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Delaware Surf Fishing Black Tags go up for auction on Black Friday The tag auction starts Black Friday and runs through December 9th. Jus tot save you some time we posted all the info below from the state's website. Also the auction website is the US Gov Bidding site. You need to sign up for an auction account or bidding number. This…

I have received about thirty messages a day asking when the 2021 annual surf tags will be available. The Delaware State Parks have a new system they are using to issue permits and surf tags this year. The tag sales will start sometime in mid December and will be announced soon. Parks will be using the same system that they use for the…

We saw our first seal today While looking for a spot to fish, we also were looking for a buddy, we didn't see him. While circling back from the bayside of the point we saw the cormorants feeding that rip. Then I saw a head. Oh cool a seal. Let's sit here set up the lines, that bird just swallowed a huge fish whole, may as well try. …

Horses are not allowed in no vehicle areas on the park beaches. A rule we never knew existed. While surf fishing the point today we ran into a buddy of ours who is a park ranger and was off duty walking the beach. He asked when the horses went into the PVC fenced area at the point. "That was yesterday we were here why?""Horseback…

Is there are creel on these things and do they taste good? I'm not even sure how I would start cleaning this beast had I landed it. We were at the poin today catching horseshoe crabs and dogfish. While trying to take a picture of a seal. Andrew and John say ... "Hey man you might want to look to your right" ... HOLY ....!!!! ...…

Milford (Nov 19, 2020) - Delaware State Police are investigating the theft of a boat and trailer and seeking the public’s assistance with locating it. The boat was stolen from Thompsonville Road on November 15, 2020, between 4:45 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The boat is described as an 18ft Prodigy 1854 Marsh Tuff Boat with a 20 horsepower Mudbuddy…

The ASMFC's "traffic light" trigger has been set off. Last year we attended a meeting in Maryland with DNREC, DNR, and ASMFC. It was a joint meeting to discuss and public comment for possible spot and croaker creel limits. There were two people from Delaware and one from Maryland that attended for public comment. We listened to the…

With no moon in the sky it should be easy to see the Leonids peak on the morning of Nov 17th. After midnight, the moon free sky will make it perfect for viewing the typical 10 to 15 meteors per hour. The Leonids are produced by the debris trail of the orbital path of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. Look above he constellation Leo. The…

Dover (Nov 11, 2020) ... After sustained cleanup operations for last month’s oil spill in Delaware Bay spearheaded by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the U.S. Coast Guard under a unified command, Delaware's beaches have all been declared substantially “cleared.”  Oil clean up crews staged at Tower road…

Unified Command Conducts Final Shoreline Assessments Dover (Nov 11,2020) ... Cleanup crews under the unified command have successfully cleared all Delaware Bay beaches and another stretch of Atlantic Ocean coastline of oily debris and tar balls. After the latest shoreline assessment late Tuesday, only Gordon’s Pond at Cape Henlopen State Park,…