Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

On Friday Harry Yingling and I attacked the Delaware Bay as promised.  We left the Lewes Boat Ramp at 6:00 AM and headed for Reef Site 8, but the northeast head wind was a bit too much for two old men in a 16-foot tin boat.  We ended up behind the Inner Wall where I…

Thursday saw a strong southwest wind that made it hard to fish out of Ocean City, Maryland where my friend Harry Yingling and I spent most of the day.  We tried every bit of water from the Route 50 Bridge way past Bahia Marina and from the Inlet to the Airport behind Assateague Island.  I…

After so many good fishing days, you have to expect one like Wednesday to come along.  The 20 to 25-knot southwest wind just about shut everything down with the exception of the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park where a few keeper flounder were landed. Once we get back out on the ocean, we…

Mike Pizzolato and I were the first fishermen to launch a boat at the Lewes Ramp on Tuesday morning, but the 6:00 AM start did us little good as the northwest wind had the bay kicked up beyond the ability of my 16-foot tin boat.  By the time I was halfway out of Roosevelt Inlet…

Monday was not quite as bad as advertised, but few if any boats fished the ocean or bay.  Taylor Deemer released the first white marlin of the year on Sunday.  He was fishing in the Baltimore Canyon with Tyler Tribbitt and his dad Ken from their boat Rock On. Another first was reported from the…

Sunday was yet another good fishing day, but Monday will bring in some strong northwest winds. There were so many fish caught on Sunday, I will have to save some for Monday when I suspect reports will be slim. For those of us who fish the beach the arrival of kingfish is great news.  Two…

Saturday saw another beautiful fishing day. Boats that ran to ocean structure caught a mixed bag of flounder to six pounds and sea bass to three pounds. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Elaine Becker fished ocean structure on the Storm Rider and caught at 3.20-pound citation black sea bass.  Big blues were patrolling Delaware…

Friday was about as close to perfect fishing weather as you are going to get in Delaware.  Bright sunshine, light winds and warm temperatures. My wife Barbara and I left the Lewes Launch ramp around 2:30 PM to catch the incoming current in the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.  I was surprised to see the water…

Thursday was warm and the wind picked up out of the south in the afternoon.  Thunderstorms will pass by the beach in the evening and the wind will go northwest on Friday.  Saturday looks good with a light northeast wind and sunshine. The bloom is off the sea bass as many of the keeper-sized fish…

Wednesday was a beautiful summer day, but summer is still a month away. For those of you who haven’t tried to navigate Baker’s Channel at low tide, don’t.  The water is only 1.5 feet deep and that’s with a normal tide.  It will be all but dry on a west wind blowout tide.  Amanda at…

There were a few heavy rain showers on Tuesday morning, but the rest of the day was nice. The Andy and Opie Kids Fishing Tournament sponsored by Techno Goober along with many local businesses will be held this Saturday at Milton Memorial Park. Registration begins at 8:00 AM with fishing from 9:00 AM until noon. …

Monday saw beautiful weather to end an almost perfect Memorial Day Weekend. Fishing reports were a little thin as I suppose folks were heading home and not as many went fishing. We did see a report from the Captain Ike from Sunday when they brought in a 156-pound thresher shark. The Fish Bound out of…

Sunday saw beautiful weather and the fishing was pretty good. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Saturday night saw some big drum caught on clams at the Coral Beds during incoming tide.  Elias Perez had a 40 pounder on the Angler and Brian Monk had a 60.5 pounder on the same boat.  Christopher Costisan caught…

Friday saw a hard northwest wind and in my limited experience, that is a wind that blows no one any good. I headed to the northside of Indian River Inlet to catch the incoming current and when I arrived around 8:30 AM the current was sort of deciding what it wanted to do.  It took…

Thursday saw warmer temperatures, but the wind stayed up.  It looks like it will still be up on Friday, but switch to the northwest.  Small craft advisories are up for Friday morning. The Katydid out of Anglers Marina went after sea bass, but found the conditions pretty rough.  They did put together a nice catch…

Wednesday saw continued cool and breezy weather. The big news of the day was a 42-inch rockfish caught and released from the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park.  Kevin Jefferson was soaking a mullet rig when the big linesider hit and he was able to land and release it to fight and breed another…

Tuesday saw a drastic drop in temperature and a change in wind direction, but not velocity.  As my grandfather would say, “It blew like snot.”  Never quite sure what that meant, other than we weren’t going out in the boat. After a less than successful outing on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park on…

Monday was warm and very windy.  To the best of my knowledge no boats tried the sea bass grounds and only a few worked the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and the Delaware Bay inside the Inner Wall.  Sea bass action was red hot over the weekend. I hit the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State…

Sunday was warm and breezy with small craft advisories up for the ocean. The Cast for a Cure Surf Fishing Tournament went off on Saturday and Clark Evans was kind enough to send me the results.  He and Brandy Timmons put this event on every year to benefit the Tunnel Cancer Center.  All entry money…

Saturday’s weather was about as perfect as you can get for fishing and the fish didn’t disappoint. The Cast for a Cure Surf Tournament held out of Old Inlet Bait and Tackle was just wrapping up when I called.  The final tally will be in Sunday’s report, but I can tell you the biggest fish…

Friday was a beautiful day for the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament to Benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.  This year 445 anglers signed up to fish and found conditions much better than they encountered in 2018. First Place went to Tim West and his 5.95-pound flounder.  In Second Place with a 4.07-pound flounder…

Thursday saw some more good weather and more boats ran to the sea bass grounds. Before we get to fish caught on Thursday, I have some late reports that came in for Wednesday.  The Grizzly out of Lewes had a boat limit of sea bass as did the Captain Ike out of Indian River. Dan’s…

The weather report I saw was not that bad for Wednesday, but so far as I could find out, the only boat that went out after sea bass from Lewes was the Katydid.  They returned with a boat limit.  The head boat out of Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em also went, but only managed to…

The weather on Tuesday wasn’t too bad, but no boats went out as far as I could tell.  The reason, other than small craft advisories, is black sea bass season opens on Wednesday and everything that floats will be on the ocean bright and early in the morning. As bad as the weather was on…