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Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2015 7:37 pm
by BottomDollar
Gecha (Gerry) wrote:Still trying to catch some keeper flounders almost every day. Catching many throwbacks and having great time on the water.
This week there was a big fishing tournament "White Marlin Open' with 1st price over a million $$....
Always pleasant to cruise near those fishing vessels.
As we do in Champlain, they search for the bait fish, use their downriggers, outriggers, attractors and secret lures to attract and catch their preys.
Mostly searching for white marlin, blue marlin, sailfish, big eye tuna, blue fin tuna, yellow fin, mahi-mahi, wahoo.
Going 40-80 miles offshore, burning 200-400 gallons of fuel daily.... it's a bit out of my budget.
Wow, that's like the GDP of some small countries tied up there!
I've seen a few of those tournaments from the dock, and they'll just bring home heating oil tankers right to the dock so they don't have to pay road tax. It's a league of wealth I'll never know.
Thanks for the pics!
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:20 am
by digitroll (ron)
Nice photos of your Summer playground Gerry! Thanks for sharing!
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 11:16 am
by Gecha (Gerry)
You may want to check this video of our friend Lance on the Longfin during the White Marlin Open 2015.
They caught 2 white marlins and a sailfish.
It's a bit more work than chasing salmons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plmCkqb ... ata_player
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:13 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Fished the bay after work from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.
Caught 6 spots, 5 sea robins, 1 balloon fish, 4 crabs. All released and having hamburgers for supper.
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:31 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
What a great summer to be at the Ocean.
Fishing in the bay is not so good, but lots of nice catches offshore.
Beginning of August we had the White Marlin Open, with 1st & second biggest catches winning $1million each for their white marlin.
Here's a pic of 2 non winning catches.. still very nice fish.
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:09 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
There were also some blue marlins caught during the tournament.
This one was over 550 lbs, they were already cutting some nice steaks when we arrived a bit late at the scale.
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:12 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Lots of nice fishing vessels in the marina
and very well equipped to catch the big ones
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:19 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
We spent some good times on the famous boardwalk... lots of things to see.... and eat.
Watch those 2 nice displays of superb fish
White Marlin MD State record
and a huge shark caught a few years ago on a small fishing rod
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:23 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
There's also some tourist attractions
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:25 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Some rides are over 100 years old
and this carousel is one of the oldest in North America... so beautiful
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:29 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:32 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Last weekend, friends came back from a great fishing trip with 6 big eye tuna
They were delicious on the BBQ
Planning to go offshore this weekend....
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 2:37 am
by Thorny
Great thread Gerry!
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2015 5:44 am
by Reelax
Wow what a great summer your having. Keep the pics coming!
Re: Ocean City Report
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:27 am
by Gecha (Gerry)
The offshore trip we planned didn't happen due to too much wind.
Will try again next weekend.... I need to put tuna in the freezer and specially on the BBQ soon.
