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Friday was chilly and windy, but at least at my house the rain held off.  Saturday should see some good weather for Delaware’s big opening of trout season. Amanda is back from Florida and started posting photos and fishing reports from Lewes Harbour Marina.  Rhett Watson managed to catch a citation worthy 1.29-pound crappie out…

Thursday was a nice day, but still a bit breezy.  Rain is due on Friday and may carry into Saturday.  The good news is temperatures will remain on or near the 60-degree mark for the next ten days. I could not find any reports from boats fishing the Delaware Bay or Atlantic Ocean.  Once we…

Monday was sunny, but cold and Tuesday and Wednesday don’t look much better.  Gale warnings are already up for Wednesday. My friend Bob Baker called to pass on a good report from the bays behind the Barrier Islands of Virginia.  He said the flounder fishing has been good on the outgoing current.  Saturday will see…

Spent most of Saturday in Bowers Beach at Lurefest.  As always, it was a great time with good friends and delicious food.  I must apologize about saying the raffle is rigged, because on Saturday I won a hand-held VHF. Dave Saveikis, Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, held a well-attended session on what…

Friday proved to be the best day of 2019 with temperatures in the mid-70s and Saturday should be even better.  Don’t ask about next week. I went to the fishing pier at Massey’s Landing to test my hypothesis that winter flounder had returned to Delaware.  I fished the last of the outgoing current and the…

Thursday was a bit chilly, but the wind fell out a bit.  Friday looks good and Saturday will be warm, but windy. No reports from ocean going boats, but I did get a good white perch report from Dan’s Tackle Shop.  Jay Jones fished from his small boat in the Broadkill River and had a…

Wednesday saw small craft advisories up for the morning and, while the wind did drop out in the afternoon, the seas were still running three to four feet in the ocean.  The rest of the week continues to look good with warm temperatures and light winds. Ice House Bait and Tackle did report that white…

Tuesday it was back to small craft advisories and they will be up again on Wednesday.  The weather looks much better for the end of the week. If you have not been to Indian River Inlet yet this spring, you will find the sidewalk on the northside under the bridge is closed.  The sand has…

Sunday was a beautiful day and I was stuck inside all day working.  And so it goes, but after I hit the Lottery this week work will be a thing of the past. I spoke with Steve at Smith Bait in Leipsic and he said the only fish around have been white perch and short…

Saturday saw gale warnings up again and Sunday will still be windy but warmer.  I did see one guy fishing at the head of the Broadkill River in Milton.  He didn’t stay long and I didn’t see him catch anything.  I did not see any sign of the herring I saw there a week ago.…

Gale warnings were up on Friday and will be up again on Saturday.  Looks like a good weekend to get things done around the house so you can be free to fish when the fish finally show up. Lenny Rudow’s Fish Talk Report said white and yellow perch have been caught from the tidal creeks…

While I can’t be absolutely certain that no one went fishing on Thursday, I can be certain that if they did they love a fish a whole lot more than I do.  Rain, wind and cold make for a nasty day and that’s exactly what we had on Thursday.  Friday and Saturday look to be…

So Wednesday was the first day of Spring, still the weather remained chilly and the wind increased all day.  Thursday will see a storm pass by with high southeast winds and lots of rain before things clean out for the weekend. Once again the only fishing report I received came from Cape Point on Hatteras…

Tuesday saw lots of sunshine with a slight breeze, but I didn’t receive fishing reports from any boats out of Delaware or Ocean City.  Perhaps I will get a late report on Wednesday. I stopped in at Rick’s Bait and Tackle to pick up some leader material and found out they will be open every…

Monday was chilly with a brisk wind that made it feel even colder.  It looks like the next few day will be fishable so perhaps we will begin to get more successful reports. The Morning Star out of Ocean City ran on Sunday and the patrons caught tog to 22 inches.  The bite was a…

Sunday saw decent weather and while the ocean and bay remain a bit cold, the tidal creeks and rivers are showing signs of life. Ice House Bait and Tackle reported that five-pound catfish were caught from Oyster Rocks on cut bunker.  Bowers Beach saw some white perch on bloodworms as did some locations along the…

Saturday was colder and there was a strong north wind bringing out small craft advisories for the bay and ocean.  I did see a couple of bass fishermen on a local pond, but don’t know if they had any luck. Clark Evans at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported a short rockfish caught by Claude…

Friday was still warm, but windy with rain and small craft advisories on the bay and ocean. I told you the giant bluefin tuna action was good out of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina and it is, however the National Marine Fisheries Service just closed the recreational season.  This means you can still play catch and…

Thursday was a beautiful day and since I know it’s not going to last, I went fishing.  I waited until the tide was high at the head of the Broadkill River in Milton before heading over to drown some earthworms.  I joined seven other hopeful anglers, all but one had gray hair, for over an…

Wednesday was another nice day and it looks like Thursday will be even better. Ice House Bait and Tackle sent me a report late on Tuesday that the Bobby Smith family fished the Broadkill River with bloodworms and caught some short rockfish and one keeper. I am getting good reports from Pirate’s Cove and the…

Tuesday had nice warm sunshine, but man when that wind hit, you tell where your skivvies stopped. We did get one report from Monday.  Ice House Bait and Tackle said Alex and Jack fished Oyster Rocks with cut bunker and caught catfish.  Other anglers worked Pole Bridge and Petersfield Ditch with bloodworms catching white perch. …

Monday was a very nice day for early March, but I could not find anyone who had been fishing.  I did, however, accomplish a personal goal.  My 1996 40hp two-stroke Mercury outboard started with very little trouble.  I had decided to get an early start in case it had to go to the outboard doctor,…