LEWES HARBOUR MARINA.COM
Lewes Harbor Marina Bait and Tackle
217 Anglers Rd., Lewes DE 19958
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Fishing Report - Delaware Bay / Atlantic Ocean

April 1, 2010 - Spring Fishing Has Sprung
Amanda and I just returned from our winter break in the Florida Keys. It was colder, windier and wetter than we ever remember. We didn't fish as much as we wanted because of the weather, but when we did get out, catching was good. We did well on mutton snappers up to 19 pounds, along with mangrove snappers, yellowtails, Spanish, cero and king mackerel. Shallow water grouper season was closed, but we released many nice blacks, gags, reds and even a goliath. We made it offshore to deep drop a couple times, and returned with tilefish and nice snowy grouper to 35 pounds. Amberjack fishing was awesome, and Butterfly jigging and vertical jigging bucktails over deep wrecks produced AJ after AJ until our arms couldn't take any more. Here in Delaware, stripers have been plentiful in Delaware Bay. Captain Carey's guys aboard Grizzly had 27 keeper sized bass while dunking clams up the Bay near Miah Maull last Sunday. Carey said bunker were thick and gannetts dove everywhere. This is certainly a promising sign, and rockfish should be caught at many other locations in the Bay soon. Black drum won't be far behind, and if this season is as good as last, we're in for some great action. Tautog have been caught on Ocean structure, and should bite in the Bay soon with warming temps. White perch are active in tidal waterways like Petersfield Ditch near Broadkill Beach. They'll respond to bloodworms, nightcrawlers, grass shrimp and small minnows. A bit of bait on a small shad dart can be deadly for these tasty panfish. We'll be carrying worms, bunker, surf clams and green crabs in the coming weeks. With a fantastic forecast on tap for Easter weekend, things should bust loose. Temperatures are supposed to be in the 70's with light winds, so get out and go fishing