Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

Never was there a prettier day to go fishing than Friday.  Larry Weldin, Doug Elliott and I left Larry’s dock around 7:00 AM and headed to the Old Grounds.  We started off slow and then hit one spot where we caught five flounder.  After that it was a slow pick as we finished the day…

Thursday saw a pretty brisk north to northwest wind and ocean fishing beyond a few miles was rough.  The Delaware Bay does not have a lee shore in a northwest blow, but the Angler with Captain Don Churchill made two trips in spite of the weather.  The hardy anglers on board caught croaker and kingfish…

The wind blew again on Wednesday making for some tough fishing, especially in the ocean.  The bay was a little better and the head boats from Angler’s Dock in Lewes had some croaker.  The charter boat Miss Kirstin also ran to the bay for some productive bottom fishing. The one place you can go when…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories flying for the ocean and it looks like they will still be up on Wednesday. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Steve Warren fished Roosevelt Inlet on Monday with Gulp! and caught two short and one keeper flounder that weighed 3.3 pounds.  The Katydid fished offshore on Tuesday and came…

Monday saw some pretty brisk northeast winds and small craft advisories posted on the ocean. As a final wrap-up for the Flounder Pounder Open I had a report that the first and second place fish were caught off of Point Pleasant, New Jersey.  While this is a long run it is not against the rules…

Sunday was the fifth and final day of the Flounder Pounder Open held out of Paradise Grill and sponsored by Shorts Marine. The top five winners were team Yahoo’s with Captain Luke Homey and angler Pete Hesson who walked away with a big check for $100,000.  In second place was Team Stalker with Captain Skip…

Saturday was the fourth day of the Flounder Pounder Open from Paradise Grill sponsored by Short’s Marine and the results changed the leaderboard.  Yahoo’s moved into first place with a 9.8-pound flounder.  Stalker is now in second and Sea Hawg has moved to third. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina told us The Sea Hunter deep…

Friday was day three of the Flounder Pounder Tournament held out of Paradise Grill and sponsored by Shorts Marine.  The leaderboard showed no change in the top three spots with Stalker in first, Sea Hawg in second and Team El Nino holding down third. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Dave Walker caught a 10.5-pound…

Thursday was day two of the Flounder Pounder Open Tournament held out of Paradise Cove and sponsored by Short’s Marine.  As of 6:30 PM the leaders were Stalker with an 8.5-pound flounder.  Sea Hawg was second with an 8.4 and Team El Nino was in third with their 8.1 pounder. Lewes Harbour Marina said John…

Wednesday was the first day of the Flounder Pounder Open Tournament out of Paradise Cove sponsored by Shorts Marine.  The weather wasn’t too bad and the current first place boat is Reel Struggle with a 6.5-pound flounder.  Second is Determined and third is Legal Limit both with matching 6.5 pounders. At the fishing pier on…

Tuesday was a tad breezy, but not enough wind to cancel many fishing trips. Last week it was the White Marlin Open and this week it’s the Flounder Pounder Tournament out of Paradise Cove Marina sponsored by Shorts Marine.  Boats may fish any three out of five days from August 15 to the 19th and…

Monday was another good weather day and we heard of some decent fishing in the bay and ocean. Cobia are quickly becoming a primary target for Delaware anglers.  Right now the state does not have a cobia plan, but one is under development and none too soon. On Monday morning I received an email from…

Sunday saw good weather inshore and fishing was decent. Larry Weldin had two niece flounder off of the Calmmer Wreck out of Indian River Inlet. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said George Packard fishing in the Baltimore Canyon on the Bodacious caught a 28.6-pound dolphin on a pink skirted ballyhoo. At Rick’s Bait and Tackle…

Wrapping up the White Marlin Open, the tie breaker between the Under Dog and the Welder’s Arc was the Under Dog gaffed their fish and the Welder’s Arc did not.  The difference was only $2,454,476.  The Delaware boat Fin Nominal took first place for their 50-pound dolphin caught by Louis Genello and won $19,646.  The…

Friday was the final day of the White Marlin Open and once again I was a guest aboard the Toast with Captain Brian Ciscoski and owner Ron Martin. We were away from the dock at 4:30 AM and in the area of the Washington Canyon by 8:00.  Lines went in at 8:30, but unlike Tuesday…

Thursday saw good weather again and flounder were caught although the new moon current made holding bottom in deep water difficult. Tony at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a combination trolling and bottom fishing trip.  He caught a lot of blues along with nice-sized Spanish mackerel trolling at Fenwick Shoal and they had…

The Toast will take their two lay days on Wednesday and Thursday so I won’t be out again until Friday.  The current leaders are the same as on Tuesday with the exception of the Tuna category where the Blinky 4 took over first place with a 73.5 pounder. While I was out in the canyons…

Tuesday was a bit better for the crew of the Toast as we released four white marlin.  We had the first one hooked up eight minutes after lines in at 8:30 AM.  Then three more as the day went on until 3:30 PM when lines were out. On Monday there was life everywhere we went,…

Monday proved to be one of the most enjoyable days I have ever spent on the ocean.  I was up at 2:00 AM on the road by 2:30 and at the boat by 3:45.  The boat was the Toast docked at slip 33 in Harbor Island on 14th Street in Ocean City.  The event, the…

Sunday was beautiful!  Calm seas, light winds and the fish were snapping. Jeff Waxman was kind enough to take me to A Buoy on his boat where we put three keeper flounder in the box out of six we caught.  Jeff was high hook with five fish while I caught one, but it was a…

Small craft advisories were up again on Saturday, but Sunday is looking much better with light winds and small seas. For those of you who fish in the Upper Chesapeake Bay, the water there is remains pretty dirty and there is still a lot of debris floating just under the surface.  The tidal rivers and…

More high winds and rough sea on Thursday.  The good news is things look better for the weekend.  Of course, that is subject to change with very little notice. Stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina in the morning and the only boats that went out were the Katydid and the Angler.  The Katydid had a successful…

Wednesday saw small craft advisories flying and they will be up again on Thursday.  I don’t recall a summer with this much bad weather.  Let’s hope it improves for next week’s White Marlin Open. Tommy at Lewes Harbour Marina said no one sailed on Wednesday, but he expects to see good flounder action at the…

Tuesday was not as bad as Monday, but not many boats worked in the ocean. I had an interesting report on SaltFish.  A one private boat fished the Old Grounds over the weekend and had good flounder action.  They started at B Buoy and when they didn’t catch any keepers, they moved to the Old…

Monday proved a disappointment for me.  I had my boat hooked up and ready to go when I checked the weather report.  The forecast had changed from less than 5 northeast with rain by 3:00 PM to 10 to 15 northeast with 100% chance of rain by 9:00 AM.  I went back to bed. Amanda…