In Second Place with a 4.07-pound flounder…

Thursday saw some more good weather and more boats ran to the sea bass grounds. Before we get to fish caught on Thursday, I have some late reports that came in for Wednesday.  The Grizzly out of Lewes had a boat limit of sea bass as did the Captain Ike out of Indian River. Dan’s…

The weather report I saw was not that bad for Wednesday, but so far as I could find out, the only boat that went out after sea bass from Lewes was the Katydid.  They returned with a boat limit.  The head boat out of Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em also went, but only managed to…

The weather on Tuesday wasn’t too bad, but no boats went out as far as I could tell.  The reason, other than small craft advisories, is black sea bass season opens on Wednesday and everything that floats will be on the ocean bright and early in the morning. As bad as the weather was on…

If you didn’t like the weather on Sunday you probably weren’t a big fan of Monday’s version either.  I drove down from Wilmington on Monday morning and it rained as hard as I have ever seen. The results of Old Inlet’s Spring Surf Fish Tournament had Ted Chick in first place in the Open Division…

Sunday was cold, windy and just generally nasty.  A good day to spend with you mother or thinking about her if, like me, yours has passed on.  On Friday Dan’s Tackle Box reported that P. Turner caught a 19-inch flounder from the fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen State Park.  Michele Barker caught a black drum…

Saturday saw increasing winds and dropping temperatures, but Sunday is going to be really bad. Eastern Marine in Newark reported that James Hancharick caught rockfish measuring 31 and 46 inches at the Submerged Jetty off of Augustine Beach on bloodworms and cut bunker.  Katie Lynn Johnson had catfish between four and five pounds from the…

Friday saw sunshine with increasing winds, but people went fishing and they caught some fish.  If you don’t get out on Saturday, you won’t be going out again until next Wednesday as the weather is going downhill fast. Dan’s Tackle Box told us Chad Bayless had blues and black drum from Broadkill Beach on Friday. …

Thursday was a tad breezy and a bit on the cool side by the water, but fish were caught. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported that Bob Holsberser caught a 15.25-pound rockfish out of the surf at Cape Henlopen State Park on a chunk of bunker.  Shad were caught out of Indian River Inlet during…

Wednesday was another beautiful day.  Black drum were caught from Broadkill Beach during the day and from the Coral Beds on Tuesday night.  Clams seen to work best at night with sand fleas doing better from the beach. Blues were caught at Indian River Inlet early in the morning during slack water.  Metal lures worked…

The word for Tuesday was bluefish.  The weather was perfect and blues were caught from Lewes to Three Rs Road.  The black drum were also around in Delaware Bay. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle told us big blues came from Three Rs Road and Indian River Inlet.  They were caught on cut bait, either bunker…

Monday was pretty nice, but not many people went fishing and those who did failed to catch any fish.  I know how that feels.  Once again, I have plenty of reports left over from Saturday to fill in the blanks. Dan’s Tackle Box told me they had no reports for Monday, but on Saturday Tucker…

Sunday was wet and windy with very few if anyone fishing.  Fortunately, I still have reports from Saturday that I didn’t have room for in yesterday’s report. Dan’s Tackle Box told us young Jace Griffith caught a blue and a rockfish from Broadkill Beach on Saturday.  Ron Keefer had a black drum from a boat…