Aug 09 Harbor Tackle Fish Report, W. Ocean City, Md.

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Harbor Tackle Fishing Report August 3, 2009

We have got the summer doldrums in the surf. Plenty of sharks, skates, rays along with a few croakers, blues, and kingfish. Lots of undersized flounder with a few legals mixed in. The croakers are spreading out almost everywhere in the bay. The Rt 50 Bridge and the Inlet fishermen are catching some legal stripers, blues, and flounder.

Steve Sass caught a 3.82 lb. 22 inch flounder on the Bay Bee drifting from 9th Street to Harbor Island. Tim Kearney and his girlfriend caught 4 sharks at AI sized from 6 foot to 9 foot 3 inches. Her first sharks. Joan Putt hooked up with a 7 lb 5 oz 25 7/8 flounder by boat in front of Stinky Beach. Tom Osborn caught a 21 ¼ inch 3 lb 7 oz sea bass 8 miles off Ocean City.

Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, live peelers, live spot, live minnows, live chowder clams, live black saltys, live eels, live green crabs, and salted sea/surf clams.

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Harbor Tackle Fishing Report August 3, 2009

. Tim Kearney and his girlfriend caught 4 sharks at AI sized from 6 foot to 9 foot 3 inches. Her first sharks.

Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, live peelers, live spot, live minnows, live chowder clams, live black saltys, live eels, live green crabs, and salted sea/surf clams.

6 foot to 9 foot 3 inches??? Wow!!! I wonder how much the 9 foot 3 inch shark weighed?

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Harbor Tackle Fishing Report August 17, 2009

Fishing has not changed much this past week. Not much happening in the surf except sharks, skates, and rays. Maybe if you are lucky there are a few croakers, blues, kingfish, and flounder. During the AMSA Camporee Fishing Tournament only one spot was caught by any of the entrants. A few more legal flounder are showing up in the back bays but most fish are under the 18 inch mark. At the Inlet some triggers, stripers, blues and croakers are showing. The Rt. 50 Bridge is producing some stripers, small blues and lots of small flounder.

Tom Vaghn from Ocean City caught a 26 inch 6 lb 10 oz flounder at an ocean artificial reef. John R. Jakelski of Street, Md. hooked up with a 46 inch 19 lb 4 oz mahi mahi at the Chicken Bone. Great Gull produced a 3 foot sand shark for J. T. Ellis from Elkton, Md. Bill Snyder of Ocean Pines got two flounder at 9th Street, sizes were 24 ½ inch and 23 ¾ inch. Lauren Lobo from Bethany Beach, De. Caught a 45 ¾ inch cobia on an eel.

Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, live peelers, live minnows, live chowder clams, live black saltys, live eels, live green crabs, and salted sea/surf clams.

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Great news about the cobia. I hear they are catching a few from boats in South Jersey.

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Harbor Tackle Fishing Report August 24, 2009

A few smaller sharks are being taken from the surf along with skates, rays, croakers, blues, and kingfish. A customer said he caught a 19 inch croaker off the beach. It seems that a few more legal flounder are showing up in the Thorofare and in the East Channel. Triggers and stripers are being taken from the Inlet. Flounder and stripers are coming from the Rt. 50 Bridge. Croakers are throughout the back bays.

Budd Helm and Bob Grady caught three nice flounder. Budd’s fish were 26 ¾ inch 7.940 pounds and 22 ½ inches. Bob hooked up with a 20 inch flounder. They were fishing the East Channel with live peanut bunker.

Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, live peelers, live minnows, live eels, and salted sea/surf clams.

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Harbor Tackle Fishing Report August 31, 2009

West Ocean City looks almost like a ghost town. There is not many people stirring around and that is a shame now that fishing is getting better. In the surf, there are more small blues, kingfish, and up to 16 inch croakers being caught. More legal sized flounder are showing up. The flounder bite is good in the East Channel coming in close to 2nd and 4th Streets and in front of Hoopers. Croakers are still making a showing in the back bays. Small blues and some stripers are in the Inlet and the Rt. 50 Bridge.

Harbor Tackle has fresh bunker, fresh spot, live minnows, live eels, and live sand fleas.