It’s officially summer, the first white marlin in Ocean City was caught by the Wrecker over the weekend! Check out our interview with Captain Bobby Layton of the Wrecker and angler Hannah Melvin on catching the first white marlin of the season in Ocean City!
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And that is a wrap on the 39th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament! Thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make this event possible, and thank you to all of the participants who chose to fish our tournament! Congratulations to all of our teams!! And congrats to "Boss Hogg" and "Fin Planner" for taking home 1st place single heaviest and 1st place stringer!
"Cookie Monster" with a 358.5 pound stringer!
"Risky Business" with a 135.5 pound stringer!
IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS!! Dinner has been moved up to 7:15 pm don`t forget your poker chips for dinner!! We will see you all there!
Today is the final day of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament, and the scales are open! If you can`t make it out to the Ocean City Fishing Center today, check out what`s being brought to the scales on our livestream at octunatournament.com/livestream! Who else is ready to see who takes home big money tonight??
Day two of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament was full of upsets to the leaderboard!! We had some incredible fish come to the scales including a 200.5 pound bluefin claiming the tournament`s Terrific Tuna award and moved "Boss Hogg" into first place for single heaviest tuna! It`s not over until it`s over and we have some heavy hitters fishing today! Join us at the scales at 4 pm or tune in live at octunatournament.com/livestream
6 boats are fishing on the last day of the Ocean City Tuna Tournament! Good luck to all of the teams! We can`t wait to see you at the scales! Tune in at https://octunatournament.com/livestream to watch the weigh-ins live!
Day two results are in!! We had another great day at the scales! We hope to see you at the Ocean City Fishing Center tomorrow for the final day of weigh-ins from 4 pm to 7 pm, or watch the live stream on octunatournament.com/livestream
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2025 Tournament Schedule
Ocean City’s 2025 tournament schedule is here! This upcoming season is stacked with a great lineup of world-class tournaments happening right here in Ocean City Maryland. We have plenty of tournaments happening right here at Sunset Marina that you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendars, it’s going to be an unforgettable year. We hope… Read more »
The Daily Catch # 4
The Daily Catch # 4 – 2024 featuring Hooked On OC’s Scott Lenox talking to Ro Sham Bo captain Willie Zimmerman about their charter day out of the beautiful Ocean City Fishing Center.
July 12, 2024
The first day of the 37th annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament is in the books. We saw some nice looking fish hit the scales today as you can see in this wrap-up video. We are excited to see what everyone brings to the scales for day two! Watch the weigh-ins live at octunatournament.com/fish-cam
37TH ANNUAL OCEAN CITY TUNA TOURNAMENT – JULY 12TH-14TH, 2024
The World’s Largest Tuna Tournament is right around the corner! Here is a RECAP video from last year’s scales to help get you motivated! Fish the 37th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament, hosted right here at OCFC from July 12TH-14TH to compete once again for an anticipated record payout of over one million dollars! Now… Read more »
34th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament – July 9-11, 2021
The 34th Annual OC Tuna Tournament is on! Fishing days are July 9-11, 2021. For detailed info please visit octunatournament.com.
Spot Tournament – Saturday, September 14, 2019
Annual Spot Fishing Tournament Fish from the docks of the Ocean City Fishing Center Saturday, September 14, 2019 Entry Fee $5.00 100% of entry fees returned as prize money Lines in at 5:00PM Lines out at 6:30PM Registration begins at 4:00PM AWARDS Largest Spot: Winner to be determined by length only Divisions: 10 yrs… Read more »
July 20, 2019
Capt. Josh on the Instigator returned with 5 Mahi-Mahi and released 3 White Marlin and 1 Blue Marlin. The Game On with Capt. Jon came back with a White Marlin. Capt. Chris on the Spring Mix II caught 12 Mahi-Mahi. The Last Call with Capt. Frank Pettolina caught 6 SeaBass and 3 Blueline Tile Fish. … Read more »
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Fishing was a bit slow today but boats did return with Yellow fin tuna, Blue fin tuna, Big Eye tuna, Mahi and marlin releases.
Tuna, Marlin and Mahi-Mahi fishing is still good
The Playmate came in with 6 yellow fin tuna, 2 blue fin tuna and 3 mahi. The Wrecker returned with 3 yellow fin tuna and 5 mahi. The Spring Mix came in with 2 blue fin tuna and 2 mahi. The Moore Bills caught 1 yellow fin tuna, 3 mahi and released a white marlin. … Read more »
SLOW FISHING, BUT STILL PRODUCTIVE
YESTERDAY, SUNDAY, JUNE 23RD WE HAD 51 BOATS OUT FISHING. THE FIRST BOATS TO RETURN WERE COMING BACK FROM OVERNIGHTERS. CAPT. CHRIS ON THE TALKIN TRASH CAME BACK WITH 11 YELLOW FIN. CAPT. KEN ON THE HOT SPOT CAUGHT 2 BIG EYE TUNA AND YELLOW FIN TUNA. THE BLUEBILL CAME IN WITH 11 YELLOW FIN,… Read more »
YELLOW FIN TUNA ARE HERE!
FRIDAY WE HAD A FEW BOAT BRAVE THE WIND AND SEAS AND THEY RETURNED WITH BOXES FULL OF TUNA AND DOLPHIN. CAPT. STEVE ON THE STALKER RETURNED WITH 3 YELLOW FIN TUNA AND 1 DOLPHIN. CAPT. CHRIS ON THE TALKIN TRASH CAUGHT 4 YELLOW FIN TUNA, 11 DOLPHIN AND RELEASED 3 MAKO SHARKS. CAPT. STEVE… Read more »
“JUST FOLD” WINS MAKO RELEASES IN THE MAKO MANIA
CHARTER BOAT “JUST FOLD” WINS THE MAKO RELEASES IN THIS YEAR’S MAKO MANIA. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM FOR TAKING HOME OVER $21,000.00.
EPIC BIG EYES & YELLOW FIN TUNA
THE BIG EYES AND YELLOW FIN TUNA HAVE ARRIVED. WE HAD MANY BOATS OUT FISHING ON FRIDAY AND RETURN WITH BIG EYE TUNA, THE LARGEST TOTAL WEIGHT WAS 534 POUNDS. OTHER BOATS RETURNED WITH YELLOW FIN TUNA AND DOLPHIN. ALSO, SEEING WHITE MARLIN RELEASES AND SHARK RELEASES.
Bluefin Tuna & Makos
We saw many Bluefin Tuna brought to the docks this weekend. Also, the first Mako of the season was also brought into OCFC aboard the charter boat, “Finatic”. The “Bill$ 4 Bills” came in yesterday with their limit of Bluefin Tuna. The “Wrecker” came in Saturday with a Bluefin and a Dolphin and released over… Read more »
Boats are now fishing offshore!!!
Today, the “Moore Bills” headed offshore for Tuna and Dolphin!! Stay tuned for a catch report. The “Talkin’ Trash” returned last night from NC and caught a few Yellowfin Tuna and dolphin. Call now to book a charter with our fleet!! 800-322-3065.
Bay Bee
The Bay Bee is done fishing for the season. Thank you for fishing with us and we hope to see you in 2019.
ANNUAL SPOT TOURNAMENT – CANCELLED
THE ANNUAL SPOT TOURNAMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER THIS YEAR.