Fishing Report 7/20/16

Written on: July 20th, 2016 in Fishing Report

Get out and go fishing. Give us a call here at Indian River Marina to book your next fishing trip. Call 302-227-3071 and ask for Carolyn. She will set you up with an in shore, off shore or back bay fishing trip.

Also, come enjoy our Seafood and Arts Festival this Saturday, July 23, from 10am to 5pm, here at the marina.

Here are some pics from this past weeks fishing.

 

Steve, Bill and Devon Danner, Josh Simpson, all of Mechanicsburg, PA, Heath Burger of Reading, PA and Bob Kannenberg of Green Castle, PA, got lucky on “Still Lucky” while trolling in the Washington Canyon when they hooked up this 179lb big eye tuna. This big eye tuna now tops the leader board here at Indian River Marina. Also boated was an 83lb mako shark and 26 tile fish.

 

8 year old Colin Dunn fished on the Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton and caught two keeper flounder. One of them being the pool winning fish it weighed 3.4lb and measured 17.5″.  Way to go Colin!

 

Photos courtesy of Hookem & Cookem Bait-Tackle-Seafood.

Til next time, good times and tight lines.

Fishing Report 7/18/16

Written on: July 18th, 2016 in Fishing Report

The heat is still on and there is still some great fishing to be had. Check out some these these catches from this past week.

 

 

 

 

Photos courtesy of Hookem & Cookem Bait-Tackle-Seafood.

Til next time, good times and tight lines.

 

Fishing Report 7/15/16

Written on: July 14th, 2016 in Fishing Report

Happy Friday!!! Gives us a call here at the marina to book your next charter fishing trip. Call 302-227-3071 and ask for Carolyn. She will get you set up with a charter for inshore or offshore fishing.

Check out some of these great pics catches from this week.

Capt. Rodney Meyers of the Last $ Charters, Mike Phillips, Mike Vaughnn and Ariella Meyers took a trip out for the blue fin. He wasn’t disappointed with this 70.1lb tuna.

 

Jack Hamilton of Phila., PA, caught this 4.3lb monkfish while fishing using Gulp bait.

 

Mason Armao of Womelsdorf, PA, and Dustin, David and Kerry Wolf of Reading, PA brought this 364.5lb Thresher shark in after a long 6 hour fight.  They hooked this shark up at 12pm and finally got it to the boat at 6pm.  Then they had to drag this beast to the dock slowly and didn’t wind up getting in until after 8pm.  This Thresher was caught using a whole mackerel, but it also had plenty of bunker in its stomach.

 

Earl Mondy of Rising Sun, MD, John Debenevitto of Lancaster, PA and Vince Barr of Newark, DE fished at Site 10 using bunker strips and came back with 7 keeper flounder and this 6.8lb cobia.

 

Here are some great flounder pics:

 

Also, check out these catches from the Michael D, a charter vessel based out of Indian River Marina:

 

Photos courtesy of Hookem & Cookem Bait – Takle – Seafood.

Til next time, good times and tight lines!

 

Fishing Report 7/14/16

Written on: July 14th, 2016 in Fishing Report

Welcome to the sweltering heat! Come on down and get out on a boat and do some fishing. It is always cooler out on the water. We are seeing some good fishing. Hookem & Cookem had been busy cleaning fish all week. Check out some of these catches.

 

Joe O’Brien of State College, PA caught these keeper 17″ flounder while fishing with Capt. Roger Meekins on the Lazy Man’s Trip on the Capt. Bob II. They fished out at the Old Grounds using cut bait.

 

The “Jack Rabbit” trolled in Hambone for tuna on Monday using a pink skirted ballyhoo and brought back a nice 64.8lber. Robert Grover, John Kopanski, blue fin angler James Trickey and Julie Trickey all from Middletown, DE also brought home 4 mahi.

 

Annie Fredrickson of Rehoboth Beach, DE caught this 6lb and 25″ flounder while fishing out at Site 10 using squid and minnows.

 

Steve Kissling of Burnville, PA, Mark Barr of Leesport, PA, Jeff Kissling of York, PA, Travis Stolz of Robesonia, PA and Lee Filbert of Mohrsville, PA took a trip with Capt. Ike II out to the Poor Man’s Canyon and had a good day of tuna fishing. They caught four blue fin tuna while trolling ballyhoo and the largest 55.5lbs.

 

While on the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins Stephanie Stuble of State College, PA caught these keeper 16″ and 17″ flounder. These were caught out at A-Buoy using cut bait on a top and bottom rig.

 

Photos courtesy of Hook’em & Cook’em Bait-Tackle-Seafood.

Til next time, good times and tight lines!!!

Fishing Report 7/3/2016

Written on: July 3rd, 2016 in Fishing Report

Happy 4th Weekend!

 

Annie Fredrickson of Rehoboth Beach, DE caught this 6lb and 25″ flounder while fishing out at Site 10 using squid and minnows.

 

 

Joe Recker of Chicago, IL caught this 20″ flounder while on the Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton out at the Old Grounds.  They were using cut bait on a top and bottom rig.

 

 

While on the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins Stephanie Stuble of State College, PA caught these keeper 16″ and 17″ flounder.  These were caught out at A-Buoy using cut bait on a top and bottom rig.

 

 

9 year old Casey Bridges of Balitomre, MD, caught the fish pool winner on the Judy V.’s morning trip with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton. This fish 22″ flounder was caught out at the Old Grounds using cut bait on a top and bottom rig.

 

 

Capt. Ike II with Capt. Dave Collins caught this 74.5lb blue fin.  It is the biggest blue fin of the year at Indian River Marina and was caught by  Joseph Krynitsky of Charlottesville, VA.  Mark Yarosh of Reston, VA, Jim McGrath of Bethany Beach, DE, Capt. George Merrick, Waz Harrington, of Fairfax, VA, Mark Krynitsky of Manassas, VA and Joseph Krynitsky trolled with ballyhoo at Poor Man’s for these 4 blue fin and 1 yellow fin.

 

 

 

Steve Kissling of Burnville, PA, Mark Barr of Leesport, PA, Jeff Kissling of York, PA, Travis Stolz of Robesonia, PA and Lee Filbert of Mohrsville, PA took a trip with Capt. Ike II out to the Poor Man’s Canyon and had a good day of tuna fishing.  They caught four blue fin tuna while trolling ballyhoo and the largest 55.5lbs.

 

 

Keeping things a secret, Tony Rydzewski of Indian River, DE, caught this 3lb and 20″ flounder fishing in the “Ocean” using a silver teaser on minnow and squid.

 

 

Dutch “Doormat” Workman from Salisbury, MD was one short of his limit of flounder on Thursday.  He fished the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins at A-Buoy using cut bait and a bucktail. Dutch’s biggest fish weighed 3lbs and measured 20″ inches

 

 

Tyler Long of Allentown, PA, was one short of a limit on the Lazy Man’s trip on the Capt. Bob II.  Tyler fished with Spro bucktails and cut bait and jigged for his flounder at A-Buoy with Capt. Roger Meekins.

 

 

Capt. Chris Adams of the Judy V. had a day off and still decided fishing was the best way to spend his time.  He fished on the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins and caught his limit of flounder, with the largest weighing 4.2lbs and measure 22″ while fishing at Site 10 using Gulp bait.

 

Have a great holiday weekend. Til next time Tight Lines and Good Times!

Fishing Report 7/2/2016

Written on: July 2nd, 2016 in Fishing Report

Fishing is really picking up Inshore and Offshore. This weekend is going to be amazing down here at Indian River Marina. Stop by Hammerheads and get a cool drink and watch all the fish come across the gangway!

Here are some photos of the recents catches.

 

 

Beau Bright of Elkins, WV, caught this 10.5lb blue fish while fishing in the Indian River Inlet with Capt. Aarron Hurd of Gale Force Charters.

Capt. Aarron reported that during the early morning on incoming tide was best using Clarkspoons.

 

 

In Rehoboth Bay, Johnny Walls of Hockessin, Rich Franz of Harrisburg, PA and Rich Yoder of Oley, PA took this 142 lb butterfly ray while bowfishing.

 

 

 

An overnight trip to the Poor Man’s Canyon turned out well for the crew on “Knock on Wood” While trolling ballyhoo Chris Long of Wyoming, DE, Carter Dudzinski of Elkton, MD, Dave Woods of North East, MD and Johnny Coffiey of Hook ’em & Cook ’em, caught 9 yellow fin, 4 mahi and 2 white marlin releases.  The largest weighed 53lbs

 

 

 

The full day fishing trip on the Capt. Bob II had a good day of flounder catching with 35 flounder coming over the rails. Capt. Roger Meekins reported that most of the fish were caught around the Old Grounds area either jigging Gulp baits or using a top and bottom rig with squid and minnows. The largest fish weighed 6.3lbs and measured 26″ and was caught by Henry Warren. Pictured are Mike Hamilton of Newark, DE, Darrell Doupnik of Easton, MD,  Jay Schimdt of Ocean View, DE, Tom Adkins of Denton, MD, Henry Warren of Milford, DE and (originally from Poland) Radek Lempicki, Jozek Kolono and Damian and Ploszaj Stanislaw, all from Wilmington, DE.

 

 

 

Michael John of Rehoboth Beach, DE caught these to 16″ flounder while on the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins. Michael caught these while fishing at the Old Grounds using cut bait.

 

 

 

Joe O’Brien of State College, PA caught these keeper 17″ flounder while fishing with Capt. Roger Meekins on the Lazy Man’s Trip on the Capt. Bob II. They fished out at the Old Grounds using cut bait.

 

 

Fran Saltysiak of Balitmore, MD caught this fish pool winner on the Capt. Bob II with Capt. Roger Meekins. The fish measured 23.5″ and weighed 4.2lbs and was caught at the Old Grounds using cut bait on a top and bottom rig.

 

 

 

The “Jack Rabbit” trolled in Hambone for tuna on Monday using a pink skirted ballyhoo and brought back a nice 64.8lber. Robert Grover, John Kopanski, blue fin angler James Trickey and Julie Trickey all from Middletown, DE also brought home 4 mahi.

 

 

 

Don Gettle of Ocean View, DE and Mitch Gettle of Dillsburg, PA took a trip out to C-Buoy and brought back 4 flounder and 6 keeper sea bass.

Don caught all of the black sea bass,using squid, with the largest measuring 15″ and Mitch caught all of the flounder using squid and minnow on a chartreuse and white flounder rig, with the largest measuring 19″.

 

Have a Happy 4th of July!

 

Til next time Tight Lines and Good Times.

 

Photos courtesy of Hook’em & Cook’em.

Fishing Report 6/27/16

Written on: June 27th, 2016 in Fishing Report

The 2nd Annual Kids Catch-All Fishing Tournament was a huge success. We had over seventy youngsters fishing this weekend and winning some great prizes. Over $8,000 was raised for the Lyme Disease Association of Delmarva! Thank you to Senator Ernie Lopez for presenting the check to Marilyn at LDAD.  We can’t wait till next years event that will be even bigger and better.

Here are the winners and a few pics of this great event:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*** Photos courtesy T. Mosier. ***

Til next time, Good times and Tight lines!

Fishing Report 6/24/16

Written on: June 24th, 2016 in Fishing Report

Happy Friday Again!

We have some beautiful weather happening today and the entire weekend. Get out there and get hooked up.

Don’t forget, the Kids Catch-All Fishing Tournament here at Indian River Marina is this weekend. Registration is tonight at the marina from 6-8pm and again on Saturday morning from 6-8am. Kids ages 3-18 can register. They can fish both Saturday and Sunday from 6am to 3pm. Weigh-ins will be at the weigh station by Hook’em & Cook’em from 3-6pm each day.

Check out these catches!

Capt. Aarron Hurd of Gale Force Charters took Todd and Chase Reckart and Beau Bright of Elkins, WV and Greg Alberta of Ocean View, DE, along with Mate Jimmy Coffiey out fishing for these flatties in the ocean. They caught these fish jigging using Gulp baits out around the Old Grounds.  The largest fish weighed 4lbs and measured 22 inches.

 

 

Ken German of Pottstown, PA, caught 2 nice sheepshead while fishing on the south side of the Indian River jetty using sand fleas. These fished weighed in at 5.3lbs and 7.7lbs.

 

 

Fred Metzger of Township, PA, caught this 4.3lb flounder and beat out his stiff competition Phil Saracco of Pittsburgh, PA who caught a 4lb flounder while fishing the Judy V. with Capt. Chris Adams. Capt. Chris reported fishing at the Old Grounds using cut blue fish strips.

 

***Photos courtesy Hook’em & Cook’em Bait-Tackle-Seafood. ***

 

Til next time, Good Times and Tight Lines!!!!

Fishing Report 6-22-16

Written on: June 22nd, 2016 in Fishing Report

It’s Hump Day!!!

Nothing beats the mid-week blues like a charter trip on a beautiful day. Gives us a call at 302-227-3071 and ask for Carolyn. She will help arrange a trip for you.

Get the Kids ready for our 2nd annual Kids Catch-All Fishing Tournament this weekend. Registration start Friday, 6/24, 6-8pm and again on Saturday, 6/25, 6-8am. The weather is looking spectacular.

Check out some of the recent catches:

Ryan and Dave Carey of Williamsport, PA, took a morning trip on the Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton and came back with these 16″ flounder caught out a B-Buoy using cut bait and squid.

 

The folks on the Capt. Bob II’s Lazy Man Trip had a great day of fishing with Capt. Roger Meekins. Tab Compton and Mike and Eva Palmer of Selbyville, DE, Scott and Kyle Vaughn of Carlisle, PA, Wayne Lewis of Salisbury, MD, Adian Wallace of Rockville, MD, Ryan Brown of Kensington, MD, Dutch Workman of Salisbury, MD and Ben Wallace of Rockville, MD all took home some fish for dinner.

 

While visiting from Santa Monica, CA the Lai Family and Jack Roth of Ellicott City, MD, chartered the Capt. Ike II for an overnight tuna trip. They left on Monday morning headed to the Baltimore Canyon and returned back on Tuesday morning with this 165.6lb big eye tuna and three 30+lb yellow fin tuna.  Capt. Dave Collins reported that the big eye was caught while trolling ballyhoo.

 

 

*** Photos courtesy of Hook’em & Cook’em Bait-Tackle-Seafood and Fish Whisperer Charters ****

 

Til next time, Good Times and Tight Lines!!

Fishing Report 6-17-16

Written on: June 17th, 2016 in Fishing Report

Happy Friday!!!!

When we start seeing tuna and mako everyday, it makes everyday happy! Check out some of the catches brought in yesterday.

Also, if you would like to try your hand at landing fish like these, give us a call to book a Charter trip at 302-227-3071 and ask for Carolyn. We have many great charters that can take you back bay fishing or go offshore for the big ones.

Til next time, Tight Lines and Good Times!!!

 

Bill Kunst of Dagsboro, DE caught this 7.6lb flounder while fishing out at A-buoy using cut bait and squid.

 

Jake Shumway of Chambersburg, PA, Ron Bowman of Ebensburg, PA and David Bowman of Hanover, PA also caught fish on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton while out at B-Buoy using cut bait and squid.

 

The crew from the “Jack Rabbit II” hooked up with a 93.4lb mako shark using a whole mackerel with a blue and white squid while out around the Hambone to he 20 Fathom line to the Fingers.  Capt. Jamie, Jackson and J. J. Tricky, Brian and Raymond McCall all from Lewes, DE

 

The “Michael D” with Capt. Paul DeFebo, Capt. Bruce Coffiey and Capt.

Steve Peterson took an overnight trip to the Norfolk Canyon and hooked up with a 231lb mako caught on a whole blue fish and Hook ’em & Cook ’em’s exclusive brand of chum, Triple Threat. Pictured are Luke Brubaker, Justin Martin, Harvey Good, Lee Sensenig and Ricky Stauffer all from Mount Pleasant, PA.

 

Aaron Strausbaug of Milton, DE, Johnny Coffiey and Michael Baumgartner of Hook ’em & Cook ’em, Jack Hamilton of Phila. PA, Jeff Rosenkilde of Monkton, MD, Colin Clark of Washington, DC, Addison Baumgardner of Jarretsville, MD, John O’Hazza and Jason Massey both of Rehoboth, DE made an overnight trip to the 500 Fathom line between the Washington and Norfolk Canyon pay off big.  They brought back 3 big eye tuna with the largest one weighing in at 100lbs (caught by Addison) 12 yellow fin tuna averaging 45lbs and a handful of mahi.  They also released numerous sharks like hammerhead, tiger and one short mako.

 

***Photos courtesy of Hook’em & Cook’em Bait-Tackle-Seafood. ***