Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

Wednesday saw reasonably good weather after the rain quit, but once again, not many people were fishing.  Small craft advisories are up for Thursday with northwest winds of 15 to 20 with gusts to 30 knots.  Friday looks really good with northeast winds of five to ten and seas of less than two feet. Amanda…

Tuesday was a nice, warm spring day, but not many people went fishing.  Wednesday and Thursday promise seas in the ocean of three to four feet and Friday the seas drop out to less than two feet. I went back up to the Indian River Inlet around 1:30 PM and found the shad still there. …

Monday saw winds from the southwest at 10 to 15 and it looks like Tuesday will be the same. The forecast for the rest of the week has winds increasing to 15 to 20 knots and waves in the ocean going to four feet. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said Joe Calvert fished off of…

Sunday saw the wind drop out to southwest 10 to 15 knots and that is the forecast right through Wednesday.  There were people fishing from the beach and from boats with some luck from both venues. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa and Steve from Smith Bait in Leipsic said rockfish have been caught in…

Saturday was another windy day with small craft advisories up and boats tied to the dock or sitting on their trailers.  Unless you plan on fishing for tog, there is not much reason to get the boat wet until the water in the bay and the ocean warm up. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said…

With storm warnings posted for Friday and into Saturday the weekend did not get off to a promising start.  With wind gusts to 50 knots and seas to seven feet on the ocean no one is going to be fishing from their boats until at least Sunday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle did report that…

If ever there was a perfect day to go fishing it was Thursday, so I did.  We won’t talk about the weather for Friday and Saturday. I arrived at Indian River Inlet around 7:00 AM.  The current was just beginning to run in and by the time I rigged up a shad dart behind a…

Wednesday was another warm and sunny day. There was a brisk southwest wind that had seas in the ocean running to three to four feet. Thursday looks to have the same conditions, but Friday and Saturday will see waves to six or seven feet. Right now, Sunday looks to be fishable. Amanda at Lewes Harbour…

Tuesday saw summer-like weather and some better fishing from the beach and Indian River Inlet. The rest of the week should see southwest winds of 10 to 15 knots and seas in the ocean of three to four feet until Friday when we go back in the washing machine. The big news of the day…

The small craft advisories that were supposed to drop out on Monday afternoon, didn’t. Therefore, no boats hit the tog grounds and, for whatever reason, the shad didn’t show up at Indian River Inlet. As the week goes on the wind is supposed to drop out and move to the south. This should bring up…

Small craft advisories were up on Sunday and will be up into Monday morning.  After that, it looks pretty good for the rest of the week. The upper Delaware Bay is finally producing big rockfish.  Both Captain Bones in Odessa and Smith Bait in Leipsic reported rock inside and above the 28 to 35-inch slot…

The weather on Saturday was as good as advertised.  Sunday looks to be as bad as Saturday was good with seas to seven feet in the ocean.  The week ahead should see air temperatures to 80 degrees with south winds.  I can’t wait. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Loghan Slaughter was fishing the Lewes…

Gale warnings were still up on Thursday and to the best of my knowledge, no boats left the dock or their trailers.  Friday doesn’t look much better with seas to three and four feet, but Saturday morning does look fishable with southwest winds of five to ten knots and seas two feet or less.  The…

With gale warnings up on Wednesday fishing was pretty much at a standstill.  There was a hit and miss bite of small rockfish at the South Pocket of Indian River Inlet in the morning according to Old Inlet Bait and Tackle.  The gale warning is scheduled to continue through Thursday.  The temperature dropped from 81…

Tuesday was a beautiful day for fishing and I went to Broadkill Beach and tried for black drum. I fished with two rods baited with sand fleas and bloodworms and never had a bite. The only fish I saw caught was a skate. There were a lot of folks on the beach so surely a…

Monday was not the best weather day, but fish were caught by those who braved a little rain. Tuesday looks like the only good day for the rest of the week. Amanda told us about a private boat that caught eight tog to Austin Mendez’s 10.21 citation winner. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the…

Sunday was a nice day for fishing, but once again, the fish had better things to do.  We are beginning to see some activity from the bay and ocean with tog, but so far, not much else. At Captain Bones in Odessa, we learned that trout fishing at White Clay Creek in Newark remains very…

Saturday was mild, but chilly, with a brisk northwest wind.  I attended a funeral, and there is nothing to break the wind at a graveyard.  Fortunately, some folks had it better than me and actually went fishing.  Of course, the good news is, it wasn’t my funeral. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina had some very…

Friday was sunny but windy and to the best of my knowledge fishing was poor to pitiful.  Truth be told, I had a fall on Friday and by the time I recovered it was too late to make my usual phone calls.  I did stop by Lewes Harbour Marina early in the day and they…

Thursday started out a bit damp, but the sun came out in the afternoon.  Unfortunately, the fish did not.  Small craft advisories are up for Friday, so I don’t expect fishing to improve. I called Lewes Harbour Marine, Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em and Old Inlet Bait and Tackle to hear the same sad story. …

Wednesday saw decent weather with warm air temperatures, but the water in the bay and ocean is still on the cold side.  Rain is in the forecast for Thursday and the wind is going to up on Friday.  Right now, the weekend looks fair. Wow, the 1,000 vouchers for Surf-Fishing Permits went fast.  Cars began…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories up and apparently not much action on the fishing front.  Only one tackle shop answered my calls and that was Lewes Harbour Marina.  Their report was nothing reported on Tuesday.  The weather looks a bit unsettled for the rest of the week. Wednesday, April 14, is the day DNREC will…

Monday was not a pretty day for fishing. We had east winds and a heavy fog that made being outside pretty miserable, especially in the morning. Small craft advisories are up for Tuesday. Dan at Dan’s Tackle said the weather and sea conditions at Broadkill Beach discouraged most folks from fishing there on Monday. Tommy…

Sunday was a rare day in April with warm temperatures, light winds and no rain.  Lots of people fishing, and a few actually caught something. Patty at Captain Bones in Odessa told us about fourteen-year-old Matthew Santoro who caught a 7.58-pound snakehead on a chatterbait and an 8.4- pound blue catfish on a nightcrawler out…