Posted on June 18th, 2025
For the next couple of weeks the Daily Angle is going to be dropping at some strange times. The family and I are on vacation and we’re six hours ahead of Ocean City time. As I write this it’s 5 AM in Ocean City, but I just finished breakfast at 11 AM in Venice!!
Captain Chase Eberle of Chasin Tides charters had a nice day in the canyons today putting five yellowfin tuna in the boat.
Captain Mark Spagnola of dusk to Dawn bow fishing put the Breeo family on some nice shooting for South and cow nosed rays.
Luke Wrye hit the route 50 bridge with Roy Rigs and had some catch and release rockfish action and a big 33” bluefish.
Captain Monty Hawkins of the Morning Star had a nice day for his anglers.
Laid in a couple days – no fishing Sun/Mon. I called it wrong on Sunday. Just knew Saturday afternoon’s wind switch was going to stay NE & intensify.
NE wind Sunday?
Yes.
But very light.
Ouch.
Gotta call em like you see em.
Monday’s flags indicated staying tied up was the right choice.
Did some truly important maintenance too.
While we worked at the dock, Capt Stormy on the Tik XIV got on station before noon to deploy 208 pyramids. Man’s fished 60+ years; has a heavy weather boat – he got it done safely.
Unfortunately we somehow got our wires crossed. He built a nice piece of reef on good hardbottom well within our Bass Grounds permit. Just wasn’t where I’d wanted it.
Promise – from bare concrete on 6/17/25, by late summer it will have lots of growth and be colonized by sea bass. In three years it will have resident spawning tautog and perhaps even the first of many corals. It’s very much in my goal of a ‘Bass Grounds Restoration Reef Group” area.
We did our block drop there today too as I needed to check the deployment – to actually see it. Jerry & my old mate Tim (worked with me in the 1990s/early 2000s and how wonderful to have him back aboard!) ..they deployed 20 blocks and a nice terracotta unit while I sidescanned and made notes for next year’s OC Reef Foundation charts. It’s certainly a namable reef. I may well add more material to it also. Certainly will.
Fishing today offered mixed results. When chewing? Sweet indeed. Lot of nice fish on the boat.
Walter won the pool and Jerry used his reef builder’s karma to win our daily reef raffle.
Am getting some crew applicants via email and will pull that post.
Tryouts start tomorrow.
First sounder pic is sea bass – pretty thick.
Second was on my way home – 99% sure they were “the mouth” – Cutlass Fish (and not ribbonfish, promise.) First I’ve seen this year.
Doubt they’ll be the last.
Cheers,
Monty
Capt Monty
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Check out our awesome sea bass and flounder trip from last week!
