Aug, 19th 2013
Water Temp: 71.6
Fishing Report by Sue Foster
Flounder fishing was better this week when the wind wasn't blowing.
Kingfish, spot, some blues, small croaker and a number of sharks were
reported. Flounder were biting good at the wrecks. One of our customers
caught a nice sized puppy drum from the bayside. 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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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
Anglers are still catching panfish in the surf. Kingfish, spot, small
croaker, sea trout, and more snapper blues are 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. Bluefish take mullet, cut bunker, or cut spot. A lot of
sharks was reported this week. One customer showed me several pictures
he had on his cell phone. Looked liked dusky sharks... One was 30 some
inches and the other was 40 some inches. All safely released.
"Poppy" posted on Stripers Online on the 14th: "Finally some action w/
nice size toothy critters...at night and what I think were Spinners...in
the 5' foot range...great sport IMO...a lot of power and speed!"
Someone also posted a picture of a 46-inch red drum that was caught and
released from the Assateague surf. Another angler posted a picture of a
big shark swimming in the surf, either a dusky or a sand bar shark.
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 saw some fish this week!
Dan Mattio, Bob Weaver and Curtis Day landed five nice flatties on the
outgoing tide in the west channel. They varied in size from 23" to 17".
The bait used was mullet and mud minnows. "We found we must be patient
and wait for the bite!"
Dave Beach Jr. e-mailed in: "My dad and I caught two keeper flounder
today at the bulkhead. His was 16 1/4 inch on a quarter ounce gotcha jig
head tipped with 4 inch swimming Pear White Gulp Mullet while casting in
the channel. Mine was 17 inches on a regular flounder rig with minnows."
Larry Wayne caught a 22" flounder in east channel on the O.C.Joy!
Jordan Loundas (15 years old) and Matt Starkey (14 years old) of Forrest
Hill and Phonix, MD with a 2 1/2 and 1 1/2 pound flounder, 16 1/2 and 20
inches, caught on Gulp in the East Channel near the Rt. 50 Bridge.
7 Year Old Dylan Reddinger from Lebanon, PA came into Oyster Bay with a
19 1/2 inch, 3 pound flounder caught on a live minnow on high tide in
the Thorofare.
These pictures are in our Inshore Photo Gallery.
Tony Freiji sent in his picture and report from offshore: "We caught
this 60 lb. yellowfin and two Mahis while trolling ballyhoo and
spreaders at the Hot Dog. The boat is called the "My Special D" with
Captain Khalil Freiji, Anglers Tony Freiji, and Dave Hynes.
The Angler Party boat sent in some nice pics of catches this week. Sea
Bass, flounder, and dolphin...
Their pictures are in our Offshore Photo Gallery.
J.J. from the Oceanic Pier (410-289-2602) reported big flounder, some
croaker, trout, blues and little sea bass for the kids to catch. (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. A few black drum here
and there as well. At night the fare is bluefish, trout, and stripers.
Usually blues come around on an East Wind. Striper fishing has been up
and down. More down than up! Hopefully this cooler weather will get them
moving!
Larry Jock of the Coastal Fisherman reports on Friday: "The head boat, "Happy Hooker" had a
group from the CD Outdoors Fishing Camp on board and they had 4 keeper
flounder near Buoy #5. All on squid and shiners."Moppet" went out to
the Old Grounds and had 7 flounder up to 23-inches and a sea bass. All
caught on spot."Jezebel" had 15 flounder and 14 triggerfish at Fenwick
Shoal. Party boat, "Morning Star" went to the Old Grounds and returned
with some flounder, the largest measured 25.5-inches."
On Thursday Larry reports: "John Hoffman called in to report that his
group caught 4 flounder around the South Jetty and 3 around the North
Jetty. Charter boat, "Get Sum" had 3 keeper flounder during their
afternoon trip.Charter boat, "Get Sum had 4 keeper flounder during their
evening trip."
Capt Jeff from Hellbent Charters e-mailed in his report this week: "We
finally had a brake from the South winds fo the first time in a long
time. Because of the East winds the last few days we finally have clean
water! The East wind did make it hard to fish certain areas during
certain tides but we were able to catch some Flounder. I meet a youg man
this past April who was on recovering from a bone marrow transplant and
was still fighting to beat cancer. I promised to take him and his family
fishing if he was well enough to do so this summer. Well I got to keep
that promise yesterday got to take him and his family fishing. I am very
happy to see him doing great and is looking forward to getting on with
the rest of his long life ahead of him stating with getting back to
school next week. It was a great pleasure to see everyone catch at least
one fish including Mom who caught the biggest and most fish. We found a
few fish behind Harbor Island and in the commercial harbor. The east
wind made it tough going at times but we were able to catch some fish.
White Gulp continued to be the bait of choice but live minnows were a
close second. With clean water and warmer weather on the way there is
still time to book a trip. Call me at 717 574 4010 or email me at
helbentcharters@hotmail.com.Check my website 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:
"There seem to be more Trout lately although they are on the small side;
there are some keepers though. The Flounder have been really nice and
fat. They really bulk up this time of the year. I have had several
Flounder over 20" this past week. They are hitting 3" Tsunami
Paddletails, 4" splittail white soft plastics and Curl tail 4" soft
plastics in opening night color. I have done best on the early outgoing
water. Mullet are starting to show up in numbers now so there will be
more Stripers as well. This Fall should be great fishing. 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 only fair this week. Coming up on a full moon... 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...
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 19th:
"We had some very good fishing this past week, and also some pretty slow
fishing. Tuesday we saw some of the best fishing of the season. A few
customers had limits of flounder up to 5lbs, and one person was very
close to a limit of seabass. Wednesday was one of our slowest days of
the year. We should continue to see a mix of seabass and flounder in
the coming weeks. We are sailing daily from 730am-2pm. 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 15th: "...Flounder fishermen
have had fair catches in both the Ocean and Delaware Bay, but they've
had to work them. The best concentrations of flatties continue to be
found around heavy cover, such as the artificial reefs and wrecks. Go
prepared to lose tackle when you work these areas because the fish are
right among the rubble. Bucktail jigs with a teaser or short leadered
bottom rigs are effective, and a little less likely to get snagged.
Adding a Gulp! Swimming Mullet, Jerk Shad or Belly Strip to jigs
enhances their effectiveness. Strips of fresh cut bait such as bluefish
or sea robin, and squid, smelts and silversides are favorites of
flatfish too. In the Bay, sites 6 and 7 at Brown Shoal yielded some
fluke at the beginning and end of the tide. Brian Logue bucktailed a
6.57 pounder from Site 7 on Sunday. Nate Evans nailed a 6.54 pound
fluke Sunday. Katie Malin captured two quality keepers at Site 8 aboard
Quintessa Monday. Joe Walker and friends had 9 keepers at the Starsite
Tuesday. Ocean reef structure at Sites 9, 10 and 11 held flounder, and
rough, live bottom of the Old Grounds between DB and DA Buoys was
productive too. Captain Brent's flukers aboard Katydid on Sunday scored
18 beautiful keepers, including specimens of 6.1 and 6.9 pounds. The
largest of the trip was a 27 1/2 inch 8.4 pound doormat landed by Jason
Lhamon. Wayne Demarco and Joe and Paul Pergeorelis drifted near Site 11
Sunday for their limit of a dozen flatties, including Paul's 5.31
pounder. Scott Ayars checked in yesterday with 3 keepers to 3.61 pounds
he caught at the Old Grounds aboard Thelma Dale IV, despite blustery
winds.
Bottom bouncers in the Bay are still finding croakers just about
everywhere. Better sized ones hung out near the Ferry Jetty and right
in the heaviest reef cover. Hardheads up to 2 pounds were found near
the Gypsum Prince wreck off Cape Henlopen. Plenty of spot, kingfish,
blowfish and spike trout rounded out the mix available to anglers.
Triggerfish were taken along the Outer Wall and Ice Breakers. Alex
Joseph was surprised when a 67.2 pound black drum grabbed the strip of
squid he was drifting past the Haystacks for flounder. Evan Falgowski
got a 6.4 pound sheepshead from the rocks. The offshore bottomfishing
remains good for those venturing to the canyons. A group of deep
droppers aboard Katydid returned from the Wilmington Tuesday with an
impressive haul of 200 blueline and golden tilefish. A few yellowfins
and wahoo were reported by trollers in 30 fathoms between the Elephant
Trunk and Hot Dog Notch. Nighttime chunkers in the Washington got into
good number of yellowfins. Pete Mohacey battled and released a 98 inch
blue marlin in 70 fathoms of Poor Man's Sunday aboard Tranquila."
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.
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 14th: "Fishing
is starting to improve after a couple of weeks of the summer doldrums.
Floating sand fleas has been very effective in the Inlet at night.
Plenty of undersized stripers around with an increasing number of
keepers in the mix. Eddie Heite had a 22' inch red drum and a 32"
striped bass on fleas Monday night. Dave Tolbert had a keeper red drum
as well. Bluefish are starting to come in the Inlet with a little more
regularity too on the day time incoming tide. Interestingly, they have
been running deep and not on the surface.Tautog, black drum and
sheepshead have been pretty good along the railing and the rockpile.Red
drum and croakers reported in the bays. The best flounder bite is out on
the Old Grounds southeast of B Buoy. Still a few lingering flounder in
the Inland bays. Kingfish, spot and croakers on the beach. The spot are
getting to be very good eating size. 8 inches plus in some cases.Pompano
and red drum should be on the beaches soon! Very good tuna and billfish
bite in the Washington canyon. Mahi and wahoo reported on the 20 and 30
fathom lines."
Bill's Sport Shop (302-645-7654) in Lewes, DE reports on the 16th:"More
black drum on bloodworms and shrimp at Massey's Landing! Lot of croaker
at Massey's Landing too on bloodworm. Flounder in the bays and ocean and
on the Cape Henelopen Pier. Croaker everywhere!".
" 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:
"08/16/13 Today found me searching the boat for Bill Murray since it
seemed Fin Chaser was staring in a remake of the movie Groundhog Day.
The day started exactly as yesterday. One mahi goes in the box, then a
white marlin decides to tease us for a while. We troll through a sixty
minute dry spell and then several white marlin figure it’s time to prove
that our southern style tuna hooks aren’t the hot ticket for marlin.
Mixed in white these whites were a couple nice gaffer mahi which our
hooks had no problems grabbing. By the days end we were 0 for 5 on
whites and 4 for 4 on mahi.
08/15/13 Out with Emmy the marlin slayer and her dad. Ten minutes after
setting the spread we have a mahi in the box. Our next bite comes about
twenty minutes later when a white marlin decides he wants to play with
our long bait. Worked that area for another 45 minutes without a pull so
we picked up and ran another 10 miles east. Fifteen minutes after
resetting the spread we have two more mahi in the box. Swung around for
another pass but before any mahi could pile on a 200 lb. blue marlin
crushes our mid-rigger. This fish puts on one of the best shows I’ve
ever seen, literally doing a 360 around the boat with jumps before
deciding to run anyway at 100 mph. The fight lasted 20 minutes and Emmy
did great but with a sneaky move that I just wasn’t able to keep up with
he breaks the line against the forward hull. The next couple hours see’s
a couple more mahi and a white marlin that pulls drag for a couple
seconds but doesn’t take the hook. Back in the slip with 8 mahi in the
box and great memories of a beautiful blue marlin."
Larry Jock of the Coastal Fisherman reports from offshore on Saturday: "Not the prettiest day
today. Seas are rough. The final day of the 2013 Poor Girls Open was
held today at Bahia Marina. Here's what we saw: "Yellowfin" weighed a
pair of dolphin (4.8 & 5.8 lbs.)"Foolish Pleasures" weighed 4 dolphin
from the Norfolk (9.7, 10.8, 11.2 & 12.8 lbs.)"Knot Tellin'" jumped
into 2nd place with 3 white marlin releases and a blue marlin release.
All in the Washington Canyon."No Quarter" weighed a 68.1 lb. wahoo.
Outside the tournament...Charter boat, "Thonda's Osprey" released a
white marlin in the Poorman's Canyon. Charter boat, "Sushi" caught 7
yellowfins and a 220# bigeye in the Washington. "Marli" released 3
white marlin between the Norfolk & the Washington."
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.)
Need info on where, how, when to fish, crab, and
clam? Go to Drifting
Easy Archives and READ UP! It's all in there and it's
FREE!!!!!!
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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