By Scott LenoxLast week I mentioned that tropical depression #8 would be impacting the coast and messing up our fishing for a few days, and then tropical depression #9 would follow in right behind and mess it up for a few days longer…..oh how I wish that were true now.Tropical depression #8 didn’t mess our… Read more »
Category: Fish ‘N OC
A weekly look into the areas fishing experience.
Sums Our Day Up
By Scott LenoxOcean City was spared any bad weather at all by tropical depression #8 when it decided to head to the north east sooner than expected. Conditions were supposed to deteriorate in the ocean starting on Wednesday and maybe ruin offshore fishing through the coming weekend. TS #8 stayed well offshore and we had… Read more »
Monster Mahi and The Man in the Brown Suit
By Scott LenoxTropical depression #8 turned NE sooner than predicted and has left our ocean conditions favorable for the past couple of days. Tomorrow and even Friday don’t look bad with winds expected between 5 and 15 knots. We’re not going to get quite so lucky with tropical depression #9. #9 is coming up… Read more »
Fingers Crossed
By Scott LenoxThis forecast is tough! The Baltimore to Hatteras Canyon forecast out to 100 nautical miles for tomorrow isn’t too bad….E 5-15 knots becoming E to NE 10-20 knots, seas 3-5 feet….that’s fishable. The Baltimore to Hatteras Canyon forecast from 150 nautical miles to 250 nautical miles offshore for tomorrow is S winds increasing… Read more »
Flounder Inshore, Marlin and Tuna Offshore
By Scott LenoxWe had one last day of offshore fishing today before tropical depression #8 moves into the area. It is currently approaching the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It will continue to move toward NC and then it is forecast to make a hard NE turn and head out to see….that’s the good news…. Read more »
Know the Rules….and Follow Them
If you follow fishing in Ocean City like I do then you’ve heard some of the controversy surrounding some of the local fishing tournaments in town this summer. Most, if not all of the local tournaments have a rule that states “All IGFA rules apply unless otherwise noted”. In 1940 the International Game Fish Association… Read more »
Sporty Tuna
By Scott LenoxIt was pretty sporty off the beach today…fishable, but sporty. Northeast winds had it 3′-5′ and a little better at times, but there’s tuna to be caught.Kevin Rohrdack and his crew braved the rough seas today and caught a box of large yellowfin tunas up to 70lbs and a big gaffer dolphin fishing… Read more »
Back at the Tunas
By Scott LenoxNow that the tournament season is winding down the Fish in OC offshore fleet will get back to charter fishing. There will be plenty of days of white marlin action coming up, and some charters will want to get out and catch a bunch of marlin, but most charters want to put some… Read more »
BIG Blue Marlin Finishes Out The 25th MidAtlantic
By Scott LenoxThe 25th anniversary of the MidAtlantic was one for the record books. 157 boats fished out of the Canyon Club in Cape May, NJ and out of Sunset Marina in Ocean City, MD and there was over $3 Million dollars in prize money. It was an exciting week of fishing that started with… Read more »
BIG Dolphin Hits the Board on Day 4 of The MidAtlantic
By Scott LenoxOn day 4 of the 25th MidAtlantic we saw 73 boats fishing out of Ocean City, MD and 68 boats fishing out of Cape May, NJ. There were a lot of fish caught today, but the scales were relatively slow at both ports. The only qualifying fish to hit the leader board did… Read more »