The Annual Canal Flounder Tournament takes place Friday May 16th. This year's sponsors include the Dewey Beach Lions Club and Martek Marine Electronics. This is a flounder tournament only, and all State and Federal Regulations regarding fishing and boating apply. A cash entry fee of $25 per angler is to be paid at Lewes Harbour Marina Bait & Tackle Shop before 7am May 16th. Five dollars of each entry will be donated to the Camp Awareness Youth Program. Boundaries are from Rehoboth Bay Canal entrance to Roosevelt Inlet entrance, and Broadkill River to Oyster Rocks Road. Anglers must fish from a boat that is not moored to land. Fishing time is from 7am to 3pm Friday May 16, 2014. All fish weighed must have been caught on hook and line by a registered contestant. Fish must be weighed at Lewes Harbour Marina's scale any time after 7am, but no later than 4pm by Lewes Harbour Marina's clock. It is recommended that contending fish be weighed soon after they're caught, preferably alive. In the event of a tie for weight, the fish weighed earliest takes the higher prize. A Lewes Harbour Marina Official has the right to disqualify a fish if evidence suggests it was not caught during the Tournament. Value of the cash prizes is determined by the number of entrants. Anglers continued to pick away at flounder during the week through tides with clean water. Some of the more notable catches included Melanie Bowden's 7.34 pound citation winner, Chuck Hazel's 6 pound doormat, Kara Teat's 5.2 pounder, Mike Cannon's 4.35 pound fluke, and Ed Yingling's 4.19 pound flattie. The minimum size for flounder in Delaware will drop to 16 inches on May 11th. More trout have shown in recent days. Marty Riley got a 6 plus pound tiderunner on a Storm Shad at the Railroad Bridge. Paul Hazzard had a 5 pound weakfish, and Amanda Frey decked a 4 pounder while pitching pink Zooms from Cape Henlopen Pier. Cary Rutherford used a chartreuse Gulp! to tempt a 4.74 pound trout from Roosevelt's north jetty. Paul Weckerly wound in a 3.15 pound weakie, and Bruce Carlson captured a 4.2 pounder in the Canal. Black drum have started to turn on. There was a real good surf bite for those fishing clams and sandfleas from Broadkill Beach. Harold and Dan Martin and Dave and Lois Rehkamp checked a limit of 12 drum to 35 pounds from the Beach Sunday morning. Boaters have also started to have success with drum. Bob Zak and Cecil Bailey kept a limit of 6 to 24 pounds and released 6 others while anchored in the tip of Broadkill Slough. Danny Selby decked a 59 pound drum Friday, then teamed up with Larry Taylor today to take a limit of 6 boomers, including Larry's behemoth 70.5 pounder. Josh Buchalter was drumming in Broadkill Slough yesterday, and reported catching several croakers, the first hardheads of the season. It's encouraging to see them this early. Spring tog season ends Sunday May 11th, so tog aficonados have been hitting the Walls hard to put some in the freezer. The bite has been good, as tautog feed aggressively prior to spawning. Limit catches were common from the Inner and Outer Walls, as well as from Bay Reef Sites. Bob Meyers brought in an 8.03 pound blackfish. John Little landed a 7.22 pounder on Katydid. Jesse Rodriguez reeled in a 7.16 pound citation tautog aboard the Indian.