Big Red Drum, Flounder, Sea Bass and Sheep

By Scott Lenox

Posted on October 12th, 2024

We had some really awesome October weather for Harbor Day on the Docks in West Ocean City today! It was an awesome turnout with great entertainment, activities and food! Thanks to everyone that stopped by and talked fishing!

Captain Kane Bounds has had some good fishing over the past week even though conditions have been less than favorable. Big red drum have come over, and back over the rail and some nice flounder have ended up in happy angler’s coolers.

Captain Chris Mizurak of the Angler is happy to be back on the ocean looking for sea bass, and his clients are happy too with some good fishing to restart the season.

Captain Jason Mumford of Lucky Break has been tearing the sheepshead up lately and today was no different with some great fish on two trips.

Big Bird Cropper and Shawn Flaherty had some good fishing with Roy Rigs at the route 50 bridge catching and releasing some rockfish and boxing a limit of nice bluefish.

Caleb Powell loves Deadly Tackle Deadly Doubles and today he used them again in the East Channel where he found a limit of nice flounder on white Gulp.

Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star is glad to be back on the rip looking for sea bass!

Tied her loose into nautical twilight, an expression from back in the day when a crisp horizon before sunup meant a sextant could get clean position shots off a hard horizon. Made a big difference in accuracy. Forecasted westerlies were as predicted – a bit saucy at first then falling out as afternoon approached. We made two half-stack drops on Rambler Reef before pressing on.

Today’s bite was modestly robust; had a few dandies mixed in among innumerable throwbacks.

Ehhh.. More than a few. John was limited out by 11:25 – many others followed suit.

John also had the pool fish – had to sweat it though. Lots of competition!

Nice day..

Not in keeping with his moniker, yet effective nonetheless; Jigmaster Tom–also among those who limited–boated an oh so close double of flounder.

Almost!

Wendell’s rod bowed deeply on a mystery fish. Dern sure wasn’t a sea bass. After a while a nice sized cobia was netted and released – closed season.

MRIP catch estimates strike again..

Darn!

First cobia on here in a very long time..

Tomorrow looks to be challenging. We’ll see how it plays!

Cheers

Monty