INDIAN RIVER INLET FISHING REPORT 4-02-10

[Saltwater Fishing]

INDIAN RIVER INLET FISHING REPORT
July 6th, 2010

Heat Wave! What happened to the beautiful weather we had last week? Heat indexes of 105-110 predicted for this week.

The heat and boat traffic are taking their toll on the striped bass fishing in the Indian River Inlet. The stripers are deep during the day and coming up at night. Subsequently, the best fishing has been in the incoming tide after dark. Live eels are by far the hottest bait followed by black bucktails.

Daytime anglers will find bluefish, flounder, tautog and a few croakers (the first croakers were caught on Monday of this week) in the Inlet.

The surf has picked up just a smidge with more kings and the first croakers of the season caught over the last two days. Shark fishing on the beach has been outstanding. Six and seven footers have been common.

A word of caution about shark fishing on the now crowded state park beaches - Even though they are technically fishing beaches it would be wise to exercise some common sense and not draw unwanted attention from people that would seek to stop your fishing activity. One such example is chumming around swimmers. Lets not mess up a good thing.

The inshore seabass bite is inconsistent. Many small fish with very few keepers. Reports of dolphin on the Jacks Spot. Tuna fishing is spread out from the Spencer down to the Poormans.













Old Inlet Bait and Tackle
Highway One, Po Box 129
Rehoboth Beach, De 19971
302-227-7974 fax 302-227-1490
http://oldinlet.com/