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Back in OC

Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 9:19 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
I am now back in Ocean City, MD for the summer.
We went fishing on our pontoon "Mr. Sea" for the first time today.
Beautiful sunshine, temp in upper 80's and little breeze.
Lots of boats on the water, not the best for fishing.
We ended catching 2 throwback flounders, and a bunch of blue crabs, but only one legal size.
We had to head back because of coming storm and showers.
Prediction for tomorrow.... sunshine.... I'll be on the water bathing some minnows :)

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:56 am
by Reelax
Sounds nice Gerry. Can’t wait to come visit and hopefully fish the 45th annual white marlin open with you on the Longfin. I was conversing with Lance yesterday and he says boat will be ready... should be an epic week!

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:14 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Monday I fished with a local legend "Big Bird"... Oh what a day.
On the water from 11 am until 5 pm. I learned a lot from him. He is a very friendly person, and he shared many of his tricks.
He was catching fish after fish, in the same places I fished for years. I was right beside him, my rod would fire a few times, while his was always getting hits.
We ended the day catching over 25 stripers, half a dozen flounders, and 15 bluefish. We only kept a few bluefish, all others were released safely.

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That was probably one of the best fishing days I ever had. I got a big sunburn, but I surely made a great friend and learned so much... now it's time to practice and get better at fishing.
Looking forward to get tight lines very soon.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:07 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Not so lucky today. Fished from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the bay. No bites from fish, but plenty from blue crabs. Also hooked up a 6" sea horse.
All released.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2018 10:24 pm
by Reelax
Oh.. Id love to see a pic of the sea horse!!! That sounds like a big one... All the ones I have ever seen are like 2-3"....

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 9:42 am
by Reelax
19 days and I’ll be standing beside you, hopefully on the Longfin, 75 miles off shore over Baltimore canyon... trolling at 8 knots....

Pray for a calm week..

can’t wait to see ya.... and Lance and Tom and the whole crew.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:57 am
by Gecha (Gerry)
Nice pics from last year outing. Looking forward to do it again soon.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:38 am
by mudchuck
Gecha (Gerry) wrote:Not so lucky today. Fished from 6:30 to 8:30 pm in the bay. No bites from fish, but plenty from blue crabs. Also hooked up a 6" sea horse.
All released.
When I lived down there I used to find seahorses there on the bayside up towards 90th street at low tide after a big storm would roll thru.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:13 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Went solo fishing last evening from 6:30 to 8 pm.
Caught a few blue crabs, but also this nice 18" flounder.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 1:17 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Today, almost no wind, it's a hot one.
I'll be back on the water after work... if wife does not decide we need to go shopping :?

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:38 am
by Reelax
Man is this week going by sllllloooowwww

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:47 am
by Gecha (Gerry)
Fishing last evening was not as productive as the previous evening. Only caught one keeper blue crab, and a sea robin.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2018 12:26 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
Another outing last evening. Nice weather but slow fishing.
Is it me or the fish are getting smaller?

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:29 pm
by Gecha (Gerry)
it has been a strange week. Forecast was thunder storms, lightning, heavy rain all week.
Ended up with only one day of rain (Wednesday), must pretty windy all the time. Forecast is still predicting rain all week.... will see how it goes.
I was able to go out last evening for a little cruise.

Re: Back in OC

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2018 2:43 pm
by Reelax
5 days and counting... see you soon... we should roll in about 6pm Sat. Any word from the Longfin?

That’s a great picture of the amusement park at the inlet.