Daily Report

Wow, what an exciting first day of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament!!  The scales stayed busy with bigeyes and stringer fish being weighed!!  Most of the action happened down in the Washington for our boats trying to land a bigeye.  “Reel Chaos”  came back to the docks with 3 bigeyes and are holding the 3rd top stringer weight at the current moment!  “Grande Pez”  caught a Bluefin a dolphin and released a white marlin,  “Espadon” also had a nice bigeye and 4 solid yellowfin to be in second place for single heaviest tuna and 1st place stringer!  “No Quarter” didn’t get on the tuna but managed to release 2 white marlin.  “Pumpin Hard” ventured up to the Wilmington and caught 1 yellowfin and released a white marlin.  Boats noted that there were a lot of bites today so the next couple days should be very interesting!

As it stands right now here are the official leaders for the tournament:

Single Largest Tuna:

1st: Blue Runner- 157lbs

2nd: Espadon- 147lbs

3rd: Moore Bills- 133lbs

Heaviest Stringer:

1st: Espadon-398lbs

2nd: Blue Runner-157lbs

3rd: Reel Chaos-154lbs

Most our boats will be fishing tomorrow so stay tuned for tomorrows report, it should be a good one!

The docks were a flurry of activity today!  Our Captains and Mates were definitely in tournament mode getting their boats ready and strategizing for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament!  Many new boats also ventured in for the weekend to fish the tournament as well and with 94 boats fishing and a pot of over $650,000 dollars it is sure to be one exciting weekend!  Be sure to stop by the Ocean City Fishing Center and watch the weigh-ins live or via their new fish cam at www.ocfishing.com!

Only a few of our charter boats went out today as most of them stayed in getting ready for the tournament.  The White Lightning went to the Fingers and had 2 Bluefin and 3 Dolphin.  The Marli and the Boss Hogg both fished at the Hot Dog today.  Marli returned with 2 Bluefin, 5 Yellowfin, and 1 Dolphin.  Boss Hogg had 2 Bluefin, 1 dolphin, and 5 Yellowfin.  Reel Chaos journeyed to the Masseys Canyon today and was able to catch 2 Bluefin, 3 dolphin, and 1 Skipjack.  The Pumpin Hard went to the Poormans today and they had 6 dolphin.  Stayed tuned for tomorrow’s report for all of the latest leaderboard updates!

Another day of oil changes and prepping the boats to make sure they are tournament ready for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament this weekend!  Registration starts tomorrow from 3-7 pm under the tent at the Ocean City Fishing Center.  Only a few of our Charter boats went out today and they all had a great day out on the water!  The Reel Chaos fished the Hambone and returned with 2 Bluefin and 1 yellowfin.  The Marli went to the Hotdog and had 2 Bluefin, 12 yellowfin (released 15 yellowfin) and also had 2 gaffer dolphin.  The White Lightning also fishing the hotdog returned with 2 Bluefin and 3 yellowfin.  Get your crew together and sign up for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament tomorrow, it could be your shot at a big payday with last year’s payout totaling $530, 000!

Today on the docks consisted of oil changes, rigging and spooling reels, all in preparation for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament this upcoming weekend.  We did have some boats take advantage of this beautiful day and go fishing!  All returning from the Massey’s were “Osprey” with 2 Bluefin and 2 dolphin in the box,  “Reel Chaos” had 2 Bluefin and 3 dolphin, “Absolute Pleasure” caught 1 Bluefin and 6 dolphin,  “Fin Razr” came back with 1 yellowfin and 3 dolphin.  Venturing to the Hotdog was “Marli” mixing it up with 5 yellowfin (releasing 12) 2 dolphin, 2 Bluefin and 1 white marlin release!  “Boss Hogg” also had a great day in the Hotdog with 4 dolphin, 7 yellowfin (releasing 30) and 2 white marlin releases!  “Poore Sport” went out to the Washington looking for some marlins and were rewarded with releasing 1 white and 1 blue.

Today most of the action happened in the Baltimore Canyon with “Boss Hogg”  coming back with 8 yellowfin, 1 bluefin and 1 dolphin in the box,  “Billfisher”  had some happy anglers with 3 white marlin releases and 12 dolphin!  “Reel Toy”  bounced between the Baltimore and Wilmington and picked up 5 nice dolphin.  Down in the Washington, “No Quarter”  wrestled in a nice bigeye along with picking up 2 bluefin inshore.  Fishing inshore in the Hotdog, “Marli”  picked up 2 bluefin and 2 yellowfin, while “Griffin” came back with 5 dolphin and 1 bluefin in the Teacup.

We have a couple boats staying out overnight looking for some bigeye’s so stay tuned for tomorrows report to see if they had any success!

It was an incredible ending to this holiday weekend, with a lot of action going on and around the docks!  Boats looking for tuna stayed inshore while boats fishing for marlin ventured out in the canyons.  Fishing in the Massey’s were “Osprey” with 2 Bluefin (releasing 9) and one dolphin, “My Cin” with 3 Bluefin, one weighing in at 123lbs and 1 dolphin!  In the Hotdog,  “Zipper” came back with 1 yellowfin, 1 dolphin and 1 white marlin release!  “Boss Hogg” kept his crew on their heels with 2 Bluefin (releasing 4), 6 yellowfin (releasing 10) and 2 dolphin.  The following boats fished in the Wilmington and had some luck, “Poore Sport” released 2 white marlin,  “Grande Pez” released 1 white marlin and had 10 dolphin, “Brenda Lou” also released 2 white marlin an came back with 6 dolphin!  In the Baltimore “Pumpin Hard” had a great day releasing 3 white marlins and capturing 2 Bluefin.  In the Washington,  “Magic Moment”  had a wonderful trip hitting the docks with 18 dolphin, 1 bigeye and 1 white marlin release!

It was wonderful holiday weekend and we thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone cooking out and having a great time with friends and family!  Now it is time to gear up for the Ocean City Tuna Tournament starting next Friday 7/10-7/12!

The offshore weather didn’t cooperate for this 4th of July keeping a lot of boats in, but we did have some manage to squeeze out good fishing today.  “Scattebol” returned from a overnight trip in the Washington with a nice 190lb Bigeye tuna!  In the Massey Canyon “Marli”  had a solid day returning with 3 Bluefin and 1 dolphin in the box,  “Zipper” fished in the Hotdog and was rewarded with 3 yellowfin and 4 dolphin.  Fishing in the Rockpile,  “Reel Joy” caught 3 dolphin and released 1 white marlin,  “Buckshot” had a solid day releasing 3 white marlins and 2 dolphin!

There is a lot of rigging going on the docks tonight meaning we should have a lot of boats fishing out of the marina tomorrow.  It is also the last day for the OC Marlin Club Canyon Kickoff so stay tuned for tomorrows fishing report it should be a good one!

What a great day of fishing out of the marina, there was a great mix of meat fish along with billfish caught today!  Fishing in the Hambone, “Osprey” hit the docks with 1 Bluefin, 1 yellowfin (releasing 9) and 2 dolphin,  “Marli” returned with 2 Bluefin and 3 dolphin,  “Reel Chaos” returned with 2 Bluefin, 4 dolphin and 1 wahoo, both boats fishing in the Hotdog.  In the Poorman’s  “Espadon” came back with 4 dolphin and 1 yellowfin,  “Boss Hogg” hit the docks with 1 Bluefin, 37 dolphin, 56 tilefish and 40 seabass.  Fishing down in the Washington today  “D.A. Sea” had a great trip releasing 5 white marlin along with catching 4 dolphin, “Poore Sport” released 1 blue marlin and 1 white marlin,  “Pumpin Hard”  came home with 1 wahoo and 1 dolphin in the box.  The following boats fished in the Wilmington,  “Tighten Up” released 2 white marlin and caught 8 dolphin,  “Brenda Lou”  also released a white marlin.  “Fish Tricks”  was able to catch 5 dolphin in the Jackspot today.  Great job to all the crews today!!

No plans before the fireworks tomorrow night?  Swing by the docks to look at all the beautiful boats and their catches of the day!!

We had plenty of fisherman brave the storms today! “Boss Hogg”, returned from the Washington with 1 big eye, 1 dolphin, 40 tilefish, and 22 seabass. “Marli” came back from the Hotdog with 2 bluefin and 3 dolphin, “Billfisher” had a white release from the Norfolk, “Espadon” had 2 bluefin, 2 dolphin, and 1 white release from the Hotdog, and “Reel Chaos” came back from the Baltimore with 5 dolphin.  Many of our boats spent the day rigging and prepping to fish tomorrow so stayed tuned for tomorrow’s report it should be a good one!  If you haven’t already planned your holiday weekend fishing trip it isn’t too late call the marina office today at 410-213-9600 to book your fishing trip of a lifetime!

The month of July has kicked off to a great start with many of our boats returning back to the dock with a full fish box!  Boss Hogg fished the Poorman’s Canyon and had 9 Sea Bass, 25 Tile Fish, and 19 dolphin.  The Viva la Vita returned from the Hot Dog with 2 bluefin, 1 yellowfin, and 4 dolphin.  Fishing with them at the Hot Dog the Max Bet had 2 Bluefin tuna.  The Marli fished the Teacup and returned with 5 yellowfin, 2 bluefin, and 2 dolphin.  Get your gear together and head to Sunset Marina, what better place is there to spend your holiday weekend?

What a great day all of our boats had today!!  Coming back around 1:30 this afternoon from a overnight trip in the Washington, the “Pumpin Hard 58” had 6 gaffer dolphin along with 4 Bigeye Tuna weighing 296, 248, 200, and 184lbs!!  “Osprey”  also fished in the Washington returning with 4 yellowfin, 6 dolphin and 1 wahoo,  “Max Bet” went marlin fishing in the Poormans had had a great trip releasing 3 white marlin and 2 blue marlin!  “Marli” ventured to the Hotdog and was rewarded with 2 yellowfin and 1 dolphin,  “Boss Hogg”   fished in the Baltimore and tore into some dolphin coming home with 31 in the box and also having a white marlin release.  They also released 3 yellowfin during their trip.

With the wind and seas finally subsiding, a couple of boats were able to see if the tunas were still biting.  “Osprey” with Capt. Joe Drosey kept his charter on their heels coming back to the docks with 3 yellowfin (releasing 25) and 4 dolphin at the Hambone,  “Marli” had a great day returning with 11 yellowfin and 3 dolphin,  “Grande Pez” also had a great day catching 5 yellowfin and 1 dolphin, both boats fished at the Hot Dog.  Even though the number of keepers are not as high as previous weeks, our charter boats are still seeing a lot of action with multiple releases keeping the rod bent all day along with bringing home gaffer dolphin.  Fishing is still really good so don’t miss out on the action, call the marina office today at 410-213-9600!