Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’
WGMD Fishing Report 5-7-20
Nasty is the best word to describe the weather on Wednesday.聽 The wind was off the water, the temperature was in the low 50s and it was raining most of the day.聽 If anyone was fishing, they deserve anything they caught, including a very bad cold. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Chaz Wemlimger and…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-6-20
Summer disappeared on Tuesday, and it looks like it will be quite a while before it returns.聽 Winds were light and the temperature was in the 60s, so fishing was possible.聽 Wednesday isn鈥檛 looking real good with northeast winds to 20 and gusts to 25 knots.聽 NOAA weather thinks seas on the ocean will only…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-5-20
Monday saw sunshine and wind with small craft advisories up for the ocean and bays.聽 Tuesday is supposed to be better as the wind lays down. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said two charter captains took their families out tog fishing on Sunday. Captain Carey Evans on the Grizzly and Captain Pete Haines on the…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-4-20
Sunday wasn鈥檛 quite as bad as the forecast would have us believe.聽 Monday looks to be windy and the remainder of the week appears to be below average temperature wise. Steve at Smith Bait in Leipsic said slot-sized rockfish continue to come in from boats at Collins Beach. Bunker has been the bait of choice. …
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-3-20
Saturday saw continued small craft advisories up for the ocean, but that was for seas and not for wind.聽 Sunday will see an increase in the wind and we may get back to small craft advisories in the bays and the ocean. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina had the news we have been waiting for. …
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-2-20
With small craft advisories up and storms about I don鈥檛 think too many folks went fishing on Friday.聽 If they did, they kept it a secret from my reporting stations.聽 Saturday and Sunday look a bit better.聽 The seas in the ocean won鈥檛 settle down until Saturday afternoon, but the bays should be fishable. Friday…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 5-1-20
With gale warnings up on the Delaware and Chesapeake bays and the Atlantic Ocean I didn鈥檛 bother to call anyone for a fishing report.聽 The wind is supposed to drop out on Friday, but seas in the ocean will remain at eight feet.聽 Sunday looks like the next fishable day. Governor Carney has issued a…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-30-20
Small craft advisories were up on Wednesday and a gale warning will be up for Thursday when seas are forecast between seven and nine feet. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said he had customers fishing the surf and the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, but had not seen a fish when I called in the late…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-29-20
Considering what the weather will be like the rest of the week, Tuesday was a beautiful spring day.聽 The conditions start downhill on Wednesday with wind gusts to 25 knots and three to four-foot seas then really hit their stride on Thursday with 20 to 25-knot winds, gusts to 30 knots and seven to ten-foot…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-28-20
Monday began with rain and wind with small craft advisories up all day.聽 Tuesday looks like it may be fishable and I hope to try somewhere for something because after that, it鈥檚 all downhill.聽 I look for gale, if not storm warnings, later in the week. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Dwayne Currie was…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-27-20
Sunday was cool with rain and wind. Small craft advisories were up and will remain up on Monday. I had a call from my friend Bob Baker who told me he had good reports from Wachapreague, Virginia where the flounder action has started. This is the time of year when the big fish move into…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-26-20
Saturday saw the best weather we have had in a long time.聽 Unfortunately, the good weather is only going to last one day and then it鈥檚 back to wind and rain for the next week. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Julie Stevenson caught a keeper flounder out of the surf near Cape Henlopen on…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-25-20
Friday saw a pretty steady rain in the morning with small craft advisories up all day.聽 Saturday may turn out to be fishable with northeast winds of 10 knots and seas running to five feet. Amanda, at Lewes Harbour Marina, is planning to hold the Joe Morris Memorial Flounder Tournament on May 29. This contest…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-24-20
Thursday was damp and chilly, but the wind stayed down and allowed for some folks to get out fishing.聽 As for the weekend, fuhgeddaboudit. I decided to drive down to the Inlet on Thursday morning just to see if anything was going on. I arrived as the incoming current was slowing and saw several folks…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-23-20
Wednesday began with temperatures close to or below freezing, then the wind picked up and the small craft advisories came out.聽 It looks like a short window of fishable weather on Thursday morning, but after that, it鈥檚 back in the washing machine. I have a correction to Tuesday鈥檚 report. Maryland will allow charter and head…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-22-20
Tuesday saw gale warnings followed by a severe thunderstorm watch and the rest of the week does not look much better.聽 I know it鈥檚 only April, but the mild winter had me spoiled and I had hopes for an early spring.聽 Instead, we are getting wind, rain and below average temperatures. Some bad news for…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-21-20
Monday began with a cold rain and ended with small craft advisories.聽 Tuesday those small craft advisories will change to gale warnings as bad weather continues to plague local fishermen. I did hear from three different sources that blues were caught out of Indian River Inlet, but have yet to see any photos. Incoming water…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-20-20
On Sunday the sun came out, the temperature climbed to 60 degrees and the wind continued to blow enough to warrant small craft advisories.聽 People did try to fish on Sunday, but when I called my reporting stations, they had very little feedback. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said a few anglers tried for tog…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-19-20
As if the wind wasn鈥檛 bad enough, good old Mother Nature sent us some cold rain on Saturday morning just to make sure even the most dedicated anglers would stay at home.聽 I think she is working with Governor Carney to make sure we follow his guidelines.聽 There will be a very small weather window…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-18-20
Friday began with subfreezing temperatures, frost and light winds, but soon built into small craft advisories. I expect they will carry on right through the rest of the weekend. It seems like we had spring all winter and now we have winter all spring. I did see an unconfirmed report of flounder behind Ocean City. …
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-17-20
Thursday was cold and windy with lots of sunshine.聽 I checked with my usual sources and both said fishing activity was nil.聽 As far as saltwater fishing goes, there is really nothing to fish for during these windy days other than small rockfish at the Indian River Inlet and the occasional tog in the same…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report – 4-16-20
Wednesday was a bit cool and windy and I couldn鈥檛 find any report of fish being caught other than some big white perch out of the Broadkill River.聽 Small craft advisories are up for Thursday, so I don鈥檛 think fishing is going to improve. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has proposed permitting and electronic reporting…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-15-20
Tuesday was sunny and reasonably warm, but small craft advisories were up.聽 I called a couple of tackle shops and was told, to the best of their knowledge, no one has been fishing.聽 I am sure that鈥檚 true as the weather on Monday was sure to dirty the water and it will take a day…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-14-20
I believe it is safe to say no one went fishing on Monday.聽 There were storm warnings up and the rain was coming across in sheets.聽 The rest of the week does not look inviting with wind and rain almost every day.聽 Perhaps when this is over the blues, shad and drum will arrive.聽 At…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 4-13-20
I hope everyone had a good Easter Sunday and their Passover celebration is going as well as can be expected under these trying conditions.聽 As far as fishing, we had small craft advisories up on Sunday and there will be storm warnings for Monday with winds to 60 knots and waves to 16 feet.聽 The…
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