Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’
WGMD Fishing Report 11-9-19
Friday saw the air temperature drop and the northwest wind increase making for some very uncomfortable fishing conditions. Saturday looks good with less wind and smaller seas. Tog action continues to improve as the water temperature drops. Robbie Baxley fished the rocks at the Outer Wall with green and box crabs purchased at Lewes Harbour…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-8-19
The weather wasn鈥檛 perfect on Thursday, but it was a whole lot better than it鈥檚 going to be on Friday. Small craft advisories are already up for northwest winds gusting to 40 knots and seas running to seven feet. The winds are supposed to settle back down on Saturday with seas running less than two…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-7-19
Wednesday was a beautiful fall day, but very few boats went fishing. Things look to go downhill over Thursday and Friday as colder weather moves into our area. Tom at Lewes Harbour Marina said Rick Rumble caught a 28-inch rockfish on a live eel out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Captain Cary Evans called…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-6-19
Tuesday saw decent weather and a few boats did manage to get out tog fishing. Tom at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had 17 keepers and the Top Fin had 15 tog in the box. Both captains reported catching numerous short tog. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle it was the same story. Lots…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-5-19
Monday saw clear skies and light winds with good fishing for sea bass and tog. Captain Pete Haines on the Top Fin had a photo on Facebook of a double header of tog he caught. He said fishing was good, but they still had more shorts than keepers. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina posted a…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-4-19
Sunday was a bit on the breezy side, but Monday and Tuesday look good. When I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina none of the charter or head boats were out. Captain Pete Haines was getting the Top Fin ready for a Monday tog charter, but that was the only activity on the dock. I did…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-3-19
Saturday was chilly, but the wind dropped out and both head, charter and private boats were able to sail. Sunday looks a bit breezy, but Monday and Tuesday look fine. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with a nice catch of tog. A few private boats had limits of sea bass…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-2-19
Summer ended on Friday. The temperature dropped 40 degrees and the wind howled out of the northwest raising small craft advisories on the bay and ocean. To the best of my knowledge, no boats sailed from any Delaware port. The weekend and early week weather look pretty good. Some northwest wind on Sunday with light…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 11-1-19
Thursday was more trick than treat for fishermen as gale warnings were up for the ocean and small craft advisories were up for the bay. On Wednesday the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted on the proposals to reduce the mortality on striped bass by 18% for recreational and commercial fishermen. Recreational fishermen will have…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-31-19
Wednesday saw good fishing weather with light winds and moderate temperatures. Thursday will see gale warnings that could stay around until Friday. Right now, it looks like Saturday will be fishable. We had a report from Captain Monty Hawkins on the Morning Star out of Ocean City that he was able to limit out the…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-30-19
Tuesday saw good fishing weather and Wednesday looks good as well. Things begin to go downhill on Thursday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a boat limit of sea bass to Richard Thompson鈥檚 3.6-pound citation winner. Steve Kuhlman had a very nice 2.5 pounder as well. Sergio Galvan and Fred Sicker fished…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-29-19
Monday was another windy day on the ocean and bay, but only the ocean saw small craft advisories. Tuesday will see cloudy, but better weather with less wind, so perhaps a few boats will be able to reach the sea bass grounds. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is meeting this week and on Monday…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-28-19
Sunday saw small craft advisories up as promised and with northeast winds 10 to 15 knots and gusts to 20 they may be back up again on Monday. On Saturday Frank Tucker fished the Outer Wall catching three keeper tog out of 27 caught. Morgan and Jay Way worked the Del-Jersey-Land Reef on Saturday aboard…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-26-19
Friday was another good fishing day and it looks like Saturday will be as well. Small craft advisories are already up for Sunday. Captain Cary Evans called to report another boat limit of sea bass on the Grizzly, plus four flounder one of which weighed 7.75 pounds. Why he couldn鈥檛 find those flounder on Thursday…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-25-19
Thursday was a perfect day to go fishing and that鈥檚 exactly what I did. Seven of us left the Fisherman鈥檚 Wharf Dock by 6:50 AM and headed out into the ocean on Captain Cary Evan鈥檚 boat Grizzly. The target species of the day was black sea bass and we started catching them at out first…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-24-19
Small craft advisories were up again on Wednesday, but Thursday looks good. I hope this forecast holds up because I am scheduled to go sea bass fishing with Captain Cary Evans on the Grizzly out of Fisherman鈥檚 Wharf. This will be my first ocean trip out of Delaware in 2019. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-23-19
The weather was bad on Tuesday and it won鈥檛 be much better on Wednesday as small craft advisories are already up for today. Thursday looks promising. I have to begin this report with some news that is good for the fish, but kinda sad for me. Captain John Nedelka has sold the Karen Sue. I…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-22-19
The weather wasn鈥檛 too bad on Monday unless you wanted to go fishing. Small craft advisories were up in the ocean and bay and will be up through Wednesday. The Assateague Mobile Surf Fishermen held their Surf Fishing Tournament over the weekend and the Delaware Brethren Of the Coast came in first place. To say…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-21-19
Sunday saw gale warnings up and if anyone was fishing, they鈥檙e nuts. The early part of the week does not look promising, but by Thursday we should see better weather. Keeper rockfish are beginning to show up in the Upper Delaware Bay. Patty at Captain Bones near Middletown checked in a 29-incher caught on bunker…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-20-19
Saturday was beautiful, if a bit chilly, and I was surprised that only a few folks were fishing. Gale warnings are up for Sunday and the seas in the ocean won鈥檛 drop below four feet until Thursday. I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina on Saturday afternoon and almost all the local charter and head boats…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-19-19
Friday saw a drop in the wind speed with bright, sunny skies, but as far as I could tell, no boats fished the bay or ocean. I did notice the Thelma Dale IV was not at her dock, but I did not receive a report from her other than they were going to fish for…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-18-19
It was just a tad windy on Thursday. Gale warnings were up for the ocean, Chesapeake and Delaware bays. Friday will be a little better, but I don鈥檛 think many boats will sail until Saturday. I did get a late report from the Thelma Dale IV. They ran out to the sea bass grounds on…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-17-19
If anyone was outside on Wednesday, they love fishing a whole lot more than me. We had high winds and heavy rain for most of the day with even stronger winds on tap for Thursday. It will still be rough on Friday, but the weekend looks good from here. We told you about the Lewes…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-16-19
Tuesday was a beautiful fishing day with light winds and clear skies. The rest of the week is a washout with high winds and rain. Looks like Saturday before anyone will be out on the ocean or bay. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with 60 black sea bass caught over…
Read MoreWGMD Fishing Report 10-15-19
Monday saw decent weather and fish were caught in the ocean and Delaware Bay. Tuesday looks good, but from Wednesday until the weekend it鈥檚 back to high winds and waves. Tom at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had just come in when I called. He had a boat limit of sea bass and a…
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