Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 26, 2013

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Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 26, 2013

Courtesy Maryland DNR Fishing Report

For more information please visit http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/

Summertime is here and now that the kids are out of school, many families are planning vacations and spending more off time with their children. Make sure to make fishing part of that time spent together; few activities offer the one on one quiet time together that fishing does. Even heading down to the local community pond to tackle some feisty Bluegills and chasing frogs is often a special time for children and parents alike.


Rising water temperatures in the upper bay are starting to move fish into a typical summer pattern of seeking out deeper and cooler water. Water temperatures are close to 80-degrees in many areas of the upper bay and fishermen are beginning to see the best fishing in the lower Susquehanna during power generation water releases at the Conowingo Dam. The influx of cooler water tends to spur fish such as Striped Bass into feeding. Most fishermen are casting swim shads and crankbaits in the river but soft plastic jigs can also be a good bet. Fishermen report there are still plenty of White Perch in the Susquehanna and other major tidal rivers in the upper bay as well as the reefs and knolls between Rock Hall and Baltimore Harbor. Most fishermen are using bottom rigs baited with pieces of bloodworm for White Perch fishing.


Trolling for Striped Bass in the upper bay has been good this week along some of the steeper channel edges such as Love Point and around Sandy Point Light. Chumming is a viable option and most days will see boats laying out chum slicks at Swan and Love Points and to a lesser degree Podickory Point. If one can gather up some live spot that puts a fisherman’s luck and success rate in an entirely different category. Any steep channel edge that is holding Striped Bass is a good bet as well as structure such as the bay bridge piers, rock piles or the sewer pipe on the northeast side of the bridge span. The bay waters are still cool enough that casting a variety of lures along shoreline structure around locations such as Pooles Island and Baltimore Harbor can offer some fun fishing in the early morning or late evening hours. Jigging soft plastics over suspended fish near channel edges or similar structure is also a good option in the upper bay.


The area below the Bay Bridge continues to hold a wonderful grade of Striped Bass this week. Traditional locations such as the outside edge of Hackett’s Bar, the Hill, Thomas Point, Clay Banks and similar channel drop off edges have all been excellent places to catch Striped Bass this week up to 30″ in length. The action is pretty hot south to some grey area below the False Channel and Breezy Point; below there the action tends to taper off and fishermen report that there are hardly any Striped Bass outside of the Gas Docks. Live lining Spot is the most popular way to catch one’s Striped Bass and fortunately the Spot are plentiful in the shallower areas of the middle and lower bay regions. Bluefish have yet to show up yet so this is a happy time for live liners.


Trolling is a good way to catch Striped Bass this week and small to medium sized spoons such as Tony and Crippled Alewife spoons tend to lead the way in the better catch success, followed by chartreuse bucktails. The reports are that deeper is better so most fishermen are employing inline weights to get presentations down to where the fish are holding. Chumming is still a good option for fishermen and locations such as Thomas Point, Buoy 72 and the channel edges in the lower Potomac have been popular places to successfully chum up some Striped Bass. Jigging over suspended fish near channel edges continues to be a successful way to catch Striped Bass on light tackle and many of the channel edges all over the middle bay region have been producing good results. Jay Yesker was jigging in Eastern Bay when he caught this nice Striped Bass.



Courtesy of Jay Yesker


The early morning and evening shallow water fishing for a mix of Striped Bass and Speckled Trout continues to be good this week during periods of good tidal flow with a high tide being the best. The success rate on Speckled Trout really picks up south of the Choptank River as does the chance of catching a red drum within the 18″ to 27″ slot size. Most fishermen are casting a variety of swim shads and topwater lures but the white Gulp Mullet tends to stand out for the Speckled Trout and Red Drum. Some enterprising fishermen have been live lining Spot in some of the fast moving guts and channel areas in the eastern lower bay region and catching some bragging size Speckled Trout or as they are called down south, “Gator Trout”.

Bottom fishing for a mix of croaker, Spot and White Perch has been good in the middle and lower bay regions. Most of the best action is taking place in the lower sections of the tidal rivers in the channel areas. Baits such as peeler crab, squid, bloodworms and shrimp have been popular baits. Fishermen are reporting there are lots of croakers to be caught but unfortunately many are 9″ or less and 10″ to 13″ seems to be the most common “keeper” size; once and a while fishermen are treated to a 17″ croaker which of course invokes memories of years past when we all enjoyed those large croakers. A few flounder are showing up along hard channel edges around Point Lookout and the Tangier Sound area and Speckled Trout can also be part of the mix.


Recreational crabbers are reporting fair to good crabbing in the middle and lower regions of the bay and most often success tends to lean more towards fair. Crabbers are reporting a lot of crabs that are missing the legal mark by less than an inch and it would appear that those folks purchasing crabs for the Fourth of July will see Number One crabs measuring at 5-1/2″. Recreational crabbers will be allowed to crab on July 3rd which is a Wednesday this year. Rich Watts took his wife and daughter out crabbing recently in the Miles River and reported a lot of 5″ to 51/2″ crabs which they threw back and held out for a couple dozen jumbo sized beauties such as these being held up for the camera.



Courtesy of Rich Watts


Freshwater fishermen in the western region are enjoying good fishing for Smallmouth Bass in Deep Creek Lake and the upper Potomac River this week. Most fishermen are casting tubes and crankbaits with good success. They do report that most of the Smallmouth Bass are in the 14″ size range but there is plenty of action. Largemouth Bass present good fishing opportunities in Deep Creek Lake and other lakes and ponds within the region and let us not forget the feisty Bluegill Sunfish. Trout fishing in the trout management areas can offer some wonderful fly fishing opportunities this time of the year with various dry flies and terrestrial flies.

In the Central and southern regions of the state Largemouth Bass tend to dominate the fishing scene this time of the year. The bass are starting to move into a summer pattern of behavior and the early morning and late evening hours tend to offer some of the better fishing. Bass are orienting to thick grass and similar structure now looking for shade, docks are always a popular location to flip soft plastics as are fallen tree tops. Buzzbaits, chatterbaits, frogs and poppers are popular lures to work over grass for Largemouth Bass. Trevor Tufty sent in this nice picture of a Largemouth Bass he caught on a Senko in the tidal Potomac.



Courtesy of Trevor Tufty


Fishermen in the tidal Potomac and its tributaries may also find snakeheads attacking baits. There is a big snakehead tournament at Smallwood State Park this weekend with speakers such as tidal bass manager Dr. Joseph Love form the Maryland Fisheries Service and Joshua Newhard from the U.S.F&W.S. There will also be snakehead cooking demonstrations and plenty of good laughs, for more information check out WWW.Potomacsnakehead.Com.

Ocean City area fishermen are settling into the summer months now and surf fishermen are catching a mix of Kingfish, croakers, Spot and small Bluefish. For those fishermen looking for a little more pull there are Blacktip Sharks, dogfish and sting rays on larger baits. In and around the inlet fishermen are finding flounder and Tautog during the day and a few Striped Bass and Bluefish at night. The tog are being caught on fresh sand fleas and it should not be too long before Sheepshead begin to be caught. The Striped Bass and Bluefish are being caught on swim shads and live spot. In the back bay areas there are flounder in the channels along with blowfish, croakers, Spot, small sea bass and Cow-Nosed Rays.


Offshore the boats fishing the reefs and wrecks for sea bass are doing well with double digit catches being common. A few big flounder are being also caught near the wreck sites. Out along the 30-Fathom Line fishermen are finding large Bluefish and a few small Mako Sharks. In the canyons Yellowfin Tuna are being caught and they range from throwbacks to 75lbs. Fishermen are now starting to do some deep drop fishing in the canyons and are bringing back tilefish to the Ocean City docks.


“Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.” – Chuck Clark



Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 26, 2013

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Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 26, 2013

Courtesy Maryland DNR Fishing Report

For more information please visit http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/

Summertime is here and now that the kids are out of school, many families are planning vacations and spending more off time with their children. Make sure to make fishing part of that time spent together; few activities offer the one on one quiet time together that fishing does. Even heading down to the local community pond to tackle some feisty Bluegills and chasing frogs is often a special time for children and parents alike.


Rising water temperatures in the upper bay are starting to move fish into a typical summer pattern of seeking out deeper and cooler water. Water temperatures are close to 80-degrees in many areas of the upper bay and fishermen are beginning to see the best fishing in the lower Susquehanna during power generation water releases at the Conowingo Dam. The influx of cooler water tends to spur fish such as Striped Bass into feeding. Most fishermen are casting swim shads and crankbaits in the river but soft plastic jigs can also be a good bet. Fishermen report there are still plenty of White Perch in the Susquehanna and other major tidal rivers in the upper bay as well as the reefs and knolls between Rock Hall and Baltimore Harbor. Most fishermen are using bottom rigs baited with pieces of bloodworm for White Perch fishing.


Trolling for Striped Bass in the upper bay has been good this week along some of the steeper channel edges such as Love Point and around Sandy Point Light. Chumming is a viable option and most days will see boats laying out chum slicks at Swan and Love Points and to a lesser degree Podickory Point. If one can gather up some live spot that puts a fisherman’s luck and success rate in an entirely different category. Any steep channel edge that is holding Striped Bass is a good bet as well as structure such as the bay bridge piers, rock piles or the sewer pipe on the northeast side of the bridge span. The bay waters are still cool enough that casting a variety of lures along shoreline structure around locations such as Pooles Island and Baltimore Harbor can offer some fun fishing in the early morning or late evening hours. Jigging soft plastics over suspended fish near channel edges or similar structure is also a good option in the upper bay.


The area below the Bay Bridge continues to hold a wonderful grade of Striped Bass this week. Traditional locations such as the outside edge of Hackett’s Bar, the Hill, Thomas Point, Clay Banks and similar channel drop off edges have all been excellent places to catch Striped Bass this week up to 30″ in length. The action is pretty hot south to some grey area below the False Channel and Breezy Point; below there the action tends to taper off and fishermen report that there are hardly any Striped Bass outside of the Gas Docks. Live lining Spot is the most popular way to catch one’s Striped Bass and fortunately the Spot are plentiful in the shallower areas of the middle and lower bay regions. Bluefish have yet to show up yet so this is a happy time for live liners.


Trolling is a good way to catch Striped Bass this week and small to medium sized spoons such as Tony and Crippled Alewife spoons tend to lead the way in the better catch success, followed by chartreuse bucktails. The reports are that deeper is better so most fishermen are employing inline weights to get presentations down to where the fish are holding. Chumming is still a good option for fishermen and locations such as Thomas Point, Buoy 72 and the channel edges in the lower Potomac have been popular places to successfully chum up some Striped Bass. Jigging over suspended fish near channel edges continues to be a successful way to catch Striped Bass on light tackle and many of the channel edges all over the middle bay region have been producing good results. Jay Yesker was jigging in Eastern Bay when he caught this nice Striped Bass.



Courtesy of Jay Yesker


The early morning and evening shallow water fishing for a mix of Striped Bass and Speckled Trout continues to be good this week during periods of good tidal flow with a high tide being the best. The success rate on Speckled Trout really picks up south of the Choptank River as does the chance of catching a red drum within the 18″ to 27″ slot size. Most fishermen are casting a variety of swim shads and topwater lures but the white Gulp Mullet tends to stand out for the Speckled Trout and Red Drum. Some enterprising fishermen have been live lining Spot in some of the fast moving guts and channel areas in the eastern lower bay region and catching some bragging size Speckled Trout or as they are called down south, “Gator Trout”.

Bottom fishing for a mix of croaker, Spot and White Perch has been good in the middle and lower bay regions. Most of the best action is taking place in the lower sections of the tidal rivers in the channel areas. Baits such as peeler crab, squid, bloodworms and shrimp have been popular baits. Fishermen are reporting there are lots of croakers to be caught but unfortunately many are 9″ or less and 10″ to 13″ seems to be the most common “keeper” size; once and a while fishermen are treated to a 17″ croaker which of course invokes memories of years past when we all enjoyed those large croakers. A few flounder are showing up along hard channel edges around Point Lookout and the Tangier Sound area and Speckled Trout can also be part of the mix.


Recreational crabbers are reporting fair to good crabbing in the middle and lower regions of the bay and most often success tends to lean more towards fair. Crabbers are reporting a lot of crabs that are missing the legal mark by less than an inch and it would appear that those folks purchasing crabs for the Fourth of July will see Number One crabs measuring at 5-1/2″. Recreational crabbers will be allowed to crab on July 3rd which is a Wednesday this year. Rich Watts took his wife and daughter out crabbing recently in the Miles River and reported a lot of 5″ to 51/2″ crabs which they threw back and held out for a couple dozen jumbo sized beauties such as these being held up for the camera.



Courtesy of Rich Watts


Freshwater fishermen in the western region are enjoying good fishing for Smallmouth Bass in Deep Creek Lake and the upper Potomac River this week. Most fishermen are casting tubes and crankbaits with good success. They do report that most of the Smallmouth Bass are in the 14″ size range but there is plenty of action. Largemouth Bass present good fishing opportunities in Deep Creek Lake and other lakes and ponds within the region and let us not forget the feisty Bluegill Sunfish. Trout fishing in the trout management areas can offer some wonderful fly fishing opportunities this time of the year with various dry flies and terrestrial flies.

In the Central and southern regions of the state Largemouth Bass tend to dominate the fishing scene this time of the year. The bass are starting to move into a summer pattern of behavior and the early morning and late evening hours tend to offer some of the better fishing. Bass are orienting to thick grass and similar structure now looking for shade, docks are always a popular location to flip soft plastics as are fallen tree tops. Buzzbaits, chatterbaits, frogs and poppers are popular lures to work over grass for Largemouth Bass. Trevor Tufty sent in this nice picture of a Largemouth Bass he caught on a Senko in the tidal Potomac.



Courtesy of Trevor Tufty


Fishermen in the tidal Potomac and its tributaries may also find snakeheads attacking baits. There is a big snakehead tournament at Smallwood State Park this weekend with speakers such as tidal bass manager Dr. Joseph Love form the Maryland Fisheries Service and Joshua Newhard from the U.S.F&W.S. There will also be snakehead cooking demonstrations and plenty of good laughs, for more information check out WWW.Potomacsnakehead.Com.

Ocean City area fishermen are settling into the summer months now and surf fishermen are catching a mix of Kingfish, croakers, Spot and small Bluefish. For those fishermen looking for a little more pull there are Blacktip Sharks, dogfish and sting rays on larger baits. In and around the inlet fishermen are finding flounder and Tautog during the day and a few Striped Bass and Bluefish at night. The tog are being caught on fresh sand fleas and it should not be too long before Sheepshead begin to be caught. The Striped Bass and Bluefish are being caught on swim shads and live spot. In the back bay areas there are flounder in the channels along with blowfish, croakers, Spot, small sea bass and Cow-Nosed Rays.


Offshore the boats fishing the reefs and wrecks for sea bass are doing well with double digit catches being common. A few big flounder are being also caught near the wreck sites. Out along the 30-Fathom Line fishermen are finding large Bluefish and a few small Mako Sharks. In the canyons Yellowfin Tuna are being caught and they range from throwbacks to 75lbs. Fishermen are now starting to do some deep drop fishing in the canyons and are bringing back tilefish to the Ocean City docks.


“Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water and one-fourth is land. It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.” – Chuck Clark



Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 25th 2013

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Muff Diver Sportfishing Charters

Muff Diver Sportfishing Charters


Sea Bass Today




Today we took a group from CT, VA and AL sea bass fishing. The undersized sea bass were very cooperative. Seemed like the 12? liked to torment us – caught plenty of them but the 12.6? ones were not around. The crew consisted of Marty Duke, Josh Svoboda, Shelly and Dana Orr. Guest mate Bluewater Bob Did his usual magic keeping the guest entertained while catching undersized fish.




Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 25th 2013

Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 25th 2013

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Chad Newburger Day


Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 25th 2013A slow tuna day for this crew. Yep the tuna bite slowed down some. Caught 6 out of 8 bites with 2 throw backs. Tried for blue fins on the inshore bumps but no luck there either. The crew today was Scott Slater, Pam Rocco, Brandon Connolly, Shannon Eihnger, Megan and Chad Newburger. We had a nice day in spite of the poor catching.



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Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 25th 2013

24th Annual MSSA Tuna-ment Results

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Tunament promo


 


24th Annual MSSA Tuna-ment Results


Final Standings & Results


51 Boats Entered the 24th Annual Tuna-ment


For More Information please visit https://mssa.net/tuna-ment


Photos and results courtesy of https://mssa.net/


 












































































24th Annual MSSA Tuna-ment Results
Overall Tournament – Single Heaviest Tuna
1st Place

$6,780
 Dave Rankin YFT93.8 lbsOC
2nd Place

$3,390
 Bob Granados YFT90.3 lbsChinco,VA
3rd Place

$1,130
 Rob Pellicot YFT85.2 lbsChinco,VA






$50 TWT – 2 Heaviest Tuna
1st Place

$1,108
 Kyle Peet – No Quarter147.2 lbs(71.2 + 76)OC
2nd Place

$$475
 Steve Smith141.5 lbs(71.1 + 70.4)OC






$100 TWT – 2 Heaviest Tuna
1st Place

$1,724
 Kyle Peet – No Quarter147.2 lbs(71.2 + 76)OC
2nd Place

$739
 Steve Smith141.5 lbs(71.1 + 70.4)OC






$200 TWT – 3 Heaviest Tuna
1st Place

$2,710
 Kyle Peet – No Quarter195.2 lbs(71.2+76+48)OC
2nd Place

$1,161
 Steve Smith178.9 lbs(71.1+37.4+70.4)OC






$300 TWT – 6   Heaviest Tuna
1st Place

$3,511
 Kyle Peet – No Quarter294 lbs(71.2+76+48+29.6+36.9+32.7) OC
2nd Place

$1,504
 Bobby McCormack195 lbs(76.8+41.3+40.3+36.2) OC






$500 TWT – Single Heaviest Tuna
 1st Place – $6,600

Bob Granados
YFT90.3 lbsChinco, VA






$100 – Dolphin (3 Heaviest)
 1st Place    Kevin McMenamin

$2,032
41 lbs  (20.8+11.4+8.8)Wacha, VA
 2nd Place   Tom Fouche

$871
30.2 lbs  (9.7+11.3+9.2)Wacha,VA






 Preliminary standings will be entered when available throughout the tournament

34th Annual Small Boat Tournament Results

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34th Annual Small Boat Tournament Results


For more information pleas visit  http://www.ocmarlinclub.com/


Results Brochure from http://www.ocmarlinclub.com/


Flounder


1st Place – 3.8 Fish Box


2nd Place – 3.6 Fish Box


2nd Place – 3.6 Kokomo $247.50


Jezebel – $877.50
$500.00 Bonus for Heaviest Flounder – Fish Box


Sea Bass


1st Place – 2.2 Jezebel $258.75


2nd Place – 2.0 Fish Box


2nd Place – 2.0 Just Add Sauce $258.75


Tog


1st Place – 6.2 Just Add Sauce $310.75


2nd Place – 3.6 Jezebel $207.25


Bluefish


1st Place – 13.2 Myra HT $247.50


2nd Place – 12.2 Myra HT


3rd Place – 11.6 Myra HT


Git-R-Done – $472.50


Offshore Division 


Tuna


1st Place – 87.8 Empty Pockets $945.00


2nd Place – 67.0 Mm’ Mm’ Good $5,967.00


3rd Place – 58.4 A Salt Weapon II $1,098.00


$500 Bonus for Heaviest Tuna – Empty Pockets


Dolphin


1st Place – 10.4 Joken $1,800.00


Total Calcutta Money Awarded 


Joken – $1,800.00


Empty Pockets – $1,445.00


Mm’ Mm’ Good – $5,967.00


A Salt Weapon II – $1,098.00


Git-R-Done – $472.50


Myra HT – $247.50


Jezebel – $1,343.50


Kokomo – $247.50


Just Add Sauce – $569.50



34th Annual Small Boat Tournament Results

WEEKLY “Gone Fishing” AT THE BEACH By Sue Foster June 24th, 2013

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Sue Foster, Oyster Bay Tackle, Ocean City MD

WEEKLY “Gone Fishing” AT THE BEACH

compliments of: Sue Foster, proprietor of
OYSTER BAY TACKLE, Ocean City Maryland,

and Fenwick Tackle, Fenwick Island Delaware.

Sue provides us hopeful fish catchers with a timely  UP TO DATE FISHING REPORT and other handy fishing advice.

Courtesy of At The Beach


Featured Photo From Oyster Bay Tackle Photo Gallery



Ocean City Maryland & Assateague Island – Delaware Beaches – Ocean n Bay Fishing Report

By Sue Foster, Oyster Bay Tackle Shop, Ocean City MD – Fenwick Island DE
June 24th, 2013

Water Temp: 68.9

Fishing Report by Sue Foster

Flounder fishing in the bay was just so-so this week. Windy weather made
the water dirty. Best fishing was around the inlet. Anglers saw some
nice stripers around the South Jetty. Surf had a couple really good days
on kingfish (Northern whiting). Other days anglers caught numerous
spot, a few bluefish, and a surprising number of blacktip sharks.
Offshore anglers caught sea bass and some flounder. Further offshore the
tuna action was hot.

Oyster Bay is now open summertime hours 6 A.M. till 10 P.M. daily.
Fenwick Tackle is open 7 A.M. till 10 P.M. Daily. E-mail Sue Foster
at: Oyster Bay Tackle.
The online mall is open.
We sell MD licenses and 2013 boat stickers at our Oyster Bay and
Fenwick Tackle locations. De Licenses are sold at our DEL location.
IF YOU WANT A BOAT FISHING LICENSE PLEASE TELL US THAT WHEN YOU GET
TO THE COUNTER.
Voids are no joy! For DEL boat fishing licenses you
MUST bring in a current boat registration and a driver's license. (For
MD boat stickers, all you need is a driver's license.)

MD fishing licenses are really quick and easy once you're in the system.
If you have last year's MD license, bring it in with you, and all we
have to do is punch in the DNR ID number Otherwise, bring in your
Driver's License.

BTW, There's a mistake in the MD Fishing Guide about clamming. If you
are out of state it IS legal for you to catch clams in Worcester Co. The
state fixed the mistake online, but of course, thousands of Guides were
already printed! I have had several e-mails about this.

The Bulkhead at 2nd thru 4th Street is open and anglers can catch
flounder, tautog, spot, croaker, little sea bass, triggerfish, bluefish
and the occasional striper, drum, or trout. You can fish here without a
MD license but you still need to obtain a free registry. We can do that
for you at Oyster Bay Tackle or call 1-855-855-3906.

The Ocean Pier is another place you can fish without a MD License. This
week the pier had some croaker, spot, sharks and rays

2013 Tide Charts are now available in our stores and online. Go to our website and click on More Fishing Info.

Flounder season is now open in MD- Minimum Size - 16" Creel - 4 fish
open all year.

New Ocean City chart by Capt Seagull available:
Buy at Oyster Bay Tackle or online. The bay portion of this chart is a
little small, but it shows the nearshore Reef Sites with numbers.

2013 White Marlin Open T's are here! Instore or Online. (We also got some tank tops in our stores.)
>
2013 Shark T's! In store or on
Online
. We also have the 2013 Shark Tank Tops. Got a few left. Get them quick.

Stopping in to Oyster Bay Tackle or Fenwick Tackle? Clip out a coupon
for xtra savings! Coupons

Surf fishing saw some decent action on kingfish this week. One man
fishing Assateague said he's just been doing great on them with Fishbite
Bloodworms. Some days are better than others of course as we continue
to have days with lots of wind. Anita Chandler stopped by Fenwick Tackle
to say she caught lots of kingfish Friday night just before dark in the
Delaware State Park. "They bit anything you threw out there! Bunker,
bloodworms, Fishbites! Then I caught a 4 foot black tip shark. Only one
bluefish."

Another customer stopped by to show me his catch and release picture of
a 51-inch Blacktip shark caught from the Fenwick Island Surf. Another
angler came in to say he caught lots of spot from the surf on Saturday
morning. Another man said he caught a 15-inch sea trout along with his
kingfish.

Summertime fishing.... Small hooks and worm or Fishbites on kingfish
rigs will catch you the panfish. Large hooks and cut bait will catch you
sharks.

Don Bouchelle caught and released a nice shark from the MD/DEL line
Saturday night. He e-mailed in his picture and report: "Hello Fenwick
Tackle, Fished Sat evening and caught this line stripping Shark on
fresh Bunker on the super moon tide! what a nice fight. The fish was
unharmed and promptly released..."

His picture is in our Surf Fishing Photo Gallery.

"Martzy" posted on Stripers Online on Friday: "Got into DE yesterday
afternoon and hit the surf. Got 10 kings and a pile of spot. Took the
spot to a different location and livelined them with nothing to show, so
i caught shad, blues, and some micro stripers instead. Took the yak out
in the bay this morning and got 6 of those flatfish. Two were right at
legal but went back, the 20"er however is gonna suffer a different
fate."

"Surffish" posted on Friday: "Took the kids to Assateague Island on
Friday. Observed a couple fishing and catching blow toads. Another guy
joined em about forty yards away but didn't catch a thing even though he
was holding his rod the whole time he was fishing. At about 5:30 pm the
couple landed what seems to be a large whiting and released. I walked to
parking lot to grab my rods and decided to join the fun. Caught whitings
and spot for couple of hours fishing. The couple fought something on
their light tackle till the line snapped. Kids had a great time then the
blood thirty insects fed on us as we walked towards the car. Note to
self: "do not forget to spray bug spray"."

(Yes, I sold a bit of bug spray this week at our stores!")

We at Oyster Bay Tackle had a very quiet week on pictures. Finally on
Monday morning we clicked a good picture of a nice sea trout. Fatime
Seseir from Hatfield, Pa caught a beautiful 23.5 inch Sea Trout from
the RT 50 Bridge using Lunker Shads with a Jig Head during the outgoing
tide. The Sea Trout weighed in at 3.7 pounds.

This picture is in our Inshore Photo Gallery.

Many anglers ask about reading the beach when surf fishing. "Poppy" a
very good angler has posted another very good description with pictures
on Stripers Online. Check it out: Reading the Beach He draws it out
completely! If you're not catching fish in the surf, you need to study
this!

Our online mall is now open and we have:
Trailhead Tire Deflators!
We also carry the Oasis Trailhead brand.

Surf Packages, complete with sinkers. (Also flounder, Aqua-Clear, Swim
Shad, and Got-cha Plug Packages.)

J.J. from the Oceanic Pier (410-289-2602) reported decent flounder
fishing this week. Not red hot, but the days the wind was not blowing
anglers caught some. Summertime fish are there. Spot, sea bass, croaker,
and rays. Not great numbers of little fish, but most people caught
something. At night the pier saw shad and blues this week. Quite a few
nice sea trout were taken from the sea wall near the pier. There are
still tautog biting too. (You do not need a fishing license to fish
the Oceanic Pier.)

We heard flounder fishing was really slow over the weekend because of
the wind and dirty water. But some anglers found fish!

Larry Jock of the Coastal Fisherman reports on Saturday: "Charter boat, "Get Sum" had 10
keepers while fishing in the bay behind Assateague Island near the duck
blinds. All were caught on white Gulp! Swimming Mullets.. Isaac and
Nathan Mitchell had 4 flounder from the East Channel. Heaviest weighed
4 1/2 lbs. and was caught on a minnow.

On Friday Larry Jock reported: "Charter boat, "Happy Hooker" had a load
of kids from a Fishing Camp on board this morning. One angler had a
17-inch flounder caught in the South Bay near Marker #4. Olivia Kipe
stopped by to have her picture taken with a pair of flounder she caught
this morning in the West Channel. Largest fish measured 20-inches.
Caught on Gulp! shrimp."

On WED: "Big Bird Cropper and David Leizear ended their day with a
29-inch striper, a 19-inch weakfish and a 19-inch red drum, all while
fishing around the Rt. 50 Bridge. "Skip's Charter & Guide Service"
ended their trip with 12 stripers hooked and only 1 keeper while
fishing with live spot around the South Jetty. Very rough conditions."

Had one man report catching a red drum on a sand flea drifting thru the
inlet!

Jeff Grimes Of Helbent Charters reports: The weather gods smiled on
this weekend but the fishing goods were not as kind. We got a late start
on Saturday and missed the incoming tide and that left us with dirty
water to fish in the rest of the day. We did pick up one Flounder in the
inlet on a live minnow. The weather was the best we have had all year
but the fishing was tough with all the dirty water. On Sunday we got a
much earlier start and got to fish the incoming tide for several hours
with clean water. We did find a bite with white Gulp being the perfered
bait. We fished the inlet with no luck but our move upto the airport and
a good bite. The bite was split between Gulp and live minnows. As
expected the south wind kicked in and made the afternoon very tough to
fish.There is still time to book your trip so send me an email to
helbentchsrtets@hotmail.com or call me at 717 574 4010. Check out our
website at helbentcharters.com. See you on the water.

Dave Beall of Dave's Delmarva First Mate Service reported on the 23rd:
"Hey Sue, There are still some nice Flounder around at IRI and they are
hitting a variety of baits. I caught a 22+1/2" on a 2" Tsunami Golden
Bunker with spots pattern Thursday am and caught a 23" on a 5" white
Gulp Jerk Shad with a white1/2oz Jig Head this am. With a 2" bait you
have to use very thin limp line and flouro leader (15#) and cast it up
current and pick up your slack back to you mainly to stay in touch with
your bait (let the current move your bait). I have also caught a few
Weakies and a good number of short Stripers by accident as well. Little
Croakers are here and will eat the curl tails off of your Gulp swimming
mullet so use Gulp Shrimp and they will hold up. If you think that you
are fishing slow enough/ Slow it down even more! Have a GREAT WEEK Sue,
Dave" Check out his new web site.

Flounder and Surf, Rig and Lure Packages, Selection of
Swimming Shads or Gotcha Plugs!


Homeowners are catching blue crabs behind their houses. (You can
handline or use traps at the Northside Park at 125th Street.)

Capt. Monty on the "
Morning Star
sends us his update and comments on June 20th:

"Fish Report 6/20/13 Cbassing OK to V. Good A Day Off Supporting
Sharks In Number

Sailing Everyday (even Sunday 6/23 – lots of spots open then & during
the week) Reservations For Sea Bass Trips at 410 - 520 - 2076. See much
more info at http://morningstarfishing.com

Back to the deep on Sunday, June 30th. Take a couple guys –- not as
deep, no goldens — Jig for sea bass and bluelines (bait's OK too) —
2:30AM till 7 PM(ish) — $300.00 — 8 Sells Out (so crew can fish some
too!) — Boat Goes Slow & Not In A Straight Line As I'm Also Looking For
New Spots — Manual Reels Only With No More Than 2 Hooks — Weather
Sensitive Trip — Leave A Good Contact Number — As Always, Mates Work For
Gratuities.

Regular 8 Hr trips $110.00 - 7AM to 3PM – Saturdays 6AM to 3:30PM -
$125.00 LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER - Weather Cancelations
Are (far too!) Common - I Make Every Attempt To Let Clients Sleep In If
The Weather's Not Going Our Way..

Be A Half Hour Early - We Like To Leave Early. Clients Arriving Late
Will See The West End Of An East Bound Boat..

5,208 'Oyster Castle' Reef Blocks By The Rail. Now 1,560 at Jimmy's —
578 at Ake's..

Greetings All, Windy? Yes, but generally worth the wait when we get out.
First time I've ever seen cbass bite better in June than May. Lost
Wednesday to rainy weather. Tuesday we had a few folks in the low teens,
Monday too. Seeing a couple flounder almost everyday.. Perhaps we'll
start focusing more effort on them. Friday past was lost to high winds;
Saturday the best day sea bassing this year. Had a great bite another
day mid-week on the 12th—fish were even hitting a 4 ounce jig—followed
by another blow day..

Lost Friday & Saturday the week before with tropical storm Andrea and
offered all those cancelled-trip clients Sunday, which was wide open —
No Takers.

Hmmm.. Good weather but no clients on a Sunday.. Senior deckhand Mike
said he'd just as soon take a day off -me too- so we met with a few
friends to cover fuel at 2:30 AM Sunday morning & went tile fishing.
Meandering on offshore at a fuel saving speed looking for new-to-me
wrecks & rocks.. No discoveries this trip except that some bearings were
ruled out as targets. Starting our drifts in almost 900 feet of water,
we caught golden tiles on each pass: a wonderful day. Exhausting though
- no electric reels allowed on my boat.

I think Saturday past's sold-out sea bass trip was every bit as fun. Had
3 of my most long-time clients aboard, fellows who were fishing with me
back when I was a new deckhand. Showed 'em some nice sea bassing while
we cut-up with their sons & grandsons. The good stuff of life – the
best. Capt. Monty Hawkins mhawkins@siteone.net Partyboat Morning Star
http://morningstarfishing.com Ocean City, MD"


Go to " Morning
Star
to read Capt Monty's entire newsletter...

E-mail Capt Monty at: Capt Monty about upcoming trips or to subscribe to his newsletter:
mhawkins@mediacombb.net

Capt. Monty Hawkins mhawkins@siteone.net Party Boat "Morning Star"
Reservation Line 410 520 2076 http://www.morningstarfishing.com/

Watch the weather.

Help and Donate to the Ocean City Reef Foundation! http://www.ocreeffoundation.com/
It's a 501c3 tax deductable .org

Joe at Lewes Harbour Marina (302-645-6227) reports on June 20th: "Offshore trollers have
had success with tuna. Yellowfins were reported scattered along the
edge, with catches coming from the Wilmington Canyon, the West Wall of
Baltimore Canyon and the 800 square of Washington Canyon.
......Offshore bottom bouncing was good for tilefish. Last Saturday,
the gang aboard Katydid scored a load of gray tiles to over 15 pounds,
plus a bunch of rosefish and several golden tile. .... Inshore bottom
fishing has has been pretty good too. On Tuesday, Captain Brent's group
on Katydid had 120 sea bass, several ling and three nice flounder.
Flounder have been roaming the Old grounds southeast of DB Buoy. Mike
Newsham and friends had 10 keepers in 80 feet of water there on Monday.
Fluke activity has also improved in Delaware Bay. Flukers aboard
Katydid captured 20 keepers to 3.6 pounds while drifting Site 5 on
Wednesday. Some flatties continue to come from Lewes Canal and
Broadkill River. Eilene Euston and Peg Proctor checked in with 4
flounder from the Broadkill caught using pink Gulp and smelts. Mike
Smith and Mike Smith, Jr celebrated Father's Day by taking 4 quality
flatfish betweeen 3 and 4 pounds from the Canal with Gulp! Panfish are
plentiful in Delaware Bay. Croakers and spot seem to be just about
everywhere, and will hit bits of bloodworm or Fishbites on small hooks.
There have been more kingfish in the Bay than there have been for some
time. They are concentrated on live bottom along the western edge of
The Shears and on the Coral Beds, but casters on Lewes and Broadkill
Beaches, and in the Cape Henlopen surf have also encountered kings.
Striped bass are hanging out in Lewes Canal. Rock were hooked using
clams or peeler crabs on bottom rigs. Boaters casting eels, RatLTraps
or Storm Shads around the drawbridge also got bit."

Anglers need a DE Fishing License to fish, crab, and clam in DEL:
Individual Delaware Fishing Licenses are now available online

Stop by to the Oyster Bay Tackle location and buy your 2013 Ocean City
Reef Foundation Charts. The donation fee for these charts are $50. $54
if you use a credit card. These charts pin-point all the GPS numbers for
all the Artificial Reef materials that have been scattered near offshore
wrecks, reefs, and obstructions. The charts give you hundreds of numbers
to find fish. All the money collected goes back into the Artificial Reef
Foundation. Come to Oyster Bay Tackle or buy online.
(They are up in price, but all the numbers have been redone and the
charts are in book-form.)

Check out the link on our web site to the local chapter of the MSSA. They are keeping us
abreast on all the Fishing Issues. From our Oyster Bay Website, go to
"More Fishing Info" on the left hand side, and click on "MSSA Atlantic
Anglers".

Check the weather before driving hours to go offshore or fish the surf.
Go to Coastal Marine Forecast to get an idea of
the weather and height of the waves.

Capt. Rick Yakimowicz of the "Thelma Dale V" fishes out of Fisherman's
Wharf. Here's his report from June 21st:

After a couple more weather related days tied to the docks late last
week we managed to get out both days over the weekend and we have been
out every day so far this week. Other than Saturday's trip offshore for
the Sea Bass and Ling with one of the nicest crowds of the year, we have
spent all of the rest of our time drifting for Flounder with some pretty
favorable results when the weather and the conditions allowed.

So far things are looking very promising for continued action with the
Croakers and the Kingfish as well as small Trout up in the Bay. Half-Day
trips and some of the charters that have been working up in the Bay
continue to see good numbers of these pan fish regularly. While the fish
continue to be on the small side as far as the Croakers are concerned
they seem to be plentiful right now and they stretch along miles of
coastline and in the upper reaches of the Bay. This is a real good sign
for what we may have to look foreword to as the season progresses. The
Croakers showed up really early this year and the bigger ones will
likely be right around the corner. So far the biggest Croaks have been
about 13 inches long but I am getting more reports of some nicer fish
starting to show around different areas over the last week. Some of
these Croakers are even being caught in the canals and rivers leading
into the Bay.

We are basically in our full season schedule now with All-Day trips
sailing daily and Half-Day trips running twice a day. All-Day trips
depart at 7:00 a.m. and will be targeting Flounder and Sea Bass and
possibly some Ling if we venture further offshore. Half-Day trips depart
the docks at 8:00 a.m. and then again at 1:00 p.m. and they will be
targeting the Croakers, Kingfish and Trout.

If you would like any more information about trips sailing out of the
Wharf or you would like to book a private charter or reserve space on a
special trip please give us a call at (302) 645-TUNA.

His full report and boat info is here.

Capt. Rick Yakimowicz Thelma Dale V catchfish@verizon.net"

Old Inlet Bait and Tackle (302-227-7974) reports on the 19th: "Not much
in the report has changed since last week. Lots of small fish on the
beach typical of the summer season. Mixed bag of spot kings and
croakers. Fresh bunker, bloodworms (real and fake), and surf clams are
the best baits. No hot spot to report. 3R's gets fished the most so that
is where most of the reports come from, but the fish are spread out up
and down the beach. Loads of rays, skates and horseshoe crabs around.
Its migration/mating season. So be ready on the beach! The flounder bite
has picked up in the Inlet but you'll have to deal with the rays. Gulp
Alive swimming mullet in white on a lead head are like flounder candy.
The Inlet bite has been hit and miss. They are picking up a few stripers
here and there on swim shads and bucktails. Word is the barge on the old
bridge pilins has been holding fish. Its been mainly a night time and
early morning bite. A few blues and shad around on the incoming tide
during the day time. Reports of seabass and a few flounder on the "Old
Grounds" southeast of B Buoy in about 80 feet of water."

Bill's Sport Shop (302-645-7654) in Lewes, DE reports on June 18th: Joe
the Postman pulled a 25”, 4.6# flounder at the Old Grounds on cut bait.
From Capt Aaron Hurd, ‘Gale Force Charters’: “The Brookens party from
Chambersburg, PA fished on ‘Gale Force’ yesterday in the rain and Ronald
Miler landed an 8# weakfish. The group also caught blues and short
stripers.” Jerry Ford, Milford, DE, caught a 24” weakfish on the rocks
at the north jetty at Roosevelt Inlet on a ½” jig tipped with a 4”
chartruese Gulp curly tail. Also, a 20” flounder and a 15” weakie were
caught inside by the Coast Guard Station at high tide, and lots of small
croaker biting the tails off. Great day on the Gulp—outfished
minnow,clam, etc…. Gary Wasbers caught a 3.25#, 20 ½” flounder at the
Pier on Gulp!"

" Pretty cool web site... Lots of pics, reports and descriptions and
directions to get to some of those fishing places in DEL everyone talks
about but you might wonder where they are! The site is DSF Delware Surf Fishing.
(http://delaware-surf-fishing.com)

Capt.Dan Stauffer (866-623-4746) of the Fin Chaser does wreck,
inlet and trolling trips. Here's a couple of his reports from this week:

06/22/13 Out with a crew from Wenger Feeds of PA for a day of tuna
action. Our first attack saw four rods go down. We knew immediately
these fish were not keepers and all were released. The issue with small
fish has plagued the fleet all week. Shortly after that the fog rolled
in and everyone’s bites stopped. The sun finally broke through and so
did the bites. The next few attacks only yield one “blt” (barely legal
tuna) for the box. Worked a little area during the afternoon and managed
to find a few more fish, two of which made it in the box. Back in the
slip with three “blt’s” in the box. Kinda embarrassing but after talking
to a few other boats I felt much better about our day compared to many.

06/21/13 Ran north with a JR and his crew looking to fill the box with
sea bass. Bite was spotty at our first stop but that changed at our
second drop. Fish were hungry, and the size, very respectable for this
time of the season. Also managed a couple nice ling cod too. One of the
guys was putting on a conger eel catching clinic, I swear he must have
caught four of five of these nasty buggers. Back in the slip with 60
fish in the box.

His picture is in our Offshore Photo Gallery.

 


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WEEKLY “Gone Fishing” AT THE BEACH By Sue Foster June 24th, 2013

Saturday, June 22, 2013

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Jen Fath, Kim kohl help, Rich Winterbottom, Dave Chapman, Nick Mitola and Tim Smits went tuna fishing today with us. We went back to the same spot as yesterday and caught 15 tuna out of 20+ bites. Released 5 of them. Water temp was 68 to 70 degrees and water was a clear green. …



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Jen Fath, Kim kohl help, Rich Winterbottom, Dave Chapman, Nick Mitola and Tim Smits went tuna fishing today with us. We went back to the same spot as yesterday and caught 15 tuna out of 20+ bites. Released 5 of them. Water temp was 68 to 70 degrees and water was a clear green. We all enjoyed the great day.


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Tuna Day Again


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Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 22nd 2013


Jen Fath, Kim kohl help, Rich Winterbottom, Dave Chapman, Nick Mitola and Tim Smits went tuna fishing today with us. We went back to the same spot as yesterday and caught 15 tuna out of 20+ bites. Released 5 of them. Water temp was 68 to 70 degrees and water was a clear green. We all enjoyed the great day.


 


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Friday, June 21, 2013

Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 21st 2013

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Blue Marlin Kind of Day



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Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 21st 2013


Took a great crew consisting of David Abell, Matt Keen, Jimmy Pixton, Gary Rymer, Adam Waddell and Keith Cook out for a fishing adventure today. Adam and Keith, in a joint effort, caught the first Blue Marlin of OC’s 2013 season. Mate Ryan Knapp did a great job at dropping back to the marlin that ate a blue and black HE on the right long rigger in 65 fathoms among all the little yellowfin tuna we were throwing back. Captain Wayne Bradford kept the whole catching operation under control and brought the battle to a successful conclusion for both the marlin and the crew. Nice job everyone !!!


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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 19, 2013

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Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 19, 2013

Some parts of Maryland were pounded last night with heavy rains and flooding while other areas dodged the bullet. Blue skies and temperatures in the mid-80′s are predicted for the rest of the week so prospects for some fun fishing are good. Water temperatures are still favorable for all types of fishing so do your best to make time to head out and enjoy our fishing bounty in Maryland.


Fishermen in the lower Susquehanna River and surrounding areas in the very upper reaches of the bay continue to enjoy excellent fishing for White Perch in most areas. Casting and jigging a variety of small jigs, tubes, Beetle-Spins, spinnerbaits and spinners is a fun way to put a nice catch of White Perch together. There is good fishing for Striped Bass also along channel edges and deeper pockets of the Susquehanna; swim shads, crankbaits and live bait are all good choices to try. There are of course lots of Channel Catfish in the area and Flathead Catfish in the Conowingo Dam pool.


Water temperatures are still in the mid 70-degree range so shoreline fishing for a mix of Striped Bass, Channel Catfish and White Perch is a good option for shore bound anglers from Havre de Grace to the Bay Bridge. Casting small spinners or jigs such as shad darts is a fun way to catch perch on light tackle but bait fishing with grass shrimp or bloodworms is a good bet also. Svjetlanna Koretic was fishing at Fort Howard when she caught this whopping 14-1/4″ White Perch recently.



Courtesy of Zelijko Koretic


Upper bay fishermen have been very fortunate and grateful to be enjoying such good Striped Bass fishing for the last couple of weeks and that good fishing continues this week. Striped Bass are being caught by a variety of methods including trolling, chumming, live lining spot, jigging and casting. Trolling small spoons and bucktails along channel edges has been good and chumming in particular has been one of the most productive ways to put some nice Striped Bass in the fish box. Many of the traditional locations have been good such as Swan, Love and Podickory Points but channel edges have also been good. Most fishermen are spotting fish on their depth finders and then setting up on them. Live lining spot is of course one of the best ways to catch Striped Bass and the 30′ channel edges and the Bay Bridge piers are a good bet for trying your luck.

Below the Bay Bridge the fishing action can best be summed up in three words, “Life is good”. The fishing at Hackett’s has been good for a mix of croaker, Spot and White Perch and the outside edge has been a good place to chum or live line for Striped Bass. Other traditional spots such as Thomas Point, the Hill off Poplar Island and the Clay Banks have been great places to live line spot for a wonderful grade of Striped Bass in the 22″ to 28″ size range. Jigging can also be a good way to catch some Striped Bass and the channel edges in Eastern Bay and locations such as Thomas Point and out in front of Breezy Point are good places to scan with depth finders. Striped Bass fishing is fair to good in the lower bay region as fishermen report lack luster live lining action outside of the Gas Docks but good chumming action in the lower Potomac River. Fishermen wishing to troll for their Striped Bass are certainly not left out and most fishermen trolling are reporting catching a beautiful grade of fish along the edges of the shipping channel. Most are either trolling medium sized bucktails or swim shads behind umbrella rigs or in tandem or small spoons such as Drone and Crippled Alewife Spoons. Rick Mauk caught this nice 30″ Striped Bass while trolling a Drone Spoon near Thomas Point recently with friends.



Photo By Rich Watts


Fishing for a mix of croakers, White Perch and Spot has really picked up in the last week or so and fishermen are reporting some fun and productive fishing in the middle and lower bay regions and most of the tidal rivers. The croakers are being caught in the channels during the day on baits such as shrimp, squid and peeler crab, Spot tend to like bloodworms and White Perch seem to like it all. The tidal rivers on the western and eastern side of the bay down to Tangier Sound and up the Potomac are providing good to excellent fishing opportunities for fishermen.

Light tackle fishermen are having a ball this week casting along the shorelines of the bay and tidal rivers in the morning and evening hours catching a mix of White Perch, Striped Bass, small Red Drum and Speckled Trout. Most fishermen are using small spinners, spinnerbaits and tubes for White Perch and poppers and swim shads for the Striped Bass, Speckled Trout and Red Drum. A surprising number of the Red Drum this year are over the 18″ minimum size. There have also been reports of large Red Drum in the 40″ size range being caught and released in the general area above the Target Ship. Fishermen need to remember that the slot size for Red Drum is 18″ to 27″, one per day and the minimum size for a catch and release award certificate and entry into the Maryland Fishing Challenge has been changed to 36″ this year.


Recreational crabbers in the middle and lower bay regions are reporting fair to good crabbing in the regions tidal rivers and creeks. Most report that they are able to catch a full bushel per outing and some of the best crabbing success is being reported on the lower eastern side of the bay. Recreational crabbers are also reporting that they have been busy measuring crabs since many are barely legal or just under.


Freshwater fishermen in the western region are enjoying good fishing for Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass in the regions lakes such as Deep Creek Lake. These fisheries are drifting closer to a summer pattern of fishing so fishermen are targeting cover such as grass and floating docks with soft plastic baits. The Youghiogheny River Catch-and-Return Trout Fishing Area was recently stocked with 10,750 Brown Trout fingerlings. This trout fishery is supported with put-and-grow fingerling trout stockings, and has produced some exceptional trophy sized trout.


Owens Creek Catch-and-Return Area was stocked with 500 Brown Trout. Special regulations restrict fishing to artificial lures only. Fly fishing is particularly productive on Owens Creek during June and July using caddis and terrestrial patterns. Frequent rainfall has maintained excellent stream conditions.


In the central, southern and eastern regions of the state Largemouth Bass have been in a post-spawn feeding behavior for several weeks now and as water temperatures steadily rise they will begin to slip into a summer pattern of behavior. Topwater lures such as frogs, buzzbaits and poppers are good choices over grass and soft plastics such as craws and tubes around docks, sunken wood and bridge piers are a good bet. Spinnerbaits work well around the outside of grass beds and spatterdock fields and crankbaits along deeper channel edges. Richard Norris holds up a nice Rocky Gorge Largemouth Bass he caught on a spinnerbait recently.



Photo Courtesy of Richard Norris


Fisheries biologists recently stocked small (0.5-1.0 inch) Striped Bass from Cedarville Hatchery into Liberty Reservoir (~8,000) and Piney Run Reservoir (~2,000). The put-and-grow Striped Bass program at Piney Run and Liberty Reservoirs has been a big success over the years as stripers up to 40 inches and 24 pounds are being caught using chicken livers and large Golden Shiners as bait.

Ocean City area fishermen are finding good fishing in the surf for a mix of Kingfish, Spot, croaker, blowfish and a few small Bluefish. There are still a few large Striped Bass being caught but inshore sharks, dogfish and sting rays tend to make up the bulk of the action on larger cut baits fished in the surf.


Inside and around the inlet fishermen are catching mostly flounder during the day with a few Tautog now and then. Live lining Spot is a popular way to target larger flounder and fresh sand fleas are tempting bait for Tautog. At night the action tends to switch to fishing for Striped Bass and Bluefish as fishermen cast swim shads or drift live Spot. In the channels of the back bay areas flounder are being caught and fishermen report a lot of throwbacks of undersized flounder when using traditional squid or minnow baits. There are also croaker, Speckled Trout and Spot in the back bay areas and recreational crabbers are seeing an improvement.


Offshore fishermen are enjoying double digit catches of sea bass and a few ling and flounder around the wreck sites. Farther offshore some small mako sharks have been caught and some impressive catches of medium to large Yellowfin Tuna are coming in from the canyon areas.


“The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick is determined to get along with trout fishermen.” - Gordon MacQuarrie 1947




ABOUT THE AUTHOR



Keith Lockwood has been writing the Fishing Report since 2003 and has had a long career as a fisheries research biologist since 1973. Over the course of his career he has studied estuarine fishery populations, ocean species, and over a decade long study of bioaccumulation of chemicals in aquatic species in New Jersey. Upon moving to Oxford on the eastern shore of Maryland; research endeavors focused on a variety of catch and release studies as well as other fisheries related research at the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. Education and outreach to the fishing public has always been an important component to the mission of these studies. Keith is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing, bird dogs, family and life on the eastern shore of Maryland.





Maryland DNR Weekly Fishing Report Overview | June 19, 2013

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

17th Annual Mako Mania - Results

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Barr’s 209.5-pound mako shark takes top tournament honors


Courtesy  Ocean City Today


tournaments-mako-mania(June 14, 2013) The weather forecast factored into the 30-boat turnout for the 17th annual Mako Mania fishing event, held June 7-9, presented by Bahia Marina Tournaments.


“Considering the weather, I think it went off very well,” tournament co-organizer Earl Conley said. “The weather didn’t turn out as bad as forecasted.”


Some teams backed out because of the weather forecast, Conley said.


Three boats headed offshore in search of mako sharks, threshers and bluefish in last Friday’s rainy weather. Twenty-seven fished Saturday and all 30 of the tournament boats went out on Sunday with clear skies.


Nine makos were boated during the three-day tournament. Kelly Barr hooked the largest, a 209.5-pounder, while fishing on Moore Bills Sunday. The mako was worth $14,787.50.


Victor Muzzatti’s 144.8-pound mako, caught Sunday, took second-place honors. Muzzatti and his Stress Reel-ief team were awarded $18,979.50 because of participation in added entry level calcuttas.


Ken Thompson reeled in a 143.2-pound mako aboard First & More on Sunday to finish in third place. Thompson and his teammates received $6,225.50.


Nate Beck brought the only tournament bluefish to the Bahia Marina scale on 22nd Street. He landed a 12.8-pounder last Saturday on No Limits. The fish was worth $5,437.50.


No thresher sharks were caught during the competition.


Stress Reel-ief anglers also received the $1,000 W.W. Harman Award for the most sharks released with five.


“I want to thank the Harman family for hosting another successful tournament and the captains, anglers and mates for participating,” Conley said.



Cheri Coley caught this 95.6-pound mako shark Sunday, the final day of the 17th annual Mako Mania fishing tournament. The fish, weighed at Bahia Marina on 22nd Streetm didn’t meet the 100-pound tournament minimum.



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Another Good Tuna Day


Muff Diver Charter June 17th 2013Yep another good day at the Baltimore canyon. Had over 20 bites, caught 11, released 2 and took the other 9. Fishing with us were Chris & Tyler Holston, James Edmondson, Chaz & Stan Wasky. The largest tuna was about 70 pounds, weather much better than expected. Captain Wayne & Captain/Mate Ryan “Rambo ” did a great job as usual said old ( but very handsome) Captain Joe !!!


 


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Muff Diver Charter Fishing Report – June 17th 2013