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To the best of my knowledge, no boats sailed on Saturday and I don’t think any will be going out on Sunday.  Small craft advisories are up for Sunday and it looks like they will be up for Monday as well. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina had the names of the citation winners on the…

The weather was pretty good on Friday and a few boats were able to fish the ocean.  Saturday, on the other hand, is not looking too good.  After a brief lull in the morning, it will be wind and rain for the remainder of the day. At Lewes Harbour Marina Tommy told us that Carter…

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, but I don’t think anyone went fishing.  Small craft advisories were up on Thursday and they may be up again on Friday although the wind is supposed to lay down a bit in the afternoon, if it does the surf and jetty should be fishable. We continue to…

Tuesday was a tad windy and, to the best of my knowledge, only one boat left the dock.  At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy said Deb Greirson from Lewes caught an 11.5-pound rockfish from the surf at the Point on Cape Henlopen State Park on Monday using a chunk of bunker for bait.  A private boat…

Monday saw good weather and a few boats were able to make the run to the sea bass grounds. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with a boat limit of 150 sea bass plus seven tog.  John Kelleher and Butch Emmert caught white perch out of the Broadkill River including two…

Sunday was another good weather day and we had a few decent reports from the bay and the ocean. Captain John Nedelka on the Karen Sue said his day began slow with nothing but spiny dogfish, but as the water cleared the tog turned on and he ended the day with a good catch to…

The gale force winds of Thursday and Friday did lay down as advertised, but the dirty water they left behind made for some difficult fishing on Saturday. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was a complete disappearance of the small rockfish that had been hanging out around the Coast Guard Station during nighttime…

I am sort of holding my breath as the gale on Friday is supposed to lay out over the weekend and give us fishable conditions. At Old Inlet the report was good fishing during outgoing water at night for short rockfish with a few keepers.  Boats working the lights at the Coast Guard Station have…

The gale warnings for Thursday will be up again on Friday, but the weekend could be fishable and next week doesn’t look too bad right now.  Of course, all of that is subject to change without notice. On Wednesday evening I attended the Advisory Council on Recreational Fishing Funding held in Dover.  This council has…

With small craft advisories up on Wednesday no one got out and it looks like we could have gale warnings up for Thursday and Friday.  On the bright side, the weather for the weekend could be fishable.  Is that even possible? Back in the day, I used to spend Thanksgiving week on Hatteras Island with…

Small craft advisories were up for Tuesday and are already up for Wednesday. At Lewes Harbour Marina Tommy said there were two citation tog on the Katydid’s Monday trip.  Dave Furio had an 8.6-pound tog and Jackson Aeo had a tog weighing in at 8.4 pounds.  Captain Keith Beebe had the Surface Tension out for…

Monday saw weather as good as you are going to get in November so I decided to give Indian River Inlet a try.  I arrived around 9:00 AM and fished the incoming into the slack and the first of the outgoing.  My total catch was one small oyster cracker on a sand flea.  I saw…

Saturday saw gale warnings up for the bay and ocean.  I checked out both bodies of water in the early afternoon and both were not happy.  There were even whitecaps on the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.  Sunday will be a bit better, but still too rough for most boaters. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said…

Small craft advisories were up all day Friday and gale warnings are up for Saturday.  Winds on Saturday will be northwest 20 to 25 with gusts to 35 knots.  At 4:00 PM on Friday the Delaware Lightship Buoy reported winds at 21 knots gusting to 27 with waves at 7.9 feet.  The barometric pressure was…

Thursday saw some fishable weather and a few boats were able to get out.  Small craft advisories are already up for Friday and will probably be up again for Saturday. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said Captain Vince Keagy on the Miss Kristin was out and returned with three keeper tog.  The citation winners on…

Wednesday saw fairly good weather, but seas were still riled up from the previous storms. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid managed to have a very successful tog trip returning with a good catch that included five citation fish to 9.76 pounds. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle Clark said the only fish…

Monday saw gale-force winds and heavy rain putting a halt to any fishing activity. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with two citation fish on Sunday. Steve Kilber had an 8.8-pound tog and Mike Toomey had a 3.62-pound sea bass.  David and Karl Reed had a good catch of sea bass…

Sunday saw a break in the weather and a few boats were able to fish ocean structure.  Monday already has small craft advisories posted. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a good catch of tog and sea bass.  The largest tog weighed 8.08 pounds and the largest sea bass tipped the scales…

Saturday was not a good fishing day with high winds that had gale warnings and small craft advisories up for the bay and ocean. Every week I receive the police blotter for the DNREC enforcement officers.  Almost all these arrest reports contain tickets written for folks fishing without a license.  Fishing licenses have been required…

Friday saw small craft advisories up for the bay and ocean with gale warning up for Saturday.  Sunday may be fishable, but we go right back to high winds and rain on Monday. On Thursday, November 8, at 6:00 PM the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a public hearing in Dover at the…

Thursday was warm and sunny, but with southwest winds howling between 20 and 30 knots small craft advisories were up all day and will continue into Friday and Saturday.  Sunday looks to be the next fishable day. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina and Lauren at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em both reported no boats sailed…

Wednesday saw small craft advisories flying again, but a couple of boats did give it a go. Bill at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Grizzly with Captain Cary Evans had six anglers entered in the Tog Tournament out looking for a winner, but no one caught a fish large enough to make the board.  The…

Tuesday was windy again and I don’t see much relief for the rest of the week.  Small craft advisories are up for Wednesday and they are warning of gale force winds on Friday and Saturday. Some of the local tackle shops are on short hours because of the weather so call before heading out to…