Daily Report

We closed the busy month of August with a beautiful day on this final holiday weekend of the summer!   The temperatures were perfect and the fishing was even better!  We had a lot of boats venture offshore today and there were a lot of happy faces returning back to the dock.  The Baltimore Canyon was where most of our crews headed to today.  First back to the dock was the crew of the “Reel Joy” returning with 4 white marlin releases and 1 blue release.  The “Bailey’s Ark” returned with a blue marlin release, while the “Marli” pulled back to the dock flying 2 white marlin release flags.  The crew of the “Pumpin Hard” had 5 white releases and the “Mama Seata” had 6 white releases and a blue marlin release.  The team of the “Boss Hogg” had 4 white releases and the “Tara Jessica” had 5 white releases.  The “Top Dog” had 2 white releases and the “DA Sea” had 2 white releases.  Finally we had the crew of the “Southern Seas” return with 7 white marlin and 2 blue marlin releases.  Looks like we will have some more boats heading out there tomorrow so be sure to check back for the latest report!

We are excited to be a host property once again for the 33rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Tournament.  Registration will be held today in the Sunset Marina game room from 1-4:30 with a Captains meeting to follow.  Scales will be open Monday-Friday 5-9pm so be sure to stop by or visit the livestream to see all of the action.  Check out the latest video for more information or visit the website at www.themidatlantic.com for more details!   We hope to see you at the scales and tight lines to all the anglers and participants!!

What a great way to end the weekend with so much activity and excitement on the docks for the final day of the Huk Big Fish Classic tournament.  There were a ton of boats out fishing this weekend taking advantage of the fact the weather decided to cooperate for the first time in awhile.  Not only did we see a fair amount fishing out of the marina for the tournament, but there were also a lot of boats out fun fishing trying to see what they could find.  When the boats came back to the docks tonight there were flags flying in record numbers making for a welcome sight as we approach the busy month of August and all the upcoming tournament and events.  Boats fishing out of the Washington today included the “Marli” returning with a limit of tilefish, the “Shotski” with 4 white releases, a blue marlin release and 5 mahi.  The crew of the “Whisky Kilo” had 2 white releases and a yellowfin and the “Bar South” had 5 white releases, 2 blue marlin releases and 2 mahi.  Our last boat fishing in the Washington was the “Special Situation” returning with 10 white releases and a blue marlin release. Our next few boats were fishing in the Baltimore Canyon.  The team of the “Reel Chaos” returned with 5 mahi, 7 white releases, and a blue marlin release.  The guys on the “Pumpin Hard” returned with 2 yellowfin, 1 mahi, and 4 white releases while the crew of the “Cabana” had 6 mahi and 6 white releases.  Finally the “Fish On” returned to the dock with 10 white releases, a blue marlin release, and 1 mahi.  The “Grande Pez” was our only boat reporting out of the Poormans today and they had 4 white releases, 2 yellowfin, and 1 mahi.  The team of the “Sea Hag” was our only boat that reported from the Spencer today and they had 7 white releases, 4 yellowfin and 1 mahi.  It was a day for the record books as many more boats returned with their outriggers full of release flags that also included the “Billfisher,” the “Reel Joy,” the “Max Bet,” the “Kilo Charlie,” and more.  Congrats to all the winners in the Big Fish Classic tournament and to all on a great fishing weekend!

There were a lot of boats that headed out today with their sights set on catching some nice fish.  The Poormans Canyon seemed to be the spot of choice today and boy did we see some nice fish hit the fish cleaning tables today.  First we had the crew of the “Shotski” return with 1 white marlin release, a yellowfin tuna and 2 dolphin.  The guys on the “Full Service” returned with a massive big eye tuna weighing in at 272 lbs.  The “Marli” had a bunch of tile fish and a yellowfin tuna.  The team on the “Pachanga” returned with a bunch of dolphin.  The crew of the “Zipper” had a yellowfin and a bunch of dolphin.  We also saw a ton of activity at the scales today for the first day of the Kids classic tournament.  Looks like tomorrow we have a lot more boats headed out for the second day so to all the junior anglers good luck and have fun!!

The sun came out today on this beautiful Friday afternoon.  We saw a lot of action around the marina as patrons seemed to embrace the nice change in the weather and temperatures.  We did have a few boats head out today and the fish certainly did not disappoint.  The crew of the “Fish On” went to the Baltimore and caught 8 yellowfin 2 dolphin and released a white marlin.  The team of the “Reel Chaos” came back with 8 tilefish, a bunch of mahi and 2 bigeye tuna one weighing in at 222 lbs and the second weighing in at 233 lbs.  The crew of the “Marli” had a yellowfin and the team on the “Grande Pez”  had 2 yellowfin and some dolphin. We also saw some action at the scales for the Quest for the Ring tournament with the crew of the “Roshambo” bringing in 4 big eye tuna.  Congrats to all the winners and participants!

The dismal weather finally passed and the sun was shining today!  We had a packed marina today with almost 60 boats that headed offshore to find the fish.  First back to the dock we had the crew of the “Whisky Kilo” return from the Washington Canyon with 14 mahi and 3 yellowfin.  The Baltimore Canyon was also a popular spot with the crew of the “Following Seas” returning with 2 white marlin releases.  We also had the crew of the “Sea Hag” return with 3 white marlin releases, 4 yellowfin and 5 mahi.  Finally we had our last boats report from the Poormans canyon.  The team on the “Control Alt Delete” had 1 yellowfin and 1 mahi and the crew of the “Tara Jessica” had 2 yellowfin.  The last day for weigh-ins for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament was today so make sure to check out www.octunatournament.com for all the latest results!  Congrats to all the anglers and winners!

The first day of the 37th annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament is in the books.  We saw some nice looking fish hit the scales today as you can see in this wrap-up video.  We are excited to see what everyone brings to the scales for day two! Watch the weigh-ins live at octunatournament.com/fish-cam

The marina was a much different scene than yesterday.  We did not see nearly the same amount of activity as yesterday with the exception of the pools.  We did have a few boats head to the Poormans Canyon today.  The guys on the “Marli” returned with a yellowfin and the crew on the “Reel Chaos” had 1 large big eye and 2 dolphin.  The crew on the “Fish On” went to the Baltimore Canyon today and released 4 white marlin.  Looks like the weather will be keeping them at the docks for a bit, but don’t forget the 37th annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament is right around the corner.  Be sure to stop by http://www.octunatournament.com for all the latest details and updates.  Those who register on or before July 8th get a $200 gift card to Micky Fins!

It was a beautiful day down at the docks on this wonderful Independence Day!  The temperature made for the perfect easy-breezy festive type of atmosphere and all of our patrons seemed to enjoy being able to  celebrate their holiday here at Sunset Marina.  The pools were packed with lots of families, the in-and out service of the boatel was steady all day, and the sportfishing boats were out looking for the fish.  Once again all of our boats that went today were reporting out of the Baltimore Canyon.  The “Marli” returned with 7 yellowfin while the team on the “Whisky Kilo” had 3 yellowfin, 3 mahi, and 1 white marlin release.  The “Tara Jessica” had 6 yellowfin in the box while the “Cabana” had 9 mahi, 1 blue marlin release, and 4 white marlin releases.  Finally we had the crew of the “Boss Hogg” return with 4 white marlin releases.  Wherever you are and however you are celebrating, the team here at Sunset Marina wishes you a happy and safe July 4th!

Today was a great prelude to the holiday weekend with lots of excitement here at the Marina!  We lots of families making use of the amenities here both poolside and at the restaurant.  We also had several boats head out offshore in search of the tuna and marlin bite today and the fish did let them down.  The Balitmore Canyon was the hot spot fishing grounds of the day with all of our boats reporting from there.  First back to the dock was the crew on the “Shotski” returning with 1 mahi and 7 white marlin releases.  Next we had the “Marli” return with 5 yellowfins in the box.  The team of the “Boss Hogg” had 3 yellowfin and 2 mahi while the guys on the “Pumpin Hard” had 2 yellowfin.  The “Reel Chaos” returned with 3 dolphin and a yellowfin and the “Reel Toy” had 5 yellowfin in the ice box.  The “Top Dog” had 5 white marlin releases, the “Sea Hag” had 8 white marlin releases, and the crew of the “Pachanga” had 4 white releases.  The “Roncito” returned with 4 yellowfin and finally the “Reel Tight” gang had 6 white marlin releases.  Looks like a fair amount of boats will be heading out again tomorrow and I am sure the rest of our patrons will be enjoying their holiday time here enjoying the lovely amenities we have to offer!

It was an exciting Saturday afternoon here at the marina with a lot of fishing action.  We had about 25-3o boats head out there today between Sunset and Fisherman’s and we saw a lot of them return with decent catches .  We had two boats fishing out of the Poorman’s Canyon today.  The “Marli” had 1 yellowfin and so did the crew on the “Primary Search.”  Our only boat that fished out of the Washington canyon was the crew on the “Layin Lines” returning with 2 yellowfin tuna and a nice big eye tuna.  All of our other boats went to the Baltimore Canyon today.  The “Absolute Pleasure” returned with 6 yellowfin.  The “Tara Jessica” had 6 dolphin with one weighing in at about 30 lbs!  The “Grande Pez” released a white marlin and the team on the “Chain Reaction” also released a white marlin and had a yellowfin tuna.  Finally the crew on the “Reel Tight” returned with 2 yellowfin tuna.  It looks like we have some weather coming in that may slow the fishing down a bit but hopefully it won’t be too long before we have some exciting things to report back to you!

Happy Friday everyone!  Another exciting but breezy day out on the docks!  We didn’t have a whole lot of boats fishing today, but the ones that did fish were reporting out of the Poorman’s Canyon today.  The “Reel Chaos” returned with 4 yellowfin and a bluefin.  The “Marli” had 1 yellowfin and the crew of the “Boss Hogg” had two yellowfin.  The guys on the “Fish On” returned with 4 yellowfin and 4 dolphin.  We also had a few private boats that were not out of Sunset that had some nice catches of tuna.  Looks like a lot of our crews were gearing up today for this weekend’s Ocean City Marlin Club Small Boat Tournament!  Weigh-ins for this tournament will be at the scales in front of Sunset Grille from 3:00 until 6:30pm.  We also have the 6th annual Fish N Paddle Saltwater slam event being held at Atlantic Tackle with weigh-ins going from 12:00-4pm!  Be sure to stop by and see all the action!