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Old Inlet Bait & Tackle
25012 Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
Old Inlet Bait & TackleCelebrating 64 Years
1962-2026
Phone: 302-227-7974
Sunday-Thursday 6am-6pm Friday and Saturday 6am-7pm

Welcome to Old Inlet

Old Inlet Bait and Tackle, Inc. is located in the Delaware Seashore State Park (two miles north of Indian River Inlet), Old Inlet Bait & Tackle was established in 1962. For more than 64 years Old Inlet Bait & Tackle has prided itself with being a full service tackle shop providing anglers an 8500 item inventory, fishing information and a full service rod and reel repair shop. Old Inlet Bait & Tackle has built its success by recognizing that "Its Service After the Sale that Counts."

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Fishing Report

08/31/2026

Fall fishing season is almost here!

The calendar flips over to September tomorrow.  Fall fishing season is right around the corner.

New Store Hours effective immediately

Sunday-Thursday

6am-6pm

Friday and Saturday

6am-7pm

Tog and sheephead in the Inlet,  We have live green crabs and live sand fleas!!!

Snapper blues  on the daytime incoming tide.  Usually the first and last hour.  Bucktails and spoons are the best baits.

They are picking at the stripers in the Inlet at night on live eels and floating sand fleas.

Kingfish, spot and small blues in the surf.  The fresh mullet run has not started in earnest yet.

Flounder and seabass fishing has been decent on the Old Grounds and B Buoy.

The 29th Annual Delaware Seashore Fall Surf Fishing Classic will be held on Saturday, September 26th.  Tournament information and on-line sign up can be found under the Events Tab on our website!!!

Please note - the DMS Surf Fishing tournament scheduled for Saturday, October 10 has been CANCELLED

Inshore Marine Forecast -

Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM-

1010 AM EDT Mon Aug 31 2026

.REST OF TODAY...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave

Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and E 1 foot at 5 seconds. Isolated

showers.

.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW after midnight. Seas

around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 1 foot at

4 seconds.

.TUE...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE

2 ft at 7 seconds and S 1 foot at 4 seconds.

.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE after midnight.

Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 1 foot

at 4 seconds.

.WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft

at 12 seconds and S 1 foot at 5 seconds.

.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE

2 ft at 7 seconds and SE 2 ft at 10 seconds.

.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft.

.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of

showers.

.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.

.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.

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