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
Aug, 5 2013
Water Temp: 73.6
Fishing Report by Sue Foster
Hot drum fishing on the MD/Del Line on the bayside. Kingfish, spot and
small croaker in the surf, along with big rays and sand sharks.
Flounder fishing is good offshore. Sea bass fishing is happening.
Further offshore we have tuna, wahoo, marlin, and dolphin. Crabbing and
clamming has been decent.
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. 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 a free fishing zone. 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. Keeper flounder can be caught there if you are patient
and fish the slacking tides. When the tide is moving hard, fish
straight down. It's plenty deep! If you cast out during a hard running
tide, you will constantly get hung up! Anglers can also catch little
sea bass, spot, croaker, bluefish, tautog, puppy drum and trigger fish.
The Ocean Pier is another place you can fish without a MD License. You
can catch kingfish, croaker, spot, trout, puppy drum, snapper blues,
flounder, sharks and rays. You can catch anything on the pier that you
can catch from the surf. This week there were a lot of skates and
sharks.
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.
White Marlin Open starts today! Keep your eye on the leader board. We got
plenty t-shirts in both our stores starting at 19.99. We also got a few
2012's on sale at Fenwick Tackle. Mostly mediums and 2xls.
2013 White Marlin Open T's are also available Online.
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2013 Shark T's! In store or on Online.
Stopping in to Oyster Bay Tackle or Fenwick Tackle? Clip out a coupon
for xtra savings! Coupons
We had a couple slow days to wind, but on the whole it's been a great
year in the surf for kingfish(whiting) and spot." A kingfish rig (small
hooks) with a combination bait of bloodworm or Fishbite bloodworm with a
little strip of squid or any kind of cut bait will catch you kingfish,
spot, and small trout. Not much large stuff to catch unless you want
sharks and big rays. They are there!
Jeff Pearce e-mailed in his picture and report to me at Oyster Bay
Tackle: "I caught and released this 21" rock off beach 7/29/13 at 8:30
am on white gulp with a strip of fishbite bloodworm. Great fight on my
light bass rod!"
His picture is in our Surf Fishing Photo Gallery.
I like to use a piece of bloodworm or Fishbites and add a small strip of
cut bait such as that fresh caught spot when I fish for kings!
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.)
Oyster Bay Tackle and Fenwick Tackle snapped a lot pictures this week!
Joe Surmacy from Pittsburgh, Pa caught a 23 inch Flounder on a Gotcha
Plug from the RT 50 Bridge during a Incoming Tide.
Ed Bush of Selbyville, DE came into Fenwick Tackle with a 6 pound black
Drum on cut bait and squid. He fishes the bridge on Rt. 54 regularly.
Matt Slentz and Lauren Redding came into Fenwick Tackle with more black
drum- The largest was 6 pounds 1-1/2 ounces caught in Fenwick Island on
the bayside on sand fleas.
Travis and Steven Baker weighed in at Fenwick Tackle a 3 pound 13 oz red
drum 21 -inches long caught from the Rt. 50 Bridge on 7/28/13
Matt Slentz came into Fenwick Tackle with a 23-inch, 6 pound 1 oz black
drum caught in Fenwick Island Bay on 7/26
The next day, Matt Slentz came into Fenwick Tackle with a 22-inch, 4
pound 6 1/2 oz red drum caught from the Fenwick Island Bay on 7/27.
I was sent a picture of a 19" croaker on 7/20/2013 caught on blood worms
from a boat drifting the Fenwick Ditch.
Jim Patton caught a nice 23.5 inch Flounder using Chartreuse Gulp and
Live Minnow during a Incoming Tide along the East Channel.
Tyler Morse came in this weekend with another 20 inch Red Drum caught in
the bay around 116th St using Cut Spot as bait! Wow!
These pictures are in our Inshore Photo Gallery.
Jack McCoy and Lou Hionis of Fenwick Island DE came in to Fenwick Tackle
to have their pictures snapped with Triggerfish. 20 caught, 20 throw
backs all on sand fleas while fishing a wreck outside the inlet on the
boat "Wishing Fishing" with Capt Rick Kennedy.
His picture is in our Offshore Photo Gallery.
J.J. from the Oceanic Pier (410-289-2602) reported an excellent week on
some good sized flounder. The pier also saw blues, shad, trout, and
croaker. A great place to spend a couple hours, especially on the
incoming tide. (You do not need a fishing license to fish the Oceanic
Pier.)
Route 50 Bridge has seen flounder by day along with a few blues and some
trout. At night the fare is bluefish, trout, and stripers. Usually blues
come around on an East Wind. Striper fishing has been up and down. Just
got to go up there and try it. They are there, just hard to get keepers
in the summertime!
Larry Jock of the Coastal
Fisherman reports on Sunday: "Head boat, "Morning Star" dropped 4
1/2 tons of concrete oyster castles at the Jimmy Jackson Reef on the
Bass Grounds and still had time to do some fun fishing, returning with
flounder weighing up to 5 lbs. 4 oz."
On Saturday: "Jim Simon dropped by the office to have his picture
taken with two flounder and a spadefish he caught while fishing off
the wall on the north side of the OC Inlet. Spadefish weighed 5 lbs. 4
oz.
On Friday, 12:00 PM - Head boat, "Bay Bee" returned from the morning
trip with 4 keepers between 16 3/4 inches and 19-inches. Caught behind
Harbour Island and in the Inlet towards the Commercial Harbor on
shiners and squid. 4:00 PM - The head boat, "Morning Star" brought back
some nice sea bass and flounder, led by the infamous, Tucker "WGFF"
Colquhoun with a 6 lb. flounder caught on a strip of squid."
Capt Jeff from Hellbent Charters e-mailed in his report this week:
"Fishing the last three days has been very tough. Thrusdsy's rain made
the water dirty and with an outgoing tide all weekend in the morning and
early afternoon. The cold front which blew in last night did not help
the bite either. We were able to catch fish but we hard to work hard to
catch them. Lots of throwbacks. White Gulp worked well with live
minnowsva close second. The commercial harbor produced the most Founder
over the weekend with the area behind Harbor Island a close second. Next
week looks cool and only a slight chance of rain so that should make for
some good fishing. Still time to book a trip so give me call 717
574,4010 or email me at helbentchaters@hotmail.com. Check out my website
at helbent charters.com See you on the water."
Capt Jeff is one of the few charters going out of North Ocean City.
Dave Beall of Dave's Delmarva First Mate Service reported this week:
"This past week has been tough at Indian River Inlet. There are some big
Flounder but the Bite is at first light and only lasts for a short time.
I don't know if it is the dredging that is responsible for this or just
a trend. There have been a few more Trout on the north side but they are
biting the best at first light and at dusk. There have been some
Stripers at the tide change around the old pilings. You really have to
work to get fish to bite lately. One day they bite at a slow current and
the next they want a fast current. I have found that you have to wait
them out. Start well before the tide change and fish well after. The
bite will happen eventually. If you are using artificials like I do you
may need to change baits several times to find the right bait. Size and
color appear to be a factor big lately. Have a GREAT WEEK, Dave" Check
out his new web site.
Flounder and Surf, Rig and Lure Packages, Selection of Swimming Shads or Gotcha Plugs!
Crabbing was OK this week. Northside Park at 125th Street is a good
place to crab. There's plenty spot fish to catch there too. You can also
crab from the Isle of Wight at 62nd Street, Convention Hall at 41st
Street, Jamestown Road (the whole city park side of the lagoon), 9th
Street Pier, or Assateague State Park.
If you want to go clamming from the shore in Ocean City you can clam
behind the Convention Center at 41st Street or go to Assateague. No
license required for crabbing or clamming in MD Coastal Bays. We have
been renting and selling rakes and vacationers are catching clams!
Capt. Monty on the "
Morning Star reports on Aug 2nd:
"Fish Report 8/2/13
Fish Report 8/2/13 Flounder/Sea Bass Mix Continues (another) Reef
Building Trip
Destination: Jimmy's Reef Special Reef Building Trip Sunday, August 4th
– Meet At 6 AM To Load The Boat With Approx. 100 Oyster Castle Reef
Blocks And 55 Concrete Planks — After Deploying The Material We'll Fluke
Fish For A Couple Hours — Eight Sells Out — $35.00 each — Sponsorships
Available For Strong & Youthfully Exuberant Workers — Call In A
Reservation And Leave A Good Contact Number.. This reef trip is NOT
likely to offer great fishing.. Blocks Are 30 Pounds Each — They Get
Heavy! Back Around 1PM(ish) — Bring Your Own Gloves, Lunch & Fluids.
Tackle Will Be Provided Or BYO.. See Video Link Of Last Trip In Letter
Below
Sailing Daily Reservations For Sea Bass/Flounder Trips at 410 - 520 -
2076. See much more info at http://morningstarfishing.com
Bring A (not so big) Fish Cooler With ICE For Your Party.. We want to
avoid keeping the chips & hoagies cold while fresh fish cook in a hot
bucket..
From Coastal Fisherman: See Our Latest "Show You Around The Boat" Video
For New Clients (many regulars have pics in it).
http://www.coastalfisherman.net/charter-info.cfm?c=9861A6B2-3048-71C2-
1762E62F1DFB4D0B
Eight Hour 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..
6,264 'Oyster Castle' Reef Blocks By The Rail. Now 1,918 at Jimmy's —
1,010 at Ake's. Soon Need To Fund Another Truckload..
Greetings All, Typical for summer; the fishing's not easy but we're
sending almost everyone home with a good fish fry, some days much
better. The mix of flounder/cbass has been more even – occasionally
catching flounder on clam and sea bass on strip baits.. You will need a
fish cooler, just not a large one.
Last Sunday's reef building trip was a real workout. We loaded 4.5 tons
of concrete in the form of 45 planks & 144 blocks; Took it as far away
as we legally could. Here's a video one of the fellows took:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwlIkPTWUF4 Believe me, those volunteers
deserved a lot more fish than we caught.
I want to try a different way of making plank units Sunday. Maybe get
them to stand up..
White Marlin Open is this week coming. I've written a letter about our
waters turning green over the last 50 years for publication in Coastal
Fisherman. Marlin need clean water to feed…
Reef Restoration Makes Fishery Restoration Simple. Very few see the
connection from oysters to white marlin. I'll try..
Regards, Monty "
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/
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Capt Chris Mizurak of the Angler (410-289-7424) e-mailed in on Aug 1st:
"Its been a while since our last report. Seabass fishing has been
mediocre over the last month. Most days we are sending everyone home
with enough for dinner. We did catch our largest seabass of the year
last week. This fish tipped the scaled at a even 5lbs. Flounder fishing
has improved since our last report. We are catching a handful of
keepers on just about every trip, and some days more. We are sailing
daily from 730am to 2pm and the cost is $65. The price includes rod,
reel,bait and tackle. 10hr trips and 18hr tile trips will start late
September. Please call 410-289-7424 for reservations and more
information."
Capt Victor of the Ocean Princess e-mailed in on July 2nd:
"The Ocean Princess is sailing two trips daily 8am to 12 noon and 1pm to
5pm. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays the Ocean Princess also
takes a night trip from 6pm to 10pm. For reservations or additional
information call 410-289-6226."
Joe at Lewes Harbour Marina (302-645-6227) reports on Aug 1st: "Ocean bottom fishing has
been pretty good. The Old Grounds between DB and DA Buoys continue to
give up nice flounder and some keeper sea bass. Reef Sites 9 and 10
produced flatties too, but Site 11 outside the shipping lane offered up
better catching. Captain Brent's flukers on the Katydid worked 11
Monday for a boat limit of 32 fine flatfish. Ron Mistretta put a
citation worthy 7.72 pounder in the box as the day's heaviest. Katydid
drifted the Old Grounds Monday to capture 13 keepers. Hang Soo had a
pair scaling 5.5 and 5.6 pounds. Jack Henriksen decked a 5 pound
flounder and a 2.1 pound sea bass. On Sunday, patrons on Katydid took
home 15 flounder. Captain Vince on Miss Kistin hosted Bill and
Charlotte Hughes Wednesday for a trip to the Old Grounds. They returned
with a limit of flatfish to 5.43 pounds. Captain Carey on the Grizzly
reported that anchoring over inshore wrecks was productive for his
customers. He hooked up to a snag Saturday for a boxful that included
104 seabass, 62 ling and a 9.4 pound cod. Captain Brian ran Lil' Angler
II to Del Jersey Land where he set up on the Radford for a good catch
of knothead sea bass Saturday. The Quintessa drifted site 11 Saturday
for a nice batch of flounder, including Eric Meck's 5.9 pounder.
In Delaware Bay, bottom bouncers are still finding loads of croakers in
the 8 to 10 inch range, with a few over 12 mixed in. Plenty of spot,
kingfish, blowfish and spike trout round out the assortment of panfish.
Leon Zimmerman told of catching several nice trout while tossing pink
Gulps along the Outer Wall. Flounder action in the Bay has been spotty
at best. Bites have been limited to the beginning and end of the tide
around the reef sites. Captain Pete's guys on Top Fin bucktailed 7
quality keeper fluke while anchored on Site 5 Saturday. Steve Friend
checked in 3 fat fluke to 6.01 pounds he caught at Roosvelt inlet with
Gulp! Closer to shore, lots of spot and croakers were caught from the
Cape Henlopen Pier and in Lewes Canal.Emily Wilber wound in her limit
of two 25 inch slot stripers from the Canal while baiting with live
spot.
Offshore bottom action was good too. The boys aboard Candy's choice
captured 14 golden tile in the Wilmington Saturday. The guys on Sword's
Fish boxed 6 golden tile plus a 41.3 pound wahoo and 41 mahi Wednesday.
Katydid set up on the Hot Dog Saturday for a 107 pound slob yellowfin.
The crew also iced a 75 pound bluefin, then moved offshore for a mix of
93 blueline and golden tilefish. Tranquila trolled the Teacup Tuesday
to boat a 40 pound yellowfin and 6 mahi to 16.7 pounds. The offshore
bite down south has been real good. Jason Massey and his buddies aboard
Tighten Up overnighted in the Washington for more than 35 yellowfins.
Scott Stapleford and friends kept a limit of yellowfins from many they
caught while towing single bulb squids in the Washington."
For more info check out Joe's entire report.
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 Aug 1st:
Another good week of summer weather and some pretty decent fishing to go
along with the weather here at the Wharf. Flounder action has continued
to be fairly steady, Croaker fisherman have enjoyed some of the best
fish catching action in the Delaware Bay so far this year and the
offshore action continues to be red hot out in the canyons and even the
inshore lumps with the Yellowfin and the Bluefin Tuna.
With the exception of a couple of weather related setbacks, the Flounder
fishing on my Full-Day trips remains very productive. We continue to see
good Flounder catching action on just about every trip. In the days
since my last report I have seen hands down the best Flounder trip of
the year as well as two of the worst Flounder trips of the year.
Including an early day at the dock with six to eight foot waves and only
1 keeper and the following day when they just didn't bite in the
residual ground swell and having only landed three keepers for the
entire day, we have still managed to land over 200 keepers in just this
past week.
Up in the Delaware Bay Capt. Mike reports very good action with the
Croakers. His Jr. Anglers have seen some fast and furious action with
Croakers averaging anywhere from just barely legal to up to about as
foot long for the bigger variety. Capt. Mike has also seen a couple of
keeper Flatties on occasion and they continue to see several Kingfish
and small Trout and Puffers at times showing plenty of bites and some
keeper fish for supper and keeping the Half-Day patrons on their toes
and attentive at the rail. It has been a good summer so far up in the
Bay for the scrappy little Croakers and with the amount of them that
seem to be around this fishery should continue strong throughout the
remainder of the summer and beyond. Hopefully they will continue to get
a little bigger as the summer progresses into the fall season like they
normally do and continue to fill up the bags and the coolers!
Our Summer schedule will continue with daily trips sailing both Full and
Half-Day. Full day trips will be targeting the Flounder and a few Bass
and the Half-Day trips will continue to target the Croakers. Look for
updates with the special trips on the trip schedule from our home page
at fishlewes.com or on facebook and 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 an upcoming special trip
please give us a call at (302) 645-TUNA.
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 29th: "Plenty
of small fish in the surf. Spot, kings and croakers. Small hooks with
real of fake bloodworms are the number one bait. Nothing else is even a
close second. The fish are tight to the beach. Literally right behind
the breaking waves. Very few bluefish and no stripers on the beach now.
Hopefully in the fall. Blues, tautog, sheepshead, triggerfish, and
croakers in the Inlet during the day. The bluefish run has been sporadic
at best. Some days they come in on the tide and then disappear for a day
or two. It has been an odd year for bluefish. We did hear about some
blues coming in the Inlet after dark the last few days. The flounder are
moving through the Inlet on their summer migration offshore to deeper,
cooler water. They are tight to the rocks with Gulp Alive Mullet being
the best bait when fished on a 1/2 ounce lead head. The striper bite has
been at night on live sand fleas and live eels. Its not been a hot bite
but its consistent with this time of year. Heat and boat traffic drive
the fish deep during the daytime.. Flounder, spot, blues and croakers in
the Inland bays. As always the VFW slough and the entrance to Masseys
are the hot spots. The Old Grounds (southeast of B Buoy) has been
productive for some nice flounder and the occasional seabass."
Bill's Sport Shop (302-645-7654) in Lewes, DE reports:"Overall report of
what anglers can expect this week: Flounder, croaker, weakfish,
bluefish, kingfish, blowfish and spot at Cape Henlopen Pier Weakfish and
flounder in the Broadkill, Canal and Roosevelt Inlet. Red fish, black
puppy drum, weakfish and flounder at the Indian River Inlet. Surf
fisherman are lucking out with king fish. Back bays and Massey ditch are
producing spot, croaker, flounder and puppy drum. B buoy, Old Grounds
and Site 11 are producing sea bass and flounder. Site 10 is seeing
flounder, threshers, tiger and hammerhead. Hot dog, blue fish. Ham Bone
and Chicken Bone, bluefin. Canyons, yellow fin, big eye, dolphin, white
and blue marlin and wahoo
" 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:
08/02/13 Running east with a crew of four, one of which happens to be
the son-in-law of the previous owner of my boat. Arrived at some bottom
gear in 60 fathoms looking for the mahi. Spent a few hours going
ball-to-ball with light tackle filling the box with mahi. The numbers
weren’t as good as a couple days ago but good enough to hit our limit
before the late night, lack of sleep and early leave took there toll on
three of the guys.
07/31/13 Out with a super crew from West Chester, PA. Threw-out the
spread after 50 miles. The first hour yielded two mahi and one skipjack.
Shortly after that we happened upon some long-line gear that was holding
mahi. Pulled in the trolling baits and broke-out the light tackle. The
rest of the day was an absolute blast going ball-to-ball and crushing
the mahi. With 15 minutes left in the day the magic number was hit. We
even put a few in the box for the crew. Back in the slip with 47 in the
box.
07/30/13 Two half-day trips found decent flounder action on the AM trip
as well as a good sea bass bite, be it most were throwbacks, on the
second trip. Total combined keepers were 8 flounder and 10 sea bass.
Larry Jock of the Coastal
Fisherman reports from offshore on Sunday: "3:15 PM - Charter boat,
"That's Right" returned from trolling in the Washington Canyon with a
limit of 33 yellowfins in the box for their 11 person trip."
On Saturday Larry Jock reports: " Charter boat, "Why Not" weighed an
impressive 105 lb. wahoo, caught around the 461 Lump.Charter boat,
"Restless Lady" returned with 21 yellowfins from the Washington Canyon.
"That's Right" had 24 yellowfins in the Washington Canyon. "Burn N
Bills" weighed a 48 lb. wahoo caught in the Poor Man's. They also had a
yellowfin.Charter boat, "Marli" returned from the Washington Canyon
with 22 yellowfins. "Old School" called in to report 3 gaffer dolphins
at the Sausages. Charter boat, "Rhonda's Osprey" caught 2 bluefins at
the Hot Dog. Charter boat, "Sushi" caught 20 yellowfins at the
Washington."
There were more reports... This gives gives you an idea of what comes in
from offshore!
Wilson Cropp Charters and Guide Service. Cape Charles, VA- 1-434-531-6376)
Stripers....Flounder....Drum... Speckled Trout....Tog... Eco tours
as well.
Dave Beall has retired from his "real job" and has set up a little local
First Mate Service. I have a lot of anglers ask to pay someone to go out
with them on their new boat and show them the waters and how to fish. I
also have anglers that would like to pay someone to teach them how to
fish off the beach. Check out his new web site.
(Just a note to say to my readers that many of my fishing reports are
from other anglers and party boats that come over my e-mail. When I
"copy/paste" their reports I try to leave them intact. It keeps the
fishing reports lively and interesting. But any comments/politics
within the quotes are their comments and views, and not necessarily
mine.)
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James A. Donofrio, executive director of the Recreational Fishing
Alliance has been actively working on the fisheries crisis. The RFA
believes the future of our fisheries is dependent on fixing the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act which has laid
down strict time-frames that do not take into account livelihoods and
that a fishery is rebounding steadily.
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Maryland Fishing License
Anglers fishing in Ocean City will need to purchase a saltwater
fishing license. This license will cover both the Chesapeake Bay and
the coastal waters and surf of Ocean City and Assateague Island. Yes,
this includes surf fishing. If you already have a Chesapeake Bay
Saltwater license you are good to go! Anglers will be able to purchase
the license
online or come to Oyster Bay Tackle to purchase one. Please bring
cash to buy your fishing license in our store. If you go online, Logon
if you have ever had a MD fishing or hunting license in the past or
Enroll if you never had. Fill in all the information and click on
"Purchase License" The license you want to choose is "Bay and Coastal
Sport" You can either choose a year-round or 7-day. If you know you are
coming to Ocean City,and you want to get it done ahead of time you can
also call a toll free number (1-855-855-3906) or print and mail in an application.
Boat Licenses: $50 and everyone on your boat can go fishing without a
license. You will get a personal license along with your boat license,
so you can go shore fishing as well. They will send you your sticker for
your boat in the mail. If you come to Oyster Bay Tackle, we have the
2013 stickers for sale.
Mail the application to their main office:
Maryland Dept. of Natural resources Annapolis Service Center P.O. Box
1869 1804 West Street, Suite 300 Annapolis, MD 21401
If you are going to be fishing on a private boat with someone who has a
Boat License, you don't have to buy a license, but you do have to register
online. This is free and is done on the same site that you would buy
a license. Logon if you have ever had a MD fishing or hunting license or
Enroll if you never had. Fill in all the information and click on
"Obtain Registration" to print your free registration. Print out your
number and keep an id with you when you go fishing. You can also call
1-855-855-3906 during daytime hours. Be sure to write down the number
they give you. That will be your temporary license. (You also need to
get a free registration if you fish one of the free fishing areas in
Ocean City.)
Another interesting note about the license is that if you buy a VA
license, it is good in MD, and vice versa. If you are fishing in MD with
a VA licence you do need to register with MD online. Again, this is
free. This is so each state can "try" to figure out "how many" fish are
being caught in their own individual states. (VA Free Registry)
If you want to go fishing in Ocean City without a license, your choices
will be the "Oceanic Pier," the "Ocean Pier" or to go fishing on a party
or charter boat. You can now go fishing in one of the "free zones." 2nd
through 4th Street Bulkhead or Northside Park. (You need the free MD
registry to fish in these two areas.) Come to Oyster Bay Tackle and we
can do that for you. You can also go crabbing and clamming in Ocean City
without a license. Or you can fish off your own private dock.
Ocean City now has two free fishing zones. The bulkhead from 2nd to 4th
Street (Chicago Ave.) and the Northside Park at 125th Street. You do not
need a license in these two places but you do need a "free registry." Go
here to
register online. This is free and can also be done over the phone during
daytime hours of 7-7 at 1-855-855-3906. We can also do your free
registry at Oyster Bay Tackle.
Senior citizens 65 and older. Cost is $5 if you have a MD driver's
license and are a resident of MD, but if you are a non-resident there is
no break. No break for boat licenses either. $50 resident or
non-resident.
Contact Info If you have any questions regarding Maryland's sport
fishing license requirements, you may contact Fisheries Service via e
mail: customerservice@dnr.state.md.us or by calling (410-656-9526).
Following is the fee schedule for 2012 & 2013:
Senior License (year round) - $5.00 Resident License (year round) -
$15.00 Resident License (7-day) - $6.00 Non-resident (year round) -
$22.50 Non- resident (7-day) - $12.00 Pleasure Boat Decal (covers
everyone on boat - year round) - $50.00 Commercial Fishing Pier License
(year round) - $290.00
No license is required for: Boat decal passengers Those fishing in "free
fishing" areas Those fishing from their waterfront properties Anglers
under 16 years old Anglers fishing on a licensed charter, party or guide
boat Anglers fishing commercially under a valid license
For more information, log onto www.dnr.state.md.us
If you have any fish reports please e-mail Sue Foster at: Oyster Bay Tackle. E-mail me your
name and where you are from so we can put you in our weekly fish
reports!
E-mail Sue Foster at: Oyster Bay Tackle if you have any questions about our inventory or if you
want to place an order for an item we do not have on-line.
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