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Friday began nice than around noon it got nasty. Robby at Lewes Harbour Marina reported that the Katydid brought in flounder and dolphin from ocean structure. The Angler had spot. The Pirate King with Captain Jackie and mate Gary had an all-day charter that caught spot, croaker, flounder, triggerfish and trout over bay structure. Their…

Thursday saw a bit of a breeze and most boats fished close to shore. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a mixed bag of trout, flounder, spot and croaker over bay structure. The Surface Tension did venture out to the ocean where they found some sea bass and dolphin. Overall, it was a pretty…

Wednesday was a beautiful day on the water. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Vee Sisounthune paddled his kayak out to the Outer Wall and caught another Delaware Citation sheepshead. This one weighted 9.45 pounds. Sandy Buchalter caught her first yellowfin tuna, a nice one at 50 pounds. It hit a side tracker over ocean structure.…

Tuesday saw very few boats fishing. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had flounder for her party over ocean structure. Both the Pirate King and the Angler fished over bay structure and both brought in good numbers of spot and croakers. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em told us the Judy V was the only boat…

Monday was pretty wet, but some people went fishing anyway. The final results of the Flounder Pounder Tournament out of Paradise Grill on Long Neck had the Banker’s Hours Team out of New Jersey winning with a 9.1-pound flounder and walking away with $100,000. The No Limit from Delaware placed 4th and won $30,000 plus…

Sunday saw reasonable weather and decent fishing. I did get a firsthand report from a Captain in the Flounder Pounder Open. Captain Beau on Skipjack Sportfishing said his group fished three days in all conditions from no drift to a too fast drift. They caught around 100 flounder to 4.21 pounds, but nothing for the…

Saturday saw good weather and good fishing with many charter and private boats going after the big money in the Flounder Pounder Tournament. Lewes Harbour Marina the report, was as usual, the head boat Angler brought in an excellent catch of croaker and spot. Private boats had a mixed bag of spot, croaker, triggerfish and…

Friday was another good fishing day and a lot of boats were fishing in the Flounder Pounder Tournament out of Paradise Grill on Long Neck. Frank Tucker, Zandar and Levi fished ocean structure to catch 12 flounder to 21 inches and 6 black sea bass. At Lewes Harbour Marina we learned that Vee Sisounthone paddled…

Thursday was a beautiful day on the ocean until around noon when a strong breeze came up and made the water a bit dusty I had planned to fish Delaware Bay, but the gentleman who was going with me fell ill, so I changed my plans and went surf fishing. There was hardly a breath…

Wednesday, we had small craft advisories up and to the best of my knowledge no boats left Lewes or Indian River Marina. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few folks tried to fish the beach, but they had no reports of any fish caught. I did get a good report from my friend Dan…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories and Eric with a broke computer. I did get a few reports. One from Fenwick Tackle where young Conner and his dad picked up some bait and tackle and headed for the surf on Sunday. They ended the adventure with a mixed bag on spot and kings topped by Conner’s…

Monday saw increasing east winds and building seas making for a rough day on the ocean. At Bowers Beach, the Captain’s Lady put blues, croaker, spot and trout in her customer’s coolers. Delaware Bay is beginning to preform like days of old. My friend and fellow surf fisherman, Acie Mankins fished on the Double Trouble…

Sunday saw good fishing on the ocean and bay. At Bowers Beach, the Captain’s Lady had a good week catching flounder, croaker, spot and trout. From Leipsic we heard from Steve at Smith Bait that slot rockfish and white perch have been caught from the tidal creeks and rivers on peeler crab. At the Elbow,…

Saturday was a bit bouncy on the ocean, but a few boats did venture out. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was croaker on the Angler caught over bay structure. The Surface Tension with Captain Chris had dolphin for his party fish ocean structure such as sea bass pot markers. Captain Aaron heard on the…

Friday saw northeast winds and not many boats went out. At Lewes Harbour Marina the only boat that sailed was the Angler and she had an excellent catch of spot and croaker over bay structure. Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em told us a few private boats gave it a try, but they had no reports…

Thursday was cloudy in the morning, then sunny in the afternoon. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the Katydid had flounder and ling. Ling in August just proves how cold the ocean water is on the bottom. The Angler had the usual croaker and spot from bay structure. At Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em, the…

Wednesday was hot and sticky. Not many people seem to be fishing right now. I know several charter boats are in the White Marlin Open, but private boats are not going out very often either. I suspect it is because of the heat and the price of fuel. Speaking of the White Marlin Open, right…

Tuesday was hot and windy. Lewes Harbour Marina said the only boat that sailed was the Angler had she had croaker and triggerfish over bay structure. The White Marlin Open is ongoing in Ocean City, but only 15 boats fished on Tuesday. After Monday, no billfish were recorded, but the MJ’s had the first and…

Sunday was a bit windy and not many boats went fishing. Nick Garcia and his grandpop fished Delaware Bay on Saturday and even with the wind against the tide, they did pretty well. They were just two fish short of a flounder boat limit with six to 23 inches plus two blues. Captain Aaron Herd…

Saturday saw good fishing for inshore and offshore. The Savannah Lynn ran an 8-hour trolling trip on Friday catching limits of bluefish and Spanish mackerel. Half-day shark trips have seen lots of big critters to 200 pounds. Bottom-fishing trips have produced sea bass and flounder. On Saturday Deanna at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said…

Friday was good in the morning with rain in the afternoon. If you have ever wanted to catch a tuna now is the time to go. You can book a charter to work the inshore lumps for what, in today’s market, is a reasonable amount of money and stand a good chance of catch a…