Daily Report

It definately felt like summertime vibes here at the marina today!  School is out and the kids and their families were hitting the pools in force today.  It also was a great final day for the Tunas and Tiaras tournament.  Be sure to check out www.tunaandtiaras.com for all of the latest tournament results.  As for the fishing today, the hotspot fishing grounds seemed to be the Baltimore Canyon.  The crew of the “Reel Chaos” returned with 1 yellowfin and a dolphin.  The guys on the “Christine Marie” had 2 white releases and 1 yellowfin.  The team on the “Primary Search” hit the big eyes hard today returning with 5 big eye tuna and 1 yellowfin tuna!  It looks like we have a lot of boats getting iced up tonight to head out for some father’s day fishing tomorrow.  We will keep you posted on how they make out!  Don’t forget for any of your last minute Father’s Day gift needs to stop by Atlantic Tackle or Sunset Provisions where they have you covered!

Happy Monday everyone and what a beautiful day it was here at Sunset Marina!  With the weekend behind us it was a quiet day with not many boats venturing out.  The only two boats we had fishing today were the crews of the “Marli” and the “Absolute Pleasure.”  The team on the “Marli” returned from the Washington Canyon with 42 tilefish.  The crew of the “Absolute Pleasure” returned later in the day from the Wilmington Canyon and had 2 yellowfin tuna.  Hopefully it won’t be long until we see more tuna on the dock and with Father’s Day quickly approaching make sure you stop by Atlantic Tackle or Sunset Provisions where you are sure to find the perfect gift for the Dad in your life!

The month of June is kicking off to a great start with a lot of excitement down on the docks!  The big news of the day was the first white marlin of the season has officially been caught!  The crew of the Fish On were the lucky ones today, congrats to angler Jake Emche and the whole team!  We also had a few boats head out looking for the tuna bite.  The crew of the Boss Hogg had a successful day in the Poormans returning with 10 yellowfin in the box.  The weekend wraps up tomorrow with the final fishing day of the Battle for the Buckle and it looks like we will have a few more boats head out to see what they can find.  Stay tuned tomorrow for all the latest fishing news and updates!  The 2024 fishing season is officially started!

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Today proved that when weather permits the September fishing just can’t be beat.  We had several boats head offshore today looking for the marlin bite and they were rewarded handsomely.  Most of the boats went to the Norfolk canyon today.  First we had the “Osprey” return with 4 white releases and some dolphin.  The crew of the “Marli” caught a nice bunch of tilefish.  Next we had the crew of the “Keep Dreaming”  return on their new boat with 8 white releases.  The crew of the “Boss Hogg” returned shortly after with 1 yellowfin, some dolphin, and 2 white releases.  The guys on the “Seven” had 4 white releases while the “Christine Marie” had 4 white releases and 1 blue marlin release.  The “Pumpin Hard” had 3 white and some dolphin and finally was the crew of the “Billfisher” returning with 7 white releases and a blue marlin release.  Many are going to venture out again tomorrow before the weather turns for the weekend so we will keep you posted on how they make out!

The September billfish bite continues to be hot and we had another good group of boats head offshore to reap the benefits!  “Roll Groove” returned from a double overnight trip first with 8 white releases.  Next was the crew of the “Dem Boys” returning with a grand slam (1 white release, 1 blue release, and a sailfish release.)  The team of the “Top Dog” had 2 white releases and a blue marlin release.  Fishing alongside them was the guys on the “Christine Marie”  with 3 white releases.  The “DA Sea” was on an overnight trip and released 3 sailfish, 8 whites, and also a blue marlin.  The “Reel Joy” had  4 white releases and 2 blue releases while the “Fishticuffs” released a blue marlin.  Finally was the guys on the “C-boys” returning with 2 white releases.  It is days like this that remind us the season is definately not over!

It was another day of the amazing September fishing here at the marina.  All of the fleet headed out looking for the billfish bite once again.  They all went to the Baltimore Canyon today.  The “Marli” returned with 2 white releases.  Next we had the “C-boys” return with 2 whites and a blue release.  The crew of the “Boss Hogg” had 7 white releases as did the crew of the “Reel Joy.”  The guys on the “Top Dog” had 1 white release and a blue marlin release.  “Dem boys” had 3 sail releases, 2 whites, and 2 blue releases.  The team on the “Cabana” had 3 white releases and finally the “Lucky Duck” had 5 white releases and 2 blue releases.  Looks like another beautiful day offshore tomorrow and more boats are going to head out and take advantage of the weather and the fishing!

It was one of those famous September fishing days we get this time of year at the marina.  We had a lot of boats head offshore to make use of this beautiful holiday weekend and they were not disappointed!  We had a good amount of boats return from the Poormans today with a mix of tile fish and mahi.  This included the crews of the “Three J’s”,  the “Marli”, and the “Cabana.”  Most of our boats headed to the Baltimore Canyon today in search of the billfish bite.  The crew of the “Boss Hogg” had 6 white releases and also a bunch of mahi.  The “Double J” returned with 2 white releases while the “Bailey’s Ark” returned with 4 sailfish releases and a white marlin release.  The crew of the Special Situation had 3 sailfish releases and 4 white releases.  The “Pumpin Hard” had 2 white releases.  Finally we had the crew of the “Billfisher” return with 10 white releases and 5 sailfish releases.  It was a great kick start to September and we will see how they make out for the holiday tomorrow!!

It was a fantastic day at the marina as more and more of our tournament boats continue to arrive.  We had a good number of boats head offshore looking for the fish bite and they were not disappointed!  First back to the dock was the ‘Marli’ returning with 1 yellowfin, 4 mahi, and 21 tilefish.  Fishing in the Poorman’s as well were the crew on the ‘Fishticuffs’ returning with one white marlin release.  Our other two boats that went to the Poorman’s were the ‘Sea Hag’ returning with 2 white releases and the ‘Blood Money’ returning with 7 white releases.  Fishing in the Baltimore Canyon was the team on the ‘Boss Hogg’ with 4 white releases and 3 mahi as well as the guys on the ‘Moore Bills’ returning with 13 mahi.  The rest of the fleet headed out to the Washington Canyon looking for the marlin bite.  The ‘Reel Toy’ had 1 white release and a blue marlin release.  The ‘Roll Groove’ returned from an overnight trip with 6 white releases and the ‘Whisky Kilo’ had a blue marlin release.  The ‘Following Seas’ returned with 2 white releases while the team on the ‘Bar South’ had 3 white releases, a mahi, and a yellowfin.  Last we had the guys on the ‘Intents’ return with 3 white releases.  Tomorrow marks the first day of the Heels and Reels ladies tournament as well as the First annual Marlins for Mason tournament.  Good luck to all the anglers!

It was a busy day down on the docks as some of our tournament boats slowly start to trickle in.  We are selling lots of fuel and you can feel the anticipation in the air as the crews start to prepare themselves for next week’s big event.  Our first boat back to the dock was the crew of the ‘Marli’ returning from the Baltimore Canyon with 31 tile fish and 6 mahi.  Next we had the crew of the ‘Zipper’ return with 2 white releases and a mahi.  Looks like a good many boats will be going out again tomorrow getting a head start to see where the fish may be biting!

The sun was shining and the fish were biting!  It was a nice steady day at the marina today with many of our crew’s doing maintenance and a good amount of boats that headed out there to see what they could find.  Our only boat the went to the Poorman’s Canyon was the “Intents,” returning with 3 white marlin releases.  The rest of our boats reported to be fishing at the Washington Canyon.  The crew of the “Cabana” had 4 yellowfin and 20 tilefish.  The “Marli” team had 36 mahi and 12 golden tiles.  The “Boss Hogg” returned with 30 mahi, 20 tilefish, and also had a white marlin release.  The guys on the “Getting Serious” had 2 yellowfin and a white release and finally the guys on the “Special Situation” had 3 white releases.  Registration for the 2023 Huk Big Fish Classic starts tomorrow at noon so be sure to have your anglers ready!