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Small craft advisories were still up on Tuesday so ocean and bay boats remained in port.  Conditions look to improve for the rest of the week. Indian River Inlet was the place to be on Tuesday as Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported a seven-pound flounder was caught on a bucktail with Gulp!…

Monday was a total blowout with northeast winds gusting to 30 knots and seas to seven feet.  A small craft advisory is posted for Tuesday so not much fishing will happen today. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy said the Katydid came in late on Sunday, but she had sea bass and flounder.  This is good…

Sunday the rain held off until evening so folks were able to get in some fishing. Boats from Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em ran offshore and were not back in time for this report.  We will have their catch in Monday’s report. Dave at Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle said the…

Saturday was a bit more than damp as thunderstorms hit in early afternoon and brought fishing to a halt. Those who decided to stay on shore made the correct decision.  There are few events more disheartening than fishing off shore all day then, when you finally see the inlet, there is a big, old black…

Friday got the weekend off to a good start, now if the rain lets us fish on Saturday and Sunday things may get back to some sense of normal. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Grizzly came back from ocean structure with a good catch of sea bass.  Keeper flounder were caught from the…

Thursday was sunny and dry and all of the reporting stations had good fishing news. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina told us the Katydid went fishing for black sea bass returning with a good catch for her party.  Wayne Demarko brought in a 232-pound thresher shark on the Fish Bones.  Tom did not know exactly…

Wednesday saw beautiful, cool weather and some fish were caught. At Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em Chris reported the head boat had a few flounder and short sea bass.  Several charter boats ran further offshore and found a fair number of keeper sea bass. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was a few…

Tuesday was very pleasant, but there was just enough wind to keep most boats off of open water. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said she saw flounder to 18.5 inches come in from the canal.  Jigs with Gulp! or flounder rigs baited with minnows and squid strips were the top baits. At Lighthouse View Bait…

Sunday was just a tad breezy and a bit damp around the edges so no one that I know about went fishing. Once we get back to decent weather the black drum bite should still be good in Delaware Bay.  If you don’t have a boat you can catch drum from the beach at Broadkill…

Saturday saw much better weather than expected and a good number of fish were caught. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the FOMO caught a 200.9-pound mako for Steve Randazo who was entered in the Mako Mania Tournament in Ocean City.  The Surface Tension with Captain Keith Beebe fishing out to the Poorman’s Canyon where…

Friday saw much warmer weather and in some locations the fish responded while in other places they did not. The DNREC Police Kids Fishing Tournament is still on for today at Ingrams Pond, Akridge Scout Reservation and the dog training area at Lums Pond.  Hours are 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and it is all…

Thursday saw some warmer weather and a little better fishing. From Lewes Harbour Marina we heard from Julie that she and Chris Vann fished Bethany Beach on Wednesday and had a mixed bag.  Chris caught and released a 38-inch rockfish on bunker.  They had a good number of kings on FishBites and bloodworms.  Mixed in…

Wednesday was cool and overcast with a brisk east wind and not many folks went fishing and those that did had poor luck. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said no one went out during the day, but one boat was headed to the drum grounds for a little night action.  The Katydid fished on Tuesday…

Tuesday was overcast with mild temperatures and a light wind.  I took advantage of the situation and launched my 16-foot tin boat at the Lewes Ramp around 9:00 AM.  Larry Weldin and I fished the remainder of the incoming as we drifted into Lewes.  Around 11:00 the current went slack and we stared drifting back…

Monday saw sloppy seas on the ocean, cool air temperatures and scattered rain showers.  From the look of Route 1 around 10:00 AM it was a mass exodus heading north. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy said no one went out during the day, but several boats headed to Delaware Bay in the late afternoon for…

As predicted, Sunday was a bit damp with very little sun and that kept the number of fishermen down from the crowds on Saturday. Dave at Lighthouse View tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park told us there was a bite of big blues from the beach east of the pier early in…

Saturday the weather was warm and windy and it looks like Sunday will be more of the same with some rain mixed in for good measure. According to Lighthouse View Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park if you want to catch a big bluefish or rockfish you have to be on…

Friday got the holiday weekend off to a good start.  The wind was out of the south and the warm weather encouraged folks to wet a line. The only report from Lewes Harbour Marina was the Katydid came in with some sea bass. At the fishing pier on Cape Henlopen State Park the report was…

Thursday was another good weather day and both boat and shore fishermen found some action. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Julie told us that the Katydid came in with 85 sea bass for her party.  Mark Ostroski caught a 4.6-pound flounder out of the Canal on Gulp! and a bucktail.  Also from the Katydid, Brandon Mumford…

Wednesday was a bit breezy, but the sun was out and so were the fishermen. At the fishing Pier on Cape Henlopen State Park they saw some blues and flounder taken.  Cut bait was the ticket for the blues and live minnows or bucktails with Gulp! worked on the flounder. At Hook ‘em and Cook…

Tuesday saw fishable weather and fish were caught from boats and shore. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said they saw flounder and bluefish caught from a boat fishing close to the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park.  The angler had two keeper flounder and some blues in the 20 to 24-inch class.  He also released…

Monday was the best weather day we have had for a long time.  Boats ran out to the ocean from Lewes and Indian River and found sea bass over ocean structure.  The night drum bite in Delaware Bay continues to produce fish to 60 pounds. I gave the beach at Herring Point a try on…

Sunday the sun came out, but the wind kept blowing raising small craft advisories on the ocean. At Lewes Harbour Marina the Miss Kirstin came in with black drum from their Saturday night trip.  The Katydid also had a good catch of black drum. At Lighthouse Tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park,…

Saturday was almost as nasty as Friday and, to the best of my knowledge, no boats went out on the ocean or bay. At Lewes Harbour Marina Tom said while no one was out during the day on Saturday, a few boats were planning to try the night drum bite in Delaware Bay. At Lighthouse…

Nasty was the only way to describe the weather on Friday.  In spite of the driving rain, temperatures in the 50s and winds to 20 knots, 227 anglers fished in the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament.  The tournament began with lines in at 7:00 AM and was over at 3:00 PM when all lines…