Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

Happy Fourth of July! Now let’s go fishing! Small boat owners should give the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal a try. With high tide in the middle of the day you can expect incoming water all morning when the heat will be less intense. Almost every flounder I have reported on taken from the canal was…

Sunday, July 1, saw two fishing seasons open in Delaware.  The new tog regulations went into effect with a 16-inch minimum size limit and a four fish per day bag limit.  This season will run until the end of the year. The Delaware Bay slot season for rockfish also opened on Sunday.  Anglers may keep…

Summer weather continued on Saturday as crowds of folks invaded the beaches ahead of the Fourth of July Holiday. From Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park we learned that a good number of anglers fished the pier and caught spot, croaker and short flounder.  You can’t beat bloodworms…

Friday was a beautiful summer day and the fish were snapping.  The good news, if the NOAA marine forecast is correct, is we will have a run of five days or more with excellent sea conditions for whatever type of fishing you enjoy. Want to try something different?  Jerry Taylor at Taylored Tackle told us…

It was still a tad breezy on the ocean on Thursday so the best fishing was in the sheltered waters of the Delaware Bay. We received word from DNREC that Secretary Garvin has signed an emergency order changing the regulation for tautog.  The season will reopen on July 1 and continue until December 31.  The…

In spite of a NOAA marine forecast that promised good sea conditions, the weather on Wednesday was lousy.  A blustery southeast wind had the water roiled and those boats that headed out soon turned around and headed back to the dock. I spent high tide in the morning at the fishing pier on Cape Henlopen…

Tuesday morning was beautiful, but a strong southeast wind picked up as the day went on and made fishing difficult.  Doug Elliott and I fished out of the Lewes Boat Ramp from 7:00 AM until 1:00 PM.  We ran to the Ferry Wall where Doug caught a nice short rockfish and I had a short…

Monday was just gorgeous and fish were caught from the beach to the canyons. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said they had 16 tuna on the cleaning table when I called.  The fish were caught at the Poorman’s Canyon on a boat out of Ocean City.  The party brought them to Lewes Harbour for Tony…

Sunday saw normal summer weather, but the catching was slow. Steve at Smith Bait and Tackle in Leipsic said flounder have been caught on squid and minnows or a bucktail with nuclear chicken Gulp! at the Crossover. Miah Maull Shoal saw some rockfish taken on peeler crab. Keeper sized trout have been caught at Reef…

The weather on Saturday was pretty good, but the small craft advisory issued on Friday night was horrible.  Unfortunately, several ocean trips were cancelled due to the erroneous forecast costing the captains money and their customers a good day of fishing.  I know how the captains feel since I was a victim of NOAA Weather…

Friday saw small craft advisories, northeast winds to 25 knots, seas above six feet and very few people fishing. The only positive report we received was from Old Inlet Bait and Tackle where some short rockfish were caught during the night and some small blues were taken in the morning from the inlet. Captain Don…

Thursday saw decent weather and some anglers connected while others, not so much. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Pirate King came in from Delaware Bay with some kings and blowfish.  The Katydid fished ocean structure for a catch of flounder. At Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen…

Wednesday morning was beautiful, but a brisk southeast wind kicked up in the afternoon making the bay a bit too rough for my 16-foot tin boat.  So Mike Pizzolatto and I put my boat over at the Lewes ramp around 11:30 AM to catch the incoming current in the Canal.  Unfortunately, by then the wind…

The weather on Tuesday was not that bad, but only a few folks went fishing.  Reports were pretty slim from those that did make it out. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was no report except for some skates caught at B Buoy. The news from Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the fishing pier…

Monday finally felt like summer.  At Lighthouse View Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park the report was a fair number of spot on bloodworms and keeper flounder on jigs with bright colored Gulp!. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a 39-inch rockfish was caught and released at the Coast Guard Station…

Father’s Day brought beautiful weather, but fishing was not as good as on Saturday.  Part of the problem may have been the large crowds at the most popular locations. At Lewes Harbour Marina Tommy said the Katydid came in with flounder and sea bass, but no limits of either one.  He did see a few…

The weather was absolutely perfect on Saturday allowing a lot of folks to get out on the water. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said flounder fishing really turned on in the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.  They also saw a good number of flounder come in from Site 11.  Minnows, squid strips and Gulp! accounted for…

I spent most of the day on Friday going out to the Del-Jersey-Land Reef Site to watch the sinking of the Cape May Lewes Ferry Twin Capes.  The weather was absolutely perfect with almost flat seas for the two and a half hour ride to the reef site on one of the service boats from…

Small craft advisories were up on Thursday so most boats that normally fish the ocean were tied to the dock.  The weekend looks good and I hope everyone gets to wet a line. We stopped by the fishing pier on Cape Henlopen State Park around noon and there were quite a few folks fishing the…

Wednesday was warm and a bit windy, but folks were able to get out fishing. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said keeper flounder were caught from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on minnows and jigheads baited with Gulp!  The Katydid had a good catch of flounder fishing over ocean structure. At Lighthouse View Tackle on…

Small craft advisories were still up on Tuesday so ocean and bay boats remained in port.  Conditions look to improve for the rest of the week. Indian River Inlet was the place to be on Tuesday as Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported a seven-pound flounder was caught on a bucktail with Gulp!…

Monday was a total blowout with northeast winds gusting to 30 knots and seas to seven feet.  A small craft advisory is posted for Tuesday so not much fishing will happen today. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy said the Katydid came in late on Sunday, but she had sea bass and flounder.  This is good…

Sunday the rain held off until evening so folks were able to get in some fishing. Boats from Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em ran offshore and were not back in time for this report.  We will have their catch in Monday’s report. Dave at Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle said the…

Saturday was a bit more than damp as thunderstorms hit in early afternoon and brought fishing to a halt. Those who decided to stay on shore made the correct decision.  There are few events more disheartening than fishing off shore all day then, when you finally see the inlet, there is a big, old black…