FISHING REPORT

FROM

THE STAFF OF BILL’S SPORT SHOP

18388 Coastal Highway

Lens, Dc. 19958

302-645-7654

www.billssportshop.com

6/ 16 / 10



Make Bill’s Sport Shop your Father’s Day Headquarters. A great idea for

Dad is a Gift Card which can be used all at once, or for bait and tackle

during the season. We also have a great selection of rods, reels,

tackle, clothing, crabbing, clamming and boating supplies with brands

like Guy Harvey, Pelagic, Aftco, Calcutta, St. Croix as well as a Perms

& Worms and a Bill’s Sport Shop line. We have a variety of “carts” for

hauling gear to the beach and boat. For those who drive on the beaches,

we have a nice selection of rod racks that mount to the vehicle. our

selection of reels include: Penn, Avet, Shimano, Daiwa, Abu Garcia,

Okuma, Fin—nor, Quantam, Van Steal and more. Rods include: Star, St.

Croix, C Loomis, Tsunami, Tica, Penn, Shimano, etc.

Bill’s Sport Shop Final Tournament Standings

Name Weight Length Place

William Rawlings9.45 28.25” 1

Don Ruth 9.12 28.5” 2

John Goethe 8.05 27.75” 3

Paul Caras 7.16 28 4

Don Ruth 6.66 28” 5

John Rupp 6.45 26” 6

Kwan Chon 6.20 25” 7

John Goethe 5.56 25:” 8

George Trout 5.29 24” 9

Bob Zak 4.64 23 10

Memorial Service

Sat., June 19th, there will be a Memorial Service for missing fisherman,

Joel Thompson. Shannon Thompson requests no floral arrangements or

formal wear. A rose in any color, jeans, shorts and t shirts welcome.

Prayers, donations or a simple smile will be greatly appreciated.

Fishing News

Bill Rawlings of Laurel won the top prize of $1000 in our tournament

with a 9.45 lb flounder caught in DE Bay

Don Ruth of Longneck came in second and fifth place with a 9.12 lb and

6.66 lb flounder.

Paul Caras of Milton nailed a 7.16 lb tournament flounder with 2 hours

to spare putting him in 4th place.

Trevor McCarthy of Landenberg, Pa brought in a 23”, 4.20 lb flounder.

Dylan Englehart, age 10, of PA used finger mullet to entice 24”, 4.9 lb

flounder at Massey’s Landing.

More flounder catches include Dan Mattio, 4 lbs., 22”, caught at the

Inlet, Symantha Kerns, 4 1/2 lb, 24”, caught near #9 Buoy and Bill

Dorey, 4.30 lb, 23”.

Ellen White of Millsboro, tossed a Gulp bait on a Spec rig to deck a

19” and 19 1/4” flounder while fishing the VFW Slough.

BILL JR. from Bills Sport Shop, used a bucktail with Gulp to capture a

23 3/4tT flounder also fishing the 71W Slough.

Matt and Dan Langdon, Jen, Steve and Joe caught 1 for 1 bluefin tuna in

The 30 lb range and 7 bluefish while trolling the Hot Dog with ballyhoo



on the “Offishal”.

Austin Kitchen, age 14, of Lewes caught his first ever bluefin tuna

Weighing 20 lbs and measuring 31” on a green machine trolling the Dump

site. The crew also caught 5•blues up to 14.5 lbs.

On Sunday, Trey Parker of Georgetown and crew on the “Play—n Hook—e”

went to the Rock Pile caught and released 5 mako including one over 200

lbs. They then ran north of the 461 and caught 4 yellowfin tuna, 2 over

40 lbs. on spreader bars.

Chris Carey. Chambersburg, Pa, brought to the surf a 1 lb, 3 0z kingfish

caught on bloodworms at Fenwick Island Beach.

Capt. Angelo Dellapo aboard the “Spoiled Three” ran to the 1000 fathom

line and using ballyhoo, hooked up with 13 dolphin and a 500 lb plus

Blue marlin with angler, Chris Dispoto, of the Rehoboth Car Wash, that

was tagged and released. The crew also captured 2 yellow fin at the Rock

Pile.

We have reports of bluefin tuna to 70 lbs. while trolling ballyhoo at

Masseys and also from the Hot Dog to the 19 Fathom Lump.

Joe Cangianelli picked off a 110 lb mako just off the Hot Dog using a

bluefish fillet in a mackeral chum slick.

Bobby from the Pier at Cape Henlopen called to report they were catching

croakers on squid and bloodworms.

Sue Foster of Oyster Bay Tackle in Ocean City, let us know that mostly

sharks are being caught in the surf with kingfish starting to appear.

Flounder fishing was good this week. Bluefish, shad and some stripers

were reported on the south jetty, Rt. 50 Bridge and Oceanic Pier.

Offshore, Sue reports tautog and seabass. The action was hot on sharks

and yellowfin tuna.

“Just want to say thanks for the great job Mr. Bill and the crew are

doing running the shop. Always great personalities, awesome news and

everything available I always need. Caught several flounder this

weekend, Blues included, (Roosevelt Area) using out blue and minnow —

majority were throw backs but that was ok, a little windy this weekend,

hut still beautiful. Caught one thing never to be lost—(Peace of Mind).

However the crabbing report has been wonderful over the past 3 weeks. I

cant get over how many huge ones we’re getting, up to 7”, Pulled in

several bushels over the past weeks using mostly frozen bunker / Mullet.

Think we’re in for a great season, but folks still need to keep in mind

about letting the sponge return to the waters.

Thanks again to all. Lee Lovette of Denton, Maryland”

ASMFC VOTES TO INCREASE SEA BASS SEASON

In a vote supported by all member states of the Atlantic States Marine

Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC), Summer Flounder, Soup and Black Sea Bass

Management Board, states will now have the option to liberalize the 2010

black sea bass season in state waters by an additional 90 days. The

proposed new season will run from May 22 through October 11, with an

additional open period of November 1 through December 31. The proposal

would keep the size and bag limit the same of 12—1/2”, 25 fish per

angler.

Center for the Inland Bays Clean-up

Volunteers will meet June 19th at Massey’s Landing. Pontoon boats are

needed to drop volunteers off at various beaches. When they arrive back,

refreshments will be provided. Contact EJ Chalabala at the Center’s

building, or by email at wildlife@inlandbays.org.

Upcoming Events

June 19 - Center for the inland Bays Clean Up

July 1 — Tautog season opens — 14”, 10 per angler per day

July 1 — Aug. 31 — Striper slot fishing opens in BE Bay and

tributaries, 20” to 26”, 2 per day per angler.