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Weekly fishing reports for the surf and tidal waters of Delaware.
Taugin In Love Creek, Wait. What?
I have caught tautog in some weird spots around the inland bays. Some of these spots you wouldn't think to find a tautog, like the jetties of Pot Nets. Other places you would think there should be tautog, but I haven't seen one caught there before, such as the Roosevelt inlet jetty. Not to say there aren't any there, we just…
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Winter Clamming Abides
Alicen Sharp holding a clam she raked up
The commercial clammers are always out there searching for clams around the inland bays. They have their favorite spots and are quite successful on most days. Wading in chest deep water to get to areas that this time of year which are much easier to access due to the lower winter tides.…
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Summer Flounder Regulations ASMFC Meeting Update
Today the ASMFC held their meeting to decide the regulations for the summer flounder, scup and black sea bass. I know you are all mainly concerned with summer flounder, and what the new regulations or creel limits will be for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey. Once the votes are in the recommendation will be passed along to NOAA to…
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Ghost Crab Pots Around The Inland Bays
Mike Meibaum and Lorenzo Grey were boating around Rehoboth bay this past weekend. They ran into a few ghost crab pots and decided to help out and remove several of them. Some of the pots had crabs in them, which they let go, since it is past crab pot season and they weren't planning on crabbing anyway. A few crab pots had old…
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Nothing Like A Crappie Day Of Winter Fishing
The Payton kids went fishing yesterday day with Pop pop. You have to love these stories, when the kids get all geared up and it is like a spring day outside in January. It was nearly sixty degrees a couple days after the nor'easter blasted Delmarva. The kids first went and caught grass shrimp in some local tidal creeks with Pop…
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Pending World Record Tautog Caught in Maryland Today (2015)
This happened in 2015 in January. Haven't seen anything this close this year hit the scales.
When Ken Westerfeld from Queens New York, went on his annual taugtog fishing trip in Maryland today I am sure he hoped for a great day of fishing, even dreamed of catching a monster fish, but rarely does one get to experience catching a…
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Fishing For Togzilla
The weather has been flip flopping as much as this cold I acquired. If you haven't had the pleasure of the winter "funk" going around just wait, it is the gift that keeps on giving. Seriously I hope none of you get this because being in bed for days on end sucks. Watching your friends go fishing when you can't is even worse, even in the…
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Winter Fishing
This was written a day before the storm hit us and snowed us in.
Last weekend I went out and about with some friends looking for ghosts. We drove all over the ocean looking for birds and whales. We heard some blue fin were spotted offshore about ten to twelve miles. Ghost hunting is not easy, first you have to find fish,…
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Weekend Outlook Gale Warning
Well ... its cold, then it's warm, it's sunny, then it's raining and windy. It has not been nice out most days. I haven't seen the light of day in a week anyway. Few people have been fishing, and the ones that have are spending hours drowning bait at the beach. Boats are looking for striped bass but not hooking up. The fishing…
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Fishing A New Beach
After seven straight days in front of a computer literally going through every single page on this website for twelve hours a day, I had to get out and fish! There have been rumors of striped bass in the surf, mostly a whisper here and there. The "catch and release" without any pictures. Dewey Beach is still being replenished and…
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Beach Conditions
The heavy wave action as usual carved the beach into a nice little cliff where the slope starts to drop. Dewey Beach is now getting replenished so that will certainly affect the fishing, not that there is much biting in the surf. Dogfish and skates for the most part. Brian dove (scuba) the Indian River Inlet today to…
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Striped Bass Moved Into Delaware Today
The weather is about to turn for the worse, well a little snow is all but you know how that goes here in Delaware. Time to panic and get the bread and milk. Some anglers decided to make a last go of it and went out looking for striped bass today. The action as of late has been sporadic at best. From Sea Isle, New Jersey to Ocean…
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Letting The Big Girls Go
Published a year ago today ...
We have a slot limit now in Delaware for Striped bass, due to that people have been throwing a lot of bass back, and everyone has been compliant with creel limits when DNREC has been checking. There are some monsters that are being caught and based on our creel limits (over 44 inches) it is legal to keep…
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Rehoboth Beach Replenishment Aerial Photos
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Striped Bass Arrive In Delaware Waters
Well we have all been waiting for it, THEY'RE HERE! Now come get some, I mean it's only monday, probably gone by the weekend too wit our recent luck. However, there are still fish heavy in schools on the Jersey side and up the coast a bit. However a few schools have moved into our area. Normally we don't go too detailed with boat…
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Gale Force Winds Fishing Tomorrow
Gonna blow a gale tomorrow and will start picking up later this afternoon. Going offshore for sea bass or up to Jersey for striped bass is going to be a bad idea. There are a lot of bass off Sea Isle and farther north. Find the whales you find the fish for sure. We have few and far between large bass being trolled up in the…
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You Can Still Say No To The Rehoboth Wastewater Outfall Project
I attended the public comment period about the Rehoboth Outfall project a couple of weeks ago. I haven't had time to write this up until today. This is going to be somewhat short and to the point. I was in a room with close to seventy people. I know for a fact at least fifty of those people spoke against the outfall. There were…
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Rehoboth Beach Builds Twelve Million Dollar Sand Castle
"Castles made of sand, fall in the sea, eventually" ... Jimi Hendrix.
A Few days ago the Rehoboth and Dewey Beach replenishment project was started. If you don't know what beach replenishment is, that is when the Army Corp Of Engineers pumps sand onto a beach to rebuild dunes and beaches that have washed out from storms. In this case the…
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Seals And Whales Off The Beaches
A few days ago I visited with Henry Busby while he was surf fishing off Conquest beach. While we were trying to decide if those were gannets diving a quarter mile off the beach, a whale swam by. Then it turned and swam back north, then it went back south, then there were two of them. Seems like they were chasing bait in front of us…
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Happy Thanksgiving and Fishing
The surf was fifty one degrees at two in the afternoon today and forty six degrees in the morning around dawn. These temperatures are perfect for striped bass, but instead they are offshore feeding on bait a good five miles out. where we can't fish for them. Stay out of the EEZ it is being watched heavily not worth the ticket. They are…
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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 14-20
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Nov. 14-20
Reminder for the week: Waterfowl hunters advised to remove lead shot from gear
DOVER (Nov. 23, 2016) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety,…
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“Skipper” King Turns 102 Years Young
A few weeks ago we celebrated my grandmother's one hundred and second birthday. She was born in 1914, the year World War I started, Green Beer was invented, and the first non-direct blood transfusion was performed. There are so many things that happened that year and the years leading up to today. It is really mind-boggling when…
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Inland Bay Blow Out Tide Mud Rescue
Yesterday there was a water rescue near Beach Cove. A hunter and his dog were stuck in the mud. The inland bays experienced a serious blow out tide the last couple of days due to high to gale force westerly winds. Areas that usually have at least a foot of water at low tide were dry. The flats turned into mud bars, and you could…
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Will The Striped Bass Pass Delaware
I keep getting asked that question. Will the striped bass pass us by this year in Delaware? When will the rockfish be here? I honestly have no idea, I didn't get their itinerary. There are schools of striped bass off the coast a good five miles or so out, seen by head boats, and their passengers. "We keep seeing birds (gannets and…
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Gale Force Winds Today And Tomrrow
Well that summer like weather was fun up until it started sleeting last night. Well played old man winter, I see you are trying to come back with a vengeance. Masseys Landing dropped six degrees in one tide cycle from fifty seven yesterday to fifty one this morning and still dropping. Now the main question is will these west winds…
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Proposed 30% reduction on Summer Flounder Catch Limits for 2017-2018.
NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed 30% reduction on Summer Flounder Catch Limits for 2017-2018.
Because the July 2016 summer flounder assessment update indicated that overfishing continued through 2015 and that the biomass continues to decline, we are proposing a 30 percent reduction from catch limits previously implemented for the…
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Friday Fishing Report
It has been a good week for resident striped bass and low water temperatures. The inland bays dropped from sixty two at the beginning of the week down to fifty three in four days, fluctuating about three degrees between tides. The temperature hits fifty six at low tide during the day and fifty three at the high tide. Expect that to…
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Margaritaville Lands In Lewes
Normally that title would be followed with an announcement of pitchers of frozen margaritas for all, tiny umbrella drinks, and lots of Jimmy Buffet music. However the Margaritaville that landed is Lewes is a sailboat that was anchored off the beach on the ninth of November, only to be found washed up on the beach the next day. …
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Gauging Angler Perceptions of Shark Fishing in Delaware
Good morning Rich,
I am a graduate student of Dewayne Fox at Delaware State University and for part of my thesis I am administering a survey to recreational anglers to gauge angler perceptions of shark fishing in Delaware. We hope to assess angler perceptions with regard to shark conservation and management in Delaware waters with an…
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Indian Summer Beach Day Sights
Many people came to the beach this weekend during an awesome Indian summer. The flies were horrible but people still had a great day at the beach. Katrina Fuller had a fun time at the beach this weekend and took some killer photos. She sent us a message about her day.
Katrina .... Can someone tell me if this kind of activity is normal…
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Halloween Fishing Report
Happy Halloween hope all you anglers are casting great spells and having some good luck. Today was off the hook for a few friends out there, even the birds were killing it. Bethany beach was on fire with bluefish action this evening. Birds were working the surf right into the wash and onto the beach. Bluefish are pushing baitfish up on the…
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Striped Bass Creel Limit Change Survey Results
Not long ago we did a quick survey to see what anglers wanted to see for a new creel limit for striped bass in Delaware. Only 78 people took the survey, which isn't surprising, and the results were interesting. Just to refresh your memory. Delaware is proposing to change the striped bass creel limit. Below is the options Delaware…
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Saturday October 29th Fishing Report
Nothing like a nice day to get people out and about and on the beach. The boats got out today too, and did some decent catching. The weather was beautiful and tomorrow looks even better. The water temperatures are holding just under sixty degrees. Masseys landing dropped down to fifty-six degrees over night, last night. The water…
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Fishing Report To The Point And Short
This is literally what the daily fishing report on the radio looks like. This time of year there is little going on as far as variety but the fishing is pretty darn good. Still hard to convey all of that in one minute.
Seabass action is hot offshore, the katydid filled the box the other day. Lot of tog action around the Delaware bay. …
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Update On The Humpback Whale At Port Wilmington
Trini Dadian kept me updated all day with the whale at Port Wilmington. Every once in a while i would get a video of the progress of the whale's removal. The Coast Guard, DNREC, and the fire companies eventually showed up. Biologists got into the water with the whale to hook up some lines to to it. Then they hooked it up to the…
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Whale Washes Up At Port Wilmington
A whale wrapped up in net and crabbing lines washed up into berth one at Port Wilmington this morning. Trini Dadian sent us a few videos and pictures of the whale. DNREC and the Coast Guard are on scene to remove the carcass. How they will do that is unknown at this time. You can't just lift up these things they will most likely…
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World Championship Punkin Chunkin 2016 Schedule
Punkin Chunkin 2016 Schedule
Leaves are turning, soybeans are being harvested, and the pumpkin patches are producing. Once again it is time for the annual World Championship Punkin Chunkin, November 4th, 5th & 6th, and we're proud to bring the annual event back to the Wheatley Farm in Bridgeville, Delaware after a two year hiatus.…
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Animated Map Of Global Wind And Much More
You have to love the internet, aside from posting pictures of cats and food. There is a ton of great information out there, and since it is going to be windy as all get out tomorrow and all weekend. You can watch it online at home. The Earth : a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions is amazing. You can see storms and…
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Fall Run Phase One Has Begun
The striped bass have been schooling up and anglers are getting excited. Up North in New York the 2011 class bass are fat and hitting hard. In New York to Northern New Jersey in the surf, bass are hitting hard as well for surfcasters. This 2011 striped bass class will join the fall migration this year, or at least that is the hope.…
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Gale Warning For Friday to Saturday
The NWS has issued a gale warning for Friday night into Saturday night, and Sunday isn't going to be much better with twenty plus mile per hour winds. If you are surf fishing watch high tide, some of the beaches have wash outs that cut into the swales and will fill in fast. The offshore winds may keep the waves at bay some. If you are…
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Survey … Delaware Proposes To Change Striped Bass Creel Limit
Last night I attended the Tidal Finfish Advisory Council meeting. There was a neat presentation on the history of the tournament fish program that DNREC does, I will tell you about that later. John Clark asked the advisory board to consider a change to the size limits of striped bass based on concerns voiced by Delaware anglers. …
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Big Stargazers Hitting In The Surf
I have no idea why but this time of year attracts some of the biggest stargazers we have ever seen in the surf. They will hit mullet rigs, and top and bottom rigs with chunk bait. They are huge too, not like the little ones we see in the summer, these are three to four times their size. Once in a while you will see one swim into…
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New Report Urges Modernization in Federal Fisheries Management
Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation press release ...
New Report Urges Modernization in Federal Fisheries Management
October 19, 2016 (Washington, DC) - The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF), along with the nation's leading fishing conservation organizations and trades associations, today released a landmark series of…
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DSF Vanity Tags Go On Sale Wednesday At Noon
I decided to bring back the vanity tags and do them in black and white this year. These are sequentially numbered embossed tags, the numbers are printed not embossed tags will cost $50 and $7 for shipping.
Once the link is active at noon you will be bale to select the number you want. No numbers are being held or reserved,…
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Coast Guard Maritime Training Exercises This Week
COAST GUARD MARITIME TRAINING EXERCISES
Location: Lower Delaware Bay & Offshore
Dates: 17-21 October 2016
Description: In coordination with various federal, state and local agencies, the Coast Guard will be conducting on-water training exercises from 17-21 October 2016. Training exercises will involve specialized teams and tactics…
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Albies Are Hitting In Delaware
This morning Denise Shuman sent us a picture of a false albacore caught at Indian River Inlet. "We just got this near the Coast Guard station on a top water plug. We thought there were bluefish blowing up on bait, turns out these other fish are chasing the little bluefish that are in here thick. What kind of fish is this?" I love…
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Striped Bass Survey Indicates Below-Average Reproduction In Maryland
MD DNR press release ...
Striped Bass Survey Indicates Below-Average Reproduction
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today that the 2016 young-of-the-year striped bass index, a measure of bass spawning success in Maryland’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay is 2.2, well below the 63-year average of 11.7. The index represents…
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Assateague Island Closed To View Launch
The Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket and Cygnus cargo spacecraft launch is rescheduled for tonight at 7:40 PM. There are a few places that are closed to the public that are normally open. "Arbuckleneck Road and Assateague Island are closed to the public by area officials and will not be available for viewing the Antares rocket launch."…
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DNREC Seeks Public’s Help With Arson Case
The old water tower at the Cedar Swamp Wildlife area, the Vogel tract, was set on fire Saturday night. DNREC enforcement is asking the public's help in identifying the person(s) responsible for setting the old water tower on fire. Please contact Daniel.carrow@state.de.us if you have any information.
Thank You
Rich King
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DNREC Closes Horseshoe Crab Fishery For 2016
DNREC announced today that the 2016 horseshoe season will close on October 15th. "In accordance with 7 DE Admin. Code 3214, based on recent fishery performance and landings, the Department has established that the horseshoe crab fishery is closed effective 12:01 AM October 15, 2016 to prevent exceeding Delaware’s annual quota allocation. …
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Antares Launch Rescheduled To Sunday
The Orbital ATK Antares is set to launch on October 16, at 8:03 p.m. EDT from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This will be the perfect time of night to see a rocket, especially this time of year. The weather will be clear so you should have a great view of the launch. We will also be coming out of a full moon so the sky…
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Great White Shark Breaks Into Shark Cage
This video is going viral online. A great white shark, while going after some bait, wound up getting into a shark cage and then jumping out of the top of the cage. There was a diver in the cage that was forced to go out of the bottom of the cage to avoid the confused shark. He was fine and came back up once the shark exited the…
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Fall Fishing Is Upon Us
Sorry everyone it has been a minute. A huge shout out to Techno Goober for once again fixing my blown up computer. I tend to wear these things out. We were barely able to get online the last several days as well. I'm about to give Samsung a new headache with a whole new phone fire due to blowing up my hot spot so much on my S7,…
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Delaware State Parks to host low digit surf tag auction featuring Tag #1
Delaware State Parks to host low digit surf tag auction featuring Tag #1
DOVER (Oct.11, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will hold a live auction for low digit surf fishing tags at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. This year’s auction will feature a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bid on surf fishing tag #1. The exclusive…
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Four Important Dates To Fight The Rehoboth Wastewater Outfall Project
Myself and many others have been fighting this project. It will be detrimental to fishing and further endanger our sturgeon. You need to go to these meetings, speak up, and write letters. We can still stop this from happening ... Rich King
Surfrider Delaware Chapter press release ...
Four Dates for Action!
First, thanks to those of you…
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Annual Fall Trout Stocking In White Clay Creek
DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces annual fall trout stocking in White Clay Creek
WHITE CLAY CREEK (Oct. 12, 2016) – The Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Fisheries Section announced today that White Clay Creek has received its annual fall stocking of trout – a DNREC ritual since 2007 – captured on video at…
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Public Workshop For Proposed Rehoboth Wastewater Outfall
DNREC schedules Oct. 19 public workshop for proposed Rehoboth wastewater projects
DOVER (Oct. 11, 2016) – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that DNREC will hold a public workshop Wednesday, Oct. 19 to provide information about several wastewater projects currently proposed by the City of…
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DMS Tournament Fishing Hurricane Mathew
Yesterday and today I am riding with Corby Fulton while he judges the Delaware Mobile Surf Fishing tournament. Yesterday was decent action all day in Delaware Seashore state park. The action up north was slower, but a twenty two inch bluefish was caught at herring point beach and leads the Calcutta. Today all tournament anglers…
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Water Your Favorite Temperatures?
The Inland bays at Masseys ditch is in the high sixties. The water temperatures have been bouncing around all week in the low seventies now down to the upper sixties. That would explain why all the short striped bass are getting excited and feeding more around the inland bays, tidal creeks, and rivers. Especially at night under the…
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Orbital ATK Antarres Set To Launch Oct 9th
The Orbital ATK Antarres is set to launch on October 9th at 10:47 PM from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. This will be the perfect time of night to see a rocket, especially this time of year. Only issue may be the spin off from hurricane Mathew or the full onslaught of one. Otherwise we will have a great view from the…
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Salt Line Is Easy To Find
Thanks to all the rain and silted up runoff, you can really see the salt line in Indian River Bay. Out in front of White House Beach the dirty brackish runoff is meeting the clear waters of the ocean. There is a distinct line in the water. Normally you can't see this line that well, but after this storm, the water draining from the…
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Beach Access Update
As of right now Cape Henlopen State Park has the Point, Herring Point, and Gordons Pond open to drive on. Beach Plum Island State Park is also open, but the tide is washing up rather far on the beach there. Delaware Seashore State Park and Fenwick Island are still closed for drive on access. The parking lots are open and you can…
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Indian Mission Road has Heavy Damage
Indian Mission road has been closed all night due to water crossing the road and eroding away the shoulder. The water eroded so much away and out from under the road it has collapsed on the shoulder section. Hopefully this will be a quick fix, but in the mean time the road is closed. We will let you know when it will be open again…
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Flood Update
There is water in places people have never seen water before. The buildup is from heavy rain, coupled with the fact it can't drain from the saturated ground. Also the water can't drain into the overflowing bays and waterways due to the tide being so high. Oak Orchard is flooded all up and down River road, most of this is rain water…
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Updated Roads Closed Due to High Water
New Castle County Roads Closed due to High Water Fleming Landing Road, south of Paddock Road SR 299/Main Street between Old Corbett Road and Front Street
Kent County Roads Closed due to High Water Tub Mill Pond Road at Fork Landing
Water on Road New Burton Road at Webbs Lane Bowers Beach Road at SR 1/Bay Road Bayside Drive at South Little…
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Route 1 Floods From Rain
Route 1 above route 16 is flooded in some low spots. Until the water drains off it will remain flooded. Just use caution, expect low lying areas to flood at high tide form run off and higher than normal tidal waters. There are small ponds in a lot of fields and will take a while to drain. Some areas were hit with five inches of…
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Coastal Flood Avisory
That deluge kept the whole county up last night, wow! The coastal flood advisory is on until eleven tonight. We are looking at water to the dunes at the beaches during high tide this morning and evening. Water is already to the dune bases at the Indian River inlet. Waves are filling in swales and creating a few more. I don't know…
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Red Drum At Assateague Island
Bull red drum are showing up in the surf at Assateague Island. Dave Moore was out the other night and landed a nice fifty two inch bull. "I was using spot for bait, a few have been caught out here this past week" There are schools of big reds around the Chesapeake Bay giving anglers a thrill the last few weeks. Fresh surf clam, or…
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Diving The Indian River Inlet
Diving The Indian River Inlet
by Ronald Newswanger
In the fall of 1994 I competed my PADI open water training. I immediately rented some gear and headed to Indian River Inlet to do my first dive. I jumped in and could not even see my hand in front of my face. It was a very short dive. I returned to try again the next spring and have been…
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Delaware Seashore Fall Surf Fishing Classic 2016
The annual Delaware Seashore Fall Surf Fishing Classic was this weekend hosted by Old Inlet Bait and Tackle. The tail end of the summer fishing season and transition to fall fishing is marked by the tournament. Over the last several years summer fish have stuck around longer, and the fall fish show up later, which allows for a better variety…
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Weekend Outlook
First day back wetting a line, Doc gave me the okay to play. Sorry it has been a little while I had to take a break and heal. Big thanks to the folks at Beebee Hospital for the excellent care. Especially everyone on the third floor, Thank You! The Delaware Seashore Fall Surf Fishing Classic is this weekend, I made it just in time.…
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Sunday Deer Hunting Dates For Delaware
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces Sunday deer hunting opportunities on public and private lands
DOVER (Sept. 22, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today five upcoming Sunday deer hunting opportunities for the 2016/2017 hunting season, based on a recent change in state law that allows Sunday…
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Pokemon Go Tournament 2016
The weekend before last Techno Goober and Delaware Surf Fishing hosted the first Pokemon Go "fishing" tournament. I am getting caught up because I went to the hospital the day after this event. We were set up at the Riverwalk Freedom Festival in Milford near the bridge. Each side of the river walk near the bridge is loaded with…
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DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating fatal boating accident in Sussex County
DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police investigating fatal boating accident in Sussex County
LONG NECK (Sept. 17, 2016) – DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers are investigating a boating accident that occurred midday Saturday at the entrance to the Pot Nets Bayside community in the Indian River Bay.…
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Foxes In The Dunes Grabbing Fish
There was a fox that lived at Beach Plum Island State Park in the dunes, that used to always come out at night and steals people's bait. I haven't seen or heard about it in a while. Until the other night when James Rodkey and his wife were fishing in the evening. A red fox, not sure if it is the same fox, came out of the dunes and…
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The Full Harvest Moon
The full Harvest Moon will peak tomorrow September 16, 2016 at 03:05 pm (EDT). It is know as the full harvest moon or the full corn moon, because it marked when the corn was to be harvested by North American tribes. Two out of three years the harvest moon happens in September, but some years it occurs in October. The full moon that…
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Cobia In The Surf
Dave Pcholinski from Pittsburgh hit a nice little cobia in the surf today, it wasn't a keeper but was certainly a surprise to him. Not surprising since the water has been so clear and the amount of bluefish off the beaches. " I was at the fishing beach in Rehoboth next to the rock Jetty. I was catching small blues from 6 inches to 16 inches…
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Jack Crevalles At Indian River Inlet
Rob Anen caught a Jack Crevalle in the Indian River Inlet. "It was about 15 inches, and I caught it on the white teaser set above metal spoon. Is it a cravalle? Have you been hearing any other reports of them?" This is the first one I have heard about caught at IRI ... I think ever (hard to recall, I'm on a lot of meds). Anyone…
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South Indian River Inlet Parking Lot is Closed
Beginning Friday evening, September 9th at 4 PM until Sunday morning, September 11th at 10 AM the South Inlet Day Area parking lot at Delaware Seashore State Park will be closed for the Multiple Sclerosis Society Bike to the Bay event. Very limited parking has been set aside within the event area for those wishing to fish, but it is on a first…
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Weirdest Labor Day Weekend Ever
The end of summer season started with a potential hurricane. It was definitely one for the books. People either didn't come down or left town Saturday. Either way it was still crowded and the only thing to do was watch the storm. Most of these folks only see nor'easter like conditions on the internet in pictures and video. Many…
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The Rehoboth Beach Wastewater Ocean Outfall project Is Up For Public Comment
Now the reality begins for Rehoboth Beach. They have to get approval for federal permits to start the Rehoboth Beach Wastewater Outfall project. These permits are required and if not approved, will put a halt to the Rehoboth Beach Wastewater Outfall project. For those of you that do not know, Rehoboth beach wants to pump their…
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Drive On Beach Access Update
The beaches are a little flattened out in some of the parks. Delaware Seashore State Park and Fenwick Island are still closed to driving on. Parks are waiting for high tide to pass to see. Yesterday water was still washing over the entire beach at high tide. I will check back with them later this afternoon. There is still heavy…
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Governor Markell Announces Lifting of Limited State of Emergency in Sussex County
Governor Markell Announces Lifting of Limited State of Emergency in Sussex County
Wilmington, DE – Governor Jack Markell announced this evening that he has lifted the Limited State of Emergency for Sussex County that had been imposed Saturday as Tropical Storm Hermine approached the Mid-Atlantic region. See the Governor's full order lifting…
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Where Can I Fish Today?
People fished during the storm. If you want to get out and fish today, the inlet is okay at the rail, not much action yet. Broadkill river is swelled up and flowing over her banks a little. Oyster Rocks is fish-able but flooded along the marsh at high tide. Masseys Landing is swift water at the pier and bulkhead. All the water is…
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Drive On Beaches Are Closed And No Swimming
The parks have all the drive on beaches closed for high water. Tide is coming in and already flowing into the swales. High tide is around 11 am. The water may look calmer, but it is still strong with currents and surge. Parks are not allowing swimming today either and same with some of the town beaches. It just isn't safe with…
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine
Yup, that is what they are calling it now, Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine, now that is a mouthful. I liked the Harry Potter Hurricane myself, yeah I know it isn't the right pronunciation, I just think it's funny. According to the National Hurricane Center ... "Post-tropical Cyclone: A former tropical cyclone. This generic…
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Governor Markell Issues Limited State of Emergency for Sussex County at 5:00 p.m. Saturday as Tropical Storm Hermine Approaches Delaware
Governor Markell Issues Limited State of Emergency for Sussex County at 5:00 p.m. Saturday as Tropical Storm Hermine Approaches Delaware
Urges those in low-lying and coastal areas to closely monitor weather conditions and communications from emergency management officials
Wilmington, DE— As Tropical Storm Hermine approaches…
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Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency for Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland
Governor Larry Hogan Signs Executive Order Declaring State of Emergency for Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland
September 2, 2016
Order Issued in Anticipation of Tropical Storm Hermine for Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester, Calvert, Charles, and St. Mary’s Counties
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor…
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All Of Delaware Now Under Tropical Storm Warning
The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning for the entire state of Delaware. Deldot has been placing road closed signs near flood prone areas, like Oak Orchard. Transformer boxes are being sandbagged. We are still looking at over ten to twelve foot waves starting Saturday afternoon after the winds kick up. Delaware…
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Beach Sections Closed For Protected Plants
Parks have small sections along the point and even a few spots roped off with posts to protect Seabeach Amaranth. This is a federally protected plant that happens to grow on barrier islands. Please leave the areas alone and the plants. Keep your pets on a leash and out of these areas. They are small plants and indicate a healthy…
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Sussex County Now Under Tropical Storm Watch
Hermine has been upgraded to a category 1 hurricane. It is expected to cross Florida and then head up the East coast. The problem for Delmarva will be if it turns into a nor'easter and not a fast moving tropical storm. So far all the conditions are there for it to become a nor'easter. It will slow down and stall at some point,…
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False Silver Stripe Half Beaks Off The Beach In Delaware
No really, you can't make that up, right now there are big schools of ballyhoo off Broadkill beach with weakfish blowing up on them. It is a sight to see, the fact the bait fish are ballyhoo is also odd. James Swatski is catching ballyhoo in his cast net and the fish are eating them like crazy. If you are an offshore angler you…
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Tropical Storm Hermine Heads Toward Delmarva
The last few days the beaches have been flooding from tropical storm surge from tropical storm eight and Gaston. High tide has flooded the beaches in the swales to the dune lines everyday. Once the water is up there it take s a while to drain, and by then, more water is pushed into the swales. There is literally a long "lake" all…
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Storm Surge Floods Beaches At High Tide
The storm surge that hit the beaches today was pushing water up even farther than usual. At high tide water is filling up the swales and flooding the beaches to the dune line. Thai is happening mostly in Delaware Seashore State Park and Fenwick Island State Park. Dewey Beach and Rehoboth Beach is filled in a bit as well, beach…
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Coast Guards Advises Mariners, and Swimmers To Prepare For Severe Weather
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The 5th Coast Guard District is advising mariners and swimmers throughout the mid-Atlantic region Monday to use caution this week. Tropical Depressions Eight and Nine are forecasted to impact beaches and waterways from North Carolina to New Jersey as they transit the Mid-Atlantic region during the next several days. Tropical…
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$1,000 Reward Offered By Guy Harvey Foundation For A Mako Shark Tag
$1,000 REWARD FOR RETURN OF SATELLITE TAG FROM MAKO SHARK LANDED NEAR N. FALMOUTH, MA!
Posted today by the Guy Harvey Foundation ... A mako shark tagged in May off Ocean City, MD as part of the Guy Harvey Research Institute's ongoing shark tagging & tracking study has been landed near N. Falmouth, MA.
The #GuyHarvey Ocean Foundation…
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Delaware’s deer, dove, resident Canada goose and teal seasons to open in September
Delaware’s deer, dove, resident Canada goose and teal seasons to open in September Hunting opportunities offered on state wildlife areas for all game seasons with early start
DOVER (Aug. 29, 2016) – Delaware’s 2016/17 hunting seasons will start Thursday, Sept. 1 with the opening of the archery and crossbow deer season and the…
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White Marlin Open Sends Decision to Circuit Courts
The WMO released a statement today, they are sending the decision to the circuit courts and filed the paperwork this afternoon.
"Today, Friday August 26, White Marlin Open, Inc. filed a Complaint for Interpleader in the Circuit Court for Worcester County, Maryland. By doing this the tournament directors seek to have a formal court…
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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 15-21
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 15-21
Reminder for the week: Recreational crabbers should review rules before crabbing
DOVER (Aug. 26, 2016) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and…
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Gordons Pond Reopened
Not an hour ago Cape Henlopen State Park opened the closed section at Gordons Pond. The piping plovers fledged this week so now the beach is all clear to fish. This section was closed for the piping plovers to nest. This year the nest did fine, as opposed to last year when it was destroyed by a storm. Conveniently before the…
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Cooler Weather Makes For Better Fishing
The water temperatures have dropped a little thanks to this milder weather. You can actually enjoy fishing in the mid afternoon now. Totally digging the cooler nights and so is my power bill. The ditch (masseys) dropped five degrees over the last few days, almost a degree each tide change. Now it is fluctuating between…
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Winning White Marlin In Question Top Prize Withheld By WMO
The White Marlin Open announced there is an issue with the white marlin that won the $2.8 million top prize in this year's tournament. That prize happens to be a record for the largest payout ever, because it was the only qualifying white marlin brought to the scales. What that issue is has not been announced, and likely won't be…
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Pokémon Go “Fishing” Tournament
Techno Goober & Delaware Surf Fishing have teamed up once again to bring you a unique fishing tournament, and it is free. During the Riverwalk Freedom Festival on September 10th in downtown Milford from 9 AM to 3 PM. All Pokéstops along the Riverwalk “Freedom” Festival will have Lure Modules active courtesy of Techno Goober &…
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NHC issues Advisories For Tropical Storms
It has been that time of year, and it looks like we have two potential storms headed towards the USA. Today Fiona was been downgraded and is no longer a concern. However I know some surfers who are getting really excited for some decent wave action. Hopefully we don't see much in the way of a tropical storm or a hurricane on our…
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Mahi In The Surf In Jersey and Tuna On Jet Skis
A small mahi mahi (peanut) was caught in the surf at Island Beach State Park over the weekend. We had tropical storm Fiona headed across the Atlantic but it turned into a depression. Maybe it will push in some more of the warm water fish closer to shore. I wouldn't get your hopes up about mahi in the surf in Delaware, but anglers…
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Near Twelve Pound Flounder Leads The Pounder
Yesterday the Flounder pounder was off to a heavy start with one hundred and forty-four boats fishing out of the one hundred and eighty-two registered. Boats were out and fishing by 6 AM. The scales open at 2 PM each day and boats have to be back by 5 PM. Yesterday an 11.9 pound flounder took the top scoring fish by Tony Munoz on the…
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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police respond to multiple boating accidents
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police respond to multiple boating accidents, address safety violations
DOVER (Aug. 19, 2016) – During the two-week period Aug. 1-14, DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police marine patrols statewide investigated seven boating accidents and issued numerous boating safety-related…
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Biplane Lands On Assateague Island
Now this is something you don't see everyday. A biplane landed on Assateague Island later Thursday morning. The pilot had to put her down when he experienced mechanical troubles. The north end of the island where he made an emergency landing was clear of people and vehicles. No injuries were reported. The plane was headed to the Ocean…
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Weekend Is Going To Be Much Cooler
More new fish to add to the list for the summer. Small thresher sharks are hitting in the surf. Rumor has it a large thresher shark breached in front of a lot of swimmers at Cape Henlopen State Park over the weekend and caused quite a stir. Redfish are around the Assawoman bay. Lot of bluefish in the surf, small but fun to catch.…
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Full Sturgeon Moon
Tonight is the Full Sturgeon Moon. Given that name because this is the month sturgeon were the big catches on the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water during the month of August for North American tribes. When the moon rises it appears reddish, especially if the sky is hazy which it usually is in August. So some tribes gave…
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Fishing You Just Never Know What You will Catch
You never know what you are going to catch or what you will see while fishing. In the case of Rob Jones today, it was what you run into five miles off the coast. One would think maybe a boat or something like that, but not this. "I thought it was a little boat way out. So I started to go towards it to see, as I got closer, I…
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New Ocean City Shark Fishing Ordinance
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 106, ENTITLED WATERWAYS,
OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED AND ORDAINED, BY THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF OCEAN CITY, THAT CHAPTER 106 OF THE
CODE OF THE TOWN OF OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND BE, AND IT IS HEREBY
AMENDED, BY ADDING SECTIONS 106- 133, 106- 134 AND 106- 135, AS…
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Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks
Changes in lifeguard hours at Delaware Seashore and Fenwick Island state parks announced
DOVER (Aug. 15, 2016) – Hours and locations for lifeguarded ocean swimming beaches in Delaware State Parks will change beginning next week, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today.
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22 through Friday, Aug…
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Ocean City Uses Emergency Ordinance To Ban Chumming From The Beach
Today the town of Ocean City passed an emergency ordinance to stop anglers from chumming for or luring sharks to the beach. There is also concern about kayaking out baits. The possibility of not allowing sharks to be removed from the water also came up according to one article by the Dispatch. This is in response to people…
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Perseid Meteors’ Peak Was A Good Show
A lot of people went to the beach for the show this weekend, and the Perseids did not disappoint. Hands down this was the best meteor shower I have seen. The amount and frequency was amazing. At one point a earthgrazer lit up the beach. If you took your eyes off the sky for a second you would miss something.
The Perseid meteor…
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Mid-Atlantic Council and ASMFC Maintain Multi-Year Specifications for Black Sea Bass, Bluefish, and Scup and Modify Summer Flounder Specifications
I just want to point out that the remaining recreational bluefish quota was given to the commercial sector. It seems that even if you catch and release, your efforts are being given away. That is one thing about fishery management that bothers me. If the recreational sector doesn't meet up to its quota, then it is given away, or less is allowed…
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Solid Wastes Discharged Into Lewes Canal
No that is not a joke headline unfortunately. On July 10th a boater noticed a brown slurry with solids, coming from the discharge pipe from the Rehoboth Waste Water treatment facility. They took pictures and sent them to the Lewes Coast Guard station, who turned it over to DNREC. Yes, the town of Rehoboth's waste water is dumped…
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43rd Annual White Marlin Open Update
Last day tomorrow (Friday) for the anglers in The White Marlin Open, Good luck to all the crews and to all that hold a position. It has been exciting action at the scales for spectators, or at least looks like it on the web cams. The white marlin in first place still holds at 2.4 million dollars. That is one serious purse. No…
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Weekend Outlook
Going to be a hot, hot, hot, weekend. We are expected to get a heat wave along the 95 corridor which will jack up the weekend into the nineties. We are feeling it today. The winds are out of the southwest so the flies could be an issue at the beach. Stray away from objects they can land on to get out of the wind, like groups of…
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DNREC announces 2016/17 Sunday deer hunting dates
DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife announces 2016/17 Sunday deer hunting dates;
seeks public comment on state wildlife area Sunday deer hunting locations, times
DOVER (Aug. 11, 2016) – With a recent change in Delaware law, deer hunting is allowed on five specified Sundays on private lands and on designated public lands beginning with the…
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Sander’s Shark Identification Guide
Thresher shark caught in the surf at Cape Henlopen very obvious what kind that is just by the tail.
Trying to identify sharks for those that do not see sharks on a regular basis is difficult. Even people who know sharks have difficulties with the less common catches. So if you don't know the species or the rules too well for Delaware. Then…
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Mid-Atlantic Council Approves Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
This is great news one of the things that came up at all the forage fish protection meetings was the fact if you are going to protect them you have to protect their environment that they spawn and grow up in. No point in protecting a fish that can't live or expand its numbers in its environment ... Rich King
Mid-Atlantic Council Approves…
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Kalmar Nykel Arrives In Lewes
A little while ago the Kalmar Nykel was spotted in front of Cape Henlopen State park at Herring Point beach by Cindy Shorey. She (the ship) will arrive in port in Lewes next to the Ferry Terminal. Tours start on Saturday August 13th until September 5th, I am sure they are arriving early to get her all shined up for visitors. If you…
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2.4 Million Dollar Fish Hits The Scales
A white marlin qualified today and is now worth 2.4 million dollars. Caught by angler Phil Heasley aboard the Kallianassa. They hit the docks earlier today. Meanwhile more white marlins were caught but none qualified in weight. A thirty six pound dolphin or mahi mahi hit the scales and took first place. The first wahoo was…
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Mid-Atlantic Council Approves Amendment to Protect Unmanaged Forage Species
Mid-Atlantic Council Approves Amendment to Protect Unmanaged Forage Species
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA –The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has approved an amendment to protect unmanaged forage species in the Mid-Atlantic. If approved by the Secretary of Commerce, the Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment would prohibit the…
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Dewey Beach Landmark Burns Down
Late last night a car careened off the road from the forgotten mile, jumped across two curbs and the median, burst into flames, and ran into Ed’s Chicken & Crabs in Dewey Beach. The building was engulfed in flames in no time. Crews were able to put out the fire with only damage to that property. It is a total loss, no one…
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White Marlin Open Day One Excitement
The 43rd annual White Marlin open kicked off yesterday with a record 4.42 million in prize money. There are also 329 boats registered this year, twenty more than they had last year. Good fishing and cheap gas helped encouraged more boats to enter this year. If you know anything about the open, these are all usually huge boats,…
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week
Every August we see a lot of meteors and the Perseid meteor shower is probably the most spectacular. The second week of August is when the Delta Aquarid meteor shower is rolling along nicely, I have seen many a shooting star the past two weeks. Overlapping that event is the Perseid meteor shower, which kicks into high gear on August 12th until…
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Hurricane Relief for Caye Caulker, Belize
Hurricane Relief for Caye Caulker, Belize
It’s hardly a secret that Caye Caulker, Belize has become an honorary second home to many of us at SEALEG. This laid back, picturesque island sits about forty minutes offshore of mainland Belize and is a haven for divers, eclectic tourists, sun soaked ex-pats, and some of the finest, friendliest…
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When Fish Go Fishing
When a fish is swimming around it is fishing and when it is eating it is catching. Because fish also fish, I mean they have to right? Sometimes other fish will go after your fish when you are reeling it in, this happens often. It happens in the surf a lot with sharks hitting bluefish and kingfish. Big bluefish are notorious for…
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Bethany Beach Shark Sighting Is False
The only reason we are discussing this today is I have been tagged or sent this picture at least fifty times. This happens every year and it is one reason tourists get a bad rap. Someone always posts a shark picture that they snagged off the internet to try and stir up some drama or they are just looking for attention. In these…
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Weekend Outlook
Sorry for not posting daily we got a little busy with some up coming events we are working on and not much has changed ... because summer.
The water is very clear on the beaches from South Rehoboth to Fenwick Island. So clear that you can practically see the fish which is good, but also bad because it means they can see you. Cape Henlopen…
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Sussex County Cable Service Survey
Now is your chance to vent, or at least tell someone what you want out of your cable service. I run this site with the internet (obviously) when it doesn't work I can't work. The same goes for many businesses in our area. Some days, like right now, I have to run everything off my phone hotspot because it connects better and faster, than my…
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Croaker Is Heating Up
It has been such a nice day, cooled off and now a lot of wind. Great croaker action at Bowers beach around the bulkheads and jetty using fishbites bloodworm formula. Not too bad for flounder either, many a throw back but some keepers here and there. There have been some nice catfish caught in the Murderkill river. Great place to look for…
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Skydiver Sets New Record Without A Parachute (video)
Luke Aikins, yesterday jumped out of a plane at 25,000 feet and landed in a huge ten thousand square foot net suspended by cranes. He didn't use a parachute. I have gone sky diving, it scared the ever loving hell out of me, it is exhilarating. I cannot imagine what was going through this man's head as he was plummeting towards earth, without a…
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Waterspout On The Upper Bay
You never know what you are going to see when you work on the water all day. Commercial crabbers and fishermen get up before the crack of dawn to head out and tend pots, set nets, or whatever thier job requires. They go out in the best to the worst weather, their job requires constant attention especially if you are soaking crab…
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Slammer Blues Are Still Around
Slammer blues are still around the inlet. They are at the bottom of the inlet. There is plenty of food and cool water down there, so I guess they don't need to go anywhere. lot of snapper blue action in the surf hitting mullet rigs. They are also around the inland bays chasing mullet and peanut bunker schools. The bridges in…
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Burtons Pond Permanently Closed To Public
No this is not a repeat of the fall article. I hate to be the bearer of such bad news, but due to an insurance issue Mr Burton can no longer allow the public to use the pond. He sent a message to Rich Cordeux today. Rich has been helping keep the area clean, and organizing clean ups since the the last issue with litter. That has…
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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 18-24
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: July 18-24
Reminder for the week: Fishing license required for fishing, crabbing and clamming in Delaware waters
DOVER (July 29, 2016) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and wildlife resources and ensure…
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Fishing After The Storms
Well that was a fun storm yesterday. Lot of places had ponding water, even Dover flooded in a few spots as I was driving into town. Ocean City's streets were flooded in all the usual spots. It is that time of year. You see pop up storms and this can happen, keep an eye on the sky. We are going to have this weather for a few days,Sunday…
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Six Pounder Flounder In Rehoboth Bay
Matt Adams landed a 6.9 pound flounder this afternoon and another four pounder. He was using a gulp like bait, and jigged these two beauties up. The Rehoboth bay apparently has some nice sized flounder you just have to look for them. Shallow moving water is a good place to start. Look for minnows breaking the surface most likely…
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The Daily Fishing Report
It was so hot yesterday you could have rolled a hot dog across a parking lot and turned it into jerky. Stay hydrated gang it is rough on the water with little wind, and even then it is like a hot blow dryer in your face. Fish don't care they are wet and cool. The mornings are decent and late evenings especially after that crazy…
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Delaware River And Bay Lighthouse Foundation Tour
Harbor of Refuge light
The other evening I took a lighthouse tour with the Delaware River And Bay Lighthouse Foundation which was founded in 1999 by Bob Trapani who in 2005 became the exec. director of the American Lighthouse Foundation in Maine. Our tour guide was Red Moulinier who now runs the foundation.
In 2003 the foundation…
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DelDOT, DNREC begin reconstruction at Hearns Pond Dam
DelDOT, DNREC begin reconstruction at Hearns Pond Dam near Seaford
SEAFORD, Del. (July 25, 2016) – Along the banks of Hearns Pond north of Seaford, DNREC Secretary David Small was joined today by Division of Fish & Wildlife Director David Saveikis, State Representative Daniel Short, DNREC Dam Safety Engineer David Twing, Senior DelDOT…
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Holts Landing Pier Will Be Closed Monday
From the desk of Scott Borino, Park Manager at Delaware Seashore State Park, the Holts Landing Pier will be closed this Monday, 7/25/2016 from 5 AM until 9 AM for a private function. The boat ramp will not be affected.
Just a heads up in case anyone was heading that way Monday. That is a really cool park if you haven't been there.
Fish…
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Hot Summer Fishing
Wow it is hot outside, morning and evening fishing is the best. Mostly because that is when the temperatures are tolerable for humans. Few fish coming from the surf in the dead of the afternoon heat. The winds are helping but it is like standing in front of a hot blow dryer if you are inland. This weekend is going to be tough with…
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Attention Delaware Boaters Gov. Markell signs Senate Bill 261
Gov. Markell signs Senate Bill 261 establishing dedicated funding for DNREC’s waterway management operations and responsibilities
DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK (July 22, 2016) – Today at the Indian River Marina with DNREC Secretary David Small, legislators, and members of the Delaware Waterways Management and Financing Advisory Committee…
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Pokemon Go Contest In Delaware State Parks
Delaware State Parks is running a contest until the end of July. Pokemon Go is certainly getting people out and about. Families are running around looking for the little pocket monsters. The state parks set up a contest that works off the poke stops in the state parks. Below is the information on their website. Techno Goober dropped some…
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One Last Cast
That storm rolled in last evening and rocked the north, but wasn't as bad in the south. We did have some damage. Storms allow for great photography opportunities. Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time. Still trying to catch that shot in the moment is tough. The storm ran everyone off the beach, but a few people…
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Got Tautog?
Masseys landing is peaking to eighty four degrees and dropping to seventy two degrees between tides. During the low tide is the highest temperature. The surf is feeling balmy the upper seventies. The Delaware Bay at the Outer wall is seventy one degrees at high tide. The upper bay and river are hitting the low eighties. The heat wave…
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Summer Blues On The Blitz
Big schools of bluefish moving up and down the beaches today at Fenwick Island. This morning they were moving north during the out going tide towards Bethany Beach all averaging about a foot long and some longer. On the incoming tide later this afternoon there were tons of little seven inch bluefish destroying bait on top and bottom rigs at…
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Sheepshead In The Surf Blues At Augustine
Great fishing in Milton in the broadkill river today. The Andie and Opie Parents Fishing with kids Tournament produced a multitude of fish. Yellow perch, bass, striped bass (shorts), catfish, eels, sunfish, bluegills, and some huge carp. Oh and one hubcap. A ll fish were catch and release so everything and then some is still…
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Video Of The Delaware Jet Ski Fishing Crew Offshore
This a video of the offshore trip of the Delaware Jet Ski Fishing crew. Jack Dillon made this video, he is the guy that caught the first white marlin ever in Delmarva on a Jet Ski. The boys are setting up another trip soon. Can't wait!
Fish On!!
Rich King
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdu9UpPOQAE&feature=youtu.be
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Tautog Season Opens Sunday
Tautog season opens on Sunday the 17th of July in Delaware. The creel limit is five fish per angler at fifteen inches or greater. There have been some tautog caught at the Indian River Inlet and the outer and inner walls. Just random catches not people targeting them. Tons of sand fleas in the surf if you are looking for bait. …
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Summer Fishing Has A Nice Variety
The temperatures have shot up around the inland bays to eighty-two degrees and drops to around seventy-four at night. We are in the bathtub temperatures of summer. The fishing has been decent but you have to put in some work for some fish and others are just a bonus catch people don't necessarily target. The baby smooth hammerheads…
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Traffic In Lewes Will Be Heavy This Weekend
Yesterday the Body of fallen Delaware volunteer firefighter Tim McClananhan was escorted from Wilmington to Lewes by 82 apparatuses. He was a member of the Lewes Fire Department, he died in a training accident. This weekend are the services in Lewes. Traffic will be rough Saturday and Sunday. Please be mindful of that and keep calm. This…
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Real Time Weather Forecasting
We all have apps on our phones to show us the weather radar and up to date conditions. VentuSky has an application out that allows you to interact with their maps, but only on a computer. You can open it up on your phone using the internet and save it as a bookmark. Just open the application and tell it where you want to look. You…
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DS Custom Tackle
Diamond State Custom Tackle locally owned and operated in Delaware
I spoke with Dave the owner of Diamond State Custom Tackle about the company the other day. People have been asking me why I use this gear. Tell my readers a little bit about yourself:
My name is David Okonewski, I am the owner of D.S. Custom Tackle. I've been…
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Pokemon Go Is Invading Delaware Beaches
Well it had to happen sooner or later. As you probably know last week the Pokemon Go app was launched and since then more and more people are running around following their phones,aimlessly. The news reported some people were robbed by a group setting up "lures" to get people to come to a location, not in Delaware. On a good note…
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Nine-Year-Old Sets New Maryland Fishing Record
Maryland DNR press release ....
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has confirmed that Emma Zajdel, 9, of Ocean City, has set a new state fishing record with a 94.6-pound cobia.
Here is Emma’s story:
Emma Zajdel and her father, Ed, were fishing with Robert Clark and Emma’s best fishing friend, Ashton Clark, near Little Gull…
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Smooth Hammerhead Sharks In The Surf
Okay so before you totally freak out, these are about twenty-four inches long. They are puppies at best. I am sure the parents aren't far off since they do come close to shore to have their pups. Remember the hammerhead that showed up in the surf last year in Ocean City? Then it was in the bay and people were following it around.…
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Surf Fishing Beach Buggies
Some of us have regular vehicles that we carry our gear in and fish. Others have full blown campers on the back of their trucks. Then there are the sweet beach rides. These are the "beach buggies," the old school vehicles like Broncos, and Willy Jeeps. Today Jeff Prickett saw a Surf Fishing Beach Buggy, the best of both worlds. …
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Releasing Prohibited Sharks In The Surf In Delaware
Lot of people catching sharks, some are targeting sharks, while others are just fishing for whatever bites. Dead fish on a hook is a good way to catch a shark, something anyone can do. How you release the shark is the real challenge. DNREC advises that if you don't know the shark species then let it go. You are supposed…
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Dewey Beach Scooter Nation Raises Money To Place Caution Signs
From the desk of ... Rev. Robert "Boots" DiGiacomo
The Dewey Beach Scooter Nation sold T-shirts to raise money to make these signs for route 1, but when we came up short the Erick Blondin State Farm agency donated the rest of the money to make our idea come to fruition! We have already had many accidents this year from…
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Pompano Are In The Surf
One of the bonuses of summer hibernation is when these little guys show up. Old Inlet Bait and Tackle just reported a Pompano caught in the surf. "Jim Blasetto of Chads Ford PA landed and release this 12 inch pompano on the beach at 3Rs Road yesterday. It hit a bloodworm" I know they are hitting them south of us but this is the…
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The Hydro Hostel
The Hydro Hostel A New Way To Stay On The Bay
Some of you may have seen this "boat" cruising around the Indian River Bay the past several weeks. We put up a picture of it on our Facebook page and it went viral, so I had to go find out about this craft, because everyone was asking. It is a normal pontoon boat but it has a bit of…
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Spot, Needlefish, and Hog Chokers
The water clarity at the Indian River inlet today around noon was crystal to four feet. Nice looking water and a few small flounder were caught off the rocks at the south side. The water temperatures shot up the last day or so thanks to the mini heat wave. Masseys Landing is bouncing between seventy-eight and seventy-two degrees. Crabbing…
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Repairs will temporarily close Post Road in CHSP
Repairs will temporarily close Post Road in Cape Henlopen State Park
LEWES (July 07, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation announced today that Post Road in Cape Henlopen State Park will be closed for repairs July 11-12. The initial milling and pothole repair work on July 11 will prepare the roadway for repaving on July 12.…
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DNREC Looking For Information About Arson Incident
DNREC has a flyer out on the internet looking for the person(s) who set fire to a large amount of hay in the Collins Beach Road area.
"Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police is requesting assistance for the below incident.
The Delaware State Fire Marshall’s Office is investigating an incident of arson at the Cedar Swamp State
Wildlife…
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Big Flounder Hit The Docks In Lewes
The flounder finishing is the best off the coast. The Old Grounds, A and B buoys, sites ten and eleven. Not for every single angler, but for the most part people are catching. Some are getting the skunk, not everyone catches, it happens. The head boats and charters out of Lewes are doing very well. There have been some decent…
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Goose On The Loose In Lewes
It was a typical fourth of July weekend for the Shewell crew. They were all set up to surf fish and enjoy the day at the beach in Cape Henlopen State Park. The family goose was tied to its land anchor. The kids were having a fun time in the surf playing with the goose, jumping on its back and head. There was a nice offshore…
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public hearing July 6 on interstate fishery management plan for Atlantic menhaden
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to hold public hearing July 6 on interstate fishery management plan for Atlantic menhaden
DOVER (July 5, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife will host an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) public hearing on a draft addendum to the Interstate Fishery Management…
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The No Vehicles Sign Is Back At Naval Crossing
For the past there years there was a sign stating no vehicles beyond this point just north of Naval Jetty. The last heavy storm removed that sign once again. It is there to create an area for vehicles to turn around and allow access for pedestrians to fish. I had several people ask why the sign was so far away from the jetty this…
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Sunday Funday
The kingfish have been hitting well in the surf on bloodworms, as well as fishbites bloodworm or crab formula. Some small blues were hitting cut bait on top and bottom rigs and mullet rigs. This was early morning on the outgoing tide. Into and out of slack tide, the fishing shut down at Herring point. We did hook into a huge…
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Canary Creek Bridge Down To One Lane
I meant to put this up last week. A sink hole closed a lane on Canary Creek Bridge on Pilot town road in Lewes. So you have to wait to let people pass going to and from the Lewes boat ramp. There are barricades up. On a side note there is a huge area to fish now, just avoid the sinkhole on the one end of the bridge. Lots of…
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New Delaware Record 20.5-pound False Albacore
New Delaware record 20.5-pound false albacore taken in Masseys Canyon by Pennsylvania angler
LEWES (July 1, 2016) – On the eve of what many consider the biggest recreational fishing weekend of the year, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament – a false…
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Striped Bass Slot Season Starts In Delaware July 1st
July first to August thirty first is the slot season for striped bass in the Delaware Bay and River, as well as the tributaries. The creel limit is 20 to 25 inches and 2 fish per day per angler. That size was reduced slightly to comply with the ASMFC twenty five percent reduction, but at least we got to keep our slot season. …
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Chimera Blue Crab
Ever see one of these? A Chimera blue crab was caught in the Wye river by Derek Zavetz. The Chesapeake Outlaws posted this picture on their Facebook page. It is a wild looking crab that is fine to eat. This process is known as Chimera which by definition is ... "A monster from Greek mythology that breathes fire and has a lion's…
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High Bacteria Levels for Dewey and Bethany Beaches
The waters at Dewey and Bethany beach tested for high levels of unsafe bacteria Wednesday. The water will be tested again tomorrow around 4 PM, but as of right now there is a high bacteria advisory and swimming advisory for Dewey and Bethany Beaches. The Delaware Recreational Water website section has the alerts listed there. We…
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Flounder Fishing Is Picking Up
Okay ... that all depends on who you ask, but for the most part flounder fishing is getting better. The Old Grounds has been a go to spot, but crowded. A and B buoy is producing as well as site 9, 10, and 11. No surprises these are usually the hot spots. Inland bay flounder fishing is slow, you have to put in some time for a keeper. Same…
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Take A Gander At Bethany Beach’s New Traffic Problem
It isn't new if you live here, everyday these geese cross route 1 with their goslings to forage grass in the median strip. Everyday traffic has to stop, more than once, to allow them to cross the road. Today one person decided he didn't want to wait and ran a goose over. Needless to say a few locals are irate about that, the out of…
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Sea Tow Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program
Boating safety is very important, it can be the difference between life and death. In an effort to promote safe boating the Sea Tow Foundation is placing life jacket stands at local marinas and possibly state boat ramps soon. These stations are for boaters to borrow a life jacket if they need one for their children or infant. …
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Fireworks On The Fourth Of July Weekend
Places to see fireworks this year for the fourth of July. If you know of any others let us know but these three are the main attractions.
July 3 ...
Rehoboth Beach .... 9:30 PM ... you can go by boat and sit in front of the area just mind the coast guard's perimeter. Get there early in case of bad weather they will shoot the fireworks…
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Two Poachers Banned from Striped Bass Fishery
MD DNR press release ......
Two Poachers Banned from Striped Bass Fishery
June 27, 2016
Additional Restrictions Placed on Commercial Fishing Activity
Two Talbot County watermen convicted of poaching and selling nearly $500,000 of striped bass over four years have received lifetime bans from taking part in that fishery by the Maryland…
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Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter June 13-19
Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: June 13-19
Reminder for the week: Visitors to fishing areas, boat ramps and wildlife areas reminded to take trash with them when they leave
DOVER (June 24, 2016) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware’s fish and…
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Three broods of piping plover chicks spotted foraging
Three broods of piping plover chicks spotted foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen
LEWES (June 23, 2016) – Three broods of piping plover chicks are now foraging on the Point at Cape Henlopen State Park, two on the bayside and one inside the dunes, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today.
Two more piping plover pairs are…
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Fishing Report
Well now it has been an interesting week, from whales washing up on beaches to capsized boats. Never a dull moment here at the beach. The weekend is looking decent for fishing I think Sunday will be the best day. No flies will be a bonus the last few days have been horrible. Like, I am not going to the beach today horrible. Our…
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Swimming Advisory Issued for Rehoboth Beach
DNREC has issued a swim advisory for Rehoboth Beach. There are signs posted from Baltimore to Norfolk Streets. The advisory is form elevated bacteria levels due to heavy rainfall and run off. The state has a water monitoring section on their website where you can look for these advisories. When the advisory is lifted the red mark will be…
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Kayakers Watch Shark Eat Another Shark
This happened yesterday in Florida,filmed by Palm Beach Pete. These kayak and SUP anglers caught a black tip shark and before they could release the shark. A couple of bull sharks came in and ate the shark. You can see the small fish that travel with the sharks feeding as well. The crazy part is these guys are in Kayaks and on…
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Capsized Boat Update Huge Props To Some Local Boaters
You probably already heard, but a boat capsized about eight miles off the coast today. About an hour ago Captain Brian Wazlavek of Delaware Family Fishing called me with the story of what happened today. "I was at site 9 when the call came over the radio ... May Day May Day, boat in distress taking on water. I pulled anchor and…
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Water Rescue Off Rehoboth Beach
Update to this event ...
The coast guard and Rehoboth beach volunteer fire company responded to a water rescue around 11 AM this morning. A vessel was taking on water, there were three passengers wearing life jackets. The rescue was 8.4 miles east of Indian River Inlet. Vessel and all involved are being transported to the Indian…
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Andy And Opie Fishing Tournament 2016
On July 16th, in Milton's Memorial park, Techno Goober & Delaware Surf Fishing will host the second annual 'Andy and Opie Fishing Tournament' for parents and kids. Registration begins at 8 AM and the tournament will start at 9 AM and end at 1 PM. We have several friends who will be volunteering their time to help judge…
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Maryland Gears Up for Operation Dry Water
Maryland DNR press release ....
Maryland Gears Up for Operation Dry Water
Beginning Friday, Natural Resources Police, the Coast Guard and other maritime law enforcement agencies will participate in Operation Dry Water, a nationwide crackdown on alcohol- and drug-impaired boaters.
From Deep Creek Lake and the Patuxent River to the…
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Hearns Pond dam and boat ramp now closed for up to a year
Hearns Pond dam and boat ramp now closed for up to a year while replacement structures are built
SEAFORD (June 21, 2016) – The Hearns Pond dam and boat ramp, located north of Seaford, are now closed and will remain closed for up to one year while a replacement dam and ramp are built, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife, which…
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Delaware promoting Operation Dry Water
Delaware promoting Operation Dry Water June 24-26 to prevent boating under the influence and help save lives on the water
DOVER (June 21, 2016) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police today announced Delaware’s active participation in Operation Dry Water, an annual nationwide enforcement and education campaign…
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Watch For Turtles And Not Just On Roads
Lots of turtles are out there and they are not only trying to cross the road but they can get into crab pots. You are required to have turtle guards (excluders) on your crab pots. If you do not and DNREC finds them you will be fined. "Officer Field Report June 20, 2016: AFC Adam Roark sent this picture in to show the importance of…
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Tree Blocking Assawoman Canal
UPDATE .... As of 1 PM the tree has been removed by parks ......
A tree fell across Assawoman canal last night and the top landed on a pontoon boat. Witnesses say there is no gas leaking into the water as far as they could tell. DNREC has been alerted. Sam Ellis " I don't know if this happened overnight or if it's been there…
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Great White Caught Near B Buoy
It is that time of year. Another great white pup weighing around one hundred and thirty pounds was caught near B buoy over the weekend. The head boat Pirate King from Anglers Fishing Center was out fishing B buoy when they hooked up with the great white. Will Mace from Forest Hills Maryland was the angler who hooked up fishing…
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Biggest Flounder To Hit The Scales This Year
A 9.6 pound flounder was landed by angler Shaine Mann aboard Fish Whisperer Charters on Father's Day. So far that is the the biggest flounder of the 2016 season for Delaware and Maryland A and B buoy action has been great. There are some large quality flounder like this catch north of us off the coast of Jersey. There have been a…
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Ocean City Fishing Pier Is Open
The ocean city fishing pier repairs were completed a couple of days ago. The pier is now open for business. The pier was damaged heavily during storm Jonas. Crews spent the better part of three months making repairs, setting new pylons and rebuilding the decking. Not an easy task when you are twenty feet in the air over the surf.…
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