Ocean City, MD Catch Report 7-10-08

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The inshore lumps continue to produce good numbers of quality over and under Bluefin Tuna. Mixed in the Ocean City boats are catching Mahi Mahi (so good you have to say it twice). The hot spots have consistantly been the Hambone, Hot Dog, Parking Lot, and Massey's Canyon. The inshore weather looks fishable for the next 5-6 days.

Not too many boats are spending the money to fish the canyons right now, but I bet there is a good bite that nobody knows about.

We are hoping for some new water coming off the stream which hopefully will bring yellowfin tuna, wahoo, and Marlin. The NC boys are on a pretty good wahoo bite at the moment and up north, there is a good YFT bite on that nice piece of water at the Hudson Canyon.

It appears that a new eddy is beginning to form due east of the mouth of the Chesapeake - we will keep an eye on it and report later. As for Bertha, the hurricane is not a direct threat to North America, but indirectly, it'll generate waves which will head toward the East Coast. Let's just say, fishing may be SWELL this weekend and beyond. See projected path below:
The Sunset Marina report on 7-8-08:

The "Muff Diver" caught 1 dolphin and lost another. They also lost 3 bluefin while fishing at the Hambone. "Rhonda's Osprey" caught 1 bluefin tuna, 1 dolphin and one blue fish while fishing at the Hot Dog. "Espadon" caught 4 bluefin, releasing 2 at the Hot Dog. "Sea Wolf" caught 2 bluefin tuna at the Hot Dog. "Fin-Ness" caught 3 bluefin tuna, releasing 2 of them. They also caught 1 yellowfin tuna while fishing at the Hambone. "Marli" released 6 bluefin tuna weighing 90-100 lbs. They kept one bluefin weighing 163 lbs. He also caught 2 yellowfin tuna and 4 gafer dolphin. They were fishing East of the Hambone.

The Sunset Marina report on 7-9-08:
Today the "Osprey" went to the Hambone and caught 6 bluefins, kept 1 and released 5, they also caught 2 dolphins.

3-Day combined water temps:


Inshore Weather:
TODAY
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT THIS
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
TONIGHT
NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
FRI
N WINDS AROUND 10 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
FRI NIGHT
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS AROUND 2 FT.
SAT
S WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SAT NIGHT
SE WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SUN
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
MON
NW WINDS AROUND 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.

Offshore Weather:
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HAGUE LINE S OF 1000 FM
500 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2008
TODAY
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT OVER FAR NW PORTION
DIMINISHING TO W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...HIGHEST SE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT EXCEPT NW PORTION W TO NW 10
KT...DIMINISHING TO N TO NW 5 TO 10 KT THROUGHOUT LATE. SEAS 4
TO 8 FT...HIGHEST SE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
FRI AND FRI NIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT FRI NIGHT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS ENDING FRI.
SAT
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT FAR S PORTION VARIABLE
10 KT OR LESS. SEAS BECOMING 4 TO 6 FT WITH SE SWELL.
SUN
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT WITH SE SWELL.
MON
S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT WITH SE SWELL.


Remember, this report is subject to the fact that fish have tails.