White Marlin Open week is here! Good luck to all the boats out fishing today and the rest of this week. Looks like today and towards the end of the week the weather won't be too bad.
Fishing reports were scarce last week and that is because of the upcoming White Marlin Open. The sharing of information is very limited around tournament time, and that is completely understandable with the amount of money on the line.
This past week we did hear of some good offshore reports. The Bigeye bite in the Washington was very good this past week. Boats reported multiple shots of bigeyes in the afternoon and evening hours. We also heard of bigeyes being caught in the Wilmington canyon as well.
White marlin were caught this past week. Fishing seemed a little slow, but as we said above with tournament time approaching many captain's remained quiet on how the fishing was.
Wahoo are being caught in more numbers the past 2 weeks. Big wahoo up to and over 80# were reported from the Washington and Poorman's Canyons. We caught one around 30# 2 weeks ago at the Baltimore canyon. Wahoo are also being caught inshore at the 30 and 40 fathom lines.
Mahi are also being caught in good numbers throughout the canyons and popular inshore locations
Yellowfin and Bluefin action remained slow. Some fish were caught by trollers and chunkers in the 30 to 40 fathom areas. Hopefully we will see a good night time yellowfin bite break open in the next few weeks.
Swordfish are also being caught both with traditional drifted sword lines at night as well as on the troll in the evening and low light hours.
Inshore Ocean:
Flounder fishing is very good for boats targeting them off the beach. Anglers are finding most of these fish over structure. Be prepared to lose some rigs and bucktails when targeting these flounder.
Sea bass fishing has been fair, there are still a lot of shorts being caught, but some nice keepers are also finding their way into coolers.
There are still a ton of sharks around inshore. This fishery can be a lot of fun, especially for young and new anglers. However, many of these sharks are protected and must be released. Pick up a shark identification book to make sure you know what you are catching and potentially keeping!
Cobia are still hanging around inshore off OCMD, DE and Southern NJ. Keep a bucktail rigged and ready to go in case you see one hanging around while out fishing!
Chesapeake Bay:
Really no change to the Chesapeake report this week. Some spanish macks have been caught in the southern parts of the bay.
Jigging, chumming, trolling and live lining stripers are all producing fish this past week.
Remember the regulations changed this year. You may now keep 2 stripers over 20" and only 1 of those 2 can be over 28" per person.
Bottom fishing reports for croakers have picked up this past week. This is a good fishery to introduce young anglers to as action is usually fast and furious.
Crabbing from further up the bay was very good this past week. It is encouraging to see these good reports. Hopefully crabbing gets better as the summer continues on!
Delaware Bay:
Flounder fishing was again very good this past week. Traditional rigs and bucktails produced their share of fish. Strip baits, live minnows and gulp are the best baits to use when targeting flounder in the bay.
Brown sharks are still tearing up tackle for those bottom fishing in the bay. These fish can be fun to catch but are big time tackle busters.
Croakers are in the bay in good numbers. Bigger croakers are also being caught around the lower bay structure. Shrimp, clams and squid are all great baits for croaker fishing.
Freshwater:
Freshwater fishing is in the summer routine. Early morning and late evenings are prime times for bass, and pickerel. The key to catching fish all day is to fish under heavy cover slowly during the heat of the day.
Tight Lines,
Dave
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