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Ethan Hoffman from Chicago, with mate Ben Mummford showing off his first flounder
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John and Dawn James from Baltimore with a nice Flounder
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John James from Baltimore with a nice 22″ keeper
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Brad Sparks, from Fostoria, Ohio caught this small shark on light tackle with Capt. Skip
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Lindsey Hoffman from Chicago posing with mate Ben Mummford with her first flounder
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Josh Hoffman from Chicago with his first flounder
If I had to choose only one word to describe Ocean City this past week, it would be “HOT!” Up until now, we have been lucky enough to have had cooler than normal temperatures, but that surly was not the case this week. The air conditioners were cranking around OC, and people were heading to the water to keep cool.
Fortunately for us, the air is not the only thing that has been smoldering; the fishing has been pretty darn hot as well. This past week concluded another “White Marlin Open” and the results were spectacular. An outstanding 93 pound white marlin took top prize, and a huge “grander” blue marlin took center stage and captured a new state record. The White Marlin Open always brings a lot of excitement to Ocean City, and this year was no different. In fact, with the extraordinary size of this year’s fish, the 2009 tournament has to go down as one of the best in the recent past.
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Steve Sass caught a 3.82 lb. 22 inch flounder on the Bay Bee drifting from 9th Street to Harbor Island
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Tom Osborn caught a 21 ¼ inch 3 lb 7 oz sea bass 8 miles off Ocean City
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Joan Putt hooked up with a 7 lb 5 oz 25 7/8 flounder by boat in front of Stinky Beach
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Joseph Rankin from Joppa, Md. with a 19 1/2″ flounder caught off the rt. 50 bridge
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Ashleigh Forrer, of Duncannon, Pa. caught her first flounder fishing with Skip’s Charters
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Colton Forrer, of Duncannon, Pa. caught his first flounder on Skip’s Charters
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Jeff Forrer, of Duncannon, Pa. with a flounder caught in the east channel
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Dalton Forrer, of Duncannon Pa. Caught his first flounder with Capt Skip Maguire
Most days 5:00 AM comes pretty early, but today was different. My alarm went off, and I was up with a snap. This morning was the opening of Ocean City’s most prestigious fishing tournament—the “White Marlin Open.” Every year a huge crowd of onlookers gathers along the inlet sea wall in the predawn darkness. Fishing fans of all ages are present, with people watching, cheering, and sending best wishes to their favorite boats and crews as they pass through the inlet and head out to their chosen fishing grounds. For three days anglers will be competing for top honors, and a grand prize that could be worth well over a million dollars.
We are very lucky in Ocean City to have a thriving tournament schedule for anglers and captains to compete in each year. Starting in late May, our season begins with the “Mako Mania” shark tournament, and the competition continues all summer long with anglers targeting many different species of fish, until the season ending inshore rockfish tournaments in November. There is something special about tournament fishing—with the excitement the competition brings to our local fishing community—not to mention the prestige and sometimes hansom earnings that anglers and crews can win here in Ocean City.
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