WGMD Fishing Report 3-14-18

I am pretty sure that no one fished on Tuesday.聽 If they did they certainly deserve anything they caught. On Tuesday afternoon I received a call from Captain Douglas Messeck from the Natural Resources Police at the Division of Fish and Wildlife.聽 It seems I made a mistake in January when I wrote that anyone…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-13-18

I did have one report from Sunday.聽 A group of fishermen launched their boats at Sharptown, Maryland and fished the Nanticoke River for white perch.聽 Between the two boats they boxed over 80 fish.聽 Sounds like a pretty good day. I don鈥檛 think anyone is going to be fishing anywhere during the next few days.聽…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-12-18

Sunday saw decent weather, but I had to work so no fishing for me.聽 I didn鈥檛 hear of any fish caught, but I am sure that the freshwater ponds and the upper reaches of the tidal rivers and creeks gave up some perch, crappie, bass and pickerel. The Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament will…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-11-18

Saturday was a good day for lots of things, but fishing wasn鈥檛 one of them.聽 Actually, the fishing part wasn鈥檛 too bad, but the catching remains difficult. I took a little ride to check out some local hot spots and while I did find a few folks trying, I didn鈥檛 see any fish caught.聽 There…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-10-18

Friday was another sunny day, but the 40 degree temperatures and 20-knot winds made for some very cold fishing conditions. I did run over to Milton to see if anyone was fishing at the head of the Broadkill River.聽 When I arrived around 2:30 three guys were drowning worms from the town dock.聽 One fellow…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-9-18

Thursday saw sunshine, but too much wind for comfortable fishing.聽 That said, I am sure a few folks tried their luck for perch in the upper reaches of the tidal rivers and creeks. Some good news for flounder fishermen.聽 The minimum size for the 2018 season will be 16.5 inches.聽 The four-fish bag limit remains…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-8-18

The only thing that could have made Wednesday worst would have been snow instead of rain.聽 As it was, I don鈥檛 think anyone would have gone fishing in the nasty conditions we did have. To the best of my knowledge, there are still no head boats and only one charter boat running out of Indian…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-7-18

I finally found someplace that is producing fish.聽 Jerry Taylor at Taylored Tackle on old Route 13 between Seaford and Laurel, said the Nanticoke River and Broad Creek are both producing white perch.聽 Broad Creek has also seen some big yellow perch to over two pounds.聽 Minnows and blood or earthworms have been the best…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-6-18

The only report I had from the past weekend was from a fellow who tried the trout fishing at Newton Pond near Greenwood.聽 He didn鈥檛 catch anything and saw very few fish caught with the exception on one angler fishing from the pier who had four.聽 That has been my experience in years past.聽 Sooner…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-5-18

You may be a hard core saltwater fishermen, but if you are like me, you should be ready to wet a line even if it is in your kid鈥檚 goldfish bowl.聽 Yeah, I know, we call them perch jerkers, but right now perch fishing is the only game in town other than the previously mentioned…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-4-18

With the current weather conditions fishing is all but impossible.聽 Another problem is the hard and cold northwest wind will lower water temperatures in the ocean and bay that are just now beginning to recover from the heard freeze at the start of the year.聽 How much this will delay the return of fishing in…

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WGMD Fishing Report 3-3-18

With winds gusting to 60 knots, seas running to 12 feet and rain the weekend is pretty much a blowout.聽 Even freshwater anglers will be discouraged by these conditions. There are a few fishing shows left this winter and the one I try to make every year is the Saltwater Fishing Expo in Edison, New…

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WGMD Fishing Report 03-01-18

Right now fishing is pretty slow.聽 There are no charter boats running out of Lewes and the boats from Fisherman鈥檚 Wharf are only doing deep drop trips.聽 There were three charter boats running out of Indian River and two of them left.聽 One went to Virginia and the other went to North Carolina. The only…

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