OCEAN CITY — After a somewhat stormy first three days of the 2015 White Marlin Open, lightning struck on Wednesday when angler Cheryl McLeskey on the “Backlash,” out of Virginia Beach, raised a whopping 94-pound white marlin that as of Thursday morning could be worth $1.1 million.McLeskey and the “Backlash” crew stunned the big crowd… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — While the Army Corps of Engineers will return to the resort area later this month for a short-term dredging project to temporarily fix the chronic shoaling problem in the Ocean City Inlet and commercial harbor, state and local officials continue to push for a long term solution.The Inlet and the channels in… Read more »
OCEAN CITY- The 2nd Annual Big Fish Classic last weekend certainly lived up to the hype with several huge fish in every category weighed on the historic docks on Talbot Street.Produced by Huk Performance Fishing and hosted by M.R. Ducks and the Angler, the Big Fish Classic is a unique tournament that features boats and… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The resort will once again become the center of the sportfishing universe on Monday when hundreds of anglers and thousands of spectators gather in the resort for the 42nd Annual White Marlin Open.For over four decades, the White Marlin Open, deemed the largest billfish tournament in the world, has been one of… Read more »
SNOW HILL — A local man, serving a seven-year sentence for the death of a friend outside a downtown Ocean City bar in January 2013, is seeking a reduction in his sentence to two years, pointing out the semantic difference between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.In August 2014, George Nottingham, now 50, of West Ocean City,… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — The resort will once again become the center of the sportfishing universe on Monday when hundreds of anglers and thousands of spectators gather in the resort for the 42nd Annual White Marlin Open.For over four decades, the White Marlin Open, deemed the largest billfish tournament in the world, has been one of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — Offshore fishing is often filled with adventure to varying degrees, but few fish stories in recent memory will top the harrowing 37-hour trip the crew on the “Sea Prowler” experienced last weekend during the 2nd Annual Big Fish Classic.The Big Fish Classic features boats and teams of anglers fishing in one of… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — A Salisbury man late last month set a new Maryland state record for winter flounder with a five-plus pounder caught 26 miles off the coast of Ocean City.On June 23, Kevin Twilley of Salisbury was fishing on the “Fish Bound” with Captain Kane Bounds about 26 miles off the coast in 140… Read more »
ASSATEAGUE — A total of seven rehabilitated sea turtles were released from the beach at the Assateague State Park on Thursday morning, continuing a recent spike in releases by National Aquarium staffers in and around the resort area.The National Aquarium released seven sea turtles from the Assateague State Park beach on Thursday, each of which… Read more »
OCEAN CITY — An Ocean City local humbly donned the mantle of hero last week when he rescued a family of three caught in a rip current on a beach in Nantucket.Ocean City local Tommy Vach was on vacation in Nantucket last week when the lifetime surfer was quickly called into duty. The Johns family,… Read more »