Fishing Report for August 2nd
August 2nd, 2011 by Indian River Marina

Fishing continues to be good although some spots for tuna have gotten a little slow. The water temps went up last weekend and it seems the bite at the Hot Dog for Yellowfin as slowed with the change in temperature. Tuna are still being caught in the area south of the Poorman’s and the other canyons, but it seems they bite at one one day then it seems it switches to another location. The White Marlin are still being caught and the Blue flags are seen on a number of boats returning from offshore. This should be a good sign for the White Marlin Open coming up next week. There are still Mahi being caught in massey’s Canyon, along with Bluefin Tuna.

Further Inshore the boats fishing out by the “B” buoy have been getting Flounder, Black Seabass and amazingly for this time of year Ling. The Ling catches show that the water temperatures on the bottom are still on the cool side, while the surface temperatures are warm. The artificial reef sites and wrecks are still giving up some Tog and Triggerfish.

In the Inlet and Back Bays, the fishing is continuing to be good with catches of Flounder, Spot, Bluefish, some small croaker and Rockfish are still being caught. The Flounder are coming from not only the Inlet, but Rehoboth and Indian River Bays. The keeper to throw back ratio is low, but some of the flatfish are of a good size. Crabbing continues to be good in the upper reaches of Indian River Bay, up into the river.

Unfortunately I haven’t received any photo’s for this week and as they become available I get them on here.

The Marina had a very successful Arts & Seafood Festival this past Saturday and Thank You to all who attended.

For those who were wondering, the U.S.S. Radford is scheduled for sinking next Tuesday at the Del-Jersey-Land Reef site 26 miles out of Indian River Inlet. This Spruance class destroyer will add to the reef where there have already been a few ships sunk last year. The ship is over 500 feet long and the largest ever sunk off the East Coast for the purpose of creating Marine habitat. The alternate dates are Wednesday August 10th and Thursday August 11th.

There are still charters available out of Indian River Marina and still plenty of fish to be caught, so if your looking to get some tasty fillets call the Marina at 302-227-3071 and ask for Carolyn. She’ll help set you up with a Charter Captain. Until then, Good Luck and Tight Lines.