BIG Fish for Day 2 of the 2026 Ocean City Tuna Tournament
By Scott Lenox
Posted on July 11th, 2026
I just got back from another busy day at the Ocean City Tuna Tournament and I got to see some big fish come to the scales. Awesome to see Fish in OC charter partner Boss Hogg at the top of the leaderboard right now with a very nice 200.5 pound bluefin tuna, and there were some other really nice fish weighed in. Here are the leaderboards after two days of fishing. Thanks to the Ocean City Fishing Center for the pics and info!
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Captain Chase Eberle of Chasin’ Tides Charters had a nice day over ocean structure today with a pile of nice keeper flounder and some sea bass.
Captain Dave Caffrey of On the Run Charters had a good day for his parties today with keeper flounder, triggerfish and kingfish.
Anglers fishing with Captain Jason Mumford of Lucky Break Charters had a bunch of fun today with kingfish, flounder and some sheepshead to as big as 11.4 pounds.
13-Year-Old PJ Reyburn had a blast using his JPR Rod and some Deadly Tackle Hi-Lo rigs to catch some huge spot at the Route 90 bridge on his Pop Pops boat the JPR Rods.
Rich Daiker fished the Route 50 bridge and landed another limit of keeper flounder.
Gary and Ann Bratten found this 20.5″ keeper flounder before the rain this afternoon.
Captain Chris Mizurak of the Angler reported a slow start, but a great finish with sea bass and some flounder to just under 7 pounds.
Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star had a nice day on a calm sea today
Marina parking lot slam full of tuna tournament anglers & crews; the morning was a bit gloomy in very light rain – & with wind not even 2 knots at weather buoy 44009 fifteen miles off the MD/DE line, we departed into the calmest of calms.
Jigmaster Tom and Fluke Slayer Ellie gave a hearty shove to today’s reef unit; this one again being used to tie two larger reef groups together. I’ve included a sidescan snap of these two reef groups – the Ringmaster Reef Group & Capt Bob Gowar’s Memorial Reef Group. Space between larger reef pieces is perfect for reef block units to meld such reefs into a far larger area. You can spot many small block units in between barges, tugs & navy craft.
(The Chesapeake Bay state has no marine reef program. Visit ocreefs.org if you want to help. Want locations? Every reef we’ve ever made is on our charts with perfect coordinates. The small donation is almost entirely put back into reef building. No salaried positions – I charge nothing for my efforts – there’s no office rent and no steak dinners – we build reef.)
As fishing began we were still on Lake Atlantic. A rare calm this day. Nice when it happens.
Bite began well enough and continued into the afternoon. True to her moniker, Ellie boxed a fine fluke on her first drop. There were a few keeper bass around the rail right out of the gate too.
Jigmaster Tom, now fully emerged from his slump (owing reef builder’s karma, no doubt) was in double digits before 10am.
The mates knew what was working and offered the same rig to everyone ..yet people sure get their heart set on using something no matter what they see happening. For some it’s human nature to hold on to the dream and ignore reality.
Sometimes a rig will work incredibly well, yet a day later not be worth dropping. Look around at what’s working.
Same with jigging. Oftimes sea bass will hit jigs for a few minutes when first dropping on a reef/wreck
..then not at all. Other times we’ll see a better grade of fish on a jig all day.
Have to roll with it. Anytime your rig ain’t working for you? It’s working against you.
Switch to what’s working.
Tom, far ahead of the pack, was boxed out at 11:54.
Ellie, destined to become one of the great lady anglers – – trust me, it’s in her blood – – won the flounder prize.
Bob, who fished me a few years w/o winning the pool, remained on his streak. He boated a fine bass early in the day and it held til the very end.
Well, darn. Almost to the end.
Holly opened up a can of “Oh No You Don’t” with her last fish of the day.
Second place has to count for something, Bob..
At least he was one of four to reach double digits.
Calm before the storm today? Not really. Easterly tomorrow though. A tuna wind for sure. Forecast is trending to less breeze too.
Hope the boys box em up; make the last day of the Tuna Tournament memorable.
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