tripers have been caught at many locations in the Delaware Bay. Chris O’Connel anchored up at 34 buoy and had a banner day boating 14 Stripers to 35lbs. O’Connel was chunking fresh bunker and said the head and shoulder portions of the Menhaden were the most effective. This is usually the case [...]
ith last weekend’s forecast looking as good as it could possibly get and reports of big Striped Bass abounding, the Delaware Bay and Indian River Inlet were laden with heavy boat traffic. It seemed that everyone had the same idea in mind and that was getting hooked up with big linesiders and enjoying a [...]
alloween has traditionally been the kick-off to fall Striper season in the Delaware Bay and surrounding area. It’s from this time forward that anglers start to gear up for the schools of Striped Bass and Bluefish returning from their summer migrations to the New England States. Both varieties of fish inhabit the Delaware [...]
he leaves are nearing their peak color for the season, the nights are getting cooler and the fish are schooling up. Fishing in the fall can be one of the most productive and rewarding times to spend the day on the water. With most anglers sitting comfortable at home, take advantage and spend some time [...]
ith the dog days of summer upon the North East, it was a steady dose of near 100 degree heat index and gully washer thunder storms for the best part of a ten day stretch. Heavy downpours on a daily basis turned Delaware ponds over repeatedly and left most un-fishable. A few anglers fished the [...]
More pictures of recent local fish weighed in at Eastern Marine during May and June 2009.
hen I last reported the outlook forecast was brilliant. Temperatures in the 80’s and sunshine for the duration of the weekend. It seemed no one could wait to get out and fish in some real summer-like weather, me included. Well, we got some summer-like temps alright. I was glad I had a [...]
ell, the weather shaped up a little for last weekend and for once we had some break out news for the Delaware fishing side of things. Several Delaware sport-fishing tournament citations were issued at Eastern Marine this week. Father and sun duo Thomas and Jack Oliver sleighed monster Channel Cats in the Christiana River. [...]
Robert Marshall brought 2 dandy stripers to the scales at Eastern Marine. The bigger fish weighed in at 22-3/4 lbs and 37″ long. Bob was fishing at Reedy Point, Delaware with fresh cut bunker when he landed the pair of rockfish.
On the salt water side of things, news got better. Reports of Stripers at Brown Shoal and Indian River Inlet were positive. Cut Bunker and Bloodworms were the preferred Striper baits at Brown Shoal and Bomber, Mega, Rebel, and Yozuri plugs at night from the rocks produced at Indian River. Flounder were also on the [...]
