Delaware Regional Fishing Report: As the summer winds down, it's not too late to catch fish

OCEAN

The Old Grounds, Reef Sites 10 and 11 are producing a good quantity of flounder. Christopher Curlett stopped into Captain Bones after fishing in the Flounder Pounder Open. He weighed in an 8-pound,13-ounce flounder that he caught at Site 11 while using a live spot. The fish was large enough to place 4th at the Open. He also caught a 7-pound, 11-ounce citation, along with a couple more flounder over 23 inches. The top five fish weighed in at the Flounder Pounder Open were as follows: 1. 11 pounds, 4 ounces, 2. 10 pounds, 2 ounces, 3. 9 pounds, 9 ounces, 4. 8 pounds, 13 ounces, 5. 8 pounds, 5 ounces. A few sea bass have been caught alongside the flounder. Sea bass are biting in numbers at the Del-Jersey-Land Reef. Anglers trolling the Fenwick Shoal with spoons are finding bluefish and Spanish mackerel. A few flounder have been caught at the Indian River Inlet this week with minnows as the top bait. Mike Bowen from Eastern Marine fished at the Inlet and reported lots of tog being caught measuring 15-to-17 inches with sand fleas being the preferred bait. He also hooked up with a couple small flounder on live spot and minnows. A few rockfish have been caught at night from the inlet on sand fleas. Small croaker are starting to show up in the Indian River Bay. Good news from the surf report this week — anglers that have been waiting for the snapper blues to show up are finally in luck. Snapper blues have been caught in the surf with bunker as the top bait. The kingfish bite picked back up. Bloodworms are the preferred bait for kings.

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DELAWARE BAY

Anglers are finding a few flounder and sea trout at the Mohawk wreck. Anglers stopping in at Captain Bones reported a few keeper flounder at Woodland Beach along with white perch, catfish, and short stripers. The flounder were caught on minnows and squid. The perch and striped bass on bloodworms, while the catfish are eating bunker. Catfish and perch have also been caught in numbers at Augustine Beach this week. Sheepshead up to 10 pounds have been caught at the Ice Breakers and the outer wall with sand fleas, and green crabs working the best. Reports from the Cape Henlopen fishing pier show that the keeper croaker are finally arriving along with a lot of spot. Bloodworms are the best bait for croaker. A few flounder have been caught from the pier as well.

RIVERS

Shaun Ritchie fished White Clay Creek in Newark and caught an 18-inch smallmouth bass on a plastic worm. With the summer heat, anglers will find less trout, and more smallmouth, rock bass, and carp in White Clay. Rhett Travers reeled in a 15-inch largemouth bass at County Creek. He was using a Gary Yamamoto 5-inch Watermelon Seed. The Lewes-Rehoboth Canal saw a good week in flounder fishing. Dallas Johnson was drifting in the canal and caught two keeper flatties with the biggest weighing 4 pounds and measuring 23 inches. He was using a bucktail with a gulp teaser.

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PONDS

I spent the week repairing and upgrading my fishing gear. Every angler should look over their gear, and see what additions and repairs need to be made as often as possible. Frayed fishing lines and busted reels can cost you a prized catch. I also hit Banning Park Monday evening with some of my new gear in hopes to catch a few bass. The water was loaded with algae and forced me to use topwater lures. I found success using a small rubber frog that I’ve had for almost 20 years catching a few crappie, and sunnies, but no bass. Mike Trexler checked in with Captain Bones after catching an 8-pound largemouth bass at Griffith Lake on a minnow. The fish was released. The bass bite has also been strong at Garrisons Lake, and Lums Pond with minnows, senkos, and frogs as the top three choices. Lewes Donovan and Greg Bullock fished Becks Pond using nightcrawlers under a bobber and hooked up with bluegills and crappie. Peter Fechter fished Noxontown Pond and netted a beautiful 18 ½-inch crappie. He caught the fish on a bubble gum jig.

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