10.21.19 9:58 am

FISHING REPORT
by Larry Jock  

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SATURDAY, October 19, 2019

Robert and Jeff on the "De-Bait_Able released a white marlin and caught a mahi in 64-degree water in the Baltimore Canyon.

Anglers on the "Fish On" caught a 128 lb. swordfish in the Poor Man's.

Bryan Mullins, Doug Caldwell and Chris Beck caught a combination of triggerfish, sea bass and bluefish at the Bass Grounds this morning.

Capt. Monty on the headboat, "Morning Star" ran south and said that the highlight of the day was seeing a 300 lb. bluefin tuna breaking the surface inshore during its migration south.  His anglers ended up with triggerfish and many anglers catching their limit of black sea bass.

FRIDAY, October 18, 2019

On the headboat, "Morning Star", anglers battled the wind all day but anchored inshore and caught a handful of triggerfish and weakfish along with a couple of bluefish.


SUNDAY, October 13, 2019

I fished this morning with Rich Daiker and Kenny Schoen.  We tossed Roy Rigs and live bait around the Rt. 50 Bridge and came away with 4 keeper flounder and a couple of short stripers.  Live bait produced better results.  Water was extremely dirty.  Couldn't see my bait 6-inches under the surface.

Capt. Monty on the "Morning Star" sid that after his last 2 trips that resulted in boat limits of black sea bass, he had to really work for the catch today.  Still ended up with a lot of full coolers.


MONDAY, October 7, 2019

It's no surprise that the stretch of windy weather made offshore fishing impossible on most days and bay fishing challenging with dirty water.  Sheepshead are still being caught around the South Jetty by anglers dangling sand fleas or green crabs.  Flounder fishermen are pecking away at flounder, but they are really putting in their time to get close to a limit.  The East Channel by the Rt. 50 Bridge is the "go to" spot right now, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are around the South Jetty as well.

Kern Ducote fished on Saturday and caught 3 keeper flounder, 2 short stripers and a bluefish.  All on Gulp shrimp.  Flounder were between 16 1/2 and 19-inches.  The flounder were hooked near the Bridge and the striper and bluefish were caught around the Oceanic Pier.

Emma Prince caught a 17-inch flounder while fishing off Gudelsky Park in the West Channel.

THURSDAY, October 3, 2019

Windy today in OC.  Certainly not going to help bay fishermen looking for flounder.  They have been contending with very dirty water due to the large swell coming in from the ocean.  Has made flounder fishing tough for most.  Still some sheepshead being caught around the South Jetty.


WEDNESDAY, October 2, 2019

Looks like they are still catching good size sheepshead at the South Jetty.  Budd Heim reported catching a couple that were just over 8 lbs.  Heaviest one this year weighed 13 lbs. 3 oz.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", Capt. Monty Hawkins reported sporty seas in the morning so he had to stay further inshore than he would have liked, but they fished a few spots with success.  Then the seas started to lay out, so they headed further offshore and the sea bass were chewing!  Anglers were catching black sea bass on bare hooks.  Ended up with a boat limit!


TUESDAY, October 1, 2019

"Rhonda's Osprey" caught 16 dolphin, a yellowfin and released a white marlin in the Baltimore.

"Marli" caught their limit of dolphin in addition to a pair of yellowfins in the Baltimore Canyon.

"Fish On" released 3 white marlin and caught 6 dolphin in the Poor Man's Canyon.

"Buckshot" released 4 white marlin in the Poor Man's.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", Capt. Monty reported a mixed sea early in the morning but things started to mellow by mid-morning.  Sea bass bit fairly well.  High hook had 14 knotheads and 3 triggerfish. Largest triggerfish caught was a 17-incher.  Largest sea bass measured 18 1/2-inches.

MONDAY, September 30, 2019

Updated previous days reports.

An angler on the charter boat, "Lucky Break" just missed the Maryland State Record when he caught a 5 lb. triggerfish on a sand flea by the South Jetty.


SUNDAY, September, 29, 2019

Rich Daiker and Ken Schoen caught thier limit of keeper flounder by the Rt. 50 Bridge during the incoming tide.  Fish were fat!  Largest measured 21 inches.  All on bunker.

"Tighten Up" had 5 white marlin releases in the Baltimore.

"First Light" had a white marlin release and a yellowfin tuna in the Baltimore.

Charter boat, "Boss Hogg" had a wahoo, a yellowfin and 60 dolphin in the Baltimore.

"Buckshot" had 6 white marlin releases in the Baltimore.

"DA Sea" had 3 white marlin releases in the Baltimore.

"Rhonda's Osprey" had 2 white marlin releases, a yellowfin tuna and 29 dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon.

"Fish On" had 2 swordfish and 4 dolphin in the Wilmington.

Kern Ducote and Mike Quade continued their fantastic season of flounder fishing with another limit of 8 fish ranging from 17 to 19-inches.  They also caught a couple of big bluefish.  All in the East Channel, north of the Rt. 50 Bridge.  They said that the bluefish blitz lasted about 5 minutes just to the west of the draw.


SATURDAY, September 28, 2019

On the "Fish Whistle", anglers caught 4 wahoo in 50 fathoms inside the Baltimore. Largest was a whopper... 94 lbs.  State record in Delaware is 106 lbs.

On the headboat, "Judith M", anglers had a fantastic day of sea bass fishing with over 100 keepers in addition to catching 5 keeper flounder and a bluefish.  All on squid and shiners at the Great Eastern Reef.  Largest sea bass was 19-inches.

On the "Hot Spot", anglers caught a yellowfin tuna and a dozen bailer dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon. 

On the headboat, "Morning Star", Capt. Monty Hawkins said that the forecast looked inviting but in reality the sea conditions were knarly.  He watched a lot of boats turn around.  His anglers braved the conditions and scratched out a pretty good catch with one angler even limiting out.  They also had numerous throwback flounder and one keeper.

On the "Delicious", Rich Daiker, Ronnie Bessling and Stacey Phillips caught 6 keeper flounder on live bunker by the Rt. 50 Bridge.  Three were over 20-inches with the largest being 24-inches.

"Primary Search" had 2 big wahoo and a yellowfin tuna in the Baltimore.

Tommy Hinkle and Ryan Cowder caught a couple of flounder at the end of the incoming tide in the East Channel.  Fish were 17 1/2 and 20 1/2-inches.  Caught on Gulp/minnow combinations.


FRIDAY, September 27, 2019

Sounds like the marlin bite up in the Wilmington Canyon was nowhere as good as it was on Wednesday.  Boats came back with only a couple each.  I heard that as soon as the tunas showed up yesterday morning, the marlin bite turned off.

Capt. Monty on the headboat, "Morning Star" said that yesterdays black sea bass bite was ferocious!  Cathy Creel limited out in only 50 minutes.  A lot of limits around the rail.  They also caught some triggerfish, a handful of snapper bluefish and 1 keeper flounder.

Ryan Lignelli caught a 23-inch, 7 lb. flounder on a white Gulp at the South Jetty.


THURSDAY, September 26, 2019

Right now, it looks like the white marlin bite up in the Wilmington Canyon is going strong.  The "Billfisher" is out on an overnighter and I heard they released 22 yesterday.  "DA Sea" also had a good day yesterday with 14 white marlin releases.

A few yellowfins were also caught.  Nothing great.  Just a couple here... a couple there.  "DA Sea" had 4 yesterday in the Wilmington and the "Cabana" said they were in the Washington Canyon where they had a bigeye, 2 yellowfins, 30 dolphin and a swordfish.

There was a good wahoo bite last weekend with the best coming from outside the Hotdog where anglers also found good numbers of dolphin and a few yellowfins.  Other wahoo were caught outside the Rockpile so reports came in about the speedsters being spread out.

The black sea bass bite continues to be very good. Remember, there is NO closure this year.  The season is open until December 31st.  We didn't see much before the effects of Hurricane Dorian blew through, but since then it has been very good.  I believe the best in in 100-feet of water.  Anglers on the headboat, "Morning Star" had another good day yesterday with several limits of 15 fish around the rail.
 
Those looking to jump on the traditionally good flounder on ocean bottom this time of year continue to be frustrated.  Boats are catching a few, but nothing to write home about.  

In the bay, anglers are still picking at flounder.  Dirty water is making things tough with the big swell off the beach.  The East Channel is still producing and I wouldn't be surprised if the better bite was around the South Jetty where anglers are still finding sheepshead interested in their offerings of crabs.  I also received a picture of an angler who caught a sheepshead around the Rt. 50 Bridge.

I haven't heard anything about a speckled trout bite just north of the Rt. 50 Bridge.  If we are going to see them, this is typically around the time of year we do so.

Anglers on the "Bad Behavior" had 4 white marlin releases in the Baltimore Canyon.

4:23 PM - Danny Cox caught a 22.5-inch flounder that weighed 5 lbs. 6 oz.  His biggest one so far this year.  Caught around the Rt. 50 Bridge on live spot.


WEDNESDAY, September 25, 2019

Anglers on the headboat, "Morning Star" put the smackdown on black sea bass today.  Had to slide offshore a bit.  Ended up with a boat limit of knotheads.

"Marli" had 40 mahi, 1 yellowfin and 1 white marlin harvested and 1 released in the Baltimore Canyon.

"Pumpin Hard" returned with 9 dolphin, 1 yellowfin and 3 white marlin released from the Baltimore.

"Cabana" had a bigeye, 2 yellowfins, 30 dolphin and a swordfish in the Washington.

"Half Full" had 25 dolphin and 4 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.

"Brenda Lou" had 2 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.

"DA Sea" had 4 yellowfins and 14 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.


TUESDAY, September 24, 2019

Capt. Monty Hawkins on the headboat, "Morning Star" reported very sporty conditions today.  Sea bass were snapping.  Largest was a 17 1/2-incher.  Bill Engle caught an 11.5-ionch porgy.  Only porgy caught on the "Morning Star" this year.

While fishing at night off the Rt. 50 Bridge, Jessica Ager caught a 16-inch sheepshead while using sand fleas for bait. Nick Ager hooked a 28-inch black drum, also on a sand flea.


MONDAY, September 23, 2019

On the headboat, "Tortuga", angler Gordy Spangler caught a 20-inch, 3 lb. 4 oz. flounder in the West Channel. Used shiners and squid for bait.


SUNDAY, September 22, 2019

Kern Ducote caught 4 keeper flounder during the outgoing tide in the West Channel.  Three were fooled with Gulp shrimp.  Largest was a 24-incher.  Smallest measured 17-inches.

Rich Daiker caught a 22-inch flounder and a big triggerfish.  The flattie was hooked on a live bunker by the Rt. 50 Bridge and the trigger came on a sand flea at the South Jetty.

On the "Mud Skipper", Jay Schlosser released his first white marlin after hooking it on a naked ballyhoo in the Poor Man's Canyon.  70-fathoms.  The anglers also caught 12 mahi.

Andrea Wood caught a 40-inch, 26 lb. mahi in the Baltimore Canyon during a trip aboard the "Fabricator".

On the charter boat, "Fish On", anglers caught a 164 lb. swordfish in the Wilmington Canyon where they also released a pair of white marlin.

"Cabana" released a white marlin and caught 8 dolphin and a yellowfin around the Rockpile.

"Marli" caught 60 dolphin, 4 yellowfins and released a blue marlin around the Rockpile.

"Brenda Lou" caught a wahoo and released a pair of whites around the Rockpile.

"Grande Pez" caught a yellowfin and 10 dolphin near the Rockpile.

"Pumpin Hard" had 20 dolphin in the Poor Man's.

"Griffin" released 5 white marlin and caught 9 dolphin in the Poor Man's.

"Reel Chaos" released 2 white marlin and caught 10 dolphin and a yellowfin in the Wilmington.

"Primary Search" released a white marlin and caught 5 dolphin in the Wilmington.

"DA Sea" released 3 white marlin in the Wilmington Canyon.


SATURDAY, September 21, 2019

Marc Turner caught a pompano this morning while fishing in the surf off 123rd Street.  Low tide.

Danny Cox and Greg Volpitta caught 4 keeper flounder on live bunker by the Rt. 50 Bridge.  Fish were between 17 1/2 and 19-inches.

Pat Strine caught a 22-inch flounder on live spot in the Ocean City Inlet at high tide.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", anglers caught a boat limit of black sea bass.  Had to go offshore a bit.  Largest was 19-inches.

During the early evening while fishing off the Rt. 50 Bridge, Nick Ager caught a 26-inch black drum.

On the "Lit Up", anglers headed to the Baltimore Canyon and caught a billfish slam consisting of 1 white marlin, 1 blue marlin and a swordfish.  Blue marlin was estimated at 350 lbs. and the swordfish was around 300 lbs.  They also caught a wahoo and 8 dolphin.

Anglers on the "Reel Fin Addict" caught 4 wahoo and 2 yellowfins in 40 fathoms outside the Hot Dog.


FRIDAY, September 20, 2019

Anglers on the charter boat, "Fish Bound" caught 17 triggerfish, 10 black sea bass, 28 bluefish and an amberjack.

This evening, Richard Crosariol caught a 21-inch flounder in the West Channel.  It was his only bite.  Caught it on a live spot during the last of the incoming tide.  Water temp was 72-degrees.


THURSDAY, September 19, 2019

Anglers on the headboat, "Morning Star" found non-stop black sea bass action.  Had several anglers close to their limit of 15 fish.


TUESDAY, September 17, 2019

Kyle Krisher caught his first swordfish while dropping squid in 1,400 feet in the Poor Man's Canyon.  Kyle and his dad also caught 16 dolphin during their trip.  Swordfish was estimated at 125 lbs.

Charter boat, "Marli" returned with 50 dolphin from the Baltimore.


MONDAY, September 16, 2019

Anglers on the "Marli" decided to go daytime swordfishing and it was a good call.  They returned with a 424 pounder from the Baltimore Canyon.  They were fishing in 1,600 feet of water and caught it on an eel during the second drop.

Anglers on the headboat, "Morning Star" found heavy morning fog with visibility of less than 50 feet.  Water was flat calm.  Good sea bass bite.  Doubleheaders right out of the gate.  Largest knothead was 18 1/2-onches.

Danny Cox caught a couple of keeper flounder today by the Rt. 50 Bridge.  Used bunker for bait.  Fish measured 19 and 19 1/2 inches.  Heaviest weighed almost 3.5 lbs.

Anglers on the headboat, "Angler" caught a boat limit of black sea bass and some flounder weighing up to 3.5 lbs.  All on a natural ocean reef.

Anglers on the "Wreckless Pursuit" caught and released a white marlin in the Baltimore Canyon.  Fish hit a spreader bar.  They also broke off another white marlin and caught a pair of dophin.

"Rhonda's Osprey" released 2 white marlin and 1 blue marlin in addition to catching 23 dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon.

Charter boat, "Boss Hogg" caught 60 dolphin and released a white marlin in the Baltimore Canyon.

Charter boat, "Reel Chaos" caught 27 dolphin and released a white in the Baltimore.

"The Zipper" caught a 66 lb. longfin albacore tuna, 7 dolphin and released a pair of white marlin in the Poor Man's Canyon.

"Blood Money" caught 30 dolphin and released a blue marlin and 4 white marlin by the Rockpile.

"Tighten Up" caught 2 dolphin, 1 longfin, 1 yellowfin and released a white marlin in the Wilmington.

"Buckshot" caught 3 dolphin, 2 yellowfins and released 6 white marlin in the Wilmington.

"Fish On" caught 3 yellowfins and released 2 white marlin in the Wilmington.


SUNDAY, September 15, 2019

The Challenge Cup was extended to today.  There are a lot of boats offshore fishing today.

On the charter boat, "On the Run", anglers Nick Dean caught a 13.2 lb. sheepshead at the South Jetty while using crabs for bait.

Christopher Ditch and Matthew Flenniken hit some shoals off Ocean City and caught bluefish and a couple of Spanish mackerel.

Mason Hurst, Jamie Willis and Matt Hurst caught 4 flounder, 8 sea bass and a 20-inch triggerfish at the African Queen.

Anglers on the "Primary Search" returned from an overnighter in the  Wilmington Canyon with a mako shark release, 2 yellowfin tuna, 2 white marlin releases, a boated white marlin, a wahoo, 2 golden tilefish, 2 blueline tilefish and 2 mahi.

On the charter boat, "Marli", anglers had 2 white marlin releases, a yellowfin tuna and 60 dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon.

Kern Ducote and Mike Quade caught 5 keeper flounder today in the East Channel on Gulp shrimp.  Fish measured between 16 3/4 and 18 1/2-inches.  Kern said that the water was dirty.


SATURDAY, September 14, 2019

The ocean was stirred up, keeping almost everyone at the dock.  The "Fish On" did head to the Baltimore and released a blue marlin, estimated at 300 lbs., released 4 white marlin and caught 10 mahi and a 68 lb. wahoo.

The Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing Association Flounder Tournament was today.  Anglers on the "Evans" took 3rd place with a 17.5-inch flounder caught behind Assateague.  Second place went to anglers on the "Green Machine" with an 18 3/4-inch flounder caught in the West Channel.  First place was won by the anglers on the "Mac Attack" with a 20 3/4-inch flounder caught at the Old Grounds.

Capt. Monty on the headboat, "Morning Star" waited over 2 hours to leave this morning due to the swell left over from the past couple of days.  It was a bit sporty in the morning buy improved throughout the day.  Had a couple of anglers limit out on sea bass.  Bite was good.


FRIDAY, September 13, 2019

Well, it is Friday the 13th so I guess we should expect conditions that are not so nice.  Marinas were a ghost town during my ride through this morning and tomorrow isn't looking good either.  The Challenge Cup may turn into a 1 day event.

After the first day of the Challenge Cup, the Cape May, NJ team scored 1,275 points and the Ocean City team has 1,475 points on the board.  The tournament committee has extended the fishing days to Sunday.


THURSDAY, September 12, 2019

Sounds like it was a little slow offshore today, which is a bummer since it's the first day of The Challenge Cup, pitting the OC squad against the Cape May, NJ team.

The "Blue Eyes" were one boat that had a good day, going 5 for 7 on white marlin in addition to catching a wahoo and 30 dolphin.  All in the Baltimore.

Justin Hardy caught and released his first white marlin in the Baltimore Canyon while fishing on the "Priceless".

On the headboat, "Morning Star", Capt. Monty reported a bit of an ocean swell, but not a bad day overall.  Good sea bass bite with numerous limits of 15 fish.  Also caught a handful of good size flounder.  Largest sea bass was 20-inches.  Largest flounder was 22-inches.


WEDNESDAY, September 11, 2019

Anglers on the charter boat, "Marli" had another great day of dolphin fishing, returning with their limit of 60 from the Baltimore Canyon.

Anglers on the charter boat, "Boss Hogg" caught their limit of dolphin, 2 yellowfins and released 3 white marlin.  All in the Wilmington.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", anglers started the day catching short sea bass so they worked a couple of sites and found larger fish that were more than willing to take the bait, but still a high throwback ratio.  Capt. Monty ventured out a little deeper, probably into 100 feet of water and the bite was on, with keeper knotheads.  Largest was a 19-incher.  They also caught flounder up to 20-inches and some triggerfish up to 16 1/4-inches.


TUESDAY, September 10, 2019

I heard there was a good marlin bite today in the Baltimore.

6:57 PM - On the charter boat, "Marli", anglers caught their limit of 60 dolphin and had 3 white marlin releases.  All in the Baltimore.

On the charter boat, "Reel Chaos", anglers had 5 white marlin releases, 6 dolphin, a 54 lb. yellowfin tuna and a 58 lb. wahoo.  All in the Baltimore.

On the "Grande Pez", Jim Motsko released a white marlin and Sasha Motsko released 2 white marlin and caught a 73 lb. yellowfin tuna.  They also caught 4 dolphin.  All in the Baltimore.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", Capt. Monty said that the black sea bass bite was good today.  Nobody caught their limit of 15, but several came very close with numerous double-digit catches.

"Rhonda's Osprey" caught 57 dolphin and released a white marlin in the Baltimore.

"C-Boys" released 6 white marlin in the Baltimore.

"DA Sea" released 7 white marlin in the Baltimore.

"No Quarter" caught a wahoo and released 8 white marlin in the Baltimore.

"Fish On" released 6 white marlin in the Baltimore.

Ross Quilter caught a 24-inch bluefish during the incoming tide by the Rt. 50 Bridge.



MONDAY, September 9, 2019

Anglers on the charter boat, "Marli" caught their limit of 60 dolphin and had a white marlin release in the Baltimore Canyon.

On the charter boat, "Boss Hogg", anglers caught their limit of 60 dolphin and boated n 86 lb. yellowfin tuna.  All were hooked in the Wilmington Canyon.

Nick Diguglielmo caught a 37 lb. golden tilefish, 2 smaller golden tilefish and 15 mahi while fishing in the Wilmington Canyon.

On "Gret's Three J's", Laura James caught and released her first white marlin and her first tuna while trolling in the Baltimore Canyon.  The anglers also caught 2 additional yellowfins that averaged 71 lbs. each.

On the "Partnership", Trish Purcell celebrated birthday and caught her first mahi  while trolling in the Wilmington Canyon.  Cate Calogero caught her first blue marlin and wahoo.

On the headboat, "Morning Star", reported a nice day on the water and the black sea bass were snapping!  They also caught a few flounder and triggerfish as well.  Largest trigger measured 15 3/4-inches.

"Rhonda's Osprey" caught 60 dolphin and released a white marlin in the Baltimore.

"Reel Chaos" caught 35 dolphin in the Baltimore.

"Griffin" released 2 white marlin in the Baltimore.

"Cabana" released 2 white marlin and caught 3 yellowfins



SUNDAY, September 8, 2019

Today is the Bahia Marina Flounder Pounder.  This year there are 28 boats entered.  Weigh-ins are from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Several boats headed offshore today.  Looks like the Wilmington and the Norfolk had the best water shots.  Hopefully, they will all get into some good white marlin and it would be great to see the yellowfins show up.

3:05 PM - Capt. Monty on the headboat, "Morning Star" said that the sea bass bite today was equal to yesterdays epic day, just a lot of throwbacks.  Several limits around the rail.  Largest was 17 1/2-inches.  Also had a triggerfish thrown in.

3:28 PM - Kern Ducote and Mike Quade caught 7 keeper flounder in the Thorofare.  Fish ranged from 16 1/2 to 20-inches.  Caught on white Gulp shrimp and live mullet.

Anglers on the "Wirenut" caught an 83 lb. wahoo in 65 fathoms in the Poor Man's Canyon.  Water temp was 73-degrees.

5:00 PM -The scales closed on the Bahia Marina Flounder Pounder and here is what we saw:

Tanner Adkins had 4 flounder caught on live mullet at the west end of the Rt. 50 Bridge by Hoopers.  His fish measured between 17 and 20-inches and weighed up to 3 lbs. 12 oz.

Anglers on the "Happy Ours II" weighed a 2 lb. 13 oz. flounder that they caught on live bunker in the West Channel.

Chris Rodriguez caught a 3 lb. 9 oz. flounder and Franky Lynch caught a 2 lb. 10 oz. flounder, both on live mullet along the marsh at the east end of the Thorofare.

Blake Gunther caught a 3 lb. 4 oz. flounder and a 5 lb. flounder on a Gulp Swimming Mullet in the Inlet.  The 5 pounder ended up in 1st place.

Anglers on the "One More Drift" weighed 2 flounder that they caught on live spot in the East Channel in front of the Coast Guard Station.  Fish weighed 2 lbs. 9 oz. and 3 lbs. 9 oz.

Malcolm Smith on the "PA Down Time" weighed a 4 lb. 15 oz. flounder that he caught on a Gulp artificial bait by the Rt. 50 Bridge.  Fished ned up in 2nd place.

Richard Crosariol caught a 4 lb. flounder in the East Channel, south of the Rt. 50 Bridge on a live spot.  Richard took 3rd place with his catch.

Anglers on the "Line Dancer" weighed a pair of 2 lb. 7 oz. flounder that they caught on mullet and bunker in the West Channel by Hoopers.

The Daiker boys on the "Delicious" caught 8 flounder on spot and bunker in the West Channel by the Rt. 50 Bridge.  Heaviest fish weighed 3 lbs. 4 oz.

Al Tortella on the "Retreiver" weighed a 3 lb. 8 oz. flounder that he caught on a Gulp artificial bait in the OC Inlet.

Anglers on the "Miller Time weighed a pair of 3 lb. flounder that were caught on bunker in the West Channel, north of the Rt. 50 Bridge.



Offshore action looked to be on the slow side for tuna and marlin but was excellent for dolphin.

"Rhonda's Osprey" had 67 dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon.

Charter boat, "Marli" had 60 dolphin in the Baltimore Canyon.

"Primary Search" had 20 dolphin and a white marlin release in the Baltimore.

"Cabana" had 14 dolphin, a yellowfin and a white marlin release in the Wilmington.

"Fish On" had 27 dolphin and 2 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.

"DA Sea" had 6 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.

"Roll Groove had 4 white marlin releases in the Wilmington.


SATURDAY, September 7, 2019

The best news we heard today was from Capt. Monty Hawkins on the headboat, "Morning Star".  Capt. Monty said that they had the best sea bass trip of the year... if not years.  Everyone on the boat, plus the captain and mates all caught their limit.  No throwbacks.  Had to skirt a little further offshore go get them... into 115 feet of water.  Capt. Monty will be going everyday for sea bass until they start togging on Jan 1st.


FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Autumn and Andrew Ball caught and released a nice size tiger shark while fishing from the beach off Assateage Island.

On he charter boat, "Get Sum", anglers caught 4 keeper flounder while drifting in the Thorofare with white Gulp Swimming Mullets.


THURSDAY, September 5, 2019

Anglers on the headboat, "Morning Star' had a short trip today before the seas starting getting very sporty.  They ended up dropping some blocks on some reefs and Paul Kinsinger had time to catch a 20-inch flounder.

Anglers on the "Foolish Pleasures" caught 9 mahi, a limit of blueline tilefish, a couple of Jacks, a sea bass and even had a white marlin release.

WEDNESDAY, September 4, 2019

On the headboat, "Morning