Fishing Report for 9/7/25

Written on: September 7th, 2025 in Fishing Report

Happy End of Summer, everyone!!!   Although, the weather has not been as consistent as we would like to see, we have had many of our private and charter boats still making headway through the rough seas.

Offshore, we had great reports of plentiful White Marlin Releases with the private boat Boys Toys being the top dog this past week.  There were also plenty of Mahi and Tilefish hitting the docks.  It’s pretty quiet with the Tuna for the week, we will see if things pick up in the next week or 2.

Inshore, a few Keeper Flounder and tons of Sea Bass were landed.  Captain Chris Keller aboard the “Action Jackson” landed 20 Bluefish, some Sea Bass, Tautog, and Triggerfish.  Captain Aaron Hurd aboard the “Gale Force” landed a couple of Flounder as well.  There were even reports of some limits of Sheepshead in the Indian River Inlet and some keeper Tog.  Back in the bay, they are landing Flounder, Croakers, and trout.

All in all, fishing is pretty fun right now, so give us a call and get hooked up with your own charter at 302-227-3071.  Ask for Matt, he will be glad to get you all set up for a great day of fishing.

Next Saturday September 13th, is the Indian River Marina’s Annual Autumn Art Festival from 10:00am-5:00pm.  There will be plenty of parking and docking if you wish to come by water.  Please look for the orange cones next to each dockbox as this signifies an available slip for this event.  The IRM monitors channel 9 if you need assistance or don’t hesitate to call 302-227-3071.

Till next time Tight Lines & Great Times Ahead!!!!

Fishing Report for 8/3/25

Written on: August 3rd, 2025 in Fishing Report

 

Well, here we are again, another rough White Marlin Open!!!  Fishing has been at a stand still both Inshore and Offshore the last few days.  All of our boats have been tied to the docks.  There have been some Flounder caught in the Inlet.

Tomorrow looks like some of the Tournament boats are going to head out and hopefully find the fish!!  We will keep you posted this week.

Good Luck to all of the Anglers entered this year!!!

 

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

Fishing Report for 7/6/2025

Written on: July 6th, 2025 in Fishing Report

Fishing has been great this week!!!  We have had some record BREAKING CROWDS!!!

Inshore there is reports of Sea Bass, Flounder, Croaker, Trout, Triggerfish and lots of fun!!!

Offshore has really picked up with Mahi, Yellowfin, Bluefin, and Big Eye Tuna, Blue Marlin and White Marlin releases and plenty of Tautog and Tilefish,

Here are some great catches and some pics from our Tuna & Flounder Blast yesterday!!

 

 

Shakur Goff caught his first fish! 14.5″ flounder.  Welcome to the First Fish Club.  Anyone can join, just stop by the Marina Office and get your certificate, metal, and you name on the board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone for participating in the Tournament, and thanks to Bethany Blues for providing some great FOOD!!!  Lots of summer ahead of us.  Look out for our Movie night during Shark Week here at the Marina, July 26th, we will be featuring “The Meg II”, lots of fun for the entire family with hot dogs, popcorn, and drinks.   Bring your own comfortable chair 🙂

And let us get you hooked up with one of our Charter Boats for an exciting day of fishing. Give Matt a call at 302-227-3071, and he will be sure to get you hooked up.

Till next time, Tight Lines and Great Times!!!

Fishing Report for 6/23/25

Written on: June 23rd, 2025 in Fishing Report

What a great weekend we had here at IRM.  We have a ton of pics to share from the 10th Annual Kids Catch Tournament.   The weather and fishing have really turned on both Inshore and Offshore.  Enjoy the pics and come on down and watch the catches being weighed in daily at the scale.

 

 

 

 

 

Hunter Unruh, Chuck Ryan, Jeff Sills, Norm Wallis, and John Coleman landed the first Swordfish at IRM 65lbs at the Poor Man’s.

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

   

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

Congratulations to all the winning Anglers this year; we sure had a ton of fun with many more pics to come.

Fishing Report for 6/19/25

Written on: June 19th, 2025 in Fishing Report

Fishing is really turning on both Inshore and offshore. Here are some catches from the past couple of days at IRM.

 

 

 

 

 

First mate Hayden Thomas netted this 6.6lb, 26.5-inch flounder for Tom Ostrye from Baltimore, MD. It was caught on the first drop of the afternoon trip on the Judy V. out of Indian River Marina today. Capt. Roger Meekins reported that Tom caught his pool-winning fish at the Old Grounds using shiners.

 

 

 

 

7 year old Veronica Cilento of Camp Hill, PA caught this Junior Class Citation flounder that weighed in at 5.9lbs and measured 24 1/4 inches in length. The fat fish was caught on the Gale Force with Capt. Aaron Hurd was fishing in the Indian River Bay using minnows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Michael D. out of Indian River Marina fished out at the Fenwick Shoal on Tuesday and trolled for bluefish. When they stopped trolling, angler Jason Murrow of York, PA, caught the prized fish.  Jason hooked up with this 10lb sheepshead caught using sand fleas.
Also on the trip were Bryant Murrow, Tyler and Bowles, Dan Cooley, Brady Taylor, Travis Klinefelter, Ben Johnson, and Troy Smeltzer.

 

Great job, everyone.. Don’t forget to get your kids signed up for the Kids’ Catch All Tournament this weekend.  Go to Kidscatchall.com for more info.

Till then, Tight Lines and Great Times ahead!!!!

Pictures courtesy of Hookem & Cookem Bait and Tackle

Fishing Report for 6/15/25

Written on: June 15th, 2025 in Fishing Report

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!!   We hope all the dads have a wonderful day and get out to do some fishing today.

Fishing is really picking up.  Here are some great catches from the weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cory Rutledge caught this 6.8lb and 26 3/4 inch flounder at the Old Grounds

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday, Scott Sharpe of Lancaster, PA caught this 3.4lb and 21.5” flounder while jigging on the south side of the Indian River Inlet.

More pics to come….

 

 

Fishing Report for 6/14/25

Written on: June 14th, 2025 in Fishing Report

 

Hello All, Finally, the weather and the fish are cooperating with us.

Inshore reports of Flounder, Sea Bass, Bonitas, Tautog, Thresher sharks, and some Bluefish.

Offshore reports of Yellowfin, Bluefin, and a couple of Big Eye Tunas being landed.  Tile fishing is red hot and there have been a few Mahi and a report of a White and Blue Marlin hooked up.

An “Action” packed day of fishing with Capt Chris Keller of the Action Jackson brought a mix of a lot of fish.
Steve Lampert, Paisley, and her father, Derek Burkert, and Jody Lutz from Reading, PA., caught sea bass, bluefish, Bonita, Spanish mackerel and released a tautog. But this 530lb Thresher shark was the catch of the day. It was caught using fresh blue fish at the Washingtonian

 

 

Great job, guys!!!  

 

 

The Kids Catch Tournament is next weekend, so please get registered online at www.kidscatchall.com we have alot of pre-registrations and are looking forward to seeing everyone and having a great weekend of fishing, prizes, music, and food!!!

Till next time, Tight Lines and Good Times ahead

Fishing Report 5/29/25

Written on: May 29th, 2025 in Fishing Report

Welcome to another great season at IRM.  Fishing is ramping up if we could just get this weather to calm down.   

There have been Inshore reports of Flounder, Sea Bass, Rockfish and a few Bluefish here and there.

It has been very hard for out boats to get Offshore due to the wind this year.  The Gessler family was able to get out and land 1 Yellowfin Tuna and 1 Mahi over the weekend.  And Chris Ragni on a private boat landed 10 Yellowfins the following day.

 

 

 

 

ALERT!  NEW PENDING STATE RECORD

This 56.2lb and 42.5 inch long Golden Tile was brought in by the boys on Blue Betty II.
Logan Smith caught this monster when fishing with friends Cody Layfield and Capt. Austin Decker out at the Poor Man’s deep dropping squid.
Congratulations!

Don’t forget to get your kids/anglers ages 3-18 signed up for the 10th Annual Kids Catch-All June 20-22.  We have an entire weekend of great food, music, games, and an awesome 10th Anniversary awards ceremony.

Better days ahead till then, Tight Lines & Great times!!

Fishing Report for 1/23/25

Written on: January 23rd, 2025 in Fishing Report

Hello everyone!   We sure hope you are staying warm somehow with these cold temps.  It has been quite windy and super cold down here on the docks with literally no fishing action at the moment.  We will keep you informed as soon as the weather breaks and someone heads out to do some scouting 🙂

We are looking forward to alot of 2025 events at IRM so check out www.destateparks.com and all the great things coming for the season.

Till then Tight Lines and Great Times are ahead!!!

Fishing Report for 1/4/25

Written on: January 4th, 2025 in Fishing Report

Happy New Year, Everyone!  We hope everyone has had a great Holiday Season and is ready for the New Year.

Most of you know or have heard that Bluefin Tuna fishing has been off the charts this fall and winter.  There have been reports of Yellowfin catches at the Point last week as well.  We sure hope some of you were able to enjoy the late-year fishing 🙂   It appears Mr. Winter has finally caught up to us and everyone will be tied tight to the docks for a while.

So until the weather breaks enjoy and till next time Tight Lines and Great Times ahead !!!!