Posts Tagged ‘Eric Burnley’

Wednesday saw another warm day with a bit more wind that kept boats from fishing the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that on Tuesday the Katydid came in with 30 tog including 14.3 and 10.25 pounders for Dan McGeady, Captain Brent had a 12.03 pounder and Lou Pinnella captured an 11.35-pound tog.  Jennifer and Jamie…

Sunday had some interesting weather along the coast.  The skies were overcast due to a low pressure area off the cost that also had seas in the ocean running three to five feet bringing out small craft advisories.  Most of the day saw light winds on land with cooler temperatures until late afternoon. Amanda at…

Sunday was a vast improvement over Saturday and I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday, be it Easter or Passover, with family and friends. In spite of the nasty weather on Saturday or perhaps because of it, big bluefish were caught from the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park.  Details were a bit sketchy, but I…

Saturday was Opening Day for Trophy Rockfish on the Main Stem of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.  If Opening Day went as bad as the days leading up to it the results were not very good.  Chris Dollar of CD Kayaks on Kent Island fished all day Thursday with a friend.  They trolled from Rock…

Friday was warm and windy and while no boats left the dock, folks fishing from shore did have a bit of luck. Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said two ten-pound blues were caught Friday morning out of Indian River Inlet.  Lenny Rudow reported that Big Bird Cropper caught a big bluefish out of…

Thursday was warm and windy with small craft advisories up and it looks like they are going to be up until Monday.  Not looking good for Easter Weekend. As promised, I went up on Broadkill Beach and shut down the black drum bite.  I arrived as the tide was coming in, fished through the high…

The marine forecast on Wednesday called for northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts to 20, but no small craft advisories.  Seas were predicted at two to three feet.  I did not get to the ocean, but in my experience when we have a northeast blow of that magnitude the seas are more than two…

Tuesday saw Gale leave town, but her sister small craft advisory stuck around just to be sure no one would be able to fish the open water of the bay or ocean. I want to remind you of two very important fishing tournaments.  The first is the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament held on…

Gale stopped by on Monday and pretty much put a stop to everyone’s fishing plans.  Tuesday doesn’t look much better, but the middle of the week shows promise. On Sunday the Lewestown Lady out of Fisherman’s Wharf ran for tog and ended the day with a slow pick.  The Porgy IV out of Cape May…

Sunday was warm, but windy with small craft advisories up for bay and ocean.  Gale warnings are already up for Monday with strong thunderstorms promised for Sunday night.  Ahh Spring! George at Eastern Marine told us keeper rockfish are being caught out of the upper Delaware Bay.  Gil Brewer had a 28 and a 31-inch…

Saturday was dark and gloomy with small craft advisories up so no boats ventured out to the ocean or bay. Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle had some good news as the tog bite turned on at the Inlet.  Anglers caught shorts and keepers on green crabs and shrimp from the rocks and sidewalk. …

Friday it was back to summer, but the wind had small craft advisories up and they will continue into Saturday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina told us Dustin Schell fished the Broadkill River with bloodworms on Thursday for a good catch of white perch including a citation weighing 1.11 pounds.  Lenny Rudlow’s Fish Talk Report…

Thursday was cool and breezy and while no advisories were posted no boats went out into the ocean or bay. Captain Brent Weist on the Katydid managed to pull in a citation tog on Wednesday.  The big fish tipped the scales at 9.34 pounds. Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle told us small rockfish…

Wednesday was another good fishing day, but we are not getting many good reports. According to Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina the Katydid was out on Tuesday.  They had lots of short tog with only a few keepers.  The Fish Bound out of Ocean City did have 19 keeper tog and released 23 including some…

Tuesday was a bit cooler than Monday, but otherwise a fair day to go fishing.  Wednesday and Thursday also look good right now. We saw a photo of eight-year-old Gavin Lester with a very large red drum that he caught from the surf on Hatteras Island.  It looked like the fish was bigger than Gavin.…

Summer arrived on Monday, but will be gone on Tuesday after a night of thunderstorms.  Spring-like weather is on tap for the next week or so and that ain’t bad. On Sunday the Pappy’s Lady out of Fisherman’s Wharf in Lewes had some big tog for her party.  The Katydid is back in action and…

Sunday was another wonderful day with quite a few folks fishing. The big new comes from Rick’s Bait and Tackle where the first keeper flounder of the 2019 season was reported.  It was caught along with two shorts out of Indian River Bay. George at Eastern Marine in Newark had over 30 freshwater trout citations…

Saturday was a very nice day to go fishing, but unfortunately my computer decided to die on Friday afternoon so most of Saturday was spent trying to fix it and reeducate me.  Many thanks to A-Del Computers and Walt Palmer from WGMD for their patience and knowledge that has gotten this lunkhead back on line.…

Friday was chilly and windy, but at least at my house the rain held off.  Saturday should see some good weather for Delaware’s big opening of trout season. Amanda is back from Florida and started posting photos and fishing reports from Lewes Harbour Marina.  Rhett Watson managed to catch a citation worthy 1.29-pound crappie out…

Thursday was a nice day, but still a bit breezy.  Rain is due on Friday and may carry into Saturday.  The good news is temperatures will remain on or near the 60-degree mark for the next ten days. I could not find any reports from boats fishing the Delaware Bay or Atlantic Ocean.  Once we…

Monday was sunny, but cold and Tuesday and Wednesday don’t look much better.  Gale warnings are already up for Wednesday. My friend Bob Baker called to pass on a good report from the bays behind the Barrier Islands of Virginia.  He said the flounder fishing has been good on the outgoing current.  Saturday will see…

Spent most of Saturday in Bowers Beach at Lurefest.  As always, it was a great time with good friends and delicious food.  I must apologize about saying the raffle is rigged, because on Saturday I won a hand-held VHF. Dave Saveikis, Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, held a well-attended session on what…

Friday proved to be the best day of 2019 with temperatures in the mid-70s and Saturday should be even better.  Don’t ask about next week. I went to the fishing pier at Massey’s Landing to test my hypothesis that winter flounder had returned to Delaware.  I fished the last of the outgoing current and the…