Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

Wednesday was another rough day with small craft advisories up for the ocean, Delaware and Chesapeake bays.  They will be up again on Thursday and may be back up on Friday for the ocean as seas are predicted to be at seven feet even though the wind is supposed to drop out to five to…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories up and they will remain up through Thursday.  All of my calls to my usual reporting stations resulted in the same news, no one catching anything.  The only exception was the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park where Lighthouse View Tackle reported a few flounder and short rockfish caught…

After driving through some pretty thick fog, I arrived at Indian River Inlet around 6:45 AM on Monday morning.  The current was running in, but no birds were working and after two hours of casting metal I gave up.  I didn’t have a hit and didn’t see anyone else catch a fish. I moved my…

Sunday saw the wind and seas settle down, but this is going to be a short-lived reprieve.  Monday will be OK, but after that it is all downhill with northeast winds to 30 knots and seas to seven feet until Friday.  I had a few short trips to make on Sunday morning and ran through…

Saturday saw small craft advisories still up for the ocean so most boats fished in Delaware Bay or inside Indian River Inlet. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid with Captain Brent Weis had some triggerfish and sheepshead along with 48 blowfish.  Thirteen-year-old Jay Warius caught a 9.37-pound sheepshead on that trip.  Kelly Lenker…

As promised, Friday saw small craft advisories up for the ocean and bay.  On Saturday they will stay up for the ocean and drop down for the bay, but it will still be a bit lumpy out there with three to four-foot seas.  We have a new Delaware State Record blue catfish.  The 47.75-pound monster…

Thursday saw good fishing weather, but it will go downhill fast.  Small craft advisories are already up for Friday and may be needed for Saturday.  Right now, Sunday looks fishable. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said on Wednesday Bill Swords, Kevin Legates and Tanner Virden ran out to a canyon where they deep-dropped for a…

I can’t let Wednesday, September 11 go by without speaking to that terrible day in 2001.  I was fishing at Indian River Inlet with my neighbor George, whose son was captain of a New York City Fire Boat.  When my wife called to tell us about the attack, I ran to the ramp, pulled the…

I arrived at Indian River Inlet at 5:45 AM Tuesday morning.  I wanted to fish the magic hour between first light and sunrise.  I started with a black Bomber and a black eel imitation teaser.  Switched to a Stingsilver when the lady fishing next to me caught a bluefish on a spoon.  Cast the metal…

Monday was another good weather day and Tuesday looks good as well. I did want to mention that just before the storm the Katydid fished the bay and caught nine sheepshead to 13 pounds and the Grizzly also fished the bay to bring back a mixed bag of sheepshead, trout and triggerfish. On Sunday Frank…

We had beautiful fishing weather on Sunday and the action picked right back up where it left off before the storm. I did get a late report from Saturday.  The Morning Star out of Ocean City had a charter that Captain Monty wanted to cancel due to the big seas, but instead they went out…

Saturday saw small craft advisories up with seas to seven feet.  Sunday looks good, but the bottom may still be stirred up. Getting back to circle hooks.  I find the biggest mistake folks make with circle hooks is trying to set the hook like Roland Martin setting up on a bass while yelling, “SON!” The…

On Friday we got lucky.  The wind at the Delaware Lightship Buoy topped 33 knots and the waves were at nine feet.  It could have been a lot worst. Since I have no fishing report, I thought I would talk about circle hooks.  It looks like we will be required to use circle hooks when…

Thursday saw the first of the wind from the hurricane with seas running five feet at the Delaware Lightship Buoy and expected to top eleven feet on Friday.  It looks like Monday before most boats will be able to get back out on the ocean and then they may find the bottom stirred up. The…

Wednesday was the calm before the storm.  Right now, the hurricane is supposed to go well east of Delaware, but it can go wherever it wants to so until it’s gone, we will stay alert.  My guess is most fishing activity will come to a halt until at least Sunday and probably not until the…

Tuesday saw more good fishing weather with fewer boats sailing due to vacations ending and school beginning. I haven’t had a report from the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park in a few days as their phone was out of service.  I stopped by there this afternoon and got a first hand report that…

Monday’s weather was good for both bay and ocean fishing and we have reports from each area. First, I must mention the terrible tragedy in California.  The dive boat that caught on fire with, it appears, the loss of over thirty souls.  It sounds like the type of boat I have gone out on in…

Saturday was another good weather day with fish caught from the bay to the canyons. Lewes Ice House reported that Bob Warehiem and Ike caught another limit of slot rockfish plus released four at 28 inches on eels out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. Frank Tucker, Otto and Zandar caught 35 shorts with six…

hr> Friday got the holiday weekend off to a pretty good start.  The marine weather for the remainder of the weekend looks good for boaters and shore fishermen alike. I have seen anglers fishing Canary Creek every time I go over the bridge on Pilot Town Road on my way to the Lewes Boat Ramp. …

On Thursday evening I attended the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Dover.  The subject of the meeting was the striped bass regulations that will be imposed in 2020.  The reason for the new regulations is the drastic drop in the spawning stock biomass (large female stripers).  There were 13 members of the public…

Wednesday saw a return to reasonable weather, but Thursday may be a bit bumpy on the ocean and bay with northwest winds at 10 to 15 with gusts to 20.  The surf will lay out flat, but this is not usually good for fishing.  The weekend weather looks good unless we get some remnants from…

Tuesday was my wife Barbara’s birthday and since the weather was too bad to take her fishing, I took her to lunch at the Big Chill.  This is the restaurant on top of the bathhouse at Indian River Inlet.  It has a great view of the inlet and the ocean and both were unsuitable for…

Small craft advisories were up on Monday and will be up again on Tuesday.  The wind is supposed to drop out on Wednesday, but it may take a while for the effects of this dry nor’easter to settle out.  Right now, the surf is really dirty and there is a big drop off at Three…

Sunday saw small craft advisories flying on the bay and the ocean and they will be up again on Monday.  It looks like it will be at least Wednesday before we get some decent fishing weather.  In addition, the beaches may be closed due to high water and erosion on Monday. No boats left the…