A little while ago a forty two inch striped bass was landed at the Cape Henlopen Fishing Pier. Unusual to catch a bass this large in only five feet of water in the middle of a sunny day, but stranger things have happened. This ought to get the Memorial Day Weekend crowds fired up, bluefish lit up the pier this morning for a couple hours. There were a few flounder caught. The bass was the excitement of the day.
Dave Beebe, owner of Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle assisted with the release, “Kevin Jefferson woke up the pier just now with this monster 42″ Striper on a finger mullet. Finding out that it was a couple inches short, some of the local pier rats called me, I ran out in the golf cart and we carried it back to the beach, waded in with it and revived it. I followed it down the beach until it was swimming strongly. Hopefully, it makes it. Thanks to Flounder Steve, Tyler, and the rest of the regulars who suggested taking it to shallow water and working with it. Simply dumping it overboard or lowering it back with a net might not have been as good for the fish. Great job fighting it, thanks to all who helped! And I do NOT want to hear about how we killed that fish – you got to put it on the deck to measure it, and it was put back as fast as possible and my wife is going to kill me for coming home soaked to the waist after wading in and working with the fish. ”
Great job on the release and helping out an angler. One thing you can always count on at Lighthouse View Bait and Tackle. If those boys aren’t catching fish, they are helping everyone else out as much as they can. Usually they are fishing, just don’t tell Dave what the staff does when he isn’t working, because he is usually fishing too.
Fish On!
Rich King