Delaware Stripers

**Garrett P.** · 10-25-2010, 04:39 PM

Fished Friday night in Indian River Inlet, DE with a charter captain. Was my wife and myself on the boat. We fished for a while with light tackle and caught a bunch of just short of legal stripers. Then switched it up and threw the fly rod for an hour or so at the end of the night. Caught more stripers than I could keep track of. Was pretty much a fish caught every cast. What a blast! Will be back to fish again with this captain, and will definitely break out the fly rod sooner!

**AaronJasper** · 10-25-2010, 05:14 PM

Who was the guide? Stripers on the fly rod are a lot of fun!

**dooberhoopa** · 10-25-2010, 05:18 PM

Fished from sandy hook to allenhurst for the elusive stripers and had a single follow on saturday....full moon the night before and blue skies all day definitly didnt help! hopefully i can get down there one more time before steelie season gets in full swing to try again!

**Esopus Guy** · 10-25-2010, 05:26 PM

Too late! It's on like donkey kong...... Be up the 5th and 6th.

Wingnut reported killer fishing off the beaches when i talked to him today. They only caught 1 from the boat.

**dooberhoopa** · 10-25-2010, 09:36 PM

Yeah the report was killer three days before we got there....wind was whippin, full moon and bright blue skies, cold front had rolled thru the night before...they were just gone when we got there....

Ill be up the 7th and 8th!

**Garrett P.** · 10-26-2010, 08:24 AM

Aaron, we fished with Capt. Chuck Cook, First Light Charters. Here are some fish pics and a picture of the flies we were using. The fish were in the lower 20" range, we missed the big fish migration by a few days. They hadn't made their way to DE yet when we went out.

**AaronJasper** · 10-27-2010, 10:14 AM

So you were imitating rain bait and small peanut bunker? Could you catch them from shore at night? Mr RIO outbound short came in the mail yesterday!

**Garrett P.** · 10-27-2010, 01:31 PM

Aaron, I'm sure that if they were busting bait along the area fishable from shore you could definitely catch them. We were fishing under dock lights at night and that area would only be accessable by boat.