I am not a fan of cold weather but if the water would cool down we should get some better fishing activity. Indian River Inlet is giving up some blues and stripers, along with a few flounder. Most fish are on the short side of keeper but at least they put a bend in the rod. Pat Kost was fishing the Inlet for flounder when a 10.6 pound striper decided it was time for a snack. Way to go Pat. Indian River and Rehoboth Bay have been giving up flounder but most are real small. Massey’s Ditch is proving flounder, blues and stripers and once again most are small. Tog are also in Massey’s and some keepers are being caught. Tog fish at the Wall has been fairly productive.
Capt. Bill Baker tells us Roger Aeo caught an 8 pound sheephead at Indian River Inlet this past Saturday using green crabs. Another customer reported catching an 8 1/2# sheepshead at the Outer Wall on sand fleas this past weekend. A customer reported seeing several keeper stripers caught at IRI in the 34" range. He also reported several beak-offs of large stripers. Tom Griffith and friend Tom fished the Wall and both limited out on tog. They were using both green crabs and sand fleas and said both were effective. Ronald Chester, Oxford, Pa., caught a citation. 10.55#, 21.5" sheepshead at the Outer Wall using sand fleas. Tom Hudecheck caught a citation sheepshead at 11.08 pounds and 24" long on green crabs at the Haystacks. My grandson, Joey Neely, my son, Bill Jr., his girlfriend, Ellen White and my daughter, Sue Killen went with me on the "Slicker 3" to the shipping lanes. We caught a lot of sea bass with a 25 to 1 ratio of keepers to throw backs. We also boated some croaker. It was non- stop action all day long. Larry Grimm of Millsboro weighed in a 7.50 pound 24inch flounder caught on clam while fishing on the Thelma Dale. Tom Bailor and Gene McMillan at Gull Point caught 2 bushels of lg #1 crabs From Captain Carey Evans, Grizzley sport fishing charters After having a slower month in September we are off to the races here in early October. Tog fishing has already shown some good results along with some triggerfish and sheepshead to keep things interesting. Tog fishing should do nothing but improve as the waters cool this month. Striper fishing will be right around the corner as well.
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