Hook'em & Cook'em
Fishing Report - Updated: 7/23/2011
Current Report: 7/23/2011
Well hope you all are trying to keep cool during these sweltering temperatures. One way to to stay cooler is to go out on the water and get fishing.
The fishing remains hot along with these temperatures. The off shore bite continues to be the best we have seen in years. As some would say it is back to a normal year.
Charter boats as well as private boats continue to go out to the Poor Man's Canyon, Hot Dog and Hambone to get either Blue fin or Yellow fin tuna. The numbers may not be as many as when the season first started but they are still impressive.
The biggest blue fin tuna of the year was brought in by private boat "Boy's Toy" this fish weighed in at 108lbs and was caught out at the Poor Man's Canyon.
The American Amibition and Capt. Ike II continue to be top charter tuna boats to date.
With numbers ranging from 5-7 fish per trip. They weigh anywhere from 30-40lbs. They were being caught on the troll, but now we are starting to hear more reports that they are being caught on the chunk with butterfish and sardines overnight and trolling during the day.
Along with the tuna we are seeing some wahoo hit the docks as well. Again, American Ambition brings in a top weight of 41lbs.
Mahi are still coming in, nice large ones as well as a few peanuts here and there.
We have had one sword fish brought in by Sandy Panik, of Frederick, MD. This 49.8lb sword was caught out at Poor Man's on an over night trip.
The Inlet fishing still remains good with just a little bit of a slow down with the heat.
The rock fish are still showing up with live spot and mostly in the evening to night time hours. However, there are the occasional striper still brought in during the day. The weights are from 9lbs to 15lbs. Not huge, but nice keeper and eating size.
The flounder still are coming to the dock, most are being brought in with live spot, but minnows still work too.
A nice size 12lb flounder was brought in by Randy Colona, of Rehoboth, DE. He caught it using a fly in the Inlet.
Some inshore fishing has picked up with more keeper sea bass coming from the head boat Judy V. and other charter boats in the marina. #1 Hooker has brought in trigger fish, Capt. Ike II has brought in nice catches of spade fish, trigger fish, tautog and flounder too.
The Miss Ene II has had a couple of nice trips with, believe it or not, Atlantic cod in the mix.
The beach fishing remains ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. We have heard that there are small spot and king fish. The best fishing on the beach is at night when the SHARKS come out.
They guys are hooking up with some fresh tuna belly on a 8/0 hook and bringing in some nice size toothy critters measuring 6-8'. Be careful, remember you are no longer allowed to beach and release a shark. This is suppose to be done in the water. Good way to lose a foot, don't ya think?!
Well that's it for now.
Keep Fishing
Deanna (AKA Mrs. Bert)

Hook ‘em & Cook ‘em
39401 Inlet Rd.
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
302-226-8220
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