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, 12th 2013
Water Temp: 75.2
Fishing Report by Sue Foster
Flounder fishing was just OK this week, but not great. We had a nice
sheepshead weighed in. Kingfish, spot and small croaker still in the
surf, along with lots of reports of big shark releases. A few more
bluefish were reported this week on finger mullet. Flounder and sea bass
fishing is happening offshore. Sea trout on the Oceanic Pier at night.
Remember, you are only allowed to keep one. Further offshore we have
tuna, wahoo, marlin, and dolphin. Crabbing and clamming is still going
on.
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.
Dave Beach caught a nice keeper flounder here this week!
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.
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 is over! To see the results check out the leader board. We got
plenty t-shirts in both our stores starting at 19.99. We also got a
very 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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Anglers are still catching kingfish, spot, small croaker, sea trout, and
some snapper blues in the surf. For kingfish and spot use 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. More bluefish were
reported in the surf, especially from the Delaware surf around Bethany.
I had three good reports of snapper blue catches, midweek, for anglers
using finger mullet. Quite a few shark releases were reported to my
e-mail this week!
Don Bouchelle e-mailed in his report and picture from this Sunday: "Hi
Fenwick tackle. Got some super fresh bunker from your shop and hit the
surf. Got this shark that was about 53 inches and full of energy. One
picture then it was released unharmed. Thanks! Tight lines!"
Bill Trackim e-mailed in his picture of an 18" flounder he caught in
the surf on Sunday plus his report: "Also wanted to mention caught 2
blues (14" & 15") on squid/bloodworm combo (not cut bait offerings) and
none of the summer bottom feeders."
Joseph and Michael Ienzi e-mailed in their report and pic of the shark.
"We hooked up on approx. 5 foot plus sandbar shark on the second cast
of the evening. Surf fishing with their Dad on 123rd Street."
Mike Moss e-mailed in on Saturday: "Caught this dusky right behind your
shop tonight"
Keith Herzog e-mailed in his picture of a dusky shark caught and
released in the surf on finger mullet on a finger mullet rig earlier
this week.
These aren't sharks but a great "first fish" story! Mike Moss's
coworkers kids (Paul and Aliza Hartman) caught their first fish in the
surf! Here's his report: "Wanted to share, I came by your shop to get a
rod&reel, tackle box full of stuff and a spike in the hopes of turning
a 8 & 6 year old into future fishermen. It worked!...first time surf
fishing these 2 caught and released 8 croaker,spot and even landed a
keeper flounder for their mom on her birthday."
All these pictures are in our Surf Fishing Photo Gallery.
"Hammy" posted on Stripers Online on the 6th: "I had my third
consecutive "bug free" trip last night (Monday, 8/5) and third straight
trip with decent catches compared to the time spent fishing. We landed
11 total fish, including 3 kings, 3 spot, 2 blues, a small croaker, a
skate and a ray! Fishing wasn't as steady as last week, but still not
bad. Unlike last week, the fish didn't bite at all last night until the
sun really started to set. Our first spot, produced not a bite, whereas
that same spot produced shark after shark last week, regardless of tide
and time of day or tide! Just goes to show that the entire beach is NOT
all the same."
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 only snapped one picture this week
put it was a good one!
June Bowers from Martinsburg, West Va caught a nice citation Sheepshead
weighing in at 8 pounds using Sand Fleas during the incoming tide at the
Ocean City Inlet.
This picture is in our Inshore Photo Gallery.
Her picture is in our Offshore Photo Gallery.
J.J. from the Oceanic Pier (410-289-2602) reported a good week on some
nice keeper flounder. The pier also saw blues, shad, trout, kingfish and
croaker. Little sea bass for the kids to catch. A great place to spend
a couple hours, especially on the incoming tide. At night the fare was
blues, trout, and shad under the lights.Spec Rigs and Sabiki rigs tipped
with Fishbite bloodworms were the ticket. (You do not need a fishing
license to fish the Oceanic Pier.)
Route 50 Bridge has seen flounder and blues by day. Some tautog are
being caught near the pilings close to the draw. At night the fare is
bluefish, trout, and stripers. Usually blues come around on an East
Wind. Should be a good week for that! Striper fishing has been up and
down.
Larry Jock of the Coastal Fisherman reports on Friday: "Dave Beach caught a 21.5", 3 lb. 7
oz. flounder during the incoming tide at the 2nd St. Bulkhead."
On Saturday Larry reports: "Headboat, "Morning Star" had some nice
flounder today, led by Tom Lane's 23-incher. Caught on cut bait on
natural bottom."
On Thursday Larry reports: "The charter boat, "Get Sum" returned from
their morning trip with 4 keeper flounder caught in the East Channel on
Gulp! Head boat, "Morning Star" returned with some sea bass caught on
clams at a natural reef.Charter boat, "Get Sum" had 4 flounder during
their afternoon trip, caught in the Fishbowl and in the East Channel on
white Gulp! Trevor Mathias had 2 keeper flounder in the East Channel
near the Coast Guard Station."
Capt Jeff from Hellbent Charters e-mailed in his report this week:
"Fishing the last four days was fair when the wind was not blowing 15 to
20 out the south like on Thursday and Friday. The cold front came thru
Friday night and changed the wind to out of the west.Today was the
calmest day I fished all year. We did find fish everyday but we had to
work hard to find them. We caught fish st all the usual places, near the
airport, commercial harbor, inlet, next to the Rt. 50 bridge, mussel
beds north of Bird Island and near Harbor Island. Lots of small
Flounder with a few keepers mixed in. I had a good customer come to town
to fish for Croakers on Friday and we did catch a few that were all too
small to keep. The croakers still have not really showed up in any
quanty or this summer but lets hope they still show up soon. White Gulp
was the bait of choice this weekend and out fished live minnows, squid
and shrimp. There is still a few dates open to take that trip you been
thinking about all summer. Give me a call at 717 574 4010 or email me
helbentcharters@hotmail.com. Check out my website and the latest picture
at helbentcharters.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:
"Flounder fishing was good and catching improved leading up to the new
moon as well. They say "When your catching you're not learning anything
but you will learn if you are not catching." Well, at the beginning of
last week I was not catching anything with the full proof method that I
was using so I switched to the way my friend Stan was fishing. If you
had told me a week earlier that I would need to use a 5/8 jig head with
a 4" unscented soft plastic I would have thought that you were crazy.
Further more I was supposed to let it drag in the mud and not jig the
bait. Well after I got the hang of it I started catching fish. Stan
caught a 23 1/2' inch flounder and a 27 1/2" flounder among several
others with that method. I limited one day with fish from 18 to 22
inches and caught several other fish as well. I'll have to store that
little tidbit of knowledge away in my memory banks for the future. The
way thing go though, watch the trend go back to small baits against the
bank again. There are some Trout at Indian River Inlet as well. My
Friend Keith caught a 23 1/2" weakie this am but most of the trout are
small. Have a GREAT WEEK, Dave" Check out his new web site.
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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 11th:
"Greetings All, Typical for late summer; fishing's not always easy.
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.. There are days,
however, when one species dominates. This Saturday was all flounder.
Last Saturday was all sea bass.. If you really have your heart set on
one species and not the other — stay away. We will fish for what's
biting – not what you were hoping for..
Backward. Sea bass seemed like the thing Friday so I got on the PA
system & advised everyone to stay with cbass baits. Next drop we had 4
keeper flounder, some on clam. Mr. Charles was high-hook on flatties &
took everyone's money. Tuesday we had a nice shot of fluke – several
fellows limited-out – but precious few cbass. I should mention VW Bob
would have won the pool if we'd had one on our reef building trip last
Sunday. He did limit & win the pool on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
with flounder. Thursday a sea bass finally beat him.. He fishes an
enormous bucktail with a smaller one tied above; a rig I can never get
to work! Good days & clunkers; We really have to work for a catch.
Clients have to work at it too. You will need a fish cooler, just not a
large one. "
Go to " Morning Star to read Capt Monty's entire newsletter...
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Capt Chris Mizurak of the Angler (410-289-7424) e-mailed in on Aug 12th:
"Not much change in the fishing over the last week. We still are having
a slow pick on the seabass, some days better than others. Flounder
fishing is decent when the weather cooperates. The largest flounder of
the week tipped the scales at 4.5lbs. We are sailing daily from 730am
to 200pm. The cost is $65 per person which includes rod,reel, and bait.
Please call 410-289-7424 for more information and reservations. Thanks
and hope to see you soon!"
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 8th: "...Offshore deep
dropping has been productive. Captain Chris on the Quintessa dropped in
the Wilmington Tuesday for 6 big golden tiles from 20 to 35 pounds. On
Wednesday, Chris went back Wednesday and brought in 15 quality gray
tiles to over 15 pounds. Captains Brent and Dave fished the Wilmington
Tuesday aboard Katydid to capture a yellowfin and a box full of nice
blueline tilefish. Inshore bottom fishing has been pretty good. The
fishin' Falgowski family joined Captain Brent for an Ocean outing on
Katydid Friday, and returned with 24 keeper flounder to 5.6 pounds.
Mike Schreiber fished Site 11 Friday aboard the Sea Note, and caught
his personal best flounder, weighing 5.8 pounds. Captain Carey on the
Grizzly hosted Joe Shaffer and family Saturday, when they put 16
flounder, triggerfish, sea bass and all the crokers they wanted in the
box. Captain Les on Martha Marie had 11 keepers for his patrons while
working Bay reefs Saturday. Captain Pete on Top Fin hit Ocean Reef
Structure Saturday for 9 keeper flatties. Wayne Demarco drifted ner
Site 11 Sunday for his limit of fluke to 5.34 pounds. A bucktail and
smelt combo was the key to success. Captain Vince ran Miss Kirstin to
the Brown Shoal reefs where Bill and Charlotte Hughes had their limits
of both trout and flounder. Captain Brent's flukers aboard Katydid had
23 keeper flatties on Bay reef structure today. The bottomfish bonanza
continues in Delaware Bay. Hardheads have been plentiful just about
everywhere, but remain small for the most part. Some bigger ones can be
found on heavy structure. Anchoring on reef rubble resulted in some
better specimens. Captain Brian on Lil' Angler II set up on a wreck for
a load of croakers to 2 pounds, porgies and triggerfish. There are
spike trout, hand sized spot and kingfish mixed with croakers at most
locations. Many of the kings have been respectable. Alice Harness had a
1.43 pound citation earner, Audra Babb boated a 1.17 pounder, Joe Hacay
got a 1.16 pound king, and Eric Thompson landed a 1.09 pound kingfish,
all on Angler headboat trips. Sam Cregar captured a 1.02 pound king on
the Indian, and Jo Ann Droege decked a 1.11 pounder on the Pirate
King."
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 8th:
It's been another decent week of fishing here at Fisherman's Wharf.
Capt. H.D. actually loaded up and came home a little early from his
Long-Range Tile fishing trip this past weekend, The Croakers have been
plentiful on the inshore charters and the Half-Day trips, and the
Flounder continue to both please and frustrate anglers on a daily basis.
Conditions have been the key to our success as par normal with our
Flounder fishing. We have encountered a few days with very little or
even no drift and there has also been times where we struggled with 12
ounces of lead or more just to stay in touch with the bottom when the
winds were against the tides. We have actually seen both cases on the
same day a few times. While the Flounder fishing seems to be nowhere
nearly as productive as it was for the better part of last summer it
still remains pretty consistent. We have managed a decent number of
keepers on just about every trip and we continue to see some quality
fish in the mix. Just this past week we weighed in two more citation
fish over seven and eight pounds and we have had countless fish in the
three to five pound category. My biggest complaint about our fishing
right now is I just can't say that we are getting the action that I
think we should be seeing at this time of the year. Usually we are
weeding through literally hundreds of short and measurable fish in
August and we are just not consistently seeing that type of action right
now. The weather continues to be our worst enemy but there are times
that we question if there is really that many fish around at all, and if
so where will they show up next. Just when we think it's really turning
on we have another setback with the weather or the drift so it's been
hard to tell just what's going on at times.
The Delaware Bay continues to please the inshore bottom fishermen.
Croakers are plentiful, there are lots of spike Trout around and there
are still plenty of Kingfish and Spot biting from time to time. Capt.
Mike reports another good week of catching the pan sized Croakers in
fact he has called in the reinforcements for cleaning fish between his
trips and has even complained that he was running out of bags to keep
the fish in! These Croakers continue to provide plenty of bites and
plenty of fish catching action for the Jr. anglers as well as those that
want to try and fill up the buckets with fish in a short amount of time.
The Croaks range anywhere from measurable up to about thirteen inches
for the bigger ones. There are also signs that there are a few more
bigger fish starting to show up a little more regularly. These fish will
be around for several more weeks and are the perfect way to get the
young ones started out fishing with the action that they can provide
keeping the Jr. fishermen's interest.
Our Summer schedule continues at the Wharf with both Full and Half Day
trips sailing seven days a week. I will be running the Full-Day trips
departing at 7:00 a.m. and Flounder will continue to be our primary
target along with Sea Bass or whatever else is willing to bite our
hooks. Flounder fishing should be good for several more weeks and I also
anticipate more and more of a variety in the catch as we progress.
Half-Day trips sail at 8:00 a.m. and then again at 1:00 p.m. with
evening trips sailing on Friday and Saturday Nights at 6:00 p.m.
Half-Day trips will be targeting primarily Croakers. Capt. H will be
running a 12-Hour trip for Sea Bass and Ling this Saturday and is also
looking foreword to his next Deep Drop trip the following week.
Reservations are required for the Long-Range trips but not for the Sea
Bass trip this weekend as it is just an open boat.
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 8th: "Reports
of red drum in the Inlet and in the bays. A few more blues around in the
Inlet and the beach. Not many more but its an improvement. On the 5th:
"The report is not changing much from week to week. We did hear about
some bluefish up to 15' on the beach Sunday morning. Other than that it
is the same as last week. 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 on the 6th:"There
are good reports of flounder and seabass at the Old Grounds and near A
Bouy. Bill Jr called in after his morning shift at the bait shop to
report that Daulton Rigney caught a 32" striper at the Coast Guard
Station on live spot while drifting in his boat on the incoming tide.
DJ, Joey, and Joe Sr., all Rigneys, on the same trip today with Daulton,
landed 6 nice chomper blues up to 20" in the IRI on spot. Buddy Belczyk,
Newark, DE, caught a 5.35#, 24” flounder fishing on the ‘Thelma Dale’
using minnie and squid combo and also won the pool for $150.00. Jim
Hitchens, Georgetown , DE., caught a citation flounder at IRI
live-lining a live mullet. The fish came in at 7.10#, and was 25” long.
Bill Jr, Bill's Sport Shop, landed a 19” flounder caught at Massey's
Landing from the dock on spec rigs and chartreuse Gulp. Scott Keller
called asking what the minimum size is for red drum. When told 20”, he
got out the measuring tape and told us that this one goes in the box at
22”. He called back a 1/2 hour later, asking what the creel limit was.
We told him 5 per person, to which he replied, well, “there's 2 in the
box”. He said he would try to get by to get his picture taken. Ron
Capone, Milford, caught a 22”, 6.23# drum at Massey's Landing on
bloodworms.
" 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:
08/08/13 Out with Ginger the flounder slayer and her crew from PA. Ran
over 30 mile north to a deep wreck which I was sure would give up some
great sea bass. Was horrified to find nothing but an epic bergall bite.
After catching way too many bergalls and only one sea bass we decided to
make an 8 mile run to some other structure. Sixty minutes pass and it’s
obvious, the fish just aren’t interested today. Worked hard and moved
all around but the it didn’t make much difference. I’ve never burnt 70
gallons of fuel on a wreck trip, today I did. Can’t remember the last
full day of wreck fishing that only yielded a dozen fish, but that was
today’s number in the box when we returned.
08/06/13 Ran 30 mile south in search of some “keeper” sea bass. Bite was
steady, not red hot, but steady, and the size, wow! Some dandy knot
heads were going in the box. By the time it was time to roll we had 45
sea bass, 1 ling and a couple big bergalls in the box. Now that’s some
fine eating!
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: " The charter boat, "Restless Lady"
trolled in the Washington Canyon and returned with 21 yellowfins.
"Osprey" had 15 triggerfish while fishing with sand fleas, clams and
squid at the African Queen. Headboat, "Morning Star" had some nice
flounder today, led by Tom Lane's 23-incher. Caught on cut bait on
natural bottom. Charter boat, "Moore Bills" had 2 bigeyes and 13
yellowfins in the Washington Canyon. Bigeyes weighed 130 lbs. and 216
lbs. Charter boat, "Marli" had 5 yellowfins, 2 bigeye tuna and a blue
marlin release that was estimated at 500 lbs."
Walter Moore from Oyster Bay Tackle took his boat to Massey's and in
the first 20 minutes they caught a yellowfin tuna. They trolled back to
the Great Eastern reef and picked up two keeper flounder and a nice sea
bass.
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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