I’m sitting here at the computer this evening, looking out the window… And all I can think about is fishing! It is beautiful outside. A soft blanket of clouds is blocking out the sun, and a slight breeze is blowing in from the South, not too much, but just enough. Tonight is a new moon, and I can almost smell the fish.
With the strong pull of the moon, tides will be extreme tonight—something predatory fish like. If I were fishing the bridge, tonight (or the next few nights) could be some of the best this season. We haven’t seen many weakfish the past few years, but if there are still a few left I would not be surprised at all to see a few of them slip into the inlet this evening and ride the flood tide up to the bridge. At the bridge they’ll set up to feed on the river of baitfish, crabs, and other tasty morsels brought to them by the ebb. Hopefully some of our local bridge rats will pick off a few of those tiderunners the next couple of nights.
Still, this is supposed to be a fishing report, so what use is talking about what could happen. let’s talk some more about what already did happen — and there is plenty talk about.
Probably the most noteworthy catch in Ocean City this week, was the monster mako shark taken this past Saturday. The mako was caught on Terry Layton’s boat Nontypical by angler Jim Hughes of Ocean City during the 29th annual Ocean City Shark Tournament . The Monster topped the scales at 876 pounds… a potential new state record! As some of you know Terry has been on a roll winning the Mako Mania Tournament this year plus also catching the first white marlin of the year. So a big kudos to Terry and his anglers.
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