Posts Tagged ‘The Talk of Delmarva’

User 284190339 · 07 – 28 – 23 Fishing Report Friday saw a lot of heat and once again, not a lot of fishing. According to one report from a boat that fished the ocean, it was still a bit sporty out there. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Surface Tension had a few flounder from…

User 284190339 · 07 – 21 – 23 Fishing Report Friday was not a bad day, but not a lot of folks went fishing. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the Katydid was out and reported they were catching some big flounder. A few private boats had comeback from ocean structure with flounder limits. At…

User 284190339 · 07 – 18 – 23 Fishing Report Tuesday was a nice day except for the occasional downpours. Tracy Roles caught a 22.5-inch flounder from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal while fishing from her kayak. Captain Brin on the Thelma Dale IV had a good day. He ran a little farther southeast and…

User 284190339 · 07 – 17 – 23 Fishing Report Monday was a decent fishing day and fishing was decent if not great. The results of the Paradise Grill Bay Flounder Tournament were Luke Horney in first place with a 5.9-pounder flounder worth $20,000. In second place was John Coffiey with a 5.9 pounder that…

User 284190339 · 07 – 16 – 23 Fishing Report Sunday was pretty much a rainout. We had over 2 inches at my house between Milton and Lewes. We do have a few reports left over from Saturday. Lewes Harbour Marina told us that Brian Shilling had a 7.76-pound Delaware Citation Flounder on Gulp! while…

User 284190339 · 07 – 11 – 23 Fishing Report The weather was very nice on Tuesday and fishing was pretty good. The Savannah Lynn had the Reading family and friends, 13 in all, out on Monday and they enjoyed catching good numbers of flounder and sea bass. The Tranquila came back from an overnighter…

User 284190339 · 07 – 06 – 23 Fishing Report Thursday was another good fishing day, but it was a bad day to be a flounder. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Grizzly, the Katydid and the Jay Sea II all came back from ocean structure will limits of flounder plus some sea bass. The…

User 284190339 · 06 – 30 – 23 Fishing Report Friday was a beautiful day to be on the water and lots of fish were caught. We don’t usually begin with a freshwater catch, but this fish is pretty special. Johnathan Stoddard from Georgetown caught an 8-pound, 2-ounce large-mouth bass out of the head of…

Small craft advisories were up on Tuesday and not many fish were caught. Lewes Harbour Marina said they saw some kings and croaker that were caught in Delaware Bay on Tuesday. Captain Pete on the Top Fin had the PA Boys out for some shark fishing on Delaware Bay on Tuesday morning. They caught and…

Monday saw thunderstorms around and special marine warnings on Delaware Bay. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported one of the biggest flounder I have heard of this year. Mike Lewes fished the Old Grounds with Gulp! on a Spro bucktail to catch one flounder weighing 9.6 and one at 6.5 pounds. On Sunday the No…

Sunday was the first day this year that felt like summer. Steve at Smith Bait in Leipsic told us trout and flounder have been caught in Delaware Bay out of Bowers Beach. Some are caught from shore at the beach, but most are taken from boats sailing from the inlet. Peeler crab has been the…

Friday was slightly better than Thursday and a few boats did try their luck and their luck was not so good. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that one charter and a couple of private boats did try the flounder fishing in the ocean. All returned with very poor numbers of flounder. The Sea Jay II with…

Tuesday may have been the last fishable day of the week. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Vee S fished the Outer Wall with sand fleas to catch sheepshead weighing 10 and 11.26 pounds. Don and Virginia Smith fished Site 8 on board their boat Fallyn Marie II with sand fleas where Virginia caught a 7.68-pound…

Monday saw decent weather, but not a whole lot of fishing. The rest of the week is looking really bad with seas to 10 feet by Wednesday. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Bill said the Katydid had flounder to 7 pounds for the Monday Group. Breakwater Tackle on the Fishing pier at Cape Henlopen State Park…

I hope every Dad had a great Father’s Day on Sunday. The weather certainly was fine, although the fishing was a bit off. On Saturday, the Sea Jay II had the crew from Fish in OC aboard for a film session. Captain Jamar Campbell and crew did them selves proud by catching a boat limit…

In spite of less-than-ideal weather on Friday fish were caught. Seth Morgan fished with his grandfather John Toomey on Friday. They worked the Indian River Inlet and Rehoboth Bay for a 28.5-inch rockfish and a 17-inch flounder for Seth and two 18-inch flounder for John. Lewes Harbour Marina reported a new charter boat at the…

Tuesday saw decent weather, but from the sound of my reports fishing was not that great. At Lewes Harbour Marina the charter boats were still out when I called indicating slow fishing as the captains were staying longer trying to get their anglers as many fish as possible. A few private boats had come back…

Friday was a good end to the work week and fish were caught just about everywhere, Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a catch of flounder and sea bass from ocean structure. The Jay Sea II also fished ocean structure and brought in flounder and sea bass. Private boats caught flounder out of the…

Tuesday saw nice weather and fish were caught from the ocean and the Canal. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid came in with a mixed bag of flounder and sea bass from ocean structure. They also saw flounder caught from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. At Breakwater Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen…

Friday was a good weather day, but the weekend is already blown out. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Billy Taylor caught a big black drum on the first trip aboard his new boat. He was fishing in Delaware Bay with clams for bait. Rick’s Bait and Tackle weighed in two black drum for Jimmy and…

Small craft advisories were up on Tuesday and will be up on Wednesday. Lewes Harbour Marina told us none of their boats left the dock and only a few boats fished the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Tuesday. Those that braved the northeast winds did manage to catch a few flounder on minnows and Gulp!.…

I was at the northside of Indian River Inlet around 8:00 am on Tuesday morning just as the current began to run in. I gave fishing a shot until around 9:00 am without success and then I went back to my truck to warm up. One of the guys I was fishing with came to…

On Monday a couple of boats ran from Lewes and Indian River and they found the sea bass waiting and willing to bite. On Saturday the Cast for a Cure Surf Fishing Tournament was held under less than optimum conditions. The contest benefits the Beebe Medical Foundation. There was a lot of rain and nasty…

The weather remained too rough for boats to sail on Friday, but 475 anglers entered the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament that saw Monica Powell come out on top with a 4.93-pound flatfish. I believe this is the first time a lady has won the tournament. Second place went to Wesley Scott with a…

The weather remained too rough for boats to sail on Thursday. The forecast for the next few days is not encouraging. Just to see how the new reservation system was working for spots on the beach this weekend I went on line as if I was going to reserve a place at Cape Henlopen for…