Posts Tagged ‘talk of delmarva’

User 284190339 · 09-15-26 Fishing Report While no small craft advisories went up on Monday no small craft or even what most of us would consider large craft went out on the open waters. It seems what the National Weather Service calls 3 to 4-foot seas translate to much larger ones when viewed from the…

User 284190339 · 09-14-26 Fishing Report Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina said the threat of rain must have scared off everybody because there were no boats out on Sunday. Breakwater Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park must have closed early for the same reason because no one answered the phone at…

User 284190339 · 09-13-26 Fishing Report Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the only boat to fish on Saturday was the Bottom Line and they brought back a nice catch of dolphin (mahi-mahi). While they did not disclose the location of their catch, my guess would be the Bass Pot Buoys. Breakwater Tackle on…

User 284190339 · 09-10-26 Fishing Report Rick’s Bait and Tackle gave Eric Crossin and family instructions on where and how to catch dolphin (mahi-mahi) at the Bass Pots. They followed said instructions to the letter and ended up with a 36.8-pound dolphin on the line. Once they got the big fish to the boat, they…

User 284190339 · 09-05-26 Fishing Report Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina told me no boats fished from his marina on Tuesday. Breakwater Tackle on the fishing Pier at Cape Henlopen State Park had some surprising news. It seems more spot than croaker were caught on Tuesday with worms and Fishbites still the hot baits. In…

User 284190339 · 09-08-26 Fishing Report Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats fished ocean structure on Labor Day, but the head boats and some private boats did fish structure in Delaware Bay and caught spot and croaker on bloodworms or Fishbites. Smaller boats worked the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and caught better sized…

User 284190339 · 09-07-26 Fishing Report Ted at Rick’s Bait and Tackle said they checked in a 48-inch dolphin (mahi-mahi) on Saturday caught from the ocean at the sea bass pots. There were spot and croaker taken from the fishing pier at Massey’s Ditch and blues caught early in the morning near the bridge at…

User 284190339 · 09-06-26 Fishing Report Captain Aaron Herd on the Gale Force had Ben Jacobs and his father Dennis out for flounder on ocean structure. Ben caught his limit to a beautiful 8.1 pounder. Aaron at Lewes Harbour Marina told us the Katydid had flounder and sea bass from ocean structure. The head boat…

User 284190339 · 09-05-26 Fishing Report Dan at Dan’s Tackle said spot, croaker and snapper blues were caught from Broadkill Beach on Friday. The blues took cut bait, the spot and croaker enjoyed lug worms and Fishbites. The Broadkill River saw a larger class of croaker plus a few keeper flounder. The flounder were caught…

User 284190339 · 09-04-26 Fishing Report Captain Bones in Odessa told us white perch, catfish, spot and croaker have been caught along the shoreline from Augustine Beach down to the fishing pier at Woodland Beach. The white perch will take bloodworms or grass shrimp, the catfish like a hunk of bunker while the spot and…

User 284190339 · 09-03-26 Fishing Report The first results are back from the new and improved Marine Recreational Informational Program or MRIP and they are even worst than the old system. They recalculated the shore catch of black sea bass in Maryland for 2013. The original figure was 178,00 black sea bass caught from shore.…

User 284190339 · 09-02-26 Fishing Report Tuesday, September 1st was opening day of archery season for white tail deer. This year archers must be aware of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Delaware. Please read and understand the CWD Emergency Regulations for the 2026 and 2027 hunting seasons. I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina on Tuesday…

User 284190339 · 09-01-26 Fishing Report Bill at Dan’s Tackle said the big news was not the croaker and spot caught at Broadkill Beach, but the big, fat crabs filling the traps at the Broadkill River and Cedar Creek. He reported as many as 20 crabs in a trap and that’s a real bonanza. Lewes…

User 284190339 · 08-31-26 Fishing Report Sorry to say I missed the very first Dockside & Indian River Marina Classic held on August 21-23 and attracting 58 teams. They fished on Saturday and Sunday and in the end there was a tie in the Flounder Division with Top Notch and Tootsie Chick both landing 8-pound…

 User 284190339 · 08-30-26 Fishing Report Dan at Dan’s Bait and Tackle said due to the heavy rain on Saturday afternoon and evening (I had 3.69 inches at my house) The water in the Broadkill surf and the Broadkill River was extremely dirty. Consequently, fishing was very poor in both locations. Lewes Harbour Marina…

User 284190339 · 08-28-26 Fishing Report Thursday was not the best day for fishing anywhere. At Rick’s Bait and Tackle on Long Neck the report was flounder from the back bays with many more shorts than keepers. The ratio was much better out in the ocean at the Old Grounds plus you also might encounter…

User 284190339 · 08-27-26 Fishing Report Kevin Davidson sent me a very unusual fishing report. It seems he was fishing the buoy line from the Old Grounds down to the Lightship Buoy for dolphin (mahi-mahi). He was using cut ballyhoo on a spinning outfit with a 2/0 circle hook and had six dolphin in the…

User 284190339 · 08-26-26 Fishing Report The ocean side of Cape Henlopen Point will reopen for surf fishing on September 1st. It had been closed to protect nesting shore birds and according to DNREC, those birds had a very successful nesting season. In other news, the owner of Henlopen Bait and Tackle has decided to…

User 284190339 · 08-25-26 Fishing Report Dan at Dan’s Tackle said things were slow on Monday as few fishermen bought lug worms or Fishbites to go up to Broadkill Beach and catch spot, small blues and croaker. Lewes Harbour Marina had a good report from the Shooter Dog who brought back a 40-flounder boat limit…

User 284190339 · 08-23-26 Fishing Report Dan at Dan’s Tackle said the rain held down the number of folks at Broadkill Beach catching spot and croaker on lug worms and Fishbites. He did say he was selling a lot of chicken necks for crabbers at the Broadkill River. Lewes Harbour Marina reported a few boats…