OCEAN CITY — With three days of the 2019 White Marlin Open in the books, there is much drama yet to unfold, but it appears the tournament record for white marlin releases will likely be shattered.The 2019 event has been unique for how the boat-fishing days have been expended. There are 404 boats registered in… Read more »
SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners delayed a decision on a request for additional sewer capacity from Frontier Town.The commissioners voted unanimously to table a request for additional EDUs (equivalent dwelling units) from Frontier Town until after they’ve hosted the Aug. 20 public hearing on newly proposed standard sewer flow calculations.“I’d like to go… Read more »
OCEAN CITY – Ed Joy, a resident of Chevy Chase, Md., is no stranger to the White Marlin Open.Each year since the its creation, he has participated in what is widely considered the largest and richest billfish tournament in the world.To boot, he is 93 years old.But Joy said he doesn’t let that stop him… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The small plane forced to make an emergency landing in the ocean last month suffered engine trouble about eight miles offshore and was attempting to get to the airport, according to a preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released this week.Around 6:15 p.m. on July 16, a single-engine 1981 Cessna 172… Read more »
There was some pretty crappy weather at the scales tonight for day three action of the 46th Annual White Marlin Open, but we did see some fish. There were some near misses like a blue marlin that just missed the minimum length requirement of 114″ and a couple of dolphin that just missed the daily… Read more »
BERLIN — All shopfronts in downtown Berlin are spoken for as the town enters the second half of a busy summer season.Several new businesses are set to open in Berlin during the coming weeks while others have expanded their offerings. Ivy Wells, the town’s economic and community development director, said there were currently no vacancies… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Despite rather ominous social media statements from the State Highway Administration (SHA) and the town of Ocean City, the Route 50 bridge is currently operational under its own power and can open and close on its normal schedule. Around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, both the SHA and town of Ocean City social… Read more »
Though it wasn’t quite the show we saw yesterday, it was another busy day of scales action at Harbor Island for the 2nd day of the 46th Annual White Marlin Open. The only category with no qualifying fish at the beginning of the day was the blue marlin category, but that category would find a… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Hoping to take advantage of a red-hot offshore bite after a record-number of fish of all species and sizes were brought to the scale on day one, 335 boats chugged out to the canyons early Tuesday morning for day two of what is shaping up to be a remarkable 2019 White Marlin… Read more »
Wow……just Wow!! When I heard that 389 of the 404 boats registered for the 46th Annual White Marlin Open were fishing today I knew it could be a busy day at the scales, but I didn’t think we’d be there an hour and 10 minutes later then we were supposed to be. It was crazy! … Read more »