Posts Tagged ‘Fishing Report’

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,…

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…

Wednesday was a very nice day to be fishing. Lewes Harbour Marina reported that Captain Brent and mate Chris had a very good day with flounder on ocean structure. Dan McGreevy caught a 7.43-pound Delaware Citation flounder on that trip and Tony Gargurevich had a very respectable 5.27 pounder. The Angler had spot and croaker…

Tuesday saw small craft advisories up in the ocean and very few boats left the dock. I was up a 0515 and at Indian River Inlet around 0630. The current was running in very fast on the full moon and by the time I cast a Stingsilver out, closed the bail and began to crank…

Sunday saw a strong northeast wind and very little fishing. To the best of my knowledge, no boats ran from Lewes or Indian River Marina. When I spoke with Old Inlet Bait and Tackle, they said the surf was rough, but a few folks braved it out. They didn’t have any reports on what, if…

Saturday was cool and damp and not a lot of folks went fishing. Monica Bayless caught a 44-pound yellowfin on the Chasin Fin out of Ocean City while participating in the Ocean City Tuna Tournament. Anthony, who works at Lewes Harbour Marina, caught a nice sheepshead over bay structure on a sand flea. Captain Beau…

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…

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…