By Scott LenoxThe weather was awesome today in Ocean City! The wind laid out from yesterday and was light, it was nice and warm and there was plentiful sunshine. The wind also laid down enough for some of the offshore fleet to get out to the canyons to see if the tuna are still around.Gene… Read more »
Category: Fish ‘N OC
A weekly look into the areas fishing experience.
Perfect Timing
By Scott LenoxIt got rough today buddy!! It didn’t start off too bad this morning with 2.5′ to 3′ seas with “average” wave steepness, but the forecast called for that to change drastically after lunch….and it did! Buoy station 44009 reported sea conditions changing from 2.5′ to 5.2′ and “very steep” wave steepness in just… Read more »
Inshore Charter Fishing
By Scott LenoxMan we got lucky with tropical storm Colin today! He went by the coast of Ocean City far enough offshore that we had sunny conditions all day, but close enough that the ocean was closed for fishing. It was a bit breezy on the beach today, but offshore was down right nasty as… Read more »
Wreckin’ The Flounder
By Scott LenoxON the wrecks that is!!It’s actually a little bit earlier than we usually start to see a good number of flounder on the wrecks and reefs off of Ocean City, but we’ll take it. One or two flounder mixed in with sea bass this time of year is not rare, but the local… Read more »
$50,000+ Mako and a 30 Foot Whale Shark
By Scott LenoxIt was a little bit slower fishing day today both inshore and offshore. Offshore it was little bumpy and inshore the forecast was calling for severe thunderstorms this afternoon so that kept a lot of people at the dock.Today was the final day of the 20th Annual Mako Mania at Bahia Marina and… Read more »
400+ Pound Thresher Shark and Flounder in the Bay
By Scott LenoxIt was another great Saturday of fishing inshore and offshore today, but before I get to that I need to mention a milestone for the Morning Star, the Ocean City Reef Foundation and the Ocean City bottom fishing community in general. Yesterday Captain Monty Hawkins and the crew of the Morning Star dropped… Read more »
Mahi, Tuna and BIG Sharks
By Scott LenoxIt was a decent weather day for fishermen today out of Ocean City. It was another foggy one with reports from the offshore guys that it was thick out to 60 miles off the beach for the second day in a row. The tuna were snapping out in the canyons again and it… Read more »
Royce Gracie on The “Hogg”
By Scott LenoxMan was it foggy today!! It was foggy all day long and it was thick and extensive. The report from the offshore fleet is that the fog extended 60 miles from the inlet. That makes for careful running out in the morning!The Boss Hogg with Captain Cris Irelan fishing out of Sunset Marina… Read more »
Stringer Full
By Scott LenoxWe had a really nice day in Ocean City today with warm temperatures, sunny skies and light winds. The party boats were able to enjoy calm conditions and the ocean calmed down enough for some of the offshore fleet to get out to the canyons.The Marli with Captain Mark Hoos and mate Mark… Read more »
Mahi, Sea Bass and Tiles
By Scott LenoxWe had a decent weather day in Ocean City today after what I would call torrential rain yesterday. It started out foggy this morning, but by late morning it had burned off. There was a light breeze inshore, but there was a swell with some white on top of it in the ocean… Read more »