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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 7am-4pm Monday-Saturday 7am-5pm

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

11/05/2026

Live Green Crabs In Stock

Bait update!!!

We finally have live green crabs again after not having them for over a month.

We have live sand fleas  as well.

The tog action in the Inlet has been very good. Plenty of shorts but there are some nice keeper fish around.

They are picking at the blues and the stripers in the Inlet during the daytime.  

We have live eels!!!

Water temp is hovering around 60.  Another 5 degrees down to 55 should get the striper migration going.    Hearing they are in mid jersey on the way.  Hopefully they make the right turn into the Inlet.

Surf fishing has been slow for the last week or so. Not many people trying.    No fresh bait available.  Its been a terrible year for fresh bunker.

Seabass fishing on the wrecks and reefs has been pretty good.  Billy Medford had two personal best 20 inch seabass on the DelJersey reef site earlier this week.

A little rain today and tomorrow.  Weekend looks nice.  A bit breezy as usual.

Inshore Marine Forecast -

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

401 AM EST Thu Nov 5 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH

LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 25 kt late this morning

and afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at 9 seconds

and S 3 ft at 5 seconds.

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 3 to

5 ft. Wave Detail: SE 5 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 5 seconds.

Rain likely with a chance of tstms after midnight.

.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to

5 ft. Wave Detail: SE 5 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the

morning. Rain with a chance of tstms. Vsby 1 to 3 NM.

.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SE

5 ft at 10 seconds. Rain with a chance of tstms in the evening.

.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to

5 ft. Wave Detail: SE 4 ft at 10 seconds and NW 3 ft at

4 seconds.

.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas

3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 4 seconds and SE 3 ft at

10 seconds.

.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after

midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.

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