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Thursday was a hot day to go fishing. The Bill Slayer had the Mills, Frye, Coulbourne party out on Wednesday and they managed to go 4 for 6 on yellowfin tuna and 4 for 4 on longfin albacore tuna trolling Sterling Tackle wide track spreader bars with Handbarrow Custom Bait skirted ballyhoo. Hook ‘em and…

Wednesday was an absolutely beautiful fishing day. I had a plan. I would go to Fenwick Island. Catch a spot and use it as bait for a cobia. Man plans, God laughs. I never caught a single spot, but I may have hooked a cobia on my spot rig. Whatever it was, it dumped half…

Tuesday saw decent weather and good fishing. Lewes Harbour Marina reported the Port-A-Bella fished the Big Fish Classic out of Ocean City and their 218-pound bigeye placed Fifth in that category. They also had two yellowfin, one bluefin and one longfin tuna. They released a white marlin and jumped off a blue. Lorne Seifert and…

Monday was another good fishing day. From Lewes Harbour Marina we learned that the Team Outcast with Dylan Grygo, Matt Chapman, Dave Haldeman and Tom Malewski fished Massey’s Canyon and the 12-Fathom Lump on Saturday where they chunked with squid and butterfish and used the whole of same for bait. They ended the day with…

Sunday was a bit breezy, but fish were caught. Nick Garcia had a good weekend fishing Delaware Bay. On Saturday he and his cousin Caleb made it through a rough morning with the wind against the current to catch a 19-inch flounder, lots of small flounder, some bluefish, a 15-inch trout and some ribbonfish on…

Friday saw light winds and calm seas. I was on the beach at 3Rs Road around 6:00AM and set up to catch a cobia. I had some kingfish heads that Robbie at Lewes Harbour Marina saved for me and I rigged one of them on a fish-finder rig. Once that was out there, I rigged…

Thursday was a hot, dry day and fish were caught. Captain Aaron Herd on the Gale Force had the Orogz charter out to the Old Grounds where they spotted a group of cobia on the surface. Logan picked up his pitching rod and made several casts with a Hamilton jig and hooked one of the…

Wednesday saw some light showers between bright sunshine. It was bound to happen. Fenwick Tackle reported that Tyler Adams caught a 41-inch cobia out of the surf in Ocean City on a chunk of kingfish. I would think bunker, spot or mullet would also attract a cobia. You might want to keep a light rod…

Tuesday was cool and cloudy with some rain around the edges. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Surface Tension with Captain Chris had 14 flounder with Mate Aaron Brommer landing a Delaware Citation 7.34 pounder all over ocean structure. Jack Nixon and his dad fished with Captain Dave on True to Life Charters. Jack caught a…

Monday saw small craft advisories up on the ocean. Amanda said no fish crossed the cleaning table on Monday. They do have a new tournament for the month of August. Beginning August 1st and running through August 31st the Dorado for Ducks Tournament will take place. The proceeds from this contest will go to the…

Sunday’s weather was much better than the forecast. Lewes Harbour Marina said young Croix Rust was high hook on his family’s trip to ocean structure with two flounder to 21.75 inches. Private boats had tuna by chunking inshore lumps. The Reel Chaotic with Captain Bruce Buchalter, Joshua Buchalter, Allen Fluke, Don May and Jimmy Yingling…

Saturday was a beautiful summer day. Sunday will see seas to 7 feet in the ocean. Lewes Harbour Marina said that Ryan Sullivan had a 3.6-pound flounder and Anthony Wicker had a flounder that weighed 4.88 pounds out of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on Saturday. They fished minnows on top-bottom rigs and also caught…

Friday was a normal summer day in Delaware. My friend Dan Neumann sent me a report from Indian River Inlet. He said he and his friend Paul Perkins along with other anglers caught a good number of 8 to 10-inch bluefish from the Inlet on afternoon incoming water on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The blues…

Small craft advisories were up on the ocean, but some boats were able to fish Delaware Bay on Thursday. On Wednesday Frank Tucker and Zander fished the Old Grounds and boxed eight flounder. Rick’s Bait and Tackle reported that Hunter Reeder caught a 40-pound yellowfin tuna at Massey’s Canyon on the chunk. The Surface Tension…

Wednesday saw reasonable weather and decent fishing. Small craft advisories are already up for Thursday. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Katydid came in from ocean structure with a good catch of flounder. The Angler fished bay structure and brought back kingfish and croakers. At Hook ’em and Cook ‘em they told us…

Tuesday was a normal summer day in July. Those who went fishing did well. Lewes Harbour Marina reported the Katydid had 32 flounder from ocean structure for her party. The Angler brought back croaker from bay structure. At Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em, both the Judy V and the Captain Bob had sea bass on…

Monday saw small craft advisories up in the ocean and very little fishing. At Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em the Captain Ike II defied the weather and went tuna fishing. They had nine yellowfin and while they didn’t say, I suspect they were on the chunk. Jeff Waxman, Dr. Pat and the Dr’s son James,…

Sunday was a good weather day making for a rare good fishing weekend. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle reported the first pompano of the summer. The first was caught on Saturday at 3Rs Road on a worm and measured 13 inches. The second was a very nice fish at 16.5 inches and was caught by…

Saturday saw good weather and good fishing From Lewes Harbour Marina, Miss Aubrey Trey caught a nice triggerfish at the Outer Wall on a sand flea. Tim Burg fished Roosevelt Inlet with Gulp! and minnows to catch a 3.5-flounder. On Friday, the Poet-A-Bella had four yellowfin Tuna at the Hot Dog. Captain Keith on the…

The weather in Friday wasn’t too bad, but fishing was a bit slow. The big news comes from Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em where Scott Brooks weighed in the pending Delaware State Record Cobia. He caught the 90-pound, 63-inch cobia just off of Bethany Beach on a Captain Mitchell’s white bucktail with a white worm.…

Thursday was a beautiful day for fishing, but it didn’t help me. My wife and I were up at 5:00 AM and on the water around 6:00. Headed to the Outer Wall to try for slot rockfish and struck out there. Moved to Reef Site 8 and the current was so strong we couldn’t hold…