Daily Report

Today was Day 2 of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament, and we saw plenty of action at the docks resulting from it!

The ‘Legasea’ fished the Hot Dog, and had 1 Wahoo and 1 Yellowfin. The ‘Rehab’ had 1 Bluefin and 2 Dolphin. On the ‘Marli’, they returned with 6 Yellowfin. The ‘Pumpin Hard’ had 4 Yellowfin and 3 Dolphin. All of these boats fished the Hot Dog as well. Fishing the Baltimore was the White Lightning, Fish Tricks, and the No Quarter crew. White Lightning had 2 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin. the ‘No Quarter’ had 4 Yellowfin, and the Fish Tricks had an awesome day with 2 White releases!

Today was Day 1 of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament out of the Ocean City Fishing Center, and we are incredibly happy to support such an amazing tournament! This year payout is an outstanding $785,205 with 88 boats registered! Here at Sunset, where we served as a stringer fish weigh in only, we saw quite a few catches that left the Sunset Grille crowd in awe. The “Goin’ In Deep” was one of those boats, weighing in a 213 lb stringer weight and currently holding third place. We are very eager to see what Day 2 brings!
Heaviest Single Tuna
1ST Myra HT 99 lbs
2ND Top Dog 64 lbs
3RD Wrecker 58 lbs

Heaviest Stringer Weight
1ST Wrecker 267 lbs
2ND Top Dog 219 lbs
3RD Goin In Deep 213 lbs

Heaviest Dolphin
1ST Fish Whistle 22 lbs

Top Lady Angler
1ST Myra HT JL Cropper 99 lbs
2ND Wrecker Megan Humphry 57 lbs
3RD That’s Right JULIA Arfaa 47 lbs

For more information on the tournament, head over to their website, http://www.octunatournament.com/

The Hot dog was the popular spot for the boats in our fleet today.  The ‘Marli’ returned with 5 yellowfin tuna.  The ‘Boss Hogg’ came back to the dock with 1 bluefin tuna and 2 dolphin.  The ‘Pumpin Hard’ caught 1 bluefin tuna.  The ‘My Cin’ charter ventured to the Massey’s canyon and caught 2 yellowfin tuna.  There is excitement in the air as the crews on the dock are preparing for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament. Registration starts tomorrow at the Ocean City Fishing Center under the tent between 3-7pm and the Captain’s meeting will follow at 8pm.

Plenty of Tuna out in the ocean for the upcoming Ocean City Tuna Tournament at the Ocean City Fishing Center! The ‘Rhonda’s Osprey’ fished the Masseys and caught 11 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin. Out of the Hambone was the Boss Hogg, who caught a whopping 12 Yellowfin. The ‘Marli’ fished the Hot Dog today, catching 6 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin. Most of the fleet has charters booked right up until the tournament this weekend, and we couldn’t be more excited!

While fishing has been abnormally slow lately, today was quite eventful as many of our boats were able to find an abundance of fish throughout the Atlantic. First back to the dock was the Osprey with 9 yellowfin and 2 dolphin at the Hot Dog. The Reel Toy was also fishing in the Hot Dog and caught 5 yellowfin. Venturing to the Baltimore Canton today was the No Quarter, who caught 1 trigger fish, 3 dolphin, 3 yellowfin, 1 mako, while also releasing 20 yellowfin and 1 white marlin. Nearby in the Baltimore Canyon was the Reel Chaos who caught 20 tile fish and 1 dolphin. The crew of the Boss Hogg fished the Washington Canyon and caught several different fish including 1 yellowfin, 1 dolphin, and 30 tile fish. Also in the Washington was the Pumpin Hard who caught 1 yellowfin. One boat that ventured away from the crowd today was the Marli that successfully returned with an impressive 16 yellowfin at the Tea Cup.

Another eventful day at Sunset Marina docks- with plenty of Dolphin, Yellowfin, and Bluefin! The ‘C-Boys’ was our featured charter boat of the day, bring back 1 Yellowfin and releasing 10, also releasing a White Marlin from the Washington. The ‘Reel Chaos’ had 1 Dolphin also from the Washington. The ‘Marli’ had 3 Yellowfin from the Parking Lot. All of our other boats decided to fish the Hot Dog Today. The ‘White Lightning’ had 1 Dolphin, and the ‘Chasin Tails’ caught 3 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin. ‘Boss Hogg’ had 2 Yellowfin and 1 Bluefin. The ‘Zipper’ had 2 Yellowfin and 2 Dolphin. The ‘Three J’s’ caught 6 Yellowfin.

High winds kept several of our boats the docks today, but the few that decided to fish did not come back empty handed!

The ‘No Quarter’ fished the Hot Dog, returning with 3 Bluefin and 2 Dolphin, also releasing another Bluefin. The ‘Marli’ fished the Parking Lot, returning with 5 Yellowfin. 4 Yellowfin and 2 Dolphin was the ‘Boss Hogg’s catch for the day, fresh from the Hot Dog.

It was a quiet a day on the docks today with the weather keeping many people at home.  We only had 2 boats in our fleet that went fishing in the parking lot and were rewarded with some very nice catches.  The ‘Marli’ returned with 11 yellowfin and the ‘Boss Hogg’ caught 8 yellowfin and 1 dolphin.

The docks were busy today as many of our holiday weekend visitors fueled up and went on their way home!  We were sorry to see them go but we hope everyone had an enjoyable stay with us.  Not many of our fleet went out fishing today but those who went did not come back empty handed.  The ‘Marli’ went to the Washington and returned with 2 King Mackerel, 3 dolphin, and 3 Golden tile.  Fishing alongside them in the Washington was the ‘Boss Hogg’ and they caught 2 yellowfin, 1 black seabass and a bunch of tile fish.  The ‘Espadon’ was the only boat that fished in the Baltimore bringing back 4 dolphin and 2 yellowfin tuna.

Happy 4th of July, everyone! We had a few boats celebrate the 4th on the water today, and even saw a White release! That release came from the ‘Oasis’, who also had 9 Dolphin from the Washington. Fishing the Hot Dog was the No Quarter, who had a king mackerel, 2 Bluefin, and 2 Yellowfin, and the ‘Marli’ who had 1 Yellowfin, 1 Bluefin, and 3 Dolphin. The ‘Boss Hogg’ fished the Lumpy Bottom, catching 2 Yellowfin and 1 Bluefin.

We saw today’s boaters catch tuna from a variety of places today. The ‘Marli’ had 1 Bluefin and 2 Dolphin, and chose to fish the Hot Dog. The ‘Espadon’ chose to fish here as well, catching 1 Yellowfin. The ‘No Quarter’ traveled to the Muff Diver Wrecks, catching 2 Yellowfin. Out of the Washington was the ‘Boss Hogg’ with 2 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin, and the ‘Pumpin Hard’ with 3 Yellowfin and 4 Dolphin. The ‘Warrior II’ mixed things up a bit, fishing the Elephants Trunk and catching 1 Yellowfin and 1 Dolphin.

The action continues at the docks- the Yellowfin continue to bite and a couple Bluefin have now entered the mix! Our biggest catch report of the day went to the ‘No Quarter’, who had 5 Yellowfin. The ‘Marli’ had 4 Yellowfin, and the ‘My Cin’ caught 3 Yellowfin and 1 Bluefin, weighing in at 107 lbs! ‘Rhonda’s Osprey’ had 3 Yellowfin, just above the catch from the ‘No Slack’ who had 2 Bluefin. The ‘Pumpin Hard’ crew had 1 Yellowfin and 5 Dolphin. ‘Boss Hogg’ caught 1 Bluefin and 2 Dolphin on their day. All of these boats fished the Hot Dog.

The ‘Lucky Duck’ had 2 Yellowfin, following closely behind the ‘Absolute Pleaure’, who had 3 Yellowfins. ‘Tara Jessica’ had 3 Dolphin, and the ‘Reel Chaos’ had 1 Yellowfin and 3 Dolphin. These boats fished the Baltimore.

Fishing the Washington was the ‘Grande Pez’, who had 5 Dolphin and a white release!