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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-5pm Monday-Saturday 7am-6pm

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

10/21/2026

Wind is still blowing

The wind is still blowing.  It never stops!!!!

Not much to report from the surf.  Its not really been fishable.   Faithful Steward Crossing has been closed due to high tides and overwash.

Tog bite in the inlet is very good.  Not hearing much about sheepshead lately.  Water temp is back down to 63 degrees.  Time for the sheepshead to head south.

Still no live green crabs.  The crabbers in Maine report the harvest has slowed down and they are only catching enough to supply the local market so none are coming this far south.

Inshore Marine Forecast -

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

1131 AM EDT Wed Oct 21 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.REST OF TODAY...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas

9 to 12 ft. Wave Detail: E 11 ft at 10 seconds.

.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after

midnight. Seas 9 to 12 ft. Wave Detail: E 11 ft at 11 seconds.

.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 8 to

11 ft, subsiding to 7 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: E

10 ft at 11 seconds, becoming E 9 ft at 11 seconds and NW 2 ft at

4 seconds.

.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt after

midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: E 8 ft at 10 seconds and

NW 2 ft at 4 seconds.

.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 5 to

7 ft. Wave Detail: NE 7 ft at 10 seconds.

.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail:

NE 6 ft at 9 seconds and NW 1 foot at 4 seconds.

.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the

afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.SUN...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.SUN NIGHT...E winds around 5 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas

around 3 ft.

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