Fishing Report for 9/8/2014

Written on: September 8th, 2014 in Fishing Report

Here are a few more pictures from the past week at Indian River Marina.  We still have a lot of great fishing ahead of us so get in on the action by booking a charter at 302-227-3071.

Frank and Frankie Usavage, North Ocean City, MD went with Capt. Dave Collins of the Capt. Ike II on Frankie’s 9th birthday for an offshore trip to the Poor Man’s. They trolled ballyhoo’s and hooked up with Frankie’s first White Marlin release that was about 65lbs. They also brought back to the dock these 5 mahi.

Caleb and Doug Hutchinson of Lancaster, PA caught four keeper flounder and one blue fish while fishing at Site 10, the largest weighed in at 3.9lbs.

Dave Janney of Newark, DE Lisa VanHorn of Boothwyn, PA, Caroline Janney of Newark, DE, Sane, Laura and Paul VanHorn or Boothwyn, PA fished out at B-Buoy and brought back this nice catch of flounder. Two weighed 4.8lbs, one weighed 4.5lbs and one weighed 2.8lbs. They were caught on minnow, squid and live spot.

Laura VanHorn of Boothwyn, PA, fished on “Sweet Caroline” and caught her very first black sea bass while out at B-Buoy using squid.

All photos courtesy of Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

Until next time tight lines and good times!

 

Fishing report for 9/7/2014

Written on: September 7th, 2014 in Fishing Report

It is still all about the flounder at the IRM docks.

Beth Maag of Middletown, NJ, John Thaxton of Pittsburgh, PA and Greg Disbrow of Arlington, VA fished on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Ed Wheedleton and took home some nice dinner fillets. The largest one was caught by Greg and weighed in at 4.1lbs. All were caught at B-Buoy using squid.

Carol Timmons of Millsboro, DE caught this 3.6lb flounder fishing out at A-Buoy using live minnows.

Shana Anderson of Darnstown, MD, caught this keeper flounder while on the afternoon head boat, Judy V. with Capt. Ed Wheedleton. They were fishing out at B-Buoy using minnows.

Bob Gentry and Jeff Althouse of Trainer, PA, caught these keeper flounder while fishing on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Ed Wheedleton. All the fish were caught at B-Buoy using minnows and the largest, caught by Jeff, weighed in at 4.2lbs.

Greg Hern of Hogansburg, NY caught his limit of flounder while fishing on the Judy V. with Capt. Ed Wheedleton out at B-Buoy using squid.

While fishing out at Site 10 with squid and minnows Michael Smith of Middletown, DE not only caught his limit of flounder but landed a citation flounder that weighed 7.8lb and measured 27 inches.

All photos are courtesy of Hook ’em  & Cook ’em.

Fishing Report for 9/6/2014

Written on: September 6th, 2014 in Fishing Report

It may be past Labor Day, but there is still a lot of action here at Indian River Marina.  Hammerheads Dockside has a great crowd this afternoon and the docks are busy.

Offshore dozens of Big Eyes and yellow Fin have been landed in the Wilmington Canyon.  Lots of mahi have also been caught in the weed lines.

Closer to the docks we have been seeing lots and lots of flounder.

John Bridgen of Elizabethtown, PA caught these 4lb flounders while fishing with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton of the head boat Judy V. out of Indian River Marina using cut bait. They were drifting out at B-Buoy.

These 5.9lb and 5.7lb were big, but not big enough to win the pool on the morning trip of the Judy V. out of Indian River Marina. Arthur Sirdofsky of Teaneck, NJ caught these using cut bait out at B-Buoy with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton.

Bill Siner, Ed Burkhardt and Eric Burnely of Milton, DE caught these flounder while out at the Old Grounds using squid and minnows. The biggest weighed in at 4.6lbs.

Andy Jett of Strausburg, VA, caught this 5.4lb and 24 1/2 inch flounder along with 2 others using squid and clam while fishing on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton fishing around B-Buoy.

B-Buoy was the hot spot for the Judy V. when Nathan and Micah Kauffman, John Hartley, Williard, Joshua and Christina Kauffman, all from Harrington, DE had a great day of fishing with Capt.Ed Wheedleton.

Dave Meseck of Vernon, NJ caught these 4lb and 3.3lb flounder while out with Capt. Ed Wheedleton on the Judy V. at B-Buoy using cut bait and clam.

Jan Klink of Lebanon, PA caught a 3lb flounder and a 2.5lb flounder while fishing on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Ed Wheedleton at B-Buoy using squid.

 

All photos are courtesy of Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

 

Fishing Report for 8/31/2014

Written on: August 31st, 2014 in Fishing Report

Ray Suchak of West Springfield, MA, caught this 2.7lb and 18 inch flounder while fishing on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton. They were fishing with cut bait out at B-Buoy.

Jamin Heck and Laughlin Bitler of Reading, PA, caught 3.5lb flounder along with a blue fish while on the head boat Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton. the 20″ flounder was caught using cut bait on a fluke killer.

 

Joe Sileo of Delran, NJ, caught these 4.3lb 23 inch and 2.5lb 17 inch flounder while fishing with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton on the head boat Judy V. at B-Buoy with cut bait.

Kenny and David Hopkins of Wilmington, DE, caught these keeper flounder while fishing out at A-Buoy using squid and minnows. The largest fish caught by David weighed 4.1lbs and was caught on “Rock On”

While trolling ballyhoo in the Baltimore Canyon on an overnight trip Capt. Charlie Horning of the “Fish Whistle” hooked up on a 143lb big eye tuna along with 2 white marlin releases and 2 mahi. John Horning, Stephen Schwing ,Anthony Casselli and Trent McMahon (not pictured) are all from the Maryland area.

While fishing on “Hear no Evil” Richard Harkins and Dan Kinsey were fishing at Massey’s Canyon and the Chicken Bone and caught these 2 mahi. One was caught on the chunk and the other on the troll. The largest weighed in at 18.1lbs.

We have had a very busy, and fun Labor Day weekend.  It seems like summer just started, but luckily there is still a lot of great fishing ahead of us.  With all of the hectic summer schedules winding down now is a great time to book a charter out of Indian River Marina.  Please call the marina office at 302-227-3071 and we will be happy to assist you in scheduling a great charter experience.

Until next time, tight lines and good times!

All photos are courtesy of Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

 

Fishing Report for 8/28/14

Written on: August 28th, 2014 in Fishing Report

Great weather and fishing this week.  As soon as the latest Hurricane passes Offshore the boats will venture out again.  Here are some of the latest reports and pics.

 

Capt. Roger Meekins of the Capt. Bob II went fishing with Jeff Waxman and Chuck Taylor of Bethany Beach on “After You” and caught their limit of flounder using 6″ Gulp on jig heads out at B-Buoy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Rodgers, Joseph Cangenelli, Jason Massey and Aaron Strausburg from Indian River Marina went fishing at Site 10 using squid and fresh shiners on Mom & Pop rigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capt. Dave Collins of the “Capt. Ike II” took John and Kyle Lytwyhec of Newark, DE and Matt DeNarie of Phila, PA fishing out to the Hot Dog and caught these four mahi. The largest weighed in at 21.6lbs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fishing Report for 8/27/2014

Written on: August 27th, 2014 in Fishing Report

 What a great summer we have been having at Indian River Marina.  The fishing continues to be hot both Inshore and Offshore.

 

Inshore Flounder fishing is the best we have seen on over 20 years.  There have been reports of anglers with grand totals for the season with over 80 keeper Flounder!!  That is incredible and the Flounder are everywhere! in the Bay, Inlet and Inshore Reports of many small Rockfish in the Inlet over the past week continues.

 

Offshore reporting many White and Blue Marlin landed in the latest local Tournament with hundreds of White Marlin Releases.  Peanut to Gaffer Mahi being landed in the weed lines and balls from the Poorman’s to the Baltimore Canyon’s.  The Tuna bite has been hot and cold from the Wilmington to the Washington.

 

With plenty of good fishing and nice weather to come give us a call and book your next Charter with the Indian River Marina Charter Fleet at 302-227-3071.

 

Till next week tight lines and good times

 

Frank, Eileen and Nikki Adler and Peter Morris all from Phila., PA, caught 31lbs of flounder with the biggest weighing in at 4.6lbs with squid out at Site 10 on “Gale Force” with Capt. Aaron Hurd.

 

Tom Schulz of Alexandria, VA, caught this 3.4lb and 23 inch flounder while fishing on the Judy V. with Capt. Eddie Wheedleton out at B-Buoy.

He was using cut bait on a fluke killer.

 

Teyona Danner of Mechanicsburg, PA caught these 6.6lb and 8lb mahi at the Hot Dog.

 

Fishing Report for 8/19/2014

Written on: August 19th, 2014 in Fishing Report

We had another great weekend this past week.  The marina and docks were quite crowded and some great catches were coming in.  Here are some more pictures and reports from the past week.

Capt. Aaron Hurd took out his mate Jimmy Coffiey on a flounder fun fishing trip out to the Old Grounds and came back with a limit of flounder. The flounder were all caught jigging a Spro bucktails and Gulp baits. The largest flounder was caught by Nate, it weighed in at 4.6lbs. Pictured are John Walls, Jimmy Coffiey, Luke Horney, Nate Leo, Capt. Aaron Hurd and Alex Bowe.

 

Laura Long of New Castle, DE caught this 21″ flounder and 13″ black sea bass fishing out at the Old Grounds with squid and minnows.

 

Capt. Rodney Jones of the “Fish Whisperer” took a day off from the charter business to take a family fishing trip. Brent Jones, Spencer Johnson and Brooke Jones caught these flounder and 1 black sea bass fishing out at B Buoy with cut bait of sea robin and ballyhoo (left over from the White Marlin Open) The biggest fish weighed in at 5.2lbs.

 

Lee Vincent and Jessy Blackburn of Indian River, DE fished the Old Grounds with bucktails with squid and caught these 8 keeper flounder.  The largest weighed 6lbs and measured 26″.

 

All photos are courtesy of Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

Tight lines and good times!

 

 

 

Fishing Report for 8/17/14

Written on: August 17th, 2014 in Fishing Report

On an overnight trip to the Washington Canyon Capt. Collin Clarke, Jason Massey, Sean Tate, John Whelen, Bill Mathews, Aaron Strausbaugh, Addison Baumgardner and Jeff Rosenkilde all of Bethany Beach, DE chunked butterfish and sardines to bring up these 19 yellow fin tuna. The largest weighed in at 65lbs.

 

 

 

 

Our first swordfish of the season was brought in on August 9th. This 62.8lb sword was caught by Cy Brong of Wilmington, DE on “Last $” with Capt. Rodney Meyers, Larry Chenney and Gregg Peters of Ocean View, DE.  The crew also brought in 30 mahi.

 

The “Tressa Lynn” Captained by Gerry Bulat of Indian River, DE, took his friends out to the Wilmington Canyon and brought back a 86lb wahoo caught by Vincent Kerrigan of Wilm., DE and a 102lb big eye tuna caught by Craig Pawley of Bernville, PA. They also had a 250lb blue marlin release.

Pictured are Craig Pawley, Dan Cornell of Dover, DE, Chip Lyons of Little Torch Key, FL, Capt. Gerry Bulat, Jitters Jeffers of Rehoboth, DE and Vincent Kerrigan.

 

All photos courtesy of Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

 

Fishing Report for 8/15/2014

Written on: August 15th, 2014 in Fishing Report

We have been seeing some pretty good flounder action here lately.  While a good number of flatties have been coming up short we are still seeing some nice fish come in.  We are looking forward to another busy weekend here so be sure to stop by to see all of the action.

 

Gina Ruggieri of Ocean View, DE caught this 5.4lb flounder at Site 10 using a 4oz jig with a pearl white Gulp swimming mullet.

 

 

Sean Leiby of Philadelphia, PA caught a 6.3lb and 4.4lb flounder out at the Old Grounds while fishing on “Horizon”. He was using squid and minnows to land these nice flatties.

 

Brooke Justison of Newark, DE caught a 4.2lb flounder while her friend Leah Barry of Lewes, DE caught a 3.3lb flounder out at B-Buoy using peanut bunker and squid.

 

 

Kenny Arndt of Reading, PA, Chad Tingle of Selbyville, DE and Heath Berger of Reading PA caught 9 keeper flounder on squid and minnows out at Site 10. Heath had the biggest flounder weighing in at 6.2lbs. They also had some black sea bass and croaker.

All photos are courtesy for Hook ’em & Cook ’em.

 

Fishing Report for 8/12/2014

Written on: August 12th, 2014 in Fishing Report

Eric and Mark fished with Indian River Marina’s Capt Aaron Hurd on Gale Force on Sun Aug 10 in the ocean for a half day trip. They started with trolling up a limit of 20 bluefish and finished with catching 7 keeper flounder and 2 keeper sea bass.  Nice catches!  Until next time, tight lines and good times!