Posts Tagged ‘talk of delmarva’

User 284190339 · 11-03-25 Fishing Report Sunday, we got what we all were praying for, fishable conditions! The remainder of the week is questionable at best. The boats from Lewes Harbour Marina took advantage of the good weather and caught lots of fish. The Katydid brought in 16 tog. I guess the party had all…

User 284190339 · 11-02-25 Fishing Report Lewes Harbour Marina reported that no boats left their docks or trailers on Saturday. Hook ‘em and Cook ’em said a few boats fished Indian River Inlet for tog. The wind made fishing difficult, but the anglers did manage to bring in a few keepers on sand fleas and…

User 284190339 · 11-01-25 Fishing Report Friday saw a gale warning as promised. Saturday will be almost as bad, but Sunday looks good. I’m sure the preacher or priest will forgive you if you miss church on Sunday because it will be the only day all week that the weather will allow you to go…

User 284190339 · 10-31-25 Fishing Report Thursday began with rain and wind about as hard as I have ever seen. Friday will have a gale warning and Saturday will be a small craft warning day. Sunday may be fishable. Steve at Smith Bait said tog are being caught at the reef sites out of Bowers…

User 284190339 · 10-30-25 Fishing Report Wednesday I was back at the Hyett Place in Dewey Beach at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Annual Meeting and this day the subject was striped bass. The meeting got underway around 9:30 and instead of a room full of men from Omega Protein, the room was full…

User 284190339 · 10-29-25 Fishing Report Tuesday, I spent all day at the Hyatt Place in Dewey Beach attending the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Annual Meeting. The ASMFC regulates fishing in state waters out to three miles from Maine to Florida. Tuesday’s subject was menhaden. Ground zero for menhaden fishing is the Omega Protein…

User 284190339 · 10-25-25 Fishing Report Friday saw decent sea conditions and excellent fishing in the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina said only one boat went out on Friday and the Sea Jay II brought in a mixed bag of sea bass, tog and triggerfish. No one answered the phone at Breakwater Tackle on the fishing…

User 284190339 · 10-24-25 Fishing Report Thursday saw decent sea conditions but according to both of my reporting stations only one boat ran out into the ocean. The weekend is looking very good with light winds and moderate seas. I would expect good catches of sea bass with a few nice flounder. Lewes Harbour Marina…

User 284190339 · 10-23-25 Fishing Report Wednesday was another small craft advisory day so no boats left Indian River Inlet or Lewes. No one answered the phone at Breakwater Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen Sate Park because the west wind blows out the water under the pier. We do have some exciting…

 User 284190339 · 10-22-25 Fishing Report Tuesday saw small craft advisories up in the afternoon, so I though a few boats might try the Outer Wall and the Ice Breakers in the morning for sheepshead and tog, but according to Lewes Harbour Marina, who had the same thought, none did. Breakwater Tackle on the…

User 284190339 · 10-20-25 Fishing Report So, Sunday we were right back in the Mix-Master again with small craft advisories and flood warnings up for Sussex County. Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported no boats went out of Lewes or Indian River Inlet. The Delaware Mobile Surf-Fishermen Team came in second…

User 284190339 · 10-19-25 Fishing Report Saturday was as close to a perfect fishing day as we are going to get until sometime next week. Lewes Harbour Marina told us the Katydid and the Jay Sea II had boat limits of sea bass from ocean structure. Private boats that didn’t fish for sea bass caught…

User 284190339 · 10-18-25 Fishing Report Friday was just a tad chilly with a northwest wind and small craft advisories. Saturday’s forecast looks to be as good as we are going to get for a while and both Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em told us some boats are going fishing in…

User 284190339 · 10-17-25 Fishing Report Thursday saw those small craft advisories up once again and they will be up through Friday. Saturday calls for light winds and 3 to 4-foot seas so if you have a big enough boat and don’t suffer from mal de mar you might get out for some sea bass…

User 284190339 · 10-16-25 Fishing Report Wednesday saw small craft advisories up and they will be up through Thursday. From the long-range forecast it looks like they will be up right through the weekend with 15 to 20-knot winds and 5 to 7-foot seas. Sure am glad I no longer run my charter boat business.…

User 284190339 · 10-15-25 Fishing Report For those of you who might not remember, that bright orange ball in the sky on Tuesday afternoon was the sun. It has been hidden by clouds for so long, I was afraid it had gone out. I finally got the results of the Delaware Mobile Surf-Fishermen’s 19th Annual…

User 284190339 · 10-12-25 Fishing Report Saturday was almost a no fishing day, but we were able to get reports from Old Inlet and Breakwater Tackle. Both shops said they may not be open on Sunday or Monday as the worst of the nor’easter goes by. I didn’t call Lewes Harbour Marina or Hook ‘em…

User 284190339 · 10-10-25 Fishing Report Thursday was another day lost to fishing on open water as no boats went out of Lewes or Indian River. The weather is really going to get bad over the weekend as winds are forecast to blow at 40 knots and gust to 60. Seas on the ocean are…

User 284190339 · 10-09-25 Fishing Report Wednesday, we had small craft advisories up and they will be up until Thursday afternoon. Unless you are ready for an early Halloween scare, don’t read the marine forecast for the weekend. Both Lewes Harbour Marina and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported no boats sailed from their docks…

User 284190339 · 10-03-25 Fishing Report Thursday was one of those days when my reporting stations had one thing in common, no fish caught. It seemed to me that the wind blew harder on Thursday with a small craft advisory than it did on Wednesday with a gale warning. According to the National Weather Service…