Well I just got home from the final day of scales action at the 46th Annual White Marlin Open and though I’m tired after a long week, I couldn’t be happier for my good friend Tommy Hinkle and the crew of the Fish Whistle. Tommy has just won over $1.4 Million in prize money and… Read more »
Category: Fish ‘N OC
A weekly look into the areas fishing experience.
New 1st Place White Marlin for 46th Annual White Marlin Open
It was a beautiful day in and around Ocean City today and a reel treat to not have any rain in the forecast. It was a very pleasant day at the scales for day 4 action of the 46th Annual White Marlin Open where fans waited to see what would be caught by the 102… Read more »
New Small Boat Tuna Worth $100,000 on Day 3 of The White Marlin Open
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 »
Blue Marlin Hits the Board on Day 2 of the 46th Annual White Marlin Open
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 »
Incredible First Day at the 46th Annual White Marlin Open
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 »
403 Boats and Record $6.1 Million in 46th Annual White Marlin Open
Sooooooooo……today was interesting. A little after lunchtime today I was doing some stuff around the house and had to go outside and I noticed it was a little darker than it should have been. I looked to the west sky and thought…….”that doesn’t look good.” At that point the wind blew up from every direction,… Read more »
The Countdown is On
It was a beautiful day today for my 11th Annual Flounder Pounder with my brothers from Sigma Pi fraternity at Towson State. We had an awesome time on the bay beach today with Captain Cale Layton and mate Joe Marowski and caught 25 or more throwback Flounder and two keepers. There was a four way… Read more »
Ocean City Marlin Club Heels & Reels Tournament
Today was day one of the Ocean City Marlin Club’s Heels & Reels ladies billfish tournament and it was a terrific day at the scales. The ladies get to show us how it’s done in this one and some crews use it as a scouting mission for next week’s White Marlin Open. Well based on… Read more »
Big Cobia
It was a beautiful day today in and around Ocean City as we welcomed August and the busiest tournament month of the summer. The ocean was flat calm for most of the day and there were plenty of boats out taking advantage of it.There has been some reely good cobia fishing over the past few… Read more »
Dinner For a Few
Man there is a major thunderstorm booming outside of my house right now. The wind isn’t too bad with it, but it was pouring rain, the lightning is sharp and the thunder is loud. We could certainly use the rain in some areas, but hopefully this is short-lived and we’re back to calm weather in… Read more »