Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 080809 

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports their new marine repair business is up and running; Shawn has been busy getting folks back in the water.  Everyone fishing the bay is coming in with a different variety of fish, the bay is bountiful, the bay is happening.   

On Tuesday, Keith and Kollin Beckfeld were fishing Flounder Alley and reported 3 keeper flats, 2 blues, and 1 croaker.  Capt. Bob Sanderson, Toby and Herman Miller and Samuel Troyer fished Site #7, coming in with 10 flats and 1 trigger and reporting 30 throwbacks.  On Thursday, Tom and Judy headed to Site #7 where Tom caught 1 keeper flat, losing 2 big ones, and had several throwbacks.  Judy caught a 14” sea bass before they headed to the Mohawk.  Tom was searching for brown cows but there was too much chop in the water.  No brown cows but lots of small sea bass and blues provided Judy action.  Romy Perpetua and Dr Camilo Gopez came ashore with approximately 50 croaker in the 12”+ range while fishing SE of the Beach Ball.  Capt. Phil Nicholson, Rich Meyers, and John Wilkins came ashore with 5 keeper flats.  Mike Tucker and Chris “Itchy” Huk were drifting Site #6 and Site #7 on Friday, putting 6 flats and nine 16” blues in the box.  Capt. John and Linda Kahn of Kimmechar, (which stands for Kimberly, Megan, and Charlene), were accompanied by Pat Dooling for a day on the bay.  They fished Site #7 for flounder where Pat boated a citation weighing 7.29 lb with a 23 ½” girth.  Linda boated a 23” flat before they headed to the SE side of the Beach Ball where they caught over 30 croakers.  Capt. Jerry Wright and Todd Sauer were drifting Site #6, coming in with 5 keeper flats ranging 23-24” and reporting 23 throwbacks.  Dan Kimble and Steve Burris reported tons of croakers in the 12-14” range from Site #5 and Dan put one flat in the box.  Father and son, Butch and Frank Jones, put 6 flats in the box while fishing Site #7 using white and mullet 3 0z Spro bucktails.  The pair reported lots of throwbacks, most of which were less than 1” shy of going in the box.  Young John Wilkerson, whose family is spending their summer at Cedar Creek caught their 400^th croaker of the season – the count is cumulative, not the 400^th in the box.  Capt. Henry Miller, Joe Byler, Jacob Miller, and Shawn Downs had 7 keepers from Site #7.  Capt Bob Sanderson of Some Guy, Toby Miller, Jerry Troyer, and Paul Troyer had their limit from Site #7.

Paul Troyer was their weekly drawing tournament winner.  Bob Bryant is still in the lead with 9.69 lbs.  6 weeks remain in their annual flounder tournament, plenty of time to reel in a $1,000.00 flounder.  See their latest catches and read their updated fishing reports at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com.          

 Check this out: 14 Trout at Brandywine the write up is on the front page.

    Captain Bill Lingenfelter ties the most life like nicest bucktails i have ever seen, hand done that comes close to something as great as a Spro. If you run into him you may be able to talk him into selling one if you feel lucky. Nice pic and Nice catch guys.

Short report Aug, 28.

      The other guy on the front page Frank Malinsky who tore them up on his kayak, does it again. Using a 4" Gulp Chartruse Swimming Mullet, head out to The Cove in his kayak and came in with 2 keeper Flounder 19"-20" and also lost 2. Rick and Ed Shultz fishing at site #7 caught 2 Flounder 21" and 1 blue using my favorite bucktail Spros. Jon Jackobson was fishing big stone in 40' of water and in around D buoy and came in with 2 keeper Flounder. The weather sucked today the next report will be after the weekend.

AUG 23

SLAUGHTER BEACH 

Last week and this weeks fishing report together due to computer problems.

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports that August and up to 2 weeks in Sept or later are the time to explore fish that aren’t in the bay normally.  We’re seeing more and more tropical fish either lost or finding temporary housing during this time slot. A few weeks ago, Tom caught a citation king mackerel from Site #7.  2 Weeks ago Tom and Pat went out in search of cobia checking buoys and fishing site #7 for about an hour and put in 3 flounder in the box. Then traveled checking all the other buoys in the bay at 14 foot light and brandy wine not finding any cobia. He decided to go to the Mohawk to try to catch some trigger fish. We only hooked up with small sea bass when Pat spotted the brown cows and fins above the wreck. Tom tossed the ell to the cobia and after several attempts had one take it. His line was running short and had no choice but to set the hook and didn’t hook the fish or catch him. But there definitely out there at this time of year you just have to go out and search for them.

On Sunday, Mike and Brian Logue headed to 14’ Light, didn’t do much but Mike came ashore with a 3.8 lb flat.  Capt Tim Townes of the On Target, Rocky Quinn, Chris Payne, and Jack Townes were fishing 90 miles off Cape May, trolling in and around lobster traps when they hooked into a 40” dophin fish/mahi mahi.  Stormy skies were looming overhead so they ended the trip early and headed for shore.  Maurice Costello, Chris Jones, Larry Woods, and Pete Donato had a great time on the bay catching croakers.  Kathy and Earl Kunkle fished Site #6, catching upwards of 35 flats with 6-8 keepers, keeping five, all 21-22”.  The pair also caught 1 triggerfish and 12 small sea bass.  Lynn, Mason, and Joe fished Site #7 .  Reports off Big Stone were 4 shark over 50 lbs on incoming tide using squid.  On Tuesday, Tom and Shawn McCue headed to Site #7 after closing the store.  3 flats were in the box when Tom felt the temperature suddenly drop 10 degrees.  A nasty T-storm rolled in and the water was boiling, sizzling from the lightning strikes.  Water was coming in over the bow, stern, and portside as the waves were crashing around them.  Ronald and Donna Riland had 6 keepers in 2 hours from F & G Buoy.  John Yoder came ashore with 5 keeper flats, 1 trigger, 2 sea bass, 5 blues, 1 spade, and 20 croakers while jigging at Site #7.  Randy Ritz had 4 keepers, 18 1/2”- 24” while using squid and minnow at Site #6.  Capt Bob Sanderson, Toby Miller, Vernon King, and Jerry Troyer fished Site #7, coming ashore with 1 shy of their flounder limit and a 13 ½” sea bass.  Danny and Ralph Messick and Zandar Plaches fished Site #6 with 30 throwback flats and 11 keepers.  Zan was high hook at Site #7 earlier in the week with several keeper flounder from Site #7.  Alasha, Jerry, and grandfather Moe Lightcap fished the edge of Brown Shoal with Alasha boating their lone flounder and coming ashore with several croakers.  Friday evening Tom and Shawn headed to Site #6, fishing for only 20 minutes before dusk with Shawn coming ashore with 1 keeper flat.  On Saturday, Myron Edwards came ashore early with 1 keeper from Site #7 and reporting numerous throwbacks.  On Saturday Henry, Bobby, and Karen Boyd fished the Mispillion River, coming in with white perch.  Mel Wanger, Butch Hoffmaster, and Kevin Beachy fished Site #6 on the incoming tide using a combo of swimming 4” mullet and sliced squid to create a split tail; a different combo with nice results.  The trio boated 5 keeper flats and reporting 25-30 throwbacks, 7 were real close to being keepers.  They also put 2 blues and croakers in the box and reported 7 throwback sea bass.  Mark and Don Lillquist fished the China Wreck, coming ashore with 8 trigger fish, 4 blues, and a few porgies. 

Bob Bryant is still holding onto 1^st place in their Annual Summer Flounder Tournament with 9.69 lbs.  Donna Riland was their weekly drawing winner.  Donna receives a Cedar Creek coffee mug and an assortment of rigs.  Visit them on the web at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com for up to date fishing reports and recent catches.

On August 15^th kayak fishing at its best in the cove outside our inlet. Frank Malinsky came in early and only had a little time to talk. To my surprise did beyond well catching a total of 24 flounder and releasing 20 between 17-19”. With the biggest being 22”. Check our website at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com under recent catches to view Franks’ catching. Tom would like to make all kayakers aware of the easy access and the large variety of fish that are right here out side our cove in our inlet. Jeff Martin came in with 1 flounder 8.89 pounds from site #7 using squid and also having two flounder at 19-20”. Aboard the boat find them and wine them. Joe Ebel and Captain Brian Bear south of site #4 had 1 flounder 21” and 4 blue from site #6 &7. Also caught 70 croakers and kept 4 from site #6 and #7. Tom Brennen fishing at site #6 had 3 flounders of 22”. He had 26 throw backs and caught 5 blues, 5 sand sharks using Chartreuse Gulp Swimming Mullet. There was a huge migration of atleast 100 skate like he has never seen before south of the 14’ Light. On August 16^th Tony Zdrojewski was fishing at site #6 on “The Captain Chick’s Revenge” with his son and Captain Dave Mckelwey when he hooked and landed a 8.38lb flat flounder. The flounder was 29 1/2” ….a true doormate!!!!

Our non-profit save a life flounder tournament for cancer is still running and anybody can win. Our first place holder is still Bob Brian with a 9.69lb flounder. Anyone can still sign up before it ends on Sept 22^nd. Our weekly drawing winner is Gene Heyman.

Aug 13

Sent a few guys up north near Cedar Bush for shark fishing last week and this is what they did...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy13LSCo4hw

I gotta tell you about a trip Shawn and I took Monday evening.  I just had to get out and go fishing.......

Shawn and went out, we wanted to catch a couple flats then search for my cobia. 

We banged 3 flats then suddenly I felt the temp. drop 10 degrees.  Shortly thereafter, the storm was on us hard; lightning strikes were actually boiling the water around my boat, Shawn could hear the sizzling.  Shawn put his lifejacket on and was sitting on the floor. Waves were coming over portside, starboard and the stern.. We  made it in, obviously but I have  never seen lightning that close to my boat... I am still on my mission to boat a cobia!

Aug 03

JULY 31

Not many boats went out this week due to the prediction of storms and high winds however, this weekend is going to be perfect!  Hot temps in the low 90’s are forecast with SW winds at 5-10.  The fish are biting:  triggerfish, spadefish, flounder, blues, croakers, and slot-size stripers.  I think the winds and the tides will be mild enough to do short drifts over structures and bang some big flounder. 

July 27     SHORT UPDATE

2nd wave of croakers are in close to shore and they're running 1-3 lbs.  Flounder fishing is still good to excellent with shorts in the mix.  I will update in a couple of days if the weather allows fishing.  Like today, it was hot and perfect winds just about all day.  There’s always a chance of rain when the temps are as high as they are.  We didn’t see any rain today.  There was a 30% chance which means there’s a 70% chance that it’s not!  The wind did kick up in the late afternoon but the entire day provided for good fishing. 

Tom 

Weekly Fisherman report weekending 07/25/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports excellent DE Bay fishing.  The reef sites are producing fat flounder as well as trigger and spadefish.  20-26” rockfish/stripers are being caught near shore and at Broadkill.  Spot and white perch are improving-several citation and near-citation white perch have been caught in the Mispillion River.  Tom has opened a full service marine repair shop which is open 7 days a week for your convenience.  From minor to major repairs, they do it all!

On Sunday, Jul 19 Terry and Joyce Troutman came ashore with 6 keepers, one of which currently places Terry in 8th place in their tournament.  Terry weighed in a 6.85 lb flat from 14 Buoy and reported 11 throwbacks.  Capt Steward Welch had 3 keepers with 10 throwbacks from Site #6.  Capt. Brian Wilfong of the Grim Reefer was joined by family Tim Wilfong, Charlie W, and Kevin Dillon for a day on the bay fishing the Lower Middle in 30+’ water.  Tim had 2 keepers and 2 throwbacks and Charlie was “King of the Shorts” with 15 throwbacks.  The group was using Gulp! New Penny 3” Shrimp.  Capt. Karl Friess spent the day fishing the E side of the shipping lane with daughters Savannah and Stephanie and friend Joey Brady.  Stephanie was high hook of the day, weighing in a 5.07 lb flat which she fought using 10 lb test.  Stephanie and Joey each had a keeper, Dad came up nil.  Capt John Organtini of the Get High fished with Pete Tzivekis and Eddie Ayala; Eddie had never fished from a boat before yet came in with their lone keeper from G Buoy while using a Cedar Creek Mean Machine.  Capt Dennis Twisselman of the No More had 2 keeper flats, 3.34 and 3.39 lb and Bertie had one weighing 3.02 lbs from G Buoy in 27’ water.  Capt Jerry Hammond who owns and operates Knot @ Work Charters weighed in an 8.55 lb flounder while fishing Site #7.

Capt. Jerry offers DE Bay and Indian River fishing as well as crabbing trips and sunset cruises.  Jerry can be reached at (302) 856-3995 or (302) 542-9066.  Capt Bob Sanderson of Some Guy fishing with Henry Troyer, Toby Miller, and Vernon Ring came ashore with their limit from Site #7 on Monday, Jul 20.  Ed Schultz had one 20” keeper with 7 throwbacks; coming ashore with 3 croakers and 3 blues while fishing Site #6 and Site#7.  John Yoder had 1 keeper, reporting 9 throwbacks while fishing in 20-25’ water near B Buoy.  John hooked into 28 croaker in the 14” range during 3 drifts.  Kenneth Stamm had 1 keeper weighing 4.4 lbs while fishing Site #6 using squid and minnow.  Guy Enfield, Louie and Adam Dunlap, Travis Wolfe, and Bill Bough fished between Site #6 and F Buoy with Guy and Bill each coming ashore with 1 keeper from 40-50’ water.  The group headed back out with heavier gear for shark and were not disappointed, they released them all.  Guy came ashore with 2 flats the next day Capt Joe and Penny Lintner of the Whisker Biscuit had 3 keepers Friday and Penny fought a 4’ thresher, bringing it to the boat and releasing.  Capt Bob Bryant Jr of the Nervous Wreck, fishing with John Schnaitman, Tom Richardson, and William Bryant, Sr came ashore with 7 keepers and a 24” striper.  Capt Bob weighed in a 9.69 flat with a 24” girth and is currently in 1^st place in their tournament.   John Wilkerson, age 5 went fishing with his dad Mike aboard the newly named Hit n Run.  The pair fished the Beach Ball where John caught croaker and they came ashore with a total of 25.  Phil Nicholson came ashore with a 4.43 flat from Site #7 using squid and minnow.   Bill Cook and Gary Wright fished Site #6, coming in with 2 keeper flats.  Capt Joe Herrmann, Sr of Drink ‘Em and Sink “Em,  Joe Jr, T C Cahall, and Angel Harrington fished Site #6 on Saturday, Jul 18.  T C had 2 keepers and Joe Sr. weighed in a 7.63 lb citation flat with a 22 ½” girth.  Barry Carl fished N of F Buoy in 45’ water on the incoming tide using squid and minnow when he boated a 5.67 lb flat with a 22 ¼” girth.  The “Some Guy” crew was at it again on Sat Jul 25.  Henry Miller is currently in 14th place with 6.17 lb and the group of 4 came ashore with a total of 14 keepers.  John Miller and son Nathan fished the Beach Ball, coming ashore with 30 croaker.  Mike Logue weighed in a 6.94 lb flat from Site #7and is currently holding onto 5^th place in their tournament.  The Mendenhall Family spent the weekend on the with extended family and during one trip, Duane’s son Brady came ashore with their lone keeper flounder.  Capt Steve South of the O Fish Al and Tom Jancovic were anchored above Site #5 and came ashore with 15 croaker.  The pair was using top and bottom rigs tipped with squid/minnow and Gulp! white and chartreuse 4” swimming mullet.  They did hook into some flounder, all shorts.  The top hook caught the flounder and chartreuse was the hot color.  Vic and Travis McCurry of the Wahoo Crew fished Site #6, coming in with croaker and Matt Prague weighed in a 1.93 lb porgy. 

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle’s summer-long, non-profit flounder tournament is in full swing; the standings are changing daily and the competition is heated.  Bob Bryant is currently in 1^st with 9.69 lbs, 2^nd place-Toby Miller, 8.4 lbs, 3^rd place-Ron Riland, 7.75 lbs, 4^th place- Bob Jones, 7.68 lbs, 5^th place-Mike Logue, 6.94 lbs, 6^th place-Roy Peters, 6.87 lbs, 7^th place-Chris Huk 6.86 lbs, 8^th place-Terry Troutman, 6.85 lbs, 9^th place- Art Coleman III, 6.83 lbs, 10^th place-Dale Brown, 6.71 lbs, 11^th place-Stuart Welch, 6.66 lbs, 12^th place-Gene Heyman, 6.20 lbs, 13^th place-Rob Grillo, 6.18 lbs, and 14^th place-Henry Miller, 6.17 lbs.  The weekly drawing winner was Henry Miller.  You can read their latest fishing reports at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com and check out the Recent Catches page for the great pics!

July 24

The fishing's great, the weather's gonna be beautiful!  Take advantage of everything the bay has to offer, everything's biting.  We have live blue claws for the weekend #1's and #2's.  #1's-120.00 a bushel, 1/2 bushel - 70.00, dozen - 30.00.  #2's-70.00 a bushel, 1/2 bushel - 40.00, dozen - 20.00.  Softshells too!  3.75 each but mention you saw this report and they're only 3.00 each.     

July 21

It's late, I didn't get a chance to get out today but I'm anxious.  The DE Bay is happening; the fishing is superb, they're catching 'em.  Hopefully I'll be out first thing tomorrow.  I'll be tightening the sea bass, flounder, trout, spades and triggers

WEEKLY FISHERMAN REPORT weekending 07/18/09At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports the DE Bay is abundant with life.  Drifting over or anchoring above the structure and wreck sites are most productive; anglers are limiting out on flats.  The reef sites are also housing trigger, spades, blues, croakers, and sea bass.  Pink and green skirts tipped with squid seem to be producing the most flounder.  Stripers are being picked up off Broadkill Slough.  In shore shark fishing for anglers targeting the big beasts are also giving a good fight.  However, Tom wants to remind those anglers who wish to target the big beasts that shark fishing is dangerous and anglers should be educated.  Tom will be more than happy to offer his assistance to anyone who asks.

On Sunday, Wally Walinsky had 1 keeper flounder from Site #3.  Michael Rew had 1 keeper from Site #6 with a mix of blues and croakers.  Bill Sellers and John Robinette fished the Beach Ball when Bill hooked into 26” Spanish mackerel.  The pair had a mix of small sea bass, blues and croaker with one throwback flounder.  Capt Ryan Baer of Baer Necessity and Joe Ebel fished Site #5, 6, and 7, coming in with 1 keeper flounder, kept 10 croaker and 15 blues.  Ray Crowley fished Brandywine using peelers, Gulp! minnows, and squid, coming in with 4 keeper flounder and 6 blues.  Capt. Jamey Cursi and C T Tasi spent the entire day fishing Site #6 using 3 oz Spro bucktails tipped with 3” Gulp swimming mullet.  They came ashore with 9 keeper flats with the biggest weighing 9.4 lbs.  On Monday, Joe Prinski had 2 keeper flats, 22 and 21” from the Mohawk with 1 throwback and 1 blue.  Rick Payne came ashore with 2 keeper flats up to 3.46 lbs from Site #6 on the incoming tide using squid/minnow and spot.  Bobby Marshall spent the day on the bay with Capt. Dave and the Mendenhall family aboard the Good Times when he boated a 5.37 lb, 26 ½” long flat.   Brady Mendenhall boated a 20” flat at the Brown Shoal.  John Miller had 5 keeper flats and Warren Oudinot and Bill Zimmerman had 7 keeper flounder while fishing in 65’ water near A Buoy.  Capt Frank Blunt of the Luna Sea and Dennis and Paul Singleton had a great day fishing Site #7, coming in with 4 flats.  Ronald Riland had 4 keepers with 10-12 throwback flounder and 15 croaker while fishing the Crossovers and the vicinity of D Buoy.  Dan Shea boated 2 flounder and reported 30 throwbacks while fishing G Buoy and Brown Shoal.  Capt. Gary Wright, fishing with Bill and Ed Cook came ashore with 5 keepers while fishing Site #6.  Each time they left the structure, they reported nothing but sharks and blues.  Bill Lingenfelter and Barry Stark fished Site #6 and Site #7, coming ashore with 3 flats weighing 5+ lbs and 2 20” flats.  Capt. Dale Brown of Hot Hooks and Mike Evans had keeper flats from Site #6 and Site #7.  Capt Joe B of At Last and Nick Doris fished near A Buoy in 50’+ water between slack and incoming tide using Gulp! 4” Chartreuse swimming mullet.  The pair boated 4 keeper flats, largest weighing 5.19 lbs.  Capt. Stan Smith of the Cindy Sue II, Kenny Skocik, and John Green were drifting between Site #6 and #7 when they hooked into 7 keeper flats and reporting numerous throwbacks.  Tom Shaiko had a double header flounder bite but both were shorts.  Tom reported a lot of blues and 1 shark.  David Helsdon headed to the Anchorage, at the lower end of the Brown Shoal on Sunday, July 19.  He fished the 1^st hour of the morning ebb tide and was heading ashore with his limit by 9:30a.  David was using chartreuse and dark green rigs tipped with squid.  Capt. Tom Brennan had 5 keeper flats from the Crossovers and 14’ Light.

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle’s weekly drawing prize winner was Rich Meyers.  He receives an assortment of rigs from Cedar Creek, Aqua Clear, and Fin Strike.  Their tournament is only at its midway point with 8 weeks remaining - plenty of time for anglers to get in on the action for a good cause.  Fight a Flounder for Cancer!  Currently 1^st place is being held by Toby Miller with 8.4 lbs.  Ron Riland is in 2^nd place with 7.75 lbs, and Bob Jones is 3^rd with 7.68 lbs.  Check out the latest catches at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com     

JULY 12, 2009

Hey everyone, check this out!  This was the biggest fish of the weekend but a small taste of what the DE Bay is offering right now.  Capt. Jamey Cursi, fishing with Anthony Louie and C T Tasi spent the day fishing Site #6, coming in with 9 keeper flats.  Anthony was high hook of the day when he boated this 9.20 lb with a 25 1/4" girth, and 30 1/4" long.  Anthony was using a 3 oz white Spro bucktail jig tipped with a Gulp! chartreuse mullet.  Capt. Bill Sellers caught a nice spanish mackerel at the Beach Ball.  He and John Robinette also had a mix of croaker, small sea bass, blues, and throwback flounder.  Bill's pic is on the Recent Catches page.  Michael Rew came in with 1 keeper flat from Site #6 and reported lots of croakers at the Beach Ball.  Capt Ryan Baer, of Baer Necessity and Joe Ebel had 1 keeper flat, kept 10 croakers, and 15 blues while fishing their way around Reef Sites #5, 6, & 7.  Ray Crowley had 4 keeper flounder and reporting 36 throwbacks while fishing at Brandywine using peelers, Gulp! minnow and strips of squid

Tom 

WEEKLY FISHERMAN REPORT weekending 07/11/09  At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports the flounder fishing is hot.  When the wind and tides are right and you can concentrate on rolling over the small deployments of reef site structures, the hook ups are unbelievable.  4 and 5 anglers on one boat are coming in with their limits.  At times, the blues are so thick it’s hard to get past them to get to the bottom.  Triggerfish, spadefish, sheepshead, flounder, spot, trout, and croaker are all out in the bay thick and anglers are crushing them. 

On Sunday, Walt Janocha had 2 keeper stripers, 21 and 23” using peeler crab and his limit on flounder.  Glen and Dave had 4 keeper flounder with 5 throwbacks using squid and minnow.  Bill Sauer and party of 3 had 23 flounder with 7 keepers while fishing the Anchorage area using minnow.  Ray Wooten fished Site #6 with 1 keeper and 5 throwbacks using minnow and squid.  On the 7^th, Capt. Donnie Paull and Michael Valrone had 3 keepers with 3 throwbacks and 2 blues while fishing G Buoy on an outgoing tide.  Tim and Glenn hooked into a bull shark and croakers while fishing Site #6.  Rick Payne had 2 keeper flats, 4.67 and 3.67 lbs while fishing Site #6 using squid and minnow.  Mike Babcock weighed in a keeper 5.6 lb flat for the tournament having lost 3 and bringing ashore 2 flats and 2 snapper blues while using squid and minnow.  Capt. Steve Mattson of the Reality Check was joined by Chris Lyons, Arnold Mattson and Nate Gathercole on Thursday for a beautiful day on the bay.  The boat came ashore with 11 keeper fat flounder while anchored at the Mohawk.  The group reported non-stop blues action and could have filled their cooler.  Youngsters Cory Cummings and Derrick Esh each came in with a keeper flat.  Bill, Joe, and Tom Stoe reported 20 throwbacks with 6 keepers, heaviest weighing 5.26 lbs while fishing F and G Buoy and Site #6.  Toby Miller weighed in a 6.56 lb tournament flat from Site #7 with the group of 4 coming in with their limit.  Robert and Yvonne Jones spent the weekend at Cedar Creek and Bob weighed in a tournament 7.68 citation flat with a 22 ½” girth and was 28 ½” long.  Bob was using a Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle Green Flounder Slayer rig tipped with squid.  Yvonne had 1 keeper flat.  Capt Bob Sanderson of Some Guy fished Site #7 with Jerry Troyer and Toby Miller.  The boat came in with their limit while anchored above Site #7 with Toby weighing in a 1^st place citation flounder at 8.40 lbs with a 23” girth, and was 29” long, placing Toby as the current tournament leader.  Toby was using a Spro bucktail tipped with squid.  Dick Degnats and Bill Haines had 4 keepers from Site #7.  Randy Bilbrough, Jim Comegys, and Harry were fishing Miah Maull Shoal for “one hell of a day on the bay”, coming in with 9 keepers with 30 throwbacks and some blues.  Aboard the vessel Hot Hooks, Dale Brown reported 3 keepers with 12 throwbacks while fishing north of Site #6.  Wally Walinsky had 1 keeper flat using squid at Site #3.

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle held its tournament Pig Roast/BBQ on Sat Jul 11^th.  Once again, the Mendenhall Family prepared one fine tasting feast!  A great time was had by all and Tom and Trudy would like to thank all of those who attended.  There’s a lot of time left to get in on the tournament action which ends at 6p on Sep 22^nd.  Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.  Fight a flounder for cancer!  This week’s weekly tournament drawing winner was Roger Long.  Visit them on the web at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com

Jul 08, 2009

On Monday Pat, John, and I went fishing; we left the dock at 3:10p.  We caught the incoming tide and was heading back at 8:15p with our limit of flounder.  Pat had wanted a shark so we headed to Big Stone.  Pat scored and we headed in.  I was hoping for a repeat the next day; even though the wind was kicking.  We left the dock at 5:30p but all we got was beat up.

Tom

Jul 06, 2009 Trout Report

Donny Downes and Mel Ensey came ashore with 7 beautiful trout and a sheepshead from Brandywine, fishing the ebb while the tide was running strong.  Fishing has been fabulous, everything has turned on.  Flounder fishing is great with everyone hooking up as the wind and tides have been on our side.  Sea bass are here, croakers are abundant with catches of 60+.  Spades and triggers are at the reef sites adn wrecks.  Fresh or frozen sand fleas and clams are their bait of choice.  Shark fishing is excellent, just 2 miles out and you will have blue water action in your 20' vessel.  Shark fishing is dangerous, it is not for everyone.  SAFETY is the main priority; stop in and I will put you on the fish.

July 01, 2009

Flounder fishing has been excellent with catches up to 30 with 13 throwbacks.  TOG IS OPEN  We have hermits and live fiddler and green crab.  The bay is bursting with life: triggers, spades, shark, blues, porgies, flounder, spot, perch, stripers, and trout are all being caught.  Check this out!  I caught a 10+ lb king mackerel at Site #7!  I have been fishing the DE Bay over 35 years and this is the first KING mackerel that anyone I know has ever heard of being caught here!

                We have blue claw crabs, #1 males, bushel, half bushel

                            #1 males   150.00           females   80.00  

                                               dozens (if available)            

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 06/27/09 At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports good numbers on flounder, spadefish, and  triggerfish.   Croakers have arrived and anglers are filling their coolers.  Decent sized sea bass have also been reported from DB Buoy.  Shark fishing in the DE Bay has turned on hot and heavy.  On Saturday, Vi Comeaux came ashore with a beautiful citation flat weighing 11.48 lbs, was 31” long with a 24” girth while fishing east of G Buoy.  Unfortunately, she was not in the tournament but her husband is and Tom would like to commend them both for their honesty.        

On the 13^th, Stan Roslevege, Dan Rusnock, Peter and John Disabella fished #14 and #15 Buoy, reporting shorts with John boating their lone keeper and reporting a 10” throwback sea bass from North of Brandywine in 13’ of water.  Also on the 13^th, Chris Buckheister and Walt Taillon had 1 24” keeper and 6 throwbacks while fishing near G Buoy, just off a shoal.  Mervin Jumper and Gene Wilson reported 5 throwback flats and 1 5.9 lb keeper from G Buoy.  Bill Lingenfelter had 2 keepers and 2 throwbacks from Site #6 on Wednesday.  On Thursday, Mike and Brian Logue reported 3 throwbacks and a 4.62 lb flat from Site #6.  Randy Ritz had 4 keepers, the 2 heaviest weighing 4.54 and 4.22 lbs.  Irvin Byler had a 3.33 lb keeper from Site #6 with  2 keepers from Site #7 while using Spro Bucktails.  Mike Babcock and youngest daughter Keeleigh, fished the Maui Maull and came in with 4 keepers, 2 at 22”, 1 at 21”, and 1 at 19 ½” and reporting 8-10 “not even close” throwbacks.  Judy and her mom, Carol Dennis fished aboard the Miss Shyanne with Capt. Dave Russell on Friday.  The boat had a great time with lots of action with over 50 flounder hooked and 13 were boated.  Carol had 1 keeper with 4 throwbacks and Judy had 3 throwbacks.  Jim Gilmour and Roger Flattum were drifting between F and G Buoy with squid and minnow.  Jim came ashore with a 3.71 lb flat and Roger boated a 21” flat.  Lloyd Markley, Richard Althoff, and Tim Johnson fished near Maui Maull using squid and minnow combo with Lloyd boating a 5.61 lb flat.  Richard and Tim each came in with 1 keeper.  The trio also reported some nice sized blues.  Michael Rew and Joe White were fishing Site #6 using white bucktails trimmed in red tipped with a 3-4” minnow when Michael boated a 2.99 lb flat.  Frank Riddle had a keeper from Site #7 weighing 2.71 lbs.  Robert Watson had 2 spadefish and 1 triggerfish using clams while anchored on Site #6 and reported small sea bass from the Mohawk.  On Saturday, Guy Enfield, brothers Perry, Robert, Jeff, and nephew “Super Fly Ty” Tyler had 1 keeper from SE of G Buoy.  Capt. Dale Brown of Hot Hooks weighed in a 6.76 lb, 27” flat while fishing between Site #6 and Site #7.  Taylor Scott came ashore with 2 snapper blues and a 3.39 lb flat from between Site #6 and Site #7. 

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle will hold its Take the Family Fishing Day Pig Roast/BBQ for tournament participants and their families on Jul 11^th from 11a-2p.  The current tournament standings are 1^st Place Art Coleman III 6.83 lbs, 2^nd Place Dale Brown 6.71 lbs, 3^rd Gene Heyman 6.20 lbs, 4^th Robby Grillo 6.18 lb, 5^th Lester Gassert 5.97 lb, 6^th Mervin Jumper 5.90 lb, 7^th Lloyd Markley 5.61 lb, 8^th Mike Logue 4.62 lb, 9^th Jim Gilmour 3.71 lb, 10^th Troy Talley 3.62 lb, 11^th Paul Troyer 3.48 lb, 12^th Guy Enfield 3.30 lb, 13^th Chris Huk 2.95 lb, and 12^th Brett Ammon 2.42 lb.  The tournament runs until Sep 22^nd with cash awards going to the top 3 finishers and various prizes will be awarded  for 4^th through 14^th place as well as a monthly prize for the leading fish at the end of Jun, Jul, and Aug .   Davis Trumbull was the weekly drawing winner.  Sign up, catch a flounder, and help save a life!    

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 062009 

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports flounder fishing has been good to excellent when the wind and weather allows anglers to get out and hold bottom.   Trigger and spadefish are starting to arrive at the reef and wreck sites.  Tog reopens July 1^st as well as a slot size for stripers.  It’s only open for the Delaware Bay and its tributaries with the slot being 20-26”.  Shark fishing has also turned on with reports of multiple hook ups.  Just remember, most species are catch and release.

On Sunday, the 14^th Kollin Brakefield boated a 19” flat W of the Mohawk near F Buoy aboard the Flat Ugly with Capt. Keith Brakefield.  The pair reported 8 throwback flats, 2 shark, and 1 skate.  Jim Comegys, Brian Haskell, and Evan Haskell fished between F and G Buoy where Evan boated his first flounder, weighing 2.78 lbs.  They reported action during an outgoing tide, after tide change, the bite ended.  Tom went out on Tuesday and couldn’t feel the bottom with 10 and 12 oz of lead and managed to hook 18 flats, with 3 keepers while fishing in and around Site #6.  On Friday, Troy Talley weighed in a 3.62 lb flat that was 22” long while fishing Site #6 with his grandfather, Art Coleman III aboard the Knot Talkin’.  Art boated 2 flats.  Capt. Duane Bowman, wife Wanda, and daughter Angie fished Site #6 early Saturday morning, before the storm, with Wanda coming ashore with their lone keeper 20” flat.  They reported 5 throwbacks, with 2 being real close.  Mike Rew, Elijah O’Leary, and Robert Mumford were using only minnows, drifting between Site #6 and Site #7 when Mike boated a 3.47 lb flat that was 22” long and reporting 2 throwbacks.  Tim and Brian Coleman reported a small, 8” throwback sea bass from Site #6.  Several reports have been received within the last 2 weeks regarding 8-10” sea bass and triggerfish at the Mohawk and Site #6.  Brett Ammon rode out the storm and came ashore later in the morning with 1 keeper flat. 

Current standings in Tom’s non-profit “Fight a Flounder” for cancer summer-long flounder tournament are: 1^st place is Art Coleman III with 6.83 lbs, 2^nd place is Robby Grillo with 6.18 lbs, 3^rd place is Lester Gassert with 5.97 lbs, 4^th place is Troy Talley with 3.62 lbs, 5^th place is Paul Troyer with 3.48 lbs, 6^th place is Mike Logue with 3.44 lbs, and 6^th place is Brett Ammon with 2.42 lbs.  The weekly drawing winner was Brian Trumbull.  The tournament runs until Sep 22^nd with cash awards going to the top 3 finishers and various prizes, too many to list, through 14^th place as monthly drawings for the leading fish at the end of Jun, Jul, and Aug .  Sign up, catch a flounder, and help save someone’s life. 

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 061309 

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports flounder fishing has been hot with the majority of throwbacks coming from the Crossovers, E buoy, and D buoy.  The most success is coming from in and around the reef sites.  The Lower Middle is also producing a lot of nice fish.  Some triggerfish have been coming in from the reef sites and their leading fish in the tournament was caught at G Buoy.  Current 2^nd place fish was also caught at G Buoy and current 3^rd place was caught at F Buoy.  Their weekly prize drawing winner was Chris “Itchy” Huk.  Last week’s random drawing winner was Dave Mendenhall.  1^st place finisher receives 1000.00, 2^nd place receives 500.00, and 3^rd receives 250.00.  Prizes will be awarded for 1^st-14^th place finishers.

Capt. Bob Sanderson of Some Guy, fishing with his regular crew, came in with a total of 8 flats from Site #6 and Site #7.  Paul Troyer weighed in a 3.48 lb flat, the remaining 7 keepers were between 18 ¾-21 ¼”.  Capt. Art Coleman III, Art III, and Lester Gassert fished the bay for a short time on Sunday morning before heading home with Lester weighing in a 5.97 lb flat from F Buoy.  Shannon Babcock and her dad Mike, fished the Coral Beds Saturday evening and on Sunday morning Shannon weighed in a  

17.7 lb drum.  Rick Aument fished the Coral Beds one final time Sunday night for black drum and was not disappointed, they boat had a total of 3 between 30-40 lbs., releasing them all and reporting only one dogfish.  Kathy Kunkle weighed in a citation 8.36 lb flounder with a 24” girth and 31” long caught while drifting between Site #6 and the Mohawk.  On Monday, Mike and Brian Logue fished near G Buoy reporting 7 throwback flats with Mike coming ashore with a 3.44 lb flat.  Jim Comegys was fishing between G and B Buoy in 90’ water and brought in 1 flat.  Capt. Joe Huk and sons, Zak and Itchy, fished Site #7, F Buoy, and the Mohawk on Monday.  Zak and Itchy each boated a flat, having “outfished the ol’ man”.  Eddie Kibler and Tucker Lankford had 5 keepers and reported 10-12 throwbacks from Site #6.  Capt Bill Stoe and Craig Crockett were fishing near D Buoy and Site #7; had 2 in the box and reporting 3 throwbacks, all of which were 1/8” shy of the 18 ½” minimum.  On Friday, the 12^th, Brady Mendenhall and friend Alec Hardesty fished with dad, Capt. Duane Mendenhall and Mary.  Brady talked his dad into going out to the 14’ Light where Brady boated their lone keeper; Alec caught 1 throwback.  Jody Novack and Ed Johnson aboard the Dog Catcher fished the Mohawk side of the Lower Middle Shoal coming in with 1 keeper flat and reporting no action at the Crossovers.  Capt. Bill Haines and Dick Degnats were fishing in the vicinity of G Buoy, reporting 15 total with 7 keeper flats ranging 19-22”.  Dick said the day was the best he’s had in a long time; with calm seas and a good bite.  Stanley Roslevege reported lots of action at E Buoy with no keepers.  Troy Talley also had a keeper flat on Friday.  On Saturday, the Knot Talkin’ crew, Art Coleman IV, Art III, and Troy were joined by Robby Grillo.  The group had a great day on the bay with Robby weighing in a 6.38 lb flat and Art III weighing in a 6.18 lb, of which Robby and Art III are currently holding 1^st and 2^nd place in their flounder tournament.  Troy had 2 20” keepers, Robby had 4 keepers, Art IV had 2 and Art III had 3 for a total of 11 keepers in the box.  John Cannon had 2 keepers from Site #6 and G Buoy, reporting 8 or 9 throwbacks, 2 were real close.   Joe and Penny Lintner reported 3 keepers while fishing the Anchorage area.  Capt. Joe Bahsteter and Nick Doris fished the top of the Brown Shoal at ebb tide coming in with 2 keepers and reporting 9 throwbacks.  Kenneth Stamm, daughter Wanda Bowman and son-in-law Capt. Duane Bowman had 4 keepers from Site #6 with 5 throwbacks while fishing aboard The Fuss.  Capt. Bob Sanderson of Some Guy spent the day fishing with Toby Miller, Jerry Troyer, and Henry Miller with the boat bringing in a total of 13 keepers from Site #6 and Site #7.  Henry Miller weighed in a 4.62 lb flat which currently places him in 4^th on their tournament board.  Rob Attix, Irvin Miller, and Stormin’ Norman came in with 3 keepers.  Nick Szep, Jim Scott Sr., Jim Scott Jr., and Tyler Scott were fishing Reef Site #7 and came ashore with an empty box.  Stan Roslevege, Dan Rusnock, Peter and John Disabella fished #14 and #15 Buoy, reporting shorts with one keeper and reporting a 10” throwback sea bass from North of Brandywine in 13’ of water. 

Chances are the current prize winning fish won’t hold up until September 22^nd but participants are encouraged to weigh in their catches which will increase their odds for being a monthly winner.  Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle will hold its Take the Family Fishing Day Pig Roast/BBQ on July 11^th from 11a-2p for all tournament participants and their families.  Tournament ends on Sep 22^nd at 6p.  There’s still plenty of time to enter; Fight a Flounder for a Cure!  Check out their website at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com for updated fishing reports and a complete list of tournament prizes!      

Jun 06, 2009

I know everyone is waiting for todays' report...I was very busy and as of now, 9:30p I have not heard of any drum that have been landed....another half hour and I'll be asleep.  Flounder action was good to excellent, the boats that came in later in the day had good catches with some limiting out. 

Jun 06, 2009

Odin Matthew Woods is 4 years old and has been fishing in the Mispillion River with his grandfather, "Pappy" George Windon.  Young Odin has been catching white perch, crappie, and catfish.  Odin doesn't eat what he catches, he gives them away to those that do!   

Jun 05, 09

OPEN BOAT ABOARD THE MISS SHYANNE SATURDAY JUNE 06

Capt. Dave has put together an open boat for tomorrow evening.  He sails out of Bowers Beach and will be heading out at 3p tomorrow.  Be at the dock at 2:30p.  This weekend should mark the beginning of the end of Drum Season 2009; the big guys will be moving on.  There's a full moon this weekend which should provide for some excellent action.  Dave and his crew are first rate and work hard to see that you put fish in the boat.  The boat, while scheduled to return to the dock at 9p, will remain actively fishing if anglers want to keep fishing!  Where else can you get a deal like that for 45.00?  NOWHERE 

The rain and NE winds are now behind us and the weekend's weather is looking beautiful, NW winds at 5 before turning to SW winds 5-10.  Let's get some flounder on the board!!  Just when we thought we had the prize list compiled, The Fisherman magazine graciously donated several subscriptions.....    

To the gentleman whom Judy spoke with last night regarding us emailing pics; please, send us an email....she misplaced your email address

Jun 03 2009

Me and a friend went fishing today, put a couple flats in the box at the Red and Green Can and the Crossovers and released a buncha shorts.  I've had my fill of looking at drum this season but I've never read so many drum in my life; we read at least 1000 of them, all over the bay.  A storm kicked up so we headed in but there were drum every damn place we went!  

 Jun 02, 09

Attention:  Everyone who wants to get in on the drum action while they're here thick and heavy, you need to reserve clams and get out by this weekend.  By next week they'll be thinning out.  I was up til 10:30 cleaning drum, up to 79 lbs.  I got extra surfs for this weekend, call and reserve NOW   The drum may still be here thick by next weekend but I think they'll be thinning by next Wed or Trs

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 05/30/09 

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports the flounder bite has turned on, much like it did Memorial Day weekend 2 years ago; with everyone catching around F & G Buoy.  During tide changes anglers are scoring keeper flats.  Meeting current length requirements doesn’t seem to be a problem, the length is there, the flats coming in are averaging 19-24” but the weights are lower.  It’s still early in the season but for the lengths they’re seeing, those fish should be fatter and heavier.  They’re starting to feed hard and aggressively, mainly in the deeper water in and around the Anchorage area - D, F, G Buoy, and the Crossovers.  60’ of water at G Buoy, between 14 and 27’ at the Crossovers.

Black Drum fishing is at its best, with almost everyone putting at least one in the box.  Some anglers are trying to tighten their drag to horse these monsters in; black drum are huge fish caught on light tackle, you have to take your time bringing them to the boat.  Anyone looking to conquer a DE Bay black drum has to take their time to fight the fish. 

Tom was weighing, cleaning, and filleting fish until the early morning hours on Sunday.

The Coral Beds produced citation catches with Lee Collins leading off the week with a 60.5 lb, 48 ½” long, with a 32 ½” girth while fishing aboard his vessel Miss Pearl.  Gary Olinchak boated a citation 58.1 lb, with a 29” girth that was 48” long while fishing aboard his vessel, the Shanghai.  Kevin Lohmeyer boated a 58.1 lb, 47 3/4” long, with a 32 ½” girth while fishing with brothers Kyle and Kameron aboard the Triple Trouble.  John Ferenbach boated a 51.1 lb with a 31 ½” girth and was 46 ½” long while fishing with Steve Jacono.  Ronald Bezzard boated a 64.4 lb that was 48 ½” long with a 37 ½” girth while fishing.  Whitney Nash boated a 50.6 lb with a 33” girth and 47 ½” long.  Brent Spencer boated a 68 lb with a 34 ¾” girth that measured 49 ½” long.  The Pin Top produced 2 citation catches on Saturday, the 30^th.  David Biles boated a 75.7 lb with a 38 ½” girth that was 51 ½” long while fishing aboard the Diana Lee with John Hinkel.  John Smith boated a 68.5 lb that was 51 ¼” long with a 36 ½” girth while fishing with the Joachimowski family, Jaime, Joseph Sr. and Joseph Jr.  Bill Sr., Bill Jr., and Mark Stover put a drum in the box as did John Robinette and Bill Sellers.  Bill Turpak Sr., Bill Tirpak Jr., and Mark Stover all had a part of the action at the Coral Beds, Bill Jr hooked it on dad’s rod so dad reeled it in and Mark netted it.  The Luca Boys, Steve Warren, Travis Mick, Bobby Wright and Ryan McDonald fished together with Bobby boating a 46.9 lb and 22.2 lb drum.

Florentino Garcia spent the weekend seeking flounder and was not disappointed.  He boated 7 keepers, 1 while fishing between G and F Buoy and 6 from D Buoy.  Stan Smith of the Cindy Sue II and Chris Foreacre had 6 keepers while fishing G Buoy using only minnows.  John Stubitz, John Carr, and Ben Smith, fishing aboard the Know It each came in with their limit up to 27” using live spot.  Danny Lemmon had 1 keeper flat.  Barry Sheetz  of the Jen Jess boated 3 out of 4 hookups while fishing with Kevin Walter who boated 2 out of 8 with the largest weighing 6.7 lbs, 27” long, with only a 21 ½” girth.  Bob Sanderson of Some Guy fished with Jerry Troyer, Paul Troyer, and Toby Miller with the foursome bringing in 11 total, the largest weighing 6.3 lbs. The flounder are so aggressive, even the small ones are swallowing up to 6 and 7” spot!  4 and 6 oz. Spro bucktail jigs with a small piece of pork rind or squid attached seem to be one of the hottest baits for reef site fishing for the big, fat flats with the fish preferring yellow and green.  Tom Bowden and son hit the bay Sunday morning, the 31^st, after a quick passing storm and reporting a total of 9 flats from in and around G Buoy, giving Tom and Judy a beautiful flounder for dinner. 

Capt Dave Russell’s patrons were treated to a week of excellent flounder and black drum fishing.    Each flounder and drum trip produced nice catches.  Feedback on Dave and the Miss Shyanne crew has been favorable; Dave and his mates are knowledgeable, respectful, polite and provide a great experience for those onboard.  Dave is still taking reservations for evening drum trips.  Wednesday is open boat, no reservations required.  Day trips leave the dock daily.  If you’re looking for reasonable rates with first rate service then give them a call.  For more information visit Dave’s website at www.captdave4@yahoo.com or give him a call at (302) 335-FISH(3474).

Cedar Creek’s Annual Non-Profit Summer Flounder Tournament began on Jun 01.  To sign up is $35.00.  You’ll receive a tee shirt, various rigs, and an invitation to attend their Take the Family Fishing Day Pig Roast BBQ on July 11^th.  There are 16 weekly drawings for various products valued between 10.00 and 15.00.  First place receives 1000.00, 2^nd prize $500.00 and 3^rd prize $250.00.  Additional prizes for 4^th place and beyond are still coming in including a 100.00 gift certificate.  Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.  Fight a flounder for cancer!  The tournament ends at 6p on Sep 22^nd.

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle are now open daily from 5a-6p.  They’re housing live spot again this year.  Visit them on the web at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com.  There’s an excellent link on their website for accurate, up-to-date, local DE Bay conditions.  The site has a webcam located on the island just up the road from them; use the information to give you a game plan for your next trip, let the tides of Mother Nature help pay for your fuel.  Check out their Latest Catches page and read their almost daily fishing report which will resume on a regular basis once the late-night drum action subsides.

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 05/23/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom has been busy weighing and filleting black drum with the weekend producing heavy action from the Coral Beds.  Tom offers this service to his customers free of charge, donations, while not necessary, are donated to the American Cancer Society.  On Monday, they weighed in a 30.31 lb which was a Hall family effort; Taylor hooked it, Tim boated it, and Rebel netted it while fishing the Coral Beds.  On Wednesday, their “Polar Kraft” guys hit the Coral Beds with the same success as last year.  Capt Tony Anderson of the Duckin Knutz II boated a 29.3 lb, Greg Anderson boated a 20.9 lb, and Danny Finch boated a 17.9 lb.  Dale Short hit the bay in search of flounder with action from the Anchorage, Site #6, and Site #7; no keepers, 3 throwbacks, coming up just ¼” shy.  On the 21^st, Capt. Rick Aument weighed in a citation drum weighing 53.2 lbs, with a 31 ½” girth, and 46 ¼” long.  Rick was accompanied by Hayden Graver and Capt Ron Donawitz, whose vast knowledge of the DE Bay was impressive.  The trio hooked 11, released 8 and brought 3 ashore.  Capt. Mike Villarose of the Leslie Ann was joined by Gary Pokiopski Sr. and Jr for the day.  They put in their time and waited out the drum.  They started at Pin Top, making their way back to the Coral beds and found the action they were looking for.  Gary weighed in a 51.1 lb citation with a 44” length, and a 32 ½” girth.  Mike weighed in 46.6 lb that was 44” long, with a 30” girth.  Dick Degnats also hooked into and released a 50+ lb drum from the Coral Beds in 14’ water.  Troy Talley, fishing with his grandfather, Capt. Art Coleman III aboard the Knot Talkin’ landed a 3.77 lb, 22” flat.  Alan Ogar weighed in a 56.1 lb drum from the Coral Beds that was 49 ¾” long with a 32.5” girth.  Steve Stewart also hooked into and released 2 drum in the 20-30 lb range and a 50+ pound drum; Steve uses peeler crabs for drum fishing with much success.  Not many people are aware peeler crab is excellent bait for drum.  Captain Philip Roach boated a citation drum from the Coral Beds weighing 53.8 lbs, with a 33 ½” girth, that was 46 ¼” long.  He was joined by Keith Conway and the pair started a 4:00p on the incoming tide, averaging one drum an hour with lots of sharks up to 4’ and back in by 8:00p with their citation catch.  Mike Cathell boated a beautiful doormat weighing 10.8 lbs, with a 26 ½” girth, and 30 ½” long while fishing Site #5 using squid and minnow with a pink worm.  Mike Dickerson and Matt Alexander each boated a drum, 37.8 lbs and 49.0 lbs and released a small pup.  Capt Joe Huk of the Fish Huk II fished the Coral Beds in the evening with Sam Messina and son, Itchy.  Itchy, hooked into 3 drum, one in the 60+ lb range and the other 2 in the 30-40 lb range and released them all.  The trio released a total of 5 with Sam and Joe each bringing in a citation.  Capt. Joe weighed in a whopping 76.7 lb with a 39 ½” girth, and 49 ½” long.  Sam also weighed in a 59.6 lb citation fish with a 34’ girth, and 47” long.  The bite was still producing heavy action when the trio came ashore.  Sam, captain of his own vessel who does 99% of his fishing off-shore, commented the action that day on the bay aboard Joe Huk’s vessel was definitely in his “Top 10” fishing trips.  Deep water action in skinny water!  12 year old Ryan Lloyd, fishing with his father and Uncle Glen Sechrist aboard the Captain A, boated a 5.4 flounder during the day.  During the evening they headed to the Coral Beds where Ryan hooked into and reeled in a monster 72.9 lb with a 36 ½” girth that was 48 ¼” long without the assistance from the adults on board, except to bring the fish into the boat.  Ryan fought for over an hour and won the battle.  Ryan Lloyd and Itchy Huk are young accomplished anglers who both deserve recognition for their outstanding catches and kudos to Itchy for his commendable conservation efforts.  On Saturday, Capt Rick Bortz and Justin Kemp fished the Coral Beds where Justin boated a 60.1 lb with a 36 ½” girth, and 46 ½” long.  Dave Shuffelbottom landed a beautiful 46.7 lb striper while flounder fishing at the Crossover using squid and minnow during slack tide.  After a 30 minute fight, the 49 ½” fish with a 28” girth was boated.  Bob Espisito also boated a citation drum weighing 65.8 lbs with a 37” girth that was  48” long while fishing the Coral Beds with Capt. Jon Leister.  The pair also reported, “lots of sharks”.  Daniel Gold, Chris and Allen “Spike” Scolese, and Cody Burrows reported a mix of shark and skate with 1 throwback flounder before heading to the Coral Beds where Spike boated a 38 lb drum and Cody a 42 lb drum.  Douglas and Florentino Garcia Jr., along with Donald Coffey came ashore with 9 keeper flats from D Buoy; the 2 biggest both weighed 6.6 lbs.  Wanda Bowman, The Boss’ Daughter, and husband Duane were fishing aboard their vessel, The Fuss, with Wanda bringing home a 21” flat.  Guy Sterlicchi fished Massey’s Landing, bringing in his limit in the 5.3-6.2 lb range.  Capt. Doug, Mike, and Bob Knawby and Ed Soley fished the Coral Beds bringing in a 21.2 lb and releasing a 50+ lb.

The weekends’ drum bite was hot and heavy; Tom was cleaning fish and Judy was weighing them in well into the nighttime hours.  Tom wants to remind everyone, if you’re seeking DE bay monster drum, you have 7-10 days remaining for hot and heavy action.  If you want guaranteed availability you need to reserve your clams no later than Wed as supply is very limited.

Capt Dave Russell of Russell’s Charters, who docks his boat at J P’s Wharf was also busy this weekend putting his anglers on the fish.  Last Friday, one trip brought ashore 18 flounder.  Drum action was also productive with Dave; they had several break-offs and boated an 80 lb drum Friday night with most trips bringing in average weights between 25-40 lb.  Trips run daily, mid-week trips are available on Wednesdays, no reservation required.  Dave and his crew, aboard the Miss Shyanne will make the effort to help you put fish in the box.  Give them a call at (302) 335-FISH(3474) or visit www.russellsfishing.com.

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle’s 3^rd Annual Summer Flounder Tournament begins Jun 1^st.  The tournament runs 16 weeks, until 6p on Sep 22^nd.  Their summer-long non-profit event benefits the American Cancer Society.  All participants receive a tournament tee shirt and various rigs by Aqua-Clear, Cedar Creek, and Fin Strike.  You can still sign up until Jun 01 for $25.00, after the tournament begins, registration is $35.00.  Cash prizes are awarded for the top 3 weights; 1^st place is awarded $1000, 2^nd place $500, and 3^rd $250.  4^th-10^th receives various prizes.  There will be 16 random weekly drawings and a prize for the current winning fish at the end of Jun, Jul, and Aug.  Their Pig Roast BBQ for all participants and their families is scheduled for Jul 11^th from 11a-2p.  For a complete list of tournament prizes and entry form, visit them at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com, home of the “almost” daily DE Bay fishing report.  **A complete list of prizes will be posted by Wednesday**       

May 23, 2009

I recommended a restaurant to a friend over in Cape May, The Lobster House, and while he was there....I had him pick up some surf clams I located from there.  It was a win/win situation - he got to wine and dine his lady friend and WE NOW HAVE CLAMS! 

Saw a lot of impressive catches these past few days.  I'll give all the details tomorrow in my report but I do need to mention a young man named Ryan.  Yesterday, he wrestled with a 72.9 lb drum, with no assistance at the rod and won the battle!  Ryan also weighed in a 5.4 lb flounder.  IMPRESSIVE! 

The Polar Kraft Guys Do It Again!!!

Take into consideration that we're talking about a 16' boat at the Coral Beds...

These guys are young, maybe a little dumb, but weren't we all???  I know I was....  From left to right we have Danny Finch, Greg Anderson, and Tony Anderson.  For the second year in a row, aboard the Duckin Knutz II, they do it again!  Once again, after work, Judy and I just had to motor out and take a picture of these guys! 

Weekly Fisherman Report 05/16/09 

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports drum fishing has been hot with a mix of rock coming in.  The largest drum weighed in on Friday was 81.5 lbs.  On Saturday, the weather was fine and drum were being “read” on everyone’s screen but the bite just didn’t happen.  It wasn’t just with the drum, it seemed as if the DE Bay shut down.  No fish until Capt. Neil Bupp of the Capella called at 7p saying he was coming in around 8p with drum.  The bite only turned on after 5p with the boat coming in with one lone drum weighing 63.8 lbs.  This weekend and next week will be the best drum fishing the season has to offer.  Don’t forget to call by Tuesday to guarantee your surf clams, clam logs, and clam bellies.  You won’t have to travel any further than the Coral Beds which is only 3.8 miles outside their inlet.  Check out their website for recent and citation catches at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com. 

On Monday Capt. John Walter and sister Kristy fished for tog at Site #7 using green crabs on the outgoing tide and Kristy boated a 7.0 lb citation tog with a 17 ½” girth that was 21” long.  They came ashore with a total of 4 tog.  Bill Zimmerman also fished Site #7 and reported 4 tog but no keepers.  On Tuesday, Eric Morrow fished the Coral Beds with clams and brought in a citation 37.1 lb striper that was 43” long with a 26 ½” girth.  Tom and Pat Morini fished the Horseshoe area and came up empty; they were in the wrong place.  Brian and Mike Logue had action one day and came up with nil the next.  Friday night, Joe and Itchy Huk spent the greater part of the night drum fishing.  They hooked 3 while fishing the Coral Beds with Joe bringing in a 62.5 lb citation drum that was 49 ½” long with a 38” girth.  Itchy boated a 24.1 lb drum and they released one.  Capt Neil Bupp had Zachary Lutz, Zach’s Uncle Nick Mavros, and Nick’s neighbor John Mann aboard the Capella for an evening of drum fishing at the Coral Beds.  Zach boated their lone catch, a 63.8 lb drum with a 35” girth and 46” long. 

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle will kick off its 3^rd Annual Non-Profit Summer Flounder Tournament at 6a on June 01.  Early sign up is 25.00 until May 31.  Beginning June 01, the cost is 35.00.  Each participant receives a tournament tee shirt, an assortment of rigs, and is invited with their families to attend their Take the Family Fishing Day Pig Roast BBQ on July 11.  Tournament ends at 6p on September 22^nd .  Tournament winner receives $1,000, 2^nd place receives $500, and 3^rd place receives $250.  4^th place winner receives a Standard Horizon floating marine transceiver, valued at over $150.00 donated by Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle.  Additional prizes, though not a complete list, include a Penn rod, a St Croix rod, a flounder rod, and an SOSpenders inflatable life vest. 

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle has 2 RV’s available for overnight stays, for as little as 50.00 a night for 2 adults.  Their crab pots have arrived, complete with turtle extruders, starting as low as $19.95.  Crabbing has been good in the Mispillion River and Cedar Creek with excellent perch fishing; Henry Boyd and nephew Tom have been catching their limits on bloodworms and grass shrimp.

Tom would like to remind his customers that he offers free fish cleaning, filleted and bagged.  While there is no charge for his services, donations are appreciated and will be donated to the American Cancer Society.  Be sure to check out their “almost” daily fishing report at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com

May 16

All week, the drum fishing was hot and heavy.  I talked to Capt. Dave Russell at 5p yesterday and he was tearing 'em up.  Opened this morning with 6 drum waiting for me to clean.  For some reason, the bite just wasn't on today.  I just got a call from Neil Bupp of the Capella at 7p saying he would be in around 8p tonight to weigh in some drum.  The bite must have started late.  I will have my weekly report in tomorrow.

Tom

Weekly Fisherman Report 05/09/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports  the drum are starting to show up at the Coral Beds and Broadkill Slough; 3 came out of the “beds” this weekend and until Friday, all of the action has been at the Horseshoe, Pin Top, and Tussy’s.  The average weights have been 20-40 lbs.  Now the Coral Beds have produced 3 in the 50-70 lb range.  There was a full moon on the 9^th and only 7 trailers in the parking lot; the weather forecast scared most boaters away, the evening produced a few storms but the day was beautiful.  They had 2 19’ boats go to the Horseshoe.  Almost all the drum were caught on bay and surf clams; however, 2 were caught using green crab.  While Tom was preparing this report at 10p, he had a knock on the door; John Yoder had boated what everyone thought to be a citation drum; it was as close as it could get; 49.9 lbs, caught near Tussy Slough using surf clams on their first bite, their first hook up.  The drum were thick, they could have hooked into more but a storm was brewing with lightning approaching; safety became their priority and they headed for shore.  Drum are here and running strong; so gear up, Tom wants to see a new state record.  Surf clams will be available for the weekend; to guarantee them, reserve in advance by Tuesday, no refunds.  Otherwise, it’s first come, first served.  Tidal white perch are also running strong; Henry Boyd reporting catches of 30+. 

Last Sunday, Paul Weckerly Sr and Jr came in with 2 drum from the Pin Top.  James Abriola and the Gang fished The Wall and boated 5 keeper male tog on Saturday and 5 on Sunday.  Capt. Mike Babcock of the Nauti Shannon, Brett Ammon, and Tom fished the Mohawk and came in with a total of 5, all between 5 and 6.5 lbs.  Jim McCrossan and Jim Bryan were fishing their “secret striper spot” aboard the Foxy Lady and boated a 23.7 lb drum using clam.  Capt. Stewart fished with Scott Reed and Jeff Gipe came in with their limit of tog from the Wall using green crab, average length 18”.  Tom Roberts and Tom Grant fished Site #6 and had 5 keeper tog up to 5 lbs.  Mike and Brian Logue spent their nighttime hours on Friday at the Coral Beds and boated 2 drum, 20” and 27” and reporting about 30 dogs.  Ed Thomas and son Jason caught about 25 white perch using minnows while fishing Slaughter Creek/Fowler Beach.  Capt. Sean Olson, Shane Olson, and Katie Turner fished the Horseshoe using bay clam.  Each hooked into a drum, releasing one, with the trio coming in with a 22.3 lb and a 23.6 lb.  Chip Kelly aboard the Abracadabra boated an 8.0 lb citation tog from Site #6 that was 24 ½” long, with a 17 1/8” girth.  Capt Art Coleman III and Art IV fished Site #7 with Jimmy Moan and Zach Schultz and came in with their limit of tog on Saturday.  Capt. Stan Smith of the Cindy Sue II had his limit of tog from Site #7 using green crab and hermit crab.  Frank Finney and Jimmy Joiner boated a 23.7 lb drum using green crab while fishing the Horseshoe. Capt. Scott Reedof the Ta-Dah fished the ocean side of the Outer Wall during the morning and boated 4 tog, average 16” using green crab.  Capt. Rick Bortz of The Quest fished the night with Dan Cawley, Bob Bortz, and Joe Evans at the Coral Beds.  Dan Cawley weighed in their first citation drum of the season on Sunday morning weighing 81.0 lbs, with a 47 ½” length, and a 37” girth.  You can catch the latest pics and updated fishing reports at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com

Crabbing in the Mispillion and Cedar Creek is starting to pick up.  Tom will have live peelers and softshells in 2 weeks, live spot will be arriving in 3 weeks. 

Their 3^rd Annual Summer Flounder Tournament begins on Jun 1^st.  Early sign up until the tournament begins is $25.00, $35.00 once it begins.  Tee shirts are now available and each participant receives an assortment of rigs courtesy of EP Sales, Aqua-Clear, and Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle.  Fight a Flounder for a Cure! 

DRUM, DRUM, DRUM  May 03

Tom cleaned his first drum this morning at 6:30a.  2 more came in later, too late for this week's Fisherman publication.  Paul Weckerly Sr. and Paul Weckerly Jr. fished the Pin Top and boated two drum, 222 and 25 lbs.  Tom and Brett Ammon went fishing with Capt. Mike Babcock aboard the Nauti Shannon and the boat brought in 5 tog, in the 5-6 lb range from the Mohawk.    

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 05/02/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports the few fishable days we had this week anglers had good to excellent tog fishing.  The rockfish/stripers are out there; you can read them but they just can’t be enticed to feed.  The bite seems to be moving south, a little further each day; the guys traveling up north to St. Augustine, the Elbow, Port Mahon, Woodland Beach, and St. Augustine have been crushing big cows in the 30-40 lb range.  Black drum are here!  The netters have reported excellent daily catches and at Cedar Creek they’ve had about a dozen people target them.  John Miller and Mike Fultz came in early Sunday morning with 3 drum - 21 lb, 32 lb, and 36 lb.  The two greenhorn drum fisherman did their part by showing Ivan Miller how to land drum.  Ivan must have been in the wrong spot but Capt. John Miller gave him 2 thumbs up for being a top notch first mate.  The drum bite is on!  Surf clams are available in a limited supply.  To help extend their “shelf life” Tom has dedicated (temporarily) his shedding tanks to house the live surf clam and their green crabs are also kept in tanks.  Tom figures everyone deserves the freshest bait as possible for the best odds at a citation and/or state record fish.  To guarantee your surf clams they must be paid for in advance, and must be reserved by Wednesday morning.

They saw 2 more flats come in from the Brown Shoal.  One weighed 6.38 lbs, caught on squid and minnow; the other 6.68 caught on clam.  Don Morton came in with a 7.99 lb citation tog that was 23” long with an 18” girth while fishing aboard the Power Play with Capt. Kevin Geib and Sue Geib.  Gary Olinchak and Jim Spedden fished the Mohawk wreck during both tides and caught 20 tog, releasing the females.  Thanks! guys, for leaving fish for our children.  Joe Austin fished the Brown Shoal and Brandywine on Monday; nothing to report but spiny dog.  John Miller and Mike Fultz fished the Mohawk on Sat., May 02 and boated 5 tog.  Michael Heinzman weighed in a 10.14 lb tog, girth 19”, and length 26 ¼” and Norman Hess weighed in an 8.76 lb tog that was 23 ½” long with an 18” girth while fishing with Capt. Joe Mowday aboard the Reel Crazy.  Mike Lee also boated a citation tog weighing 7.67 lbs with an 18” girth and was 22 ½” long while fishing aboard the Seesick Emmy with Capt. Alfred Moser.  White perch in Cedar Creek and Mispillion River has also improved.  Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle’s 3^rd Annual Non-profit Summer Flounder Tournament begins Jun 01.  Everyone who signs up receives a tee shirt, Cedar Creek rigs, Aqua-Clear rigs, and is invited to attend their now famous pig roast BBQ on Jul 11^th.  Several demonstrations including knot-tying, cast net throwing, and much more are scheduled.  All of this and much more all included for your support in helping cancer research.  Check out the live 5 minute video of a drum being hooked and landed in the Delaware Bay.  Go to their Fishing Report Page on their website at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com and click on the link at the top of the page.    

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 04/25/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports winds kicked up during the week after providing a great mix of rock, flats, tog, and a few drum during the previous weekend.  By Friday, the winds subsided, anglers were reaping the bounty as the fish bite was on!  Tog action was hot and anglers were reading stripers but they weren’t active or feeding much during the weekend.  Fat flats were being boated at the Brown Shoal in the 6-7 lb range.  2 more puppy drum were caught on hook and line, coming from skinny water in and around the Bug Light.  The 15-20 lb drum are nice but the 13 mile run isn’t.  1-2 more weeks and they will be here in full force.  Right now, they’re arriving in small numbers, in 4-10 days, the goliath black drum will be here in full swing with the Coral Beds being thick and full of 60-90 pounders.  Get ready for these monsters.  If you’ve never fished for drum, stop by his store and he’ll tell you all you need to know.  Tom’s fished for drum for 37 years; they’re only here for a few short weeks and Slaughter Beach  is the place to be!  Black drum should be a “must” for every angler to experience; from the call of the drum which you can hear under your vessel to the sound of the clicker picking up speed.  The hook is set and the fight of a lifetime on light tackle is an experience you’ll never forget.  Check the quality of your line, looking for frays; I think we will see a new state record black drum this year.  Surf clams are available on a first-come, first-served basis.  We can guarantee your surfs if you call in and order by Tuesday.  General supply is limited and they go fast!!! 

Frank and Orry Sheets were fishing Site #7 on the 19^th and had 1 keeper tog each and Orry had 2 throwbacks.  Mike and Brian Logue came in with 3 tog.  Joe and “Itchy” Huk  had their limit of tog on the 25^th. from Site #7.  Capt Art Coleman III and Art IV and young Troy Talley of the Knot Talkin’ were joined by George Summers and the boat came in with their limit on tog.  Jim Comegys and Randy Bilbrough fished Site #6 on Saturday and reported a strong bite, especially during tide change.  The pair came in with their limit with Randy being the high hook with a beautiful tog weighing 10.18 lb, 24 ½” girth, and a 24 ¼” length caught on hermit crab pieces.  Capt. Alfred Moser aboard Seesick Emmy/Pooh Bear were fishing Site #6 using green crab and came in with their limit.  Don Marshall had a keeper 21” flat from Brown Shoal while making short drifts with squid and minnow.  Tom Cressman and wife Ginger Cressman were seeking spiny dog action and were not disappointed.  Ginger hooked into and released a 21” flat while using a piece of bunker.  Jim Spedden and Gary Olinchak fished the Mohawk and came in with their limit and reported lots of misses.  The striper action has been hot near DE City with stripers being boated in the 38-42” range.  Capt Doug Taylor of the Jackpot spent the day fishing the #2 Can with brother Tommy and sister in law Patty Taylor, niece Mandy Black and her husband Dan.  The boat brought in 4 total with Patty being the high hook with a 4.6 lb flat caught while drifting using bloodworms and bunker.

Folks have begun signing up for their annual non-profit flounder tournament.  This years’ event and the increased response from area businesses have provided more prizes and more opportunities for the folks who have joined them in their fight against cancer.  T-shirts will be provided this year for all participants as well as a variety of hooks and baits for everyone.  Their Pig Roast/BBQ is sure to be as big a hit as last years’ with the Mendenhall family providing the main course.  A flounder rod and headboat tickets have also been donated again this year; by next week, prizes will be listed.  Cash prizes are awarded for 1^st through 3^rd  place finishers, 1000.00 for 1^st, 500.00 for 2^nd, 250.00 for 3^rd place.  Various prizes for 4^th-10^th place.  Be sure to check out their “almost” daily fishing report at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com.  At the last minute, a 9.46 lb tog came in from Site #6.  Earl and Kathy Kunkle came in with their limit, 2 were citations, including a 7.96 pounder.  The commercial netters just reported the BIG GUYS are here; earlier than usual.  60-80 lb drum are ready for the taking!  Gear up and let’s go! 

April 19, 2009

Well, the beautiful weather of yesterday sure disappeared fast!  We had a few boats go out, some made it past the jetty, some turned back.  Frank and Orry Sheets and Ralph Davis came in with 2 tog and Orry had 2 throwbacks.  Guy Sterlicchi came in this morning; yesterday evening he caught a 5.55 lb large mouth bass at Millsboro Pond.

We received an email a few weeks ago through this website in refernce to our hermit crabs.  Unfortunately, however it happened, there was neither an email address to reply to nor a phone number to call.  We know the gentleman and would like to give him an answer.  Please, email Tom at thomaslewes@verizon.net

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 04/18/09

At Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle, Tom reports the weather during the first 2 weeks in April kept most DE boaters landlocked due to high winds and cold, rainy days; had all of us wondering, “When is it(good fishing weather) going to start?”  We got our answer on Friday, followed by a beautiful day on Saturday.  Stripers up to 30 lbs were being taken on clams, bloodworms, and bunker.  Saturday’s catch was caught while trolling the Brown Shoal, watching as a parade of 6-8 stripers were following a hooked fish right up to the boat.  If you’re ever lucky enough to have this happen and he knows it’s tough not to get too excited – if you’re fishing with others on your boat, tell the net man to grab his rod and a small handful of bait.  Loosen your drag a little, keeping the hooked fish and the “schoolies” close to the boat without spooking them.  Toss a little chum, whatever you have and get everyone to throw out a line; chances are great everyone will hookup.  Friday and Saturday they had 3 flounder come in, all over 6 lbs, all from in and around the rips at the Brown Shoal.  These flats were fat and aggressively taking baits meant for stripers: mullet, cut spot, bloodworms, and clam.  The guys targeting tog had great success.  Randy Ritz started the action on Friday, bringing in their first fish of the season, coming in with his limit of tog from Site #7.  Brian and Mike Logue also boated 2 tog in the 5 lb range.  On Saturday, Capt. Art Coleman III and Art Coleman IV, fishing with Bob Evans and Weston Wloczewski aboard the Knot Talkin’ had their limit of tog within 45 min of dropping anchor at Site #7, up to 7 lbs and releasing the females(good job guys).  Bob boated their lone striper while fishing the rips at the Brown Shoal.  Until Saturday, all the striper action was further north, east of the elbow,  Augustine Beach and Woodland Beach.  The warmer weather brought in schools of striper and hopefully they’ll stay for a while.   The Miss Ellie crew had their limit on tog using frozen hermits and frozen green crab.  Capt. Shane Snyder of Fish Balz, Josh Kennedy, Craig Dorett, and Nate Belmonte came in with 3 tog and Nate landed a 27” flat weighing 6.23 lbs, measuring 27” long, with a 22’ girth on a 6” mullet while fishing for stripers at the Brown Shoal.  Capt. Stan Smith of the Cindy Sue II and John Green also had their limit of tog from Site #7.  Tom Egan and Eric King brought in their first drum of the season, weighing 20+ lbs while fishing in 15’ water SE of the Pin Top.  This is a little early for hook and line.  If Friday and Saturday were a taste of the upcoming season then we’re in for one great fishing summer!!

April 18, 2008

OK folks, gonna make this short and sweet.  WOW, what a day!  It's nearly 7p and Tom is still cleaning tog!  Randy Ritz starting the action yesterday with his limit from Site #7.  Today we saw our first striper and our first drum.  Yesterday we saw our first flounder.  Today, Capt Shane Snyder of Fish Balz spent the day fishing with Nate Belmonte, Josh Kennedy, and Craig Dorett.  The boat came in with 3 tog from Site #7.  Nate landed a 6.23 lb flat that was 27" long, with a girth of 22" from the Brown Shoal using a 6" frozen(from last year) mullet.  Capt Art Coleman III of Knot Talkin' and Art IV spent the day fishing with Bob Evans and Weston Wloczewski.  The foursome came in with their limit on tog and Bob Evans boated a striper.  As they were netting the striper there were between 6 and 8 striper that were following it in.  Maybe if they had their poles in the water they could have caught more.  Tom Egan and Eric King came in with our first drum, weighing approximately 22 lbs.  Capt. Stan Smith of the Cindy Sue II and John Green came with in their limit of tog from Site #7.  Stan gave 2 thumbs up to our frozen hermits.  Their awesome bait for tog, one of our customers refers to them as "Insta-Fish".  Tomorrow's looking good and we're off to a great start!

April 17, 2009

Me and a couple guys went out, took an 18 mile journey to the Bug Light.  I'd heard reports of nice striper action.  Needless to say, after the storm, the water was dirty.  There were about 14 boats; a lot of birds on top of the water but no one including ourselves had any action.  The main reports on striper are coming from up north.  John Yoder went out near the Horseshoe, of the 4 boats in the vicinity, all came in with their limit, John boated 2 stripers 28" and 35".  The commercial guys have been netting tons and tons of striper.  There's no reason other than recent foul weather, we should be able to destroy 'em.  According to the commercial guys, the bay is loaded with stripers.  Early drum are starting to appear in their nets.  The first report I have came in today.  Mike McKinley reported lots of shark at the Brown Shoal and one fat keeper flat weighing 6.8 lbs.  Capt Art Coleman, of Knot Talkin' spent the day fishing Site #7 with George and Bruce Summers with the boat bringing in 5 tog all 5+ lbs.  Randy Ritz also fished Site #7 and came in with his limit of tog.

We're stocking surf clams again; if you want to be guaranteed your surfs please, reserve them; payment in advance.  Weekly deadline in Tues at 10a for Fri delivery.  Live spot will become available in a couple of weeks.  Our non-profit flounder tournament begins Jun 1st at 6a.  Aqua-Clear, EP Sales, MESCO, and The Fisherman Publication will be joining us again this year.  We're having custom tees designed for all participants provided by AARD-ALLTUF.  We will have weekly and monthly prizes again this year and our Take the Family Fishing Day Pig Roast BBQ will be held on Jul 11

Tom

April 06, 2009

Jersey anglers have been destroying stripers in the DE Bay on clams and eel. Most are 20+ pounds with the occasional 40+ lb milkers. 

Tom

Weekly Fisherman Report weekending 04/04/09

Cedar Creek Bait and Tackle has re-opened for regular business hours, daily from 6a-5p. The commercial fisherman are reporting plenty of stripers in the bay but no word on any being caught on hook and line, though anglers have reported catches from Broadkill, including a few perch.  Perch fishing is excellent there in the river.  Saturday’s 40+mph winds kept those who were itching to go fishing on shore and Sunday’s winds were still in the 20-30mph range.  Cedar Creek will begin stocking bloodworms, night crawlers, fresh bunker, and clams this week.  Boat storage is available for both short and long term.   Two RV spaces are available.  One RV is for sale, comes complete with shed and fish cleaning station and they also offer 2 rental campers.  Their annual flounder tournament kicks off Jun 1^st at 6a and runs until Sep 22^nd at 6p.  The cost is $25.00 per angler prior to Jun 1^st, $35.00 beginning Jun 1^st.  A mid-summer pig roast/BBQ is scheduled for all participants and their families on Jul 11^th.  Each angler receives a tournament tee shirt and various tackle products.  Random drawings will be held weekly.  1^st place earns $1,000.00, 2^nd place earns $500.00, and 3^rd place earns $250.00.  Add’l prizes will be awarded for 4^th – 8^th place finishers and will be announced when finalized as contributions are still being tallied.  You can “catch” the latest DE Bay fishing reports at www.cedarcreekbaitntackle.com 

April 02, 2009

Some great news!  I've been talking to the commercial waterman and the bay is full of stripers!  Now, are they taking bait????  We'll find out this weekend!  I checked my book from last year and we tore 'em up chunking clams on April 5th after a small NE blow and on the 6th we were landing 'em while trolling Stretches and chunking bunker.  So, gear up and give it a shot or wait for my first report.

March 13, 2009 

How is everyone?  Suffering from cabin fever and are itchin' to go fishin'?  We've had colder than normal temps this winter but Spring is just around the corner!

Start thinking stripers and before too long Black Drum.  Last years' drum season was phenomenal, we wrote over 100 citations!  Last year, I had guys out there, Judy and I included who were crushing the drum, 20-30 pounders were just as common as 60-90 pounders.  Judy and I brought a dozen to the rail during one trip!  I am pretty confident, a future state record will be snapping off lines come May!  We'll be carrying pint and quart containers of frozen clams.   Live surf clam and DE Bay clam, are available by the bushel, 1/2 bushel, dozen or singles and my favorite, buckets of whole cleaned clam. 

NEW FISHING LICENSE REGULATIONS

All anglers 16 years or older, resident and non-resident, who fish in DE waters are now required to have an FIN(Fisherman Information Network) number.  For those of you who are exempt from purchasing a license, you STILL HAVE TO OBTAIN AN FIN NUMBER.  For 2009, there is no charge for obtaining this number.  You will need to write down your number and keep it with you while fishing in DE.  You can apply online at http://www.delaware-fin.com/default.asp  or you may call 800-432-9228. 

We will be opening the store beginning Mar 15th.  Daily hours begin on April 01 from 6a-5p.  Once again, we will be hosting our summer flounder tournament.  This year marks our 3rd year for this event and our Take the Family Fishing Day and Tournament BBQ(prepared again by Dave Mendenhall and family) is scheduled for Sat. Jul 11th.