Indian River Inlet

[Marek Rich]

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> I was fortunate to sneak away from the wife and kiddos for a few hours over the holiday weekend at the Indian River Inlet. For those unaware, the inlet sits somewhat between Bethany Beach and Dewey Beach, Delaware.
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> Not really knowing what to expect, I went out on a particularly windy Saturday morning to find the jetties on the ocean side fairly packed. Armed with my 7wt and a ton of clousers I set out around 6:30, with more than one quizzical look from the "regulars" who nearly exclusively fish big spin rigs. The tide was just about to change to outgoing, and having learned over the years fishing Gravely Point, that should mean bait and bait eaters should be active. The wind proved quite challenging along with the crashing waves, but I managed to have a blast pulling in schoolies and a monster sea trout. The trout nearly pulled me in!
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[Jeffrey Silvan]

Awesome! Fly fishing from a jetty is no easy task, so nice work getting those fish! It looks like you caught a weakfish rather than a speckled trout. That being said, I'm also 98% certain that weakfish are generally smaller than specks, so makes your catch even better!

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Marek Rich <mr...@scheerpartners.com> wrote:

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> I was fortunate to sneak away from the wife and kiddos for a few hours over the holiday weekend at the Indian River Inlet. For those unaware, the inlet sits somewhat between Bethany Beach and Dewey Beach, Delaware.
>
> Not really knowing what to expect, I went out on a particularly windy Saturday morning to find the jetties on the ocean side fairly packed. Armed with my 7wt and a ton of clousers I set out around 6:30, with more than one quizzical look from the "regulars" who nearly exclusively fish big spin rigs. The tide was just about to change to outgoing, and having learned over the years fishing Gravely Point, that should mean bait and bait eaters should be active. The wind proved quite challenging along with the crashing waves, but I managed to have a blast pulling in schoolies and a monster sea trout. The trout nearly pulled me in!
>

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[Charlie Church]

Nice! 

We used to have an excellent grey trout fishery in the bay....I miss them :/

And Jeff, they do get pretty big, just are nowhere near as common as they used to be. 

[Marek Rich]

Apparently there is also great wade fishing at Henlopen state Park for flounder. I’ll be back out at the end of June and post my results.

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[TurbineBlade]

Henlopen is a lot of fun -- though I've only caught a little bluefish there the one time I fished it.  You can wade along the pier for quite a long way when tide is lower.  I love that park for other reasons too, like the excellent birds there.  Ruddy Turnstones!  There's a big lighthouse rock pile out there too.  

Gene

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:43:04 AM UTC-4, Marek wrote:

Apparently there is also great wade fishing at Henlopen state Park for flounder. I’ll be back out at the end of June and post my results.

 

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Nice! 

 

We used to have an excellent grey trout fishery in the bay....I miss them :/

 

And Jeff, they do get pretty big, just are nowhere near as common as they used to be. 

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[Nedak]

Marek-

Let me know when you are there.  My family will be in town (rehoboth) June 6 thru June 14.   I fish all over the area and never have had any luck at IRI.  It looks like the last picture is from the south side along the inlet to the marine.   38.605572, -75.077534  google maps coordinates.

Where were you fishing, north or south side?
If you happen to be down in June let me know and maybe we can connect.

John

On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:43:04 AM UTC-4, Marek wrote:

Apparently there is also great wade fishing at Henlopen state Park for flounder. I’ll be back out at the end of June and post my results.

 

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Nice! 

 

We used to have an excellent grey trout fishery in the bay....I miss them :/

 

And Jeff, they do get pretty big, just are nowhere near as common as they used to be. 

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[Deadbait]

Great job Marek! I was also fishing Indian River Inlet that weekend for the first time. While I wasn't dressed appropriately to brave the jetty, I did find space under the bridge and using my 8wt and sinking line, quickly got into some very nice sized hickory shad.

I saw a monster speckled trout/weaky landed on conventional gear and a few stripers. 

Will definitely be hitting this fishery more often!

[Marek Rich]

Awesome!

 

I found sinking line to be a little overkill, unless spey casting. To me even my 10ft sinking tip was too much at low tide.

 

A couple other words of wisdom:

 

1)            Don’t let the bait guys give you crap about fishing too close to them.

2)            The end of the jetties is where it’s at. All other areas you’ll catch about ½ as much, which is the problem. The “regulars” definitely know this and don’t rotate if you know what I mean.

3)            Get there and set up about an hour or 2 before the tide change. Fishing through the next hour or so. I found nearly all the bait and action tapered off dramatically an hr or so after the tide changed.

4)            I found a tandem rig to be most effective

5)            If you plan to fish the jetties you must, must have a stripping basket and either felt or similar grip for the rocks, which are extremely slippery.

6)            Almost all of my hook-up with the schoolies occurred within a few feet of the jetty.

 

It’s also interesting to note that I fished the incoming tide from the south shore-bay side and that was where I caught the weakfish. Park for free at the very end of the public area, just before you reach the private homes. There is a slight pool/eddy and when the tide changes, the current rips through. I saw a ton of stripers working this area hard.

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