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Wednesday was another beautiful summer day and while big seas from the hurricane offshore kept most boats close to the beach, good numbers of fish were caught. Diana at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em had some great news for flounder fishermen.  A party of four on a private boat fished east of B Buoy to…

Tuesday was as close to a perfect fishing day as you will ever see along the Delaware Coast. The Old Grounds is finally producing decent flounder catches.  One of the head boats out of Fisherman’s Wharf had an excellent catch on Monday and boats from Lewes Harbour Marina, and Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em did…

Monday was a beautiful fishing day with both ocean and bay trips producing some nice fish. At Lewes Harbour Marina, Tommy reported that the Katydid had 19 flounder over ocean structure.  Slot rockfish and keeper flounder came out of the Canal.  Minnows and Gulp! for the flounder with live eels the hot bait for the…

Sunday was another blow out for the ocean fleet and while a few boats fished the bay the action was pretty slow. The best report we had came from Clark at Old Inlet Bait and Tackle who said the croaker bite has been excellent at Indian River Inlet.  Anglers working the southside of the inlet…

Saturday saw small craft advisories flying and no one I spoke with went out.  Sunday doesn’t look much better.  If the tropical depression off the coast of Hatteras behaves itself we may be able to return to fishable weather by Tuesday. Quite often, after a northeast blow, the offshore grounds turn on.  This is especially…

The first of the thunder, lightning and heavy rain hit before noon on Friday and if anyone went out ahead of that they were very sorry.  Small craft advisories are already up for Saturday and I expect them to continue into Sunday.  Then there is a possible tropical depression between Hatters and Bermuda that is…

The rain was a bit scattered on Thursday.  I left my house in a downpour at 2:30 and by the time I got to Five Points at 2:40 the road was dry. I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina and saw Captain Brent off the Katydid who told me his party had 25 flounder off of…

The Fourth of July was a beautiful fishing day and with lots of people in town most of the popular spots were fished hard. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Storm Rider had a good catch of dolphin from the Washington Canyon.  The Sea Hunter fished the Baltimore Canyon and came back with golden…

Happy Fourth of July! Now let’s go fishing! Small boat owners should give the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal a try. With high tide in the middle of the day you can expect incoming water all morning when the heat will be less intense. Almost every flounder I have reported on taken from the canal was…

Sunday, July 1, saw two fishing seasons open in Delaware.  The new tog regulations went into effect with a 16-inch minimum size limit and a four fish per day bag limit.  This season will run until the end of the year. The Delaware Bay slot season for rockfish also opened on Sunday.  Anglers may keep…

Summer weather continued on Saturday as crowds of folks invaded the beaches ahead of the Fourth of July Holiday. From Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park we learned that a good number of anglers fished the pier and caught spot, croaker and short flounder.  You can’t beat bloodworms…

Friday was a beautiful summer day and the fish were snapping.  The good news, if the NOAA marine forecast is correct, is we will have a run of five days or more with excellent sea conditions for whatever type of fishing you enjoy. Want to try something different?  Jerry Taylor at Taylored Tackle told us…

It was still a tad breezy on the ocean on Thursday so the best fishing was in the sheltered waters of the Delaware Bay. We received word from DNREC that Secretary Garvin has signed an emergency order changing the regulation for tautog.  The season will reopen on July 1 and continue until December 31.  The…

In spite of a NOAA marine forecast that promised good sea conditions, the weather on Wednesday was lousy.  A blustery southeast wind had the water roiled and those boats that headed out soon turned around and headed back to the dock. I spent high tide in the morning at the fishing pier on Cape Henlopen…

Tuesday morning was beautiful, but a strong southeast wind picked up as the day went on and made fishing difficult.  Doug Elliott and I fished out of the Lewes Boat Ramp from 7:00 AM until 1:00 PM.  We ran to the Ferry Wall where Doug caught a nice short rockfish and I had a short…

Monday was just gorgeous and fish were caught from the beach to the canyons. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said they had 16 tuna on the cleaning table when I called.  The fish were caught at the Poorman’s Canyon on a boat out of Ocean City.  The party brought them to Lewes Harbour for Tony…

Sunday saw normal summer weather, but the catching was slow. Steve at Smith Bait and Tackle in Leipsic said flounder have been caught on squid and minnows or a bucktail with nuclear chicken Gulp! at the Crossover. Miah Maull Shoal saw some rockfish taken on peeler crab. Keeper sized trout have been caught at Reef…

The weather on Saturday was pretty good, but the small craft advisory issued on Friday night was horrible.  Unfortunately, several ocean trips were cancelled due to the erroneous forecast costing the captains money and their customers a good day of fishing.  I know how the captains feel since I was a victim of NOAA Weather…

Friday saw small craft advisories, northeast winds to 25 knots, seas above six feet and very few people fishing. The only positive report we received was from Old Inlet Bait and Tackle where some short rockfish were caught during the night and some small blues were taken in the morning from the inlet. Captain Don…

Thursday saw decent weather and some anglers connected while others, not so much. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Pirate King came in from Delaware Bay with some kings and blowfish.  The Katydid fished ocean structure for a catch of flounder. At Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle on the fishing pier at Cape Henlopen…

Wednesday morning was beautiful, but a brisk southeast wind kicked up in the afternoon making the bay a bit too rough for my 16-foot tin boat.  So Mike Pizzolatto and I put my boat over at the Lewes ramp around 11:30 AM to catch the incoming current in the Canal.  Unfortunately, by then the wind…