Posted on October 23rd, 2024
We had yet another beautiful day in and around Ocean City today with sunny skies, warm temperatures and very little wind. The wind looks to puff up a little tomorrow. but it’s short lived and it looks like the nice weather will be around through at least next week.
Captain Willie Zimmerman and his crew on RoShamBo was jigging at the African Queen site when this big red drum ate and then was safely released.
Bryan Reyolds hit the Bass Grounds in his aluminum skiff today and found a limit of sea bass, some croaker and some kingfish.
Jeff Weeks landed this beauty of a 10.29 pound sheepshead on an ocean trip this afternoon.
Capitan Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star had a nice day today and even found an October mahi.
What a stunning October morning, and such a gorgeous double sunrise.
Double sunrise?
Well, it’s like this.. My new deckhand had presented with a noticeable limp this morning. I’m told he had it yesterday too but I didn’t see it. Obviously hurting, I figured he’d busted a funny bone or some such.
Yeah, no.
Boys had been drum fishing a few days back in the Ches Bay and he’d been spined in the leg. Fish poison isn’t a joke these days. We used to bleach the poison out back in the day, but infections seem worse nowadays. Young man had a temp of a hundred one last night but felt compelled to come in anyway – certainly admirable, but daaayyyyuum(!) let’s not get the nickname Stumpy..
Found all this out about 2 miles offshore. Returned to the wharf, put a mechanically inclined young hopeful aboard and left (not)Stumpy to his doctoring. I’m confident the good folks at OC Injury & Illness will get him right, and thusly explains why there are two different sunrise snaps today.
A later start than hoped, Big Jon gave 24 reef blocks a shove atop Capt Bob’s Reef and off we went.
The morning bite curse somehow lifted, we actually found em chewing better first thing today
..in the morning.
Having had a delayed departure?
Of course they did.
Made it work.
Sure caught some pretty ones & fairly well most of the day. By 1:45 in the afternoon, however, I was marking schools of sea bass similar to those we’d caught fine from earlier – fish thick on the screen & would scarcely get a sniff..
Catch the dumb ones & hungry ones – the rest we have to wait til another day..
Mike won a very close pool – a fellow up forward was in double digits..
Big Jon, fishing stb stern, sure used his reef karma to excellent effect. He was high man with 13 and caught a…
What?!?
Really?!
Underway for home I stopped to gaff up some trash – Joe spotted a school of mahi beneath it..
Whuuuuttt?!?!
Water was 68 degrees!
Zero chance of catching mahi in August with that temp.
Mahi sporting sweaters and earmuffs? Big Jon said, ‘hold my beer boys’ – caught one on a sea bass jig ..then they were gone.
Pretty cool.
I will try to repeat that.
Have no confidence it’ll work.
Will try Friday. Have to give it a quick try at least!
Probably.
Fishing Saturday and Monday also.
See the Fish Report tab at Morningstarfishing.com for booking info.
Cheers!
Monty
