Flounder are still hanging around, but not in the same numbers as previous weeks. They've been thinning out on the Old Grounds, but on days with good conditions, anglers continue to put together decent catches. Bob Fitzwater and his crew worked the Grounds Monday, and returned with their limit of 20 fluke. Captain Brent has been pushing farther off to find numbers of flatties for his groups on Katydid. It took a long ride and a lot of boat handling over strucuture, but Bully Bob Trento and his gang of athletes ended up with their limit of 40 flounder, plus 23 chunky sea bass Wednesday aboard Katydid. Bob Cannon and his buddies fished with Brent Thursday for 21 flatfish and a couple dozen bass. Delaware Bay reef sites continued to yield some flounder, but it seems the majority of fluke are starting to move out. With breezy conditions on the ocean Saturday, Captain Brent opted for the Bay, and concentrated his efforts on Sites 6 and 7. His patrons aboard Katydid managed to 5 keeper flatties to 5 pounds in the box, but the triggerfish and blowfish bite was on, and they also iced 17 triggers, including Eric Butler's 4 pounder, and 25 puffers. In addition, they had sea bass, trout and croakers. Boaters at the mouth of the Bay found craokers, spot, trout and kingfish near #4 Buoy. Bluefish were still plentiful around the Outer Wall, feeding on silversides, Bay anchovies, butterfish and peanut bunkers in the area. Anglers also encountered some surprises. Joe Lamanna was drifting a minnow and squid combo near the Oueter Wall in search of flounder when he hooked into something larger than what he bargained for. When the battle was over, he boated a 52.1 pound black drum. Surf casters along the Ocean beaches did pretty well with snapper bluefish. Anglers using mullet or cut spot around the point of Capae Henlopen and near the Herring Point jetties had decent numbers of hookups. Offshore aficionados have not had much success with tuna, but did find dolphin. Wilkie Jarboe brought in a 21.2 pound mahi he caught in Baltimore Canyon aboard Ella Belle. Katydid deep deep dropped in the Baltimore Friday for a box full of tilefish, then hit some floating gear for 27 bailer dolphin. Billfish action has been hot in Norfolk Canyon. Captain Billy Hein and his crew on the Stacey trolled 70 to 100 fathoms to release 12 white marlin during a trip there this past week.
Flounder Finally Thinning Out
Lewes Harbour Marina - 9/21/2014 12:00:00 AM