May 2018

We all see the madness at the boat ramps on the weekends.  However this is a first for me.  This morning a boater from New Jersey trying to back his boat down the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier.  You can't make this stuff up.  I don't know what deranged Google maps this guy was using, but you can't launch a boat from the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier.  I…

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: May 7-13 Reminder for the week: Crabbers should review the laws before placing your pots   DOVER (May 18, 2018) – To achieve public compliance with laws and regulations through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating…

Wacky weather, meteo tsunamis, and storm fronts are making for some rough fishing. I know one guy who had to beach his boat to avoid being blown across the Delaware Bay to New Jersey. Other than some heavy winds it wasn't so bad and the fishing has been decent. Black Sea Bass season opened on Tuesday and several boats went out and loaded the…

Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- Including the cities of Rehoboth Beach, Sandy Hook, Ocean City, Atlantic City, and Long Beach Island 854 PM EDT Tue May 15 2018 ...Abnormal ocean water surges are expected along the oceanfront, inlets, and back bays through the overnight hours...…

We held our last weekend beach clean up on Mother's Day.  It was a windy, rainy, crappy day, but that didn't stop the mylar balloons from blitzing the surf and emerging from the ocean to live in the dunes.  We drove the beaches from Keybox to Faithful Steward looking for balloon signs, and there were plenty.  The mylar balloons as they move up the…

From the Center of the Inland Bays ... THE $6M BOND BILL Right now, Governor Carney's Bond Bill includes $6 million for clean water funding for Fiscal Year 2019 (FY2019). While we are thrilled this funding has been included in the Governor’s budget proposal, it is up to Delaware’s Joint Committee on Capital Improvement to actually write the…

DNREC’s DuPont Nature Center to host Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival on May 19 SLAUGHTER BEACH (May 15, 2018) – The DuPont Nature Center at Mispillion Harbor Reserve, a DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife facility, will host its ninth annual Peace, Love & Horseshoe Crab Festival, celebrating the spring arrival of spawning…

The Delmarva Outdoors Expo as seen from a tree-hugging, vegan lens By Shauna McVey There’s a little known secret in the outdoors world: tree-huggers, vegans, vegetarians, fishers and hunters actually have a lot more in common than most would think. How do I know this? I’m a mostly vegan tree-hugger who grew up in the country and has a…

New Striped Bass Regulations Effective May 16 May 14, 2018 Enhanced Conservation Rules on Use of Bait and Hooks; Minimum Size Reduced to 19 Inches The opening of regular striped bass season May 16 begins with new conservation-minded regulations pertaining to the use of bait, gear and hooks. The Maryland General Assembly Joint…

DNREC to host Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission public hearing May 17 on proposed addendum to eel fisheries management plan DOVER (May 9, 2018) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) public hearing on Draft Addendum V to the commission’s Interstate Fishery Management…