Striper season coming!!! PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 12 September 2010 11:22

Hi folks,

Fall is approaching and by many anglers’ opinion the real

fishing season is just getting under way. In the Back Bays you still have

a good flounder bite. As the water cools the flatties will school up and start

their trek to the deep waters. As this takes place we will have more large fish

being caught in a more concentrated area. Croakers and spot are here to provide

us with plenty of bends in the rod. Bluefish continue to put a smile on many faces

during and incoming tide in Indian River Inlet. Striper fishing will just begin to turn

on with the cooling of the water and striper fishing is what fall is all about. We can’t forget about our friend, the tautog. This bait thieving critter makes many a

man’s blood boil while he pulls up an empty hook. When you get the hook-up be

ready for a real tussle and be sure to keep him out of the structure you caught him in. Sea bass fishing usually picks up in the fall and we will have to see the final regs to see when we can take these tasty guys. All in all there is lots to look forward to on the fall fishing seen. Don’t give up on the offshore seen as many a tuna and dolphin have been taken on a chilly day.

Some of the successful anglers this past week have been Buster Davis who took a 5 pound 4 oz flattie from Indian River Inlet using a fly. Tom Breen of York, Pa. fished Reefsite #10 using GULP! swimming mullet to score a

5-pound 9oz flounder while fishing aboard ”One More Drift”. Damion Thomas of Bear, De. used squid at Site #10 and fooled a 5 pound 1oz flounder that measured 25 inches. Little guys Joe and Jordan Gappa of Millsboro fished Site #10 with Capt. Winnie on “Bud Bud II” to each score a keeper flounder. Anthony Semonelle of Newark, De. used shiners in Massey’s Ditch to trick a 4 Lb 8oz flounder. Preston miller of Mohnton, Pa. took his wife Kathy to Site #10 where she scored a citation 7Lb 3 oz. flattie. Capt. Brent Wiest and mate Dave Walker took their party to Reefsites #6 & #7 in the Delaware Bay to score 13 keeper flounder aboard the “KatyDid” out of Lewes, De. On another trip Capt. Brent and mate Tony Vansaw fished some ocean reefsites and their party boated 15 keeper flatties along with 2 keeper sea bass. On this trip Steve (StriperKiller) was high hook. Capt. Brent and Dave Walker took the “Milton Posse” to the ocean reefsites and the guys scored 16 flounder to 6 pounds. Bill Kommer and Tony Dambro took Kevin Burdett of Newark, De. to the Hot Dog aboard “Black Dog’. Kevin scored a 20-pound dolphin.

The BIG NEWS from Bill’s Sport Shop on RT. #1 in Lewes is the Wharf Restaurant in Lewes is the location this year for the striper/tautog Friday night buffet. The 2010 Striper Tournament will be held from Oct. 15th till Dec. 10th. The entry fee is $75.00 and an additional $25.00 for tautog. It includes a free T-shirt and free buffet for you and a guest every Fri. night. First place for the striper winner this year will be $3000.00, second place is $2000.00 and third place is $1000.00. In the tautog category, first place will be $1000.00, second place is $500.00 and third place will pay $250.00. New this year will be a Calcutta: Winner takes all! For the striper Calcutta the entry fee is $50.00 and for the tautog Calcutta the entry fee is $25.00. Door Prizes provided by: St. Croix, Crowder Rods, Shimano, PowerPro, Eagle Claw, Crocs, Clam Out, Aqua Clear, Coastal Fisherman, Deli 88, Dragon's Lair, "On Delivery", "Tranquilla", "Amethyst", "Jam Man", "First Light Charters", "Grizzley", Mr. Mark Edwards, Corky's Tackle, E.P. Sales, Aftco, Atlantic Cellular, Bucktail Bob, Seacoast Salon, Big Rock Sports, Saltwater Fly Anglers of Del., CaptainK "Sanddollar", "Lewestown Lady", The Wharf Restaurant and Maws Tails. Wildcard prizes will be drawn Dec. 10th from ALL contestants. Entrance forms are available on our Web site. Credit cards can be used at www.billssportshop.com. Fishing News

from Bill’s has Dan and Matt Langdon fishing with THE DREAM TEAM on the "Offishal" who caught 2 of 3 longfin to 40 lb using spreader bars and green machines. The team also boated a bunch of dolphin on ballyhoo deep in the Baltimore. We are actually getting reports of short weakies being caught in the Rehoboth Bay along with sea bass, croaker and flounder. Flounder, croaker and sea bass are being taken at B Buoy and the Old Grounds. At the Indian River Inlet, blues and plenty of short flounder are showing up. There are also reports of nice croakers and spot. The Baltimore Canyon, at the 40-fathom line, yellowfins, false albacore, and dolphin are being captured trolling naked ballyhoo behind an Islander daisy chain. Chris Wagner and crew trolled from the Tea Cup to the tip of the Baltimore using ballyhoo and picked up 24 mahi to 20 lbs. Louie Sartori and crew went to the 30-40 line behind the Tea Cup and came back with 19 mahi over 20 lbs. They lost 2 wahoo at the boat.

At Rattle & Reel Sports Center on Long Neck Rd. Ron says things

are pretty much the same. Lots of flounder being taken but the majority are coming up short of the 18-½ inch size limit. A few stripers are still being taken

in Indian River Inlet.

Capt. Joe Morris at Lewes Harbour Marina said the offshore billfish blitz continued as a big body of white marlin moved south. Some of the hottest action took place in the Norfolk Canyon. Many crews enjoyed fantastic fishing, recording double-digit release days. The Cerveza overnighted in 1000 fathoms below the Norfolk, and anglers aboard released 42 whites Sunday afternoon, and 25 more whites plus 2 sailfish Monday morning. Tuna were harder to come by this past week, but in addition to marlin, canyon fishermen had good success with dolphin. Vince Scheivert, David Bargeron, Jake Boyer, Gary Socco and Tim “Wingding” spent the night in the tip of the Baltimore Sunday on Black Bart, and released a white marlin and put a load of dolphin in the box. Highlight of the trip was a large hammerhead shark that was battled on a 20 pound spinning outfit for quite some time before being released. Vince ran Black Bart to the Poor Man’s Saturday where the guys pulled several gaffer dolphin and a mess of triggerfish off a floating barrel. Inshore a little way, trollers encountered dolphin, skipjacks, false albacore and a handful of small yellowfins at the Nineteen Fathom Lump, Hot Dog, and in 30 to 40 fathoms east and southeast of the Dog. Bill McMahon weighed in a 20.7-pound mahi he hooked at the 19 Fathom Lump. The wahoo bite was pretty good on structure between 20 and 40 fathoms too. Donnie Weitzel wound in a 24.3 pounder at the Hot Dog aboard the Snow Goose. Donnie said the crew also released a sailfish at the Dog that same trip. Jog Beaudet boated a 27.7-pound wahoo in 35 fathoms on the Triple Play. Closer to the beach, bottom bouncers enjoyed better catches of croakers and sea bass on the Old Grounds. Bill Swords brought back a nice batch of 28 quality sea bass from structure changes east of the shipping lane. Fishermen on the Pirate King II had a bucketful of bass and hardheads from live bottom north of DB Buoy Saturday. Captain Vince’s patrons on Miss Kirstin returned from the Old Grounds Saturday with several nice bass, some blues and a 5-pound fluke. With proper drift conditions, flounder came from reef site 10. On Monday, Captain Brent on the Katy Did worked site 10 for 15 keepers. Brent ran the Lil’ Angler II on Tuesday, and went back to reef 10 for 16 more keeper flatties. Artificial reefs in Delaware Bay still gave up a few flatfish. Sites 4, 6 and 7 yielded some fish. Tom Kemper caught a 6.2 pounder, and Brad Pecoraro put a 5.75-pound fluke aboard at site 8. Tom Gehman was surprised when he landed a 17 pound black drum at site 8 on Saturday. Croakers were a little more cooperative in the Bay over the weekend. Better catches of hardheads were reported from sites 6 and 7. Croakers also came from edges of The Lower Middle shoal. Clams, bloodworms, shrimp and FishBites were favored baits.

Until next week, have fun and be safe!

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