Ocean City Maryland Sportfishing and Boating Newspaper in Ocean City, Maryland, Coastal Fisherman Newspaper

Wednesday, May 7, 2009

Charles Sitskorn landed a 25-inch flounder in the bay near 28th Street.

Charles Maxwell caught a 25.5-inch flounder in the Indian River Bay.

I heard today that the bite on Assateague Island is awesome. Surfcasters are catching A LOT of fish!

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Some flounder were caught north of the RT 90 Bridge and in the bay behind Assateague near the airport.

A group of anglers came in today to have their picture taken with tog caught off the North Jetty.

Bill Snyder caught a 24-inch black drum off the North Jetty today.

Monday, May 5, 2008

First mako of the season was caught. Thomas Dane of Havertown, PA was fishing on the "Free Spool" out of the Indian River Marina, when they hooked the mako in 55-degree water at the Elephant Trunk. Mako weighed in at 125.2 lbs.

"Morning Star" arrived again with some tog.

Some flounder were caught in the Thorofare today. Nothing huge. 18 and 19 inchers.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

The big news is that the big stripers have arrived off Assateague yesterday and today. A couple of 45 lb.+ fish were caught. Should be an interesting week for surfcasters.

Capt. Monty on the "Morning Star" came back with some nice tog and sea bass.

Friday, May 2, 2008

The "Ursula Priscilla" arrived at the docks with a load of tog caught at the African Queen.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

The first issue hit the streets yesterday.

Tom Yarko landed 3 keeper size flounder, two 20 inchers and a 19 incher, in the Thorofare between Buoys 15 and 16. Tom used minnows and flounder belly for bait.

The "Ursula Priscilla" had a good tautog trip again today, coming back with 20 fish all caught at Russell's Reef on green crab.

Pam Maus landed an 8 lb. 8 oz. flounder while fishing on the "Morning Star" at an artificial reef.

Anglers on the "Morning Star" also landed a bunch of nice tog and sea bass. One angler caught himself a sea bass, a cod and a tog.

Flounder are still being caught in the bay. One nice one was lost at the boat near the Convention Center yesterday. The angler said it was easily 6 lbs.

Small bluefish are being caught all over the bay.

Delaware released their tautog regulations:

April 1st - May 11th - 15" minimum 3 fish
May 12th - June 30th - CLOSED SEASON
July 1st - Aug 31st - 14" minimum 10 fish
Sept. 1st - Sept. 28th - CLOSED SEASON
Sept. 29th - March 21st - 14" minimum 10 fish

I've been getting questions on the new fishing license required in Delaware. Here's the fee schedule:

Resident annual fishing license - $8.50
Non-resident annual fishing license - $20.00
7-day tourist fishing license - $12.50
Charter boat license (vessel hired on a per trip basis) - $150 for Residents/$300 Non-Resident
Head boat license (vessel hired on a per person basis) - $300 Resident/$600 Non- Resident
Recreational Boat license less than 20’- $40 - Same cost for Residents and Non-Residents.
Recreational Boat license longer than 20’- $50 - Same cost for Residents and Non-Residents.

2008 T-SHIRTS ARE IN! This years shirt features a red drum and a blue marlin. Red Sun Custom Apparel did a great job. Many colors are available. We also have long sleeve t-shirts. Stop in the office to pick-up your shirt. We are sold out of 2007 shirts.

SEND US YOUR PICTURES!!!!

Please make sure your camera is set to the highest possible resolution/picture size. When you send them, do not allow the program to compress the file. Send it LARGE!

Please include the following information about your catch... Boat name... Anglers names... towns... fish caught... bait used... where fish were caught... length and weight (if possible)

If you have a picture you would like to submit, you can email it to me at coastalfisherman@comcast.net. If you would like for us to take a picture of your catch, either come by our office behind Crab Alley on Sunset Avenue or call us at 410-213-2200 and we will come out and take your picture.

LARRY

Coastal Fisherman is edited and published weekly from May through September and annually in January by Larry and Mary Jock at 12748 Sunset Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842. Interested advertisers or contributors should write to coastalfisherman@comcast.net, or call 410-213-2200 ; fax 410-213-2237. We welcome freelance stories and photos, but assume no responsibility for them unless they are accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. All stories, photographs and ad materials are the property of the publisher and may not be used without permission.