Daily Report

Captains reported it was a beautiful day offshore today, as crews ventured out today in all different directions.

Heading to the Poormans Canyon was the ‘Osprey’ catching 9 yellowfin, the ‘Special Situation’ returning from an overnighter catching 1 swordfish and releasing 1 blue marlin and 2 white marlin, the ‘Gret’s 3 J’s’ also returned from an overnighter catching 12 yellowfin tuna, 6 mahi mahi and releasing 2 white marlin, the ‘Pumpin Hard’ catching 8 yellowfin, and lastly the ‘Fish On’ catching 3 mahi mahi.

Returning from the Washington Canyon was the ‘Marli’ catching 12 yellowfin and 1 wahoo.

Lastly, the ‘Hydrosphere’ headed out to the Baltimore Canyon and returned with 2 yellowfin tuna.

It was the final day of the 33rd Annual OC Tuna Tournament, as a lot of boats ventured out in search of the elusive yellowfin and bigeye tuna. After a long wait at the scales, the ‘Big Stick’ shocked the scales weighing in a 195 lb bigeye tuna, as well as a 428 lb stringer. Making the crew the winners of the 33rd Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament’s Heaviest Fish! Congrats to Capt. Ronnie Fields and the entire crew on a tremendous tournament win.

Returning from the Masseys Canyon today was the ‘Osprey’ catching their limit of 15 yellowfin.

Heading out the Poormans Canyon today was the ‘Primary Search’ catching 19 mahi mahi, the ‘Grande Pez’ catching 3 yellowfin and releasing 1 blue and 2 white marlin, the ‘C-Boys’ releasing 2 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Roll Groove’ catching 2 yellowfin and releasing 2 white marlin.

Venturing out to the Baltimore Canyon today was the ‘Sea Hag’ releasing 1 white marlin, the ‘Point Runner’ catching 15 yellowfin, 1 bigeye tuna, 3 mahi mahi and releasing 1 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Blood Money’ releasing 5 white and 1 blue marlin.

After a wild ride these past few days fighting the weather, our crews were finally able to get back out today in search of white marlin and yellowfin tuna.

Returning from the Baltimore today was the ‘Reel Chaos’ releasing 6 white marlin, the ‘Marli’ catching 12 yellowfin tuna, and lastly the ‘Bis Stick’ releasing 2 white marlin while also bringing one blue marlin back to the dock. Unfortunately, the marlin died during the fight so the crew  brought it back to salvage and not allow the meat to go to waste.

Heading to the Hot Dog today was the ‘New Release’ catching 5 yellowfin tuna

It looks as though plenty of crew will be going out tomorrow, both fishing there day of the Tuna Tournament and looking for that white marlin bite that’s been so hot recently!

There wasn’t many boats fishing out of the marina today, but the boats that did go certainly produced!

Heading out to the Wilmington all by themselves was the ‘Marli’ catching 6 yellowfin tuna.

The rest of the fleet headed out to the Baltimore Canyon in search of the white marlin bite that’s been on absolute fire these past few days! Returning back to the dock first was the ‘D.A. Sea’ releasing 9 white marlin and 1 blue marlin. Followed by the ‘Cookie Monster’ releasing 6 white marlin and catching 2 yellowfin tuna, the ‘Reel Chaos’ releasing 8 white marlin, the ‘Blood Money’ releasing 6 white marlin and 1 sailfish, and lastly the ‘Roll Groove’ releasing 12 white marlin.

The white marlin bite is hot in the Mid-Atlantic right now!

It was quite eventful down on the docks for a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of July. We had reports come in early this afternoon that the white marlin bite was going off offshore… and they were correct! There were also a few tunas caught, as well as an over bluefin caught by the crew of the ‘Reel Chaos’!

Returning from the Wilmington Canyon today was the ‘Double J’ catching 4 yellowfin tuna and the ‘White Lightning’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna.

The remainder of the fleet ventured to the Baltimore Canyon where the marlin were thick! Captain Eddie Wheeler and crew on the ‘Cabana’ returned with 10 white marlin releases, the ‘Lights Out’ returned with 15 white marlin releases, the ‘Fish On’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna, 1 mahi mahi, 6 white marlin releases, and 1 blue marlin release, the ‘C-Boys’ releasing 1 blue marlin, and lastly the ‘Reel Chaos’ releasing 8 white marlin, 1 sailfish, and one over bluefin tuna which they estimate was over 400 lbs!

Not a very busy fishing day at the marina but we did have a few boats head out.  The ‘Osprey’ returned early in the day from the Massey’s canyon with 8 yellowfin and 5 bluefish.  Next we had the ‘Fish On’ return from the Hot dog with a white release.  The ‘Boss Hogg’ chose to go to the Baltimore Canyon and had 2 yellowfin in the box.  Finally the last boat we had was ‘The Big Stick’ who returned from the Poor man’s with 8 yellowfin and 9 dolphin.  Most of the other crew’s seemed to be taking advantage of the day to do some maintenance and prep work getting ready for their next trip.  Just a reminder registration for the 33rd Annual Ocean City Tuna tournament will be held at the Ocean City Fishing Center this Thursday.  For more information please visit http://www.octunatournament.com!

Things were a little more quiet on the docks today as everyone was winding down from the holiday weekend.  We did have some boats head out today in a variety of different areas.  The ‘Osprey’ crew returned early in the afternoon from the Massey’s Canyon with 4 yellowfin and 15 bluefish.  The next few boats went to the Baltimore Canyon today.  The ‘Fish On’ returned with 5 yellowfin, next we had the ‘Boss Hogg’ with 4 yellowfin, and finally we had the ‘Lucky Duck’ with 4 yellowfin, 4 white releases and a dolphin.  The ‘No Quarter’ reported from the 20 fathom line and returned with 3 yellowfin.  Finally we had the crew of the ‘Pumpin Hard’ who went on an overnight trip in the Wilmington Canyon and they returned with 11 yellowfin, 1 Big Eye, and 1 white release.  It was a hot one today but it looks like some storms are rolling in to cool things down!

We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday weekend. The docks were quite busy tonight with a lot of our boats fishing their 2nd day of the Ocean City Marlin Club’s Canyon Kickoff. Our boats were quite spread out again today, reporting to be up and down the canyons.

Returning from the Masseys Canyon today was the ‘Osprey’ catching 4 yellowfin tuna.

Fishing in the Wilmington Canyon today was the ‘Double J’ catching 8 yellowfin tuna, the ‘Gret’s 3 J’s’ catching 3 mahi mahi and releasing 1 white marlin, the ‘Marli’ catching 2 yellowfin tuna and 4 bluefish, the ‘Absolute Pleasure’ releasing 1 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Big Stick’ releasing 2 blue marlin and 2 white marlin.

Heading out the Poormans Canyon today was the ‘Primary Search’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna and 12 bluefish, as well as the ‘No Quarter’ catching 2 yellowfin tuna.

Venturing to the Baltimore Canyon today was the ‘Buckshot’ releasing 5 white marlin, the ‘Roll Groove’ catching 4 yellowfin tuna, 1 mahi mahi, and releasing 2 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Tighten Up’ catching 1 yellowfin and also releasing 5 white marlin and 1 blue marlin.

Happy 4th of July! We hope your enjoying a fabulous day with friends and family! We had a decent amount of boats go offshore today, both charter fishing and fishing in the Blue Marlin World Cup. The Blue Marlin World Cup is a one day fishing tournament around the globe. Crews enter and fish from there respected ports and fish around the world for the biggest/heaviest blue marlin. Although none of our boats boated a big one, we’ve been told the winning blue marlin was boated in Cape Verde weighing a massive 936 pounds!

Our charter boats went to a variety of places today stretching from the Masseys Canyon to the Baltimore Canyon.

Returning from the Massey’s Canyon was the ‘Osprey’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna and 20 bluefish and the ‘Marli’ catching 6 yellowfin tuna and 6 bluefish.

Heading to the Washington Lumps was the ‘Boss Hogg’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna and 22 bluefish.

Venturing out to the Baltimore Canyon today was the ‘C Boys’ catching 2 mahi mahi and releasing 1 white marlin, the ‘Billfisher’ catching 2 yellowfin, 1 mahi mahi, and releasing 4 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Fish On’ releasing 5 white marlin.

Returning from the Poormans Canyon today was the ‘Reel Chaos’ catching 2 yellowfin and 1 bluefish.

Heading to the Hot Dog today was the ‘Hall Pass’ catching 2 yellowfin, 10 bluefish, and releasing 2 white marlin.

Happy Holiday weekend! With July 4th right around the corner we had a decent amount of boats fish today in search of tuna for the grill! The OC Marlin Club is also hosting the Canyon Kickoff Tournament this weekend,as we saw a few marlin flags flying down the dock this afternoon as well! It was pretty spread out today with captains reporting fishing in the Poormans, the Wilmington, the Washington, and the Norfolk Canyons.

Returning from the Poormans Canyon today was the ‘Osprey’ catching 2 yellowfin, the ‘Primary Search’ catching 3 yellowfin and 15 bluefish, and the ‘New Release’ catching 1 yellowfin and 7 blue line tile fish.

Heading out to the Wilmington Canyon today was the ‘Double J’ catching 4 yellowfin, the ‘Boss Hogg’ catching 1 yellowfin and releasing 1 blue marlin, the ‘Lucky Duck’ releasing 2 white marlin, the ‘Big Stick’ catching 3 yellowfin and 1 mahi mahi, and lastly the ‘Blood Money’ releasing a whopping 5 white marlin.

Venturing out to the Washington Canyon today was the ‘Dawg Haus’ catching 1 yellowfin, the ‘Zipper’ catching 1 yellowfin, the ‘Fish On’ releasing 2 white marlin, the ‘Roll Groove’ releasing 2 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Pumpin Hard’ catching 6 yellowfin.

Returning from the Norfolk Canyon was the ‘Grande Pez’ releasing 2 white marlin.

Also, a quick reminder to take advantage of early registration this year for the 33rd Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament! Early Registration is happening now until July 5th. Be sure you register early to save 100$ on this years entry fee, as well as a 100$ gift card to Micky Fins restaurant! This is certainly a deal you don’t want to miss out on!

It was a beautiful day down on the docks with many people gearing up for the holiday weekend.  Almost all of our boats reported from the Washington Canyon today.  First back to the dock was the ‘Roncito’ with 7 yellowfin in the box and they also realeased a white marlin.  The ‘Boss Hogg’ had 3 yellowfin and 1 dolphin.  The ‘White Lightining’ also had 7 yellowfin and a white release.  The ‘Fish On’ had 2 yellowfin and 5 dolphin, and finally the ‘Pumpin Hard’ had 3 yellowfin.  The crew of the ‘Marli’ were the only ones to fish in the Poorman’s today and returned with 5 yellowfin, 1 white release, and 1 blue marlin release.  Tomorrow kicks off the first day of the Marlin Club’s Canyon kick off so it will definitely be a busy holiday weekend!  Stay tuned!

It was a good kick off to the month of July with many boats heading out to the canyons in search of the fish!  It was a mix between the Poorman’s and the Washington canyon today.  The first of our boats returned from the Poorman’s.  The ‘Osprey’ returned first with 2 yellowfin.  The ‘White Lightning’ was next coming back to the dock with 7 yellowfin and a white marlin release.  The ‘Tighten Up’ and ‘Marli’ crews both returned with 6 yellowfin each.  The crew of the ‘Gator’ was the first to return from the Washington with 9 yellowfin and a white release.  Next back to the dock was the ‘Boss Hogg’ with 5 yellowfin, and finally the ‘Blue Eyes’ returned with 4 yellowfin.  Our only boat fishing in the Wilmington Canyon was the ‘Roll Groove’ returning with 2 white marlin releases.   Have you booked your next fishing charter?  Give us a call at 410-213-9600!