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These reports are getting to be redundant. The wind continues to blow from the north, northeast and while gale warnings have come down, they have been replaced by small craft advisories. Air temperatures are supposed to increaseover the weekend, but seas are to remain at 3 to 4 feet in the ocean and there will…

It was another cool and windy day with 13-foot seas at the Delaware Lightship Buoy. Gale warnings are up into Wednesday morning and the National Weather Service says there is a slight chance this storm could become subtropical. The main thing that will prevent this is the ocean water that is still too cold. Something…

A large orange ball appeared in the eastern sky on Monday morning and the younger folks were so afraid. The older heads comforted them and said, “Fear not, for this is the sun. It is a good thing and will warm the waters. If the darn wind will ever stop blowing, we may once again…

I don’t believe anyone fished on Sunday since the wind was clocked at 40 knots at the Delaware Lightship where seas were measured at 15 feet. Those who fish for bluefin tuna are going to see new limits that began on May 6, 2022 and will end on December 31. Private boats with an HMS…

A few folks fished on Friday and they caught a few fish. I fished on Thursday evening at Indian River Inlet. I figured with the approaching storm, a falling barometer and the beginning of an incoming current right at sunset, the rockfish should be snapping. Wrong. The current never got running until after 9:30 PM…

Thursday was the last fishable day for the next few days as a hard nor’easter moves across the Cape Region. Seas are forecasted to 12 feet in the ocean behind northeast winds to 45 knots. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina had some exciting news. Captain Brent Wiest on the Katydid caught a pending Delaware State…

Wednesday saw a lot of fog and some showers, but boats still went out of Lewes and caught some tog at the Outer Wall and from ocean structure. Amanda at Lewes Harbour Marina said the Katydid had a good catch of tog on Wednesday. Several private boats also fished for tog on Wednesday and found…

Tuesday saw an east wind pretty much shut down the open water fishing. The weekend is not looking good for fishing so take Mom somewhere nice for dinner. Harry Aiken and his son Scott caught a pair of black drum at Broadkill Beach on Tuesday. I suspect they used clam and sand fleas for bait.…

Monday was another good day to be fishing. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle said Ed Heite caught a 5.25-pound trout out of Indian River Inlet on a ¼-ounce leadhead and a paddletail shad. They also reported that Grant Barnhart, who caught that big rockfish from the surf at Fenwick Island on a plug, has caught…

Small craft advisories were up on Friday, but they will be coming down for the weekend. I called Lewes Harbour Marina and Henlopen Bait and Tackle. Once again, the only one who had heard of a fish being caught was Jordan at Henlopen. He had a few scattered reports of tiny bluefish at Broadkill Beach…

Small craft advisories were up on Thursday and, as I suspected, they will be up again on Friday. I called Lewes Harbour Marina, Old Inlet Bait and Tackle and Henlopen Bait and Tackle. The only one who had heard of a fish being caught was Jordan at Henlopen who said one customer called to tell…

Small craft advisories were up on Wednesday and they will be up all-day Thursday and probably up again on Friday. Lewes Harbour Marina said no boats went out on Wednesday, but on Tuesday, William Lindsay weighed in a 19-pound tog he caught on the On Delivery with Captain Mike Rivera. At Rick’s Bait and Tackle…

Ah spring, summer on Tuesday and back to winter on Wednesday. At Lewes Harbour Marina they said the Katydid had tog and a private boat also found some tog. Baits were green crab and sand fleas. At Old Inlet Bait and Tackle the report was excellent shad fish during incoming water at Indian River Inlet.…

Sunday completed a weekend of good fishing. At Lewes Harbour Marina they reported the Katydid had a limit of tog for her party. On Saturday, Raymond Maxwell, Jr. caught a Delaware Citation 10.5-pound tog on the Katydid. Sunday saw several private boats get in on the tog action and return from the ocean with limits.…

Saturday saw continued good fishing. At Lewes Harbour Marina the report was the Katydid, the Top Fin and the Savannah Lynn all had good numbers of tog. Sandy Davis had an 8.74-pound tog on the Katydid. Billy Mister caught a 21-inch tog at the Outer Wall on a shrimp. Burt at Hook ‘em and Cook…

Friday spring finally sprung. My son Roger and I fished Indian River Inlet from the north side just west of the bridge. We arrived at 9:30 AM at slack low water and as soon as we had the slightest bit of incoming current the shad bite was on. Roger used a Speck Rig and had…

Thursday was a bit more windy and cooler than called for. Lewes Harbour Marina didn’t see a fish all day as none of their charter or head boats left the dock. Henlopen Bait and Tackle and Old Inlet Bait and Tackle didn’t answer the phone. Patty at Captain Bones did record several freshwater citations. Jymier…

Wednesday was a decent day at the beach and the weather will continue to improve through Friday. Jordan at Henlopen Bait and Tackle had a customer fish from his kayak at the junction of Canary Creek and the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal. He used a white bucktail with a white swimbait to catch and release…

If you stepped outside on Monday, you have a pretty good idea why nobody went fishing. Tuesday won’t be much better. I did get a freshwater report from Sunday morning. Ed O’Donnell fished the fly-fishing only section of White Clay Creek and hooked 12 trout, landing eight. He had two browns and six rainbows. The…

There was a small craft advisory up on Sunday and a gale warning is expected on Monday. I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter, Passover and Ramadan holiday. Every reporting station I called on Sunday was closed. There will be a major change in the black sea bass regulations beginning on May 15. The minimum size…