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Friday was a nice day, but the fishing was slow. When I stopped by Lewes Harbour Marina the fishing cleaning table was covered with triggerfish that came in on the Katydid. The party said the flounder didn’t cooperate, so Captain Brent shifted to triggers over ocean structure and sent everyone home with a bag full…

Thursday was a gray day with slow fishing. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said the surf continues to produce kings and croaker on bloodworms and bloodworm FishBites. The Indian River Inlet has seen lots of short tog and a few keepers on sand fleas. Sheepshead have been mixed in with the tog. At Lewes Harbour…

Wednesday was hot and humid with good fishing for those who ventured out into the bay or ocean. Fuentes Rivas Lucio had a good catch of flounder landing eight keepers and three sea bass at his favorite spot. Unfortunately, he did not share the Lat/Lon of that location. Lewes Harbour Marina said Captain Austin had…

Tuesday was not quite as nice as Monday, but lots of fish were caught. Burt at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em said the Reel Fast brought in the first bigeye tuna of the season. Damian Rexrode, Matt Schneider, Bill and Jack Lowry worked to land the 220-pound tuna in the Washington Canyon. The big fish…

The 4th of July was about as close to a perfect day as we can expect in Delaware. At Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em Burt said the Judy V had 20 flounder on her morning trip. A private boat brought in a 60-pound wahoo. The boats that ran offshore found yellowfin tuna for their parties.…

Sunday saw better weather and better fishing. Captain Pete on the Top Fin had his best day of the season with 13 big sharks caught and released by his party on Sunday. So far it has been the year of the sheepshead. Brian Kelly had a 10.91-pound sheepshead on bay structure and Paul Matthews had…

Saturday was another hot and windy day with small craft advisories up on the ocean. My good friend Randy Morton has caught a 9-pound, 2-ounce sheepshead on a fiddler crab at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to set the pending IGFA men’s 8-pound line class world record. Randy is one of the truly good guys…

Thursday morning was absolutely beautiful and perfect for surf fishing. So that’s what I did. This time I went to Three Rs Road. Hardly anyone on the beach when I arrived around 0630. Set up with one rod out far and one in close. Both baited with Fish Bites bloodworm. Caught two nice kings on…

Wednesday was a beautiful summer day and once again the number of boats on the water was small. I went fishing for the first time in three weeks and as far as putting something in my cooler, I might as well of stayed home. I was on the beach at Herring Point by 0630 and…

Tuesday was a nice day, but not many folks went fishing. Dan Neumann emailed me a report from Indian River Inlet. He said on Monday and Tuesday around the time of high tide, blues in the 10 to 15-inch range came through and were caught on Gotcha plugs, spoons and bucktails. A few small rockfish…

Monday saw small craft advisories up and just as I was beginning my reports a bolt of lightning lit up my world and convinced to step away from the computer and phone. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the only boat that went out was the Pirate King and they fished bay structure for kings…

Sunday saw the wind pick up and small craft advisories will be up on Monday. Frank Tucker and Tom fished on Saturday over ocean structure to catch five keeper flounder between 16.5 and 25 inches and six sea bass. Captain Pete on the Top Fin took the Miller family out shark fishing on Sunday morning…

Saturday was just about perfect. Carter DiRado and Robbie Baxley who work at Lewes Harbour Marina fished on Tuesday in the canyons. They pulled a variety of lures, but the hot setup was the Red-Headed Slut by Magic Tail that put a beautiful yellowfin in the boat. Ronald Green fished with his granddaughter Lydia in…

Friday was a beautiful day at the beach. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said Captain Pete on the Top Fin took the Ziglar family out on Friday morning for some shark fishing and boy did they ever find some action. They went ten for ten on sharks to 200 pounds giving the family lots of…

Wednesday was a blowout. To the best of my knowledge no boats left Indian River or Lewes. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said a few sheepshead and black drum were caught out of Indian River Inlet on frozen sand fleas. On Tuesday evening I spent 2.5 hours at a virtual meeting of the Bureau of…

Tuesday laid out real nice and fishing was good from the beach to the canyons. Deanna at Hook ‘em and Cook ‘em reported the Judy V had sea bass and flounder on her morning trip. Flounder are starting to show up in better numbers and size as the summer moves along. Private boats had ribbon…

It was still windy on Monday. Lewes Harbour Marina said the Savannah Lynn had a nice catch of bluefish on the troll. Once the wind kicked up the seas, she came back inside the bay and caught and released a 200-pound brown shark. The Katydid had 14 flounder over ocean structure. At Old Inlet Bait…

The wind did not go away for Father’s Day. To the best of my knowledge no boats fished the bay or ocean on Sunday. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said the run of kings continued on the surf with bloodworms and Fish Bites still doing the job. Interesting news out of DNREC on Friday. It…

Saturday was just a tad breezy at the beach. No boats left Indian River Marina or Lewes Harbour Marina on Saturday. and I don’t think any will be going out on Sunday. Bummer for Father’s Day fishing Trips. The Big Rock Tournament out of Morehead City, North Carolina is in the books for 2022 and…

Friday was hot and windy at the beach. Jordan from Henlopen Tackle is running a surf fishing tournament from June 17th until July 1st. There will be prizes for the largest striped bass, bluefish and kingfish. Stop by the shop on Savannah Road and find out all the details. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said…

Thursday was a lousy day at the beach. All of my reporting stations had nothing to report. There have been some major changes in the way NOAA, the Mid-Atlantic Marine Fisheries Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission set regulations for recreational fishermen in the future. All of us who thought we had…