Lewes, DE

[chirotrout]

Managed to hit the water at 6:30 am to a strong incoming tide and a strong wind from the west. The conditions made fishing underwater jetties very difficult. FIRST CAST with a jetty full of shore fisherman watching I hooked and landed a keeper rockfish at 22 inches. It pulled me right into a shoal area and I thought I might turtle...but managed to hold on.

As the tide slowed and water level rose I managed to land around 20 flounder in the next 3 hours all on 3/4 ounce shad darts with 4 inch white gulp minnows. Also landed a toad fish, first of my life. TONS of snapper blues in on the submerged jetty chasing bait.

Caught a blue fish while retrieving my ling in by hand after a nasty snag in the rocks. Also managed to land one very short ambitious sea bass.

Would love some company as there is an entire 100 yards of jetty unfished by most locals that holds TONS of fish waiting to be explored!

J

[muldoon]

You catching any keeper-size flounder at the inlet? I was considering a trip down that way in the next couple weeks. Did ok at around the CHSP pier back in June but only a couple keepers out of many fish caught. Any thoughts on whether incoming or outgoing tide is better at the inlet? Thanks for the report.

[tufnik]

How far is Lewes from Annapolis? What kind of launch site? Any fees?

[surfdog]

92 miles from annapolis, several free launch sites for car toppers, CHSP is like 8.00

[tufnik]

I'd like to try it out there. For me, it's a long haul. Two and a half hour driving.

[surfdog]

heading down the weekend of the 20th

[tufnik]

Cool. Plan a wagon train.

[surfdog]

thats cool, i know tucked in, mym, metrom and grady black want to get down to CHSP or somewhere in lewes and fish. good thing about Del. is that there striper size went down to 26" for the summer.

[tufnik]

Cape Henlopen SP. Is that where Chirotrout fished?

What time you plan to hit the water, surf?

[kayak456]

ok...this exactpost has alreadt been done.i remember it

[chirotrout]

I managed a few pictures of the monster flounder of the week. Measured and weighted at a local tackle shop. 23 inches 5.16 lbs. The 4 fillets fed 7 adults. I wrapped the fillets in bacon and seasoned with salt and pepper lightly.

The pictures are "ok" as its not easy to clean a flounder...its even more difficult to clean one with two, five year olds touching and asking questions constantly.

[jffoley]

Now that's a nice fluke! Congrats...!

[surfdog]

nice, heading down on the 19th

[tufnik]

Sleep over, then fish Sat am? Or fish Fri and Sat.

[keithr627]

Very nice. I have been fishing IRI this week and have caught a number of flounder, snapper blues, croaker, and sea trout. Not much size though.