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To the best of my knowledge no boats sailed on Tuesday. The Cast for a Cure Surf Tournament was a great success last weekend. Twenty-six teams participated and One More Cast came in First with Sporto Gray, Tim Wallace, Bob Zak and Lance Cochran. Sporto’s 22-inch black drum secured the win. Second was a tie…

Monday, I spent the day on the Angler out of Ocean City, Maryland. Captain Chris called late on Sunday evening to say the wind would be up early on Monday morning so we would depart at 0800 instead of 0600. I don’t know what the wind was like at 0600, but it was a tad…

Saturday was a bit breezy and a lot of boats choose not to sail. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid ran to ocean structure and returned with sea bass. The Angler with Captain Jackie put Richard Harris on a 52-pound Delaware Citation black drum on Thursday night and Mark Czarski on a 66-pound…

Friday saw perfect weather for a flounder tournament and Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said over 500 fishermen came out for the Joe Morris Memorial Canal Flounder Tournament. Amanda has not added up the sales of tee shirts, bucktails and other contributions, but just the entry fees alone will give the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network…

Thursday began with a brisk wind that kept most boats at the dock. Some waited until the wind dropped out and ran a bit late. I would like to begin with a freshwater report from Ed O’Donnell. He fished the fly-fishing only section of Red Clay Creek on Wednesday and caught over two dozen rainbow…

Wednesday was a beautiful day to be on the water, unless that water was the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and you were trying to catch a flounder. Mike Pizzolato and I left the Lewes boat ramp around 8:30am as the current was running in and we fished the entire Canal on both sides until 11:30…

Monday saw the threat of thunderstorms keep charter and private boats close to the dock. I don’t blame them. Being caught out in the ocean in a thunderstorm is about as scary experience as I hope I ever have. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said Shawn Hastings from Frankford caught a 5-pound trout while fishing…

Sunday saw more fish caught than have been caught all year. Black sea bass season opened and every boat that made the run to the Del-Jersey-Land Reef returned with a limit of tasty filets. I understand the fog proved to be a problem early in the morning, but once that cleared, everyone had clear sailing.…

In spite of rain and fog, lots of fish were caught on Saturday. Lewes Harbour Marina reported the Katydid ran out for tog and returned with a catch. Several private boats fished the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and had keeper flounder. Jordan at Henlopen Tackle said one of his customers had a keeper rockfish at…

Small craft advisories were up on Thursday and while they may come down on Friday, the seas will be running 3 to 4 feet and that ain’t comfortable for most small craft. The marine forecast has those 3 to 4-foot seas running right through Sunday, so the bigger the boat you can find to fish…

These reports are getting to be redundant. The wind continues to blow from the north, northeast and while gale warnings have come down, they have been replaced by small craft advisories. Air temperatures are supposed to increaseover the weekend, but seas are to remain at 3 to 4 feet in the ocean and there will…

It was another cool and windy day with 13-foot seas at the Delaware Lightship Buoy. Gale warnings are up into Wednesday morning and the National Weather Service says there is a slight chance this storm could become subtropical. The main thing that will prevent this is the ocean water that is still too cold. Something…

A large orange ball appeared in the eastern sky on Monday morning and the younger folks were so afraid. The older heads comforted them and said, “Fear not, for this is the sun. It is a good thing and will warm the waters. If the darn wind will ever stop blowing, we may once again…

I don’t believe anyone fished on Sunday since the wind was clocked at 40 knots at the Delaware Lightship where seas were measured at 15 feet. Those who fish for bluefin tuna are going to see new limits that began on May 6, 2022 and will end on December 31. Private boats with an HMS…

A few folks fished on Friday and they caught a few fish. I fished on Thursday evening at Indian River Inlet. I figured with the approaching storm, a falling barometer and the beginning of an incoming current right at sunset, the rockfish should be snapping. Wrong. The current never got running until after 9:30 PM…

Thursday was the last fishable day for the next few days as a hard nor’easter moves across the Cape Region. Seas are forecasted to 12 feet in the ocean behind northeast winds to 45 knots. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina had some exciting news. Captain Brent Wiest on the Katydid caught a pending Delaware State…

Wednesday saw a lot of fog and some showers, but boats still went out of Lewes and caught some tog at the Outer Wall and from ocean structure. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a good catch of tog on Wednesday. Several private boats also fished for tog on Wednesday and found…

Tuesday saw an east wind pretty much shut down the open water fishing. The weekend is not looking good for fishing so take Mom somewhere nice for dinner. Harry Aiken and his son Scott caught a pair of black drum at Broadkill Beach on Tuesday. I suspect they used clam and sand fleas for bait.…