Monthly Archives

March 2015

Delaware’s 2015 striped bass regulations

Striped bass spawning season starts tomorrow ... The new striped bass regulations from DNREC ... "Secretary’s Order No. 2015-F-0010 was signed March 30, 2015 approving amendments to the striped bass regulations.  The order has been posted online. http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Info/Documents/Secretarys%20Order%202015-F-0010.pdf ) . In…
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DE Meeting on Seismic Testing in the Atlantic

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management hosts open house in Delaware Thursday, April 2 to sound out public on seismic permitting in Atlantic Ocean DOVER (March 26, 2015) – The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will host two open houses Thursday, April 2 in Delaware to share information on the geological and geophysical (G&G)…
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Northside campground ribbon cutting

New campground and other enhancements transform Delaware Seashore State Park  REHOBOTH BEACH (March 27, 2015) – Governor Jack Markell, Federal Highway Administration Delaware Administrator Mary Ridgeway, DelDOT Secretary Jennifer Cohan, and DNREC Division of Parks & Recreation Director Ray Bivens joined other officials today for a…
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Assawoman Wildlife Area road closures

Assawoman Wildlife Area road closures announced due to boat ramp improvements   FRANKFORD (March 27, 2015) – The access road to Mulberry Landing Boat Ramp on Assawoman Wildlife Area near Bethany Beach will be partially closed periodically over the next two to three weeks for boat ramp improvements including bulkhead replacement, DNREC’s…
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Fishing is getting better in Delaware

Fishing was picking up until the cold snap and then picked up again.  Hoping this rainy warm weather will help bring the temperatures back up.  Masseys Landing has been hitting as high as forty eight degrees today and as low as thirty nine degrees the past few days.  You have to remember that at low tide the back bays are at their…
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March Sadness

Growing up in an Irish Catholic household, I was taught to love the University of Notre Dame. Of course, I decided to cheer against my Father because I loved The University of Delaware Blue Hens. I was too young to understand that those teams never played each other and our mascot was an extinct bird that just looked cool. Going into the first…
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Sports, Who is this guy?

Growing up in North Wilmington, I was always involved in some kind of sports program. I started playing baseball at age seven and continue to play the game I love. I’m going into my Forty-First Season and I still get excited whenever I take the field. So what makes me think I should write for a Sports section in an upstart Newspaper? My answer…
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Fishing Tales

I will write stories of the past and new....comically I hope....I have fished for a living for the past ten years out of Lewes De... I don't anymore....may again.... I changed it up and serve our great country through Americorps with Habitat for Humanity......anyway I will write what I have lived, have seen and still encounter. I love to take…
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DNREC News and Updates

While my articles may not be as funny or as whimsical as all the other writers here, I will be covering all of the DNREC meetings relating to the beaches and fishing. I've been fishing since I was about 5 years old, and save for a brief stint in Michigan, I've been doing it my entire life. During the course of all of this fishing I've seen to…
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Finance

My wife, Ann, and I were born and raised in Sussex County; I attended Lord Baltimore Elementary School and Selbyville Middle School. After college, I spent 14 years in the Washington, DC, area working in technology sales and investments, but the goal was always to return to our roots before our sons started school – a goal we accomplished in…
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Hunting

I've enjoyed spending my time in the outdoors as long as I can remember. Hunting, fishing, and just generally being in the great outdoors is my greatest passion. There's pretty much nothing I'd rather be doing, than sitting quietly up in a tree stand during the fall season, enjoying the crisp air and changing leaves, in pursuit of the often…
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Kayaking

Kayaking started out as a means for me to access the inaccessible areas along the Delaware coast that piqued my interest. I’ve always been a wanderer; I like poking around and exploring wild places that are new to me. So when I got my driver’s license at 16, I set out to explore every inch of the Delaware coast. I soon discovered there were…
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Board Sports

Growing up in Pittsburgh, I spent my days looking for hills. I wanted any hill I could find, big or small, it didn't matter, as long as it had a bump it meant I could go speeding down it; and luckily for me, they weren't hard to find. When I got my first skateboard, I ran to the top of my street and excitedly pushed off to start my…
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Real Estate

My husband and I have lived in the the Delaware resort of Bethany Beach since 1988. I began my real estate career while still living in Dover. In 1983, I started out as a secretary for a local real estate office. In 1987, I started making the commute to Bethany Beach working with Rehoboth Resort Realty and in 1988 made Bethany Beach our home!…
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Fishing with Bob Jones

I would like to welcome Bob Jones as a writer for Delaware Surf Fishing.  Bob will be bringing his years of experience to the site now with all kinds of fishing tips and techniques.   I asked Bob to  send us a quick introduction ... To say that Bob Jones has spent the majority of his life enjoying the outdoors would certainly be an…
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Spring Snow Showers

https://vimeo.com/122689180 Today was the first official day of spring, annnnnnnnnnd ... it snowed.  You have to love mother Nature she can be rather fickle.  Oh well, soon enough it will be blazing hot and we can all wish for snow.  The trout fishing at Tidbury and Newton ponds has been decent enough.  The ponds were…
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Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier Update

Everyone is asking about the pier so I reached out to Ray Bivens the Director of Delaware State parks and he sent me the latest updated information.  As you can see from the letter below the pier is not going to reopen this year.   The timing is off due to weather and the conditions required to fix the pilings.  The water is too cold…
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More Free Delaware Surf Fishing Tags?

There has been a program for a couple of years now to give first responders free surf fishing tags.  Now I have no problem with giving perks to anyone who works in this field, as all of my first responder friends know.  However the ladies auxiliary is not a group I would consider risking their lives when on the job.  No offense ladies, but…
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Piping Plovers Have Arrived In Delaware

I hear it all the time, no one likes the fact beaches are closed for a "stupid bird."  My answer is usually ... it is the stupidity of humans and their destruction of the environments as to why we have these protection laws.  Regardless of your feelings of protecting endangered species, Delaware is required to shut down specific…
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DSF All Species Fishing Tournament catches

If you hadn't heard, spring has sprung, and the fishing is picking up quickly.  The DSF All Species Fishing Tournament like the trout pond season for Delaware was on delay thanks to ice and snow.  However this weekend people were out and about catching fish in many ponds, rivers, and tidal streams.  Even Tidbury and Newton ponds were…
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First Fishing Report for the 2015 season

Well we have thawed out and the fish are starting to get anxious as much as the anglers.  This time of year bloodworms are your best bait choices.  Chartreuse is always a great spring color with a little pink in the mix.  White perch and catfish action has been hot up and down the Delaware river areas.  Augustine and Dobbinsville…
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Delaware Trout Ponds are Stocked for Saturday

https://vimeo.com/122051125 Today Mac Davis and I went to Newton Pond in Greenwood and filmed Mark Zimmermann a Environmental Scientist for DNREC, Garry Glanden, Darryl "Gonzo" Harris, and Jerry Parker stock the pond with rainbow trout for the upcoming opening trout pond season that opens Saturday.  They informed us that…
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Blue Crab Season Started March 1st

Well now that the ice has thawed out we are a go for putting in crab pots, since March first.  However the water is still a tad cold, actually it is realllllllly cold for crabs.  But that doesn't mean you should get discouraged, clean those pots, check your turtle guards, and get them ready for a new season.  Crabbing can be done year…
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Beware the ice tides of March

(March 1, 2015) ... The Delaware Bay, inland bays, and ocean are covered with a pancake ice pack. Well it is March, we made it, now onto spring! The Delaware Bay ice pack has been flowing onto Lewes and Rehoboth beaches. Jamming onto the flats at Cape Henlopen and stacking up on itself. The Cape May Lewes Ferry had to shut
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