We only had a few boats leave the marina today but everyone caught fish. On the “Reel Attitude” Captain Terry Murray returned with a box full of mahi, 5 yellow fin, and released a white marlin. On the “Muff Diver” Captain Wayne Bradford reported limiting out on mahi with quite a few weighing between 18-30… Read more »
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We are excited to welcome back Park Place Jewelers as a sponsor of the 2026 Ocean City Tuna Tournament! Thank you for your continued support!
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"M&M" came in with the first thresher shark of the season weighing in at 130 pounds! Congrats on your catch!
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We hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend, but we would also like to take a moment to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
We are excited to welcome back Squidnation as a sponsor of the 2026 Ocean City Tuna Tournament! Thank you for your continued support!
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August 7, 2015
OFFSHORE: Early this morning we had a few boats brave the rough conditions offshore. Quite a few turned around. The only boat from the fleet who pushed forward the “Moore Bills” had a good bit of luck. Captain Rob Skillman returned to report nine yellow fin. Two of the yellow fin were in the 40-50… Read more »
August 4, 2015
OFFSHORE: We had only one of our transients brave the forecasted rough seas today to fish the tournament. The “Ahi” went to the scales after a rough day on the ater with a 19.5 pound dolphin. INSHORE: Today was definilty a day for bay fishing. The “Bay Bee” with Captain Cale Layton took both trips… Read more »
August 2, 2015
OFFSHORE: Preperations are underway for the start of the White Marlin Open tomorrow and many of our boats decideed to rest today before the big week! However a few boats did fish today. The “Reel Attitude” with Captain Terry Murray returned with 22 dolphin, a majority were good sized gaffers! Captain Steve Pfeiffer on the… Read more »
August 01, 2015
OFFSHORE: Captain Jon Yost on the “Game On” returned from an overnighter reporting releasing plenty of other tuna and having some white and blue marlin action! On the “Reel Attitude” Captain Terry Murray returned to report 55 bluefish, 8 bonitas, some mackeral and a mahi. On the “Last Call” Captain Franky Pettolina had some wahoo… Read more »
July 31,2015
OFFSHORE: With rough seas today we only had a few boats that were dedicated to trying catch some fish. The “Jade II” with Captain Ed Kauffman returned to report white marlin releases and few dolphin. More dolphin were caught on the “Spring Mix II” with Captain Chris, and on the “Muff Diver” with Captain Wayne… Read more »
July 28, 2015
OFFSHORE: It was a little bit of a slower day offshore today. On the “Bill$ 4 Bills” Captain Ron Calis had a good day releasing a white marlin, deep dropping for some blue line tilefish and had a few dolphin. The “Game Changer” also released a white marlin today with Captain Fred Husman at the… Read more »
JULY 27, 2015
A FEW BOATS VENTURED OFFSHORE TODAY AND FOUND A COUPLE FISH. CAPT. FRANK PETTOLINA ON THE “LAST CALL” CAUGHT 12 DOLPHIN AND RELEASED A WHITE MARLIN. CAPT. DALE ON THE “FOOLISH PLEASURES” CAME IN WITH 3 NICE GAFFER DOLPHIN (SEE PHOTO). CAPT. ED KAUFMAN ABOARD THE “JADE II” RETURNED WITH 11 DOLPHIN. CAPT. RON CALLIS… Read more »
“Moore Bills” with Captain Rob Skillman
OFFSHORE: The boats in the fleet that remained offshore overnight returned with full fish reports. The “Moore Bills” with Captain Rob Skillman returned reporting releasing 16 white marlin and 4 gaffer dolphin. Captain Wayne Bradford also returned from a 36 hour trip and released 3 white marlin, a blue marlin, and killed a 131 pound… Read more »
The “Spring Mix II”
OFFSHORE: With a good number of the boats that left today staying out overnight for the big fish classic we don’t have too much to report for today. However, those that went fishing did have success. The “Spring Mix II” with Captain Chris returned to report 2 white releases and a blue marlin release. On… Read more »
July 23, 2015
OFFSHORE: Late yesterday afternoon Captain Rob Skillman on the “Moore Bills” left to take an overnight and returned with 2 big eye and some yellow fin. One of the big weighed in at 226 pounds. (see photo) Today was a day for dolphin. The “Bill$ 4 Bills” with Captain Ron Callis returned with 12 tilefish… Read more »
July 22, 2015
OFFSHORE: A few of our boats are leaving for later trips today, to try and catch a later bite! However, a few of our larger offshore boats took inshore trips today and only ran a little ways of the beach! Captain Dale Lisi on the “Foolish Pleasures” had a fantastic day today and reutrned with… Read more »
July 21, 2015
OFFSHORE: Marlin seem to be showing back up along with the tuna. Captain Rob Skillman on the “Moore Bills” returened to report releasing 4 white marlin and had a cartful of dolphin. On the “Wrecker” Captain Jeremy Blunt also released a white marlin and returned with plenty of dolphin. The “Jade II” with Captain Butch… Read more »
JULY 20, 2015
DESPITE HOT TEMPS AND A CRAZY THUNDERSTORM, BOATS WERE SUCCESSFUL TODAY. CAPT. ROB SKILLMAN ON THE “MOORE BILLS” RETURNED WITH 11 YELLOWFIN AND A FAMILY OF KAYAKERS WHO NEEDED TO BE RESCUED AS THE STORM MOVED IN. CAPT. WAYNE BRADFORD ON THE “MUFF DIVER” CAUGHT 22 DOLPHIN. CAPT. JEREMY SHANDROWSKI ON THE “PLAYMATE” RELEASED 2… Read more »
July 18, 2015
OFFSHORE: Tuna fishing picked up today. With everyone chunking today most crews returned with some nice size yellow fin. The “Foolish Pleasures” with Captain Dale Lisi returned with 6 yellow fin tuna for a total stringer weight of 310 pounds. The heaviest weighed 65 pounds. (see photo) Captain Rob Skillman on the “Moore Bills” also… Read more »
July 17, 2015
OFFSHORE: Tuna are officailly here and the chunking has begun. Following tradition everyone waited until after the Tuna Tournament to begin chunking but the chunk bite has been good. Captain Dale Lisi on the “Foolish Pleasures” had a great day today and returned with 5 60 pound yellow fin and borke off a big eye…. Read more »
July 16, 2015
OFFSHORE: Yesterday both the “Foolish Pleasures” and the “Game On” returned later and were not published in our reports, yte both caught fish. The “Foolish Pleasures” with Captain Dale Lisi returned with 3 very nice yellow fin tuna (all 60+ pounds) and reported a big eye bite as well as releasing several other yellow fins…. Read more »
July 15, 2015
Offshore: After a busy weekend of tuna fishing our Captains took a little break today and we only had two boats fish. The bite has been a little later so our Captains were not back when we began the report, we will update you once we recieve reports! However the “Reel Attitude” with Captain Terry… Read more »
FINAL RESULTS – 28TH ANNUAL OC TUNA TOURNAMENT
FINAL RESULTS – 28TH ANNUAL OC TUNA TOURNAMENT SINGLE LARGEST TUNA 1ST SEA SLAMMER 182 #S $284,776.00 2ND RHONDA’S OSPREY 181 #S $45,909.00 3RD BLUE RUNNER 157 #S $26,872.00 HEAVIEST STRINGER 1ST ESPADON 398 #S 1 DAY TOTAL $193,606.00 2ND THAT’S RIGHT 191 #S 2 DAY TOTAL $45,909.00 3RD FOOLISH PLEASURES 182 #S 2 DAY… Read more »