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Reading a Delaware beach to surf fish will help you find and catch more fish  After a nor'easter or heavy wave storm surges. The beaches are all carved up and washed out, but that is actually a helpful tool for any surf angler. Especially in Delaware, it is tough to read a beach here. Some swales are tens to hundreds of feet long.…

In 2018 the buoy placement was changed, and still stands as of today. The numbers may be off by a few feet give or take I am told by the Coast Guard Station Indian River. Make sure you have this marked on your plotters. This year the sand bars and shoaling is even worse than last, in some areas. We have many aerial shots from Driscoll Drones to…

One of the most difficult things to locate is a good cut in the Delaware surf. They are usually subtle,and there are several distinct cuts that many know the location. The "cut" is the area where water that is pushed across two sandbars drains back into the ocean. Between the sandbars. Reading the beach at Cape Henlopen State Park…

Last year we didn't get to see the Kalmar Nyckel, which is a common site when we are fishing the point after it opens in September.  Every year in August Delaware’s tall ship, the Kalmar Nyckel comes to Lewes and offers tours sailing around the area.  Last year she didn't come due to the finger pier dock at the Lewes Terminal where…

(Feb 2019) ... When I looked down the beach today, while driving to the point, the ice breakers or haystacks looked really tall, too tall.  The ships in the background were floating, and the Jersey coast was floating.  It was cool to see this mirage today while I was exploring and hunting for a bird picture (snowy owl).  I swear trying to find a…

Reminder for the week: Spring ahead of Spring Aboard  DOVER (Feb. 8, 2019) – 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 and public safety, DNREC’s Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Jan.…

DOVER (Feb. 8, 2019) – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section conducted the bid opening for the Massey’s Ditch Channel Maintenance Dredging Project as scheduled on Jan. 30. DNREC did not receive an acceptable bid.    As a result, DNREC will update their design specifications and…

Many have been saying this for the last several years. We are seeing less and less striped bass catches, this year being no exception. Some keep saying that the fish are all in the EEZ (exclusive economic zone), or my favorite "The fish are in the EEZ because they know we can't catch them there". Yes there are a lot of fish out in the EEZ, but they…

Arlington, VA – The Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board postponed indefinitely action to find the Commonwealth of Virginia out of compliance with the provisions of Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Menhaden, specifically the Commonwealth’s failure to implement the Chesapeake Bay reduction fishery cap of 51,000 mt.…

Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board approved status quo measures for the 2019 black sea bass recreational fishery (see Table 1). This action is based on the recommendations of its Technical Committee, which found that status quo measures are not likely to exceed…