Posts Tagged ‘The Talk of Delmarva’

User 284190339 · 04 – 20 – 24 Fishing Report Friday was just cold and nasty at the beach. I had planned to fish Broadkill Beach on Friday, but the northeast wind and lack of any warming sunshine convinced my old bones to stay inside. Dan at Dan’s tackle in Milton told me he knows…

User 284190339 · 04 – 17 – 24 Fishing Report Tuesday was a tad cooler than Monday with a light east breeze just right for my first fishing trip of the year. I headed down to Indian River Inlet around noon to catch the incoming current and hopefully a few hickory shad. The Northside Parking…

User 284190339 · 04 – 09 – 24 Fishing Report Monday saw a solar eclipse and the first good fishing report from the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid ran her first trip of 2024 and returned with 23 tog from ocean structure. The local Tog Club also went out with two boats.…

User 284190339 · 04 – 06 – 24 Fishing Report With a mixture of sun and clouds and temperatures in the 50s plus small craft advisories fishing was once again slow on Friday. Looks like the same conditions on Saturday, but if we can get through the weekend, next week is looking better. I did…

User 284190339 · 04 – 03 – 24 Fishing Report Monday was bad, Tuesday was worst and Wednesday, fuhgeddaboudit. My dogwood tree is getting ready to bloom which means the shad should be here, but nobody told the shad. There have been a few reports of hickory shad at Fletcher’s Boathouse on the Potomac River,…

User 284190339 · 04 – 02 – 24 Fishing Report If anyone went fishing on Monday, they were more in love with the sport than I. I was outside doing grocery shopping and it was miserable. The rain came down in sheets along with a cold, east wind and if not for my Gore-Tex rain…

User 284190339 · 12 – 05 – 23 Fishing Report As promised, I am back with news of big striped bass along the Delaware coast, but that is not the big news. What we have now is something I have never seen in Delaware waters. Hillery Graves fishing on the Bird Dog with Captain Chip…

User 284190339 · 12 – 01 – 23 Fishing Report My daily fishing reports are done until spring, but I will be back with updates should the big striped bass make a showing at the mouth of Delaware Bay or anywhere along the Delaware coast. Right now, they are in abundance in New Jersey and…

User 284190339 · 11 – 30 – 23 Fishing Report Thursday was about as good a fishing day as you can expect for the end of November. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid brought in a catch of sea bass and the Grizzly had a catch of tog. I can report that the Angler…

User 284190339 · 11 – 28 – 23 Fishing Report If anyone went fishing on Tuesday they are just plain nuts. If you ventured outside at all you know how cold it was and those gale-force winds didn’t make it any better. I did receive the bad news from our good friends at NOAA this…

User 284190339 · 11 – 27 – 23 Fishing Report Monday there were small craft advisories and on Tuesday we will see gale warnings. Perhaps a few hardy souls will try the Inlet for tog, but that’s it. Beginning on November 28, you can get your Delaware Annual Surf Fishing Permits and Annual Passes. They…

User 284190339 · 11 – 24 – 23 Fishing Report Friday saw small craft advisories up and few boats on the water. Lewes Harbour Marina said while no charter or head boats ran on Friday a few private boats fish the Delaware Bay structure like the Outer Wall and the Ice Breakers with sand fleas…

User 284190339 · 11 – 21 – 23 Fishing Report Tuesday saw gale warnings and rain so if anyone went fishing I fear for their sanity. The new year does not look good for fishing for summer flounder, black sea bass and bluefish. All three will see a cut in overall landings based on data…

User 284190339 · 11 – 20 – 23 Fishing Report Small craft advisories will turn into gale warnings with heavy rain so I don’t think there will be much fishing for the next few days. I spent some time outside on Monday and it was darn cold. The only Monday fishing report I had was…

User 284190339 · 11 – 19 – 23 Fishing Report Small craft advisories were up again on Sunday causing a blow out for the weekend. The remainder of the week is not looking too spiffy for fishing, duck hunting maybe, but fishing, not so much. I did get a couple of reports from earlier in…

User 284190339 · 11 – 13 – 23 Fishing Report Monday was a nice day for fishing and the boats that ran to ocean structure did very well. Small craft advisories are already up for Tuesday. At Lewes Harbour Marina they told us the Katydid had a boat limit of 120 sea bass plus some…

User 284190339 · 11 – 10 – 23 Fishing Report Fishing reports were a little thin on Friday. No boats left Lewes or Indian River and Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said the few folks that fished Indian River Inlet caught lots of short tog with a few keepers on sand crabs and green crabs.…

User 284190339 · 11 – 09 – 23 Fishing Report Summer came back on Thursday, but it brought a strong wind in the morning and that was enough to keep the boats at the dock ion Lewes and Indian River. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said tog were caught from the rocks at Indian River…

User 284190339 · 11 – 07 – 23 Fishing Report Tuesday I recovered from my Monday fishing trip. I was worried about my shoulder, but it was my legs that ached from holding my seat as the waves tried to move me. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that no charter boats ran on Tuesday, but a…

User 284190339 · 11 – 06 – 23 Fishing Report Monday I went fishing! First time since August because of my shoulder and I took Mike Pizzolato’s electric reel along in case my shoulder gave out, but Mike’s outfit never left the rod holder. I was at the Angler dock in Ocean City by 5:00…