May 14th, 2012

Water Temp: 59.2 degrees

Fishing Report by Sue Foster


(Note: Oyster Bay Tackle will be open this week:  7-7 Monday, Wed, Friday, 
Tues (8-5), Sat- 6-6, Sunday 7-4  Call 410-524-3433.  E-mail
Sue Foster at:  Oyster Bay
Tackle The  online mall 
is open!)  Fenwick Tackle is now open Mon,Tues,Thursday (7-6),  8-4 on 
Wednesday  7- 7 on Fridays. 7-6 on Saturdays  We have DEL licenses at our 
DEL location.  Please get your MD licenses and boat stickers at our Oyster 
Bay location.

 
2012 White Marlin Open T's are here! Long and Short Sleeve! Online and 
instore.
We have a few shark shirts left from last year. And YES, we now have 2012 OC 
Shark Shirts in the store! Not enough selection to try to put online yet. If 
you want one shipped, give us a call at 410-524-3433.

 
Flounder and Surf, Rig and Lure Packages, Selection of Swimming Shads or 
Gotcha Plugs! - Free Shipping! 

Tire 
Deflators!  Free shipping on the Oasis Trailheads.

 
Surf Packages, complete with sinkers. Also flounder, Aqua-Clear, Swim 
Shad, and Got-cha Plug Packages.

 
Saltiga Interline 3-piece surf rods, 199.99! Instore or online...

  Gift Cards

 Our  
2012 tide charts are hot off the press! They are now online (under More 
Fishing Info)  and you can print them out if you like.

Flounder fishing was very slow this week due to windy weather. We had some 
striper action, but not as many were weighed in as last week. Some sharks 
and skates were definitely happening!  Indian River Inlet had a couple 
really good nights on stripers. Snapper blues and stripers were biting 
around the Route 50 Bridge. Tautog was good at the South Jetty. The first 
yellowfin tunas were reported.

Surf didn't see as many big stripers in Ocean City as last week. We did hear 
more about sharks. Not many people were fishing during the week as it was 
very windy and rainy. Delaware Beaches have been producing a little better 
though many anglers complained of lot of skates.  Assateague continued to 
have action once the weather calmed down a bit. Apparently, Thursday was a 
very good day on the beach in upper DEL and also Assateague. The bite was 
good on Sunday too. Saturday was slower all around.


Bob Harden from Fenwick Tackle snapped a picture of a nice striper.  It was 
caught on Saturday by Thomas Godusky of Emmaus, PA. It went 19lb 14 oz  and 
was 40 inches long. It was taken on clam at Fenwick Park!

Jim Thompson of Wilmington caught two stripers last Monday afternoon. One 
went  36" and weighed in at 17 1/2 lbs  The other went  41" and weighed 26 
lbs. They were caught from the Fenwick Beach on bunker on 5/7.

This angler was fishing for stripers when he got a big surprise. Mike 
Griffith caught and released a nice Sand Tiger Shark from the beach on Ocean 
City on Wed.

Tyler Sondberg was fishing last Friday, the 4th, on Assateague: "Caught a 
monster 44" that I weighed at just over 25 lbs. My buddy Tyler Nazelrod 
caught a 33" weighing in at 15lbs. Missed two other nice hits but thatll get 
me out there next time.

Tyler Sondberg and Tyler Nazelrod fished again this Sunday: "Hit the beach 
at noon. Not a touch till about 9 pm. Missed one, caught one, missed one, 
caught one. All within an hour. 37" was caught on Sand Fleas, the 42" on 
bunker. The other two missed fish were also on Sand Fleas.Two more firsts 
from the beach, a 3'+ sand tiger, and a small blue dog.  Long day I'm beat! 
I was out with Tyler Nazelrod again.



All these pictures are in our  Surf 
Fishing Photo Gallery.

Assateague saw more action during the week than Ocean City, probably because 
more people were fishing! It looks like Saturday was slow on Assateague 
though.  "Powelldiver" posted on Stripers Online that he caught a 40-incher 
on Friday.

"Castnet" posted on 5/12 on Stripers Online: "Fished Wednesday and Thursday 
evening... Wednesday was a good bite, a little wet, but we got 6 bass fairly 
quick before the heavy rains started and we left. Thursdays wind really 
stirred up the chocolate milk by the time I got out late afternoon. We 
banged up the skates big time. It was like a plague in front of me! Did see 
fish caught as the wind settled down by dark, nothing for us though. Took 
Friday off and a buddy from DC came down for his first time surf fishing. We 
had a blast as we got into 15 bass for the day. He kept saying "dude, that's 
my biggest striper ever!" Then we'd get a bigger one. We got a few fish 
sporadically through the morning but turned on big time at high tide and we 
were getting fish as fast as we could re-bait and lob it back out, with a 
few double headers too! We tried again for a few hours this morning with the 
few leftover crabs we had but could only get a couple rays and a sandbar 
shark to nibble. Only saw 1 fish caught by the time we left at 11.."


Trimic posted about Thursday night. We're not sure where he was fishing, but 
I would guess one of the Northern Delaware Hotspots: "So last night was 
epic....2 x 34 inches, 2 39ers, 2 42"ers, and a 46" slob....nows the time to 
get out there..."

"Hammondjx" posted on the 10th (Thursday): Battled through the skates today 
in Delaware Seashore State Park and ended up getting two bumps which landed 
me a nice pair of stripers. They were about an hour or so apart at the top 
of outgoing - both taken on bunker chunks. I didn't have my tape with 
me...fail! Both were longer then my 36" cooler. Released both to swim 
another day.... the people fishing near me looked at me like I was crazy 
wink.gif I was in the right spot at the right time, didn't see anyone else 
get in to them.

Had another angler stop by to show me his picture of a shark he caught on 
the beach Saturday night. Looked like a sandbar shark. He said he also 
caught lots of smaller sand sharks and a small bluefish.


Many anglers ask about reading the beach when surf fishing. "Poppy" a very
good angler has posted another very good description with pictures on
Stripers Online. Check it out: 
Reading the Beach  He draws it out completely! If you're not catching 
fish in the surf, you need to study this!




Route 50 Bridge is starting to turn on with some action on stripers at night 
along with shad releases and some blues. Blues were caught during the day as 
well.

Tautog! Had a customer that said he couldn't catch a flounder but had a hot 
bite on tautog from his boat at the South Jetty on Saturday. He had 4 
keepers out of about 30 tautogs hooked. He was using green crab.




Oyster Bay Tackle now has the MD 2012 fishing licenses and boat stickers. We 
are now on the new computerized license system. Bring in your driver's 
license or official ID card. Kids 16 or older that do not have a Driver's 
License need their State Issued ID, Learner's Permit Card, or School ID 
number will work in a pinch! Be prepared to give us your phone number, s.s. 
number, and e-mail address (optional.) Please bring cash for licenses!!!!


 Oceanic Pier is now open 
(410-289-2602) and anglers caught some small flounder this Sunday along with 
tautog at the end of the pier. Blues and shad were biting pretty good on 
Saturday night. The pier's report May 11th:  "The shad have been blitzing 
the pier; some in the daytime, and loads at night.  There have also been 
some blues mixed in with the shad.  There are still some tautog being caught 
at the slow  tide in the daytime, but not too many keepers at that new 16" 
requirement.  Lots of skates still around and a few flounder." The Oceanic 
Pier is the one place in Ocean City you can fish without a fishing license.


"Helbent Charters"  e-mailed in: " Only a few things will keep me from 
fishing but Mothers Day is one of those things. As tough as it was to stay 
off the water this weekend and not book any trips I have to say it was well 
worth having my entire family over for a get together with my mom.  As for 
fishing I will be back out this week looking for the bite.  I love you mom! 
Give me a call 717-574-4010 or email me at helbentcharters@hotmail.com. See 
you on the water! "


Larry Jock of the Coastal Fisherman had no reports of flounder this week, 
but lots of striper reports!

Larry Jock of the  Coastal 
Fisherman reports on Sunday: "Kevin Bichy caught a 19.5-inch flounder in 
the Ocean City Inlet on a squid and minnow combination." On SATURDAY Larry 
reports:
"A lot of small stripers were caught around the Rt. 50 Bridge by anglers 
tossing swim shads." On Friday: "Small bluefish were caught around the Rt.50 
Bridge and in shallow water just north of the bridge." On Thursday, "Windy 
day today, but it sounds like there was a good striper bite off Assateague 
today. Those fishing with sand fleas seemed to do better than those with 
bunker. Ricky Knight stopped by with a 33-inch striper he caught off 
Assateague while using sand fleas for bait. Caught around 1pm at high tide."

We didn't hear much of anything all week long on flounder except for Larry 
Jock heard on Wed, "When it finally cleared up in the afternoon, some 
anglers were able to hook into flounder north of the Thorofare. All were too 
short to keep, but decent numbers were caught."

Last Monday afternoon saw a nice flounder. Charlie Donohue came into Oyster 
Bay Tackle with a 21.5 Flounder weighing in at 3.5 pounds fishing from the O 
C Joy with Captain Denny Blessing on 5/7/2012 using live minnows. On Sunday, 
May 6th, Dan Mattio lll from Kingsville, MD landed a 20" flattie on a bull 
minnow. He was fishing a half mile north of the route 90 bridge on the 
"Fraid Knot".
He missed another of equal size right at the boat. Weather was very cool and 
the water was choppy. The tide was out going.

 Their pictures are in our  Inshore 
Photo Gallery.

Joe at  Lewes Harbour Marina 
gives us a report from his "neck of the woods" on May 10th:
"Striper action on the beach has been better than in many past seasons. Bass 
began to be caught by anglers working the Cape Henlopen surf during the days 
leading up to the full moon, and the catching has continued through this 
past week. Best bites have been at the top and bottom of the tide, 
paticularly if those times coincided with daybreak or dusk. Clams and bunker 
were the baits of choice. The Herring Point access area has been popular 
because of structure offered by the Navy Jetties. However, fish were taken 
along the beach both north and south of there. Limit catches were fairly 
common, and many of the rockfish have been good sized. ..... Stripers were 
caught from Broadkill Beach too.... Rock also showed along the Outer Wall, 
and boaters casting artificials got into good fish too. .....Black drum 
catches have been fair, but it hasn't busted wide open yet. Captain Ted ran 
the Angler to the Coral Beds off Fowler Beach Monday night, and returned 
with 5 boomers to nearly 80 pounds. .... Drum should be available through 
the June full moon. Toggers getting in on the end of the Spring season had 
success along the Outer Wall. ....In offshore news, Jon Kitchen called to 
report that a recent trip to 400 fathoms of Poor Man's resulted in 6 bluefin 
tuna. The crew kept a 38 pounder. "


 His full report is  here.


 E-mail Sue Foster at:  Oyster Bay 
Tackle with your pictures and/or reports.  Vacation Pictures are 
welcome! (Please send me a real picture and not a link to a "Kodak moment" 
or a Facebook page.") Phone pics are fine.
E-mail me your name and where you are from so we
can put you in our weekly fish reports and/or Gallery!


Anglers now need a DE Fishing License to fish, crab, and clam in DEL: 
Individual Delaware Fishing Licenses are now available  
online
   Stop into Fenwick Tackle and get your license. 302-539-7766.


Capt. Monty on the " 
Morning Star  has been catching tautog and making reservations for the 
upcoming sea bass season. He e-mailed in his report 5/8:

 New Tog Trips:
Friday - 5/11/12 - 6 AM to 4 PM - 10 Hour - $125.00 - Twelve Sells Out.
Sunday - 5/13/12 - 7 AM to 3 PM - $100.00 - 8 Sells Out.
***************
Reservations Required at 410 520 2076 - Leave Your Best Contact Number In 
Case Weather Forecasts Change.
NEW SIZE LIMIT IS HARDER - 16 Inches..
Green Crabs Provided; You're Welcome To Bring Any Hard-Bait.
This Is Tog Fishing - It's Possible Some Clients Will Be Skunked.
Fishery Regulations Followed Or Exceeded - Yes, We Check Coolers & Fish.
If You Want To Be A Commercial Fisherman And Sell Live Tog - Do It On 
Someone Else's Boat - No Live Fish Leave My Boat.
***********************
Hi All,
Weather gorgeous on Friday, May 4th. Neither current nor a steady wind 
speed/direction, it was a great day to be on two anchors. Conditions were so 
tough I even saw a charter boat 'drifting' for tautog.. Straddled stem to 
stern with 40 pound Danforths in light current, I was surprised by how well 
the tog bit. Took a couple limits & put back many large females. (Thanks 
Greg.) Our pool winner was just about 15 pounds, maybe a tad over.
Anchoring conditions difficult again Saturday; made tougher still in dense 
fog. Saw another charter boat drifting for tog--all day. Only this guy 
seemed to know some really big pieces that I didn't realize were there.. 
Maybe he was sea bassing? Ignorance is bliss.
Saturday we were treated to a display of Lady Luck such as I've never seen. 
Trisha was positively on fire -- the rest of the boat was not. Catching fish 
everywhere we went; Even snagged in the bottom she broke free and brought up 
a keeper cod. Though Ralph took the pool by length & Jim took the t-shirt 
prize for smallest fish; Trisha caught a new personal best tog of 26 1/4 
inches and 15.7 pounds--a huge female that she tagged & released--Plus 
biggest cod, biggest cbass & heaviest tog.. And most tog--more keeper tog 
than the rest of the boat combined I think.
We should all have such a day once in a while..

******************
Ocean City Reef Foundation Dinner May 16 at Hall's Restaurant -  60th 
Street, Ocean City, MD - No formal dinner this - 5 to 7 - tickets $15.00 at 
the door - please email if you have auction items - Its a fun evening. 
******************


"

E-mail Capt Monty at:  Capt 
Monty about upcoming trips or to subscribe to his newsletter: 
mhawkins@mediacombb.net

Capt. Monty Hawkins
mhawkins@siteone.net
Party Boat "Morning Star"
Reservation Line 410 520 2076
http://www.morningstarfishing.com/

Watch the 
weather.



Capt. Victor on the  Ocean 
Princess is now fishing weekends.
(8 Hour Tog Fishing
8 hour tog fishing trips every Saturday and Sunday.  Boat leaves the dock at 
7am and returns at 3pm. Cost is $75per adult and $28 for kids 12 and under 
(plus tax). No fishing license required, free bait and free parking. 
Reservations required, boat limited to 25 anglers. For information and 
reservations call 410-289-6226.)





 The  Angler Party Boat posts on their 
website: Our 2012 season will begin this Saturday April 21st. We will be 
sailing from 730am to 230-3pm for Tog. Cost is $62 per person, which 
includes rod, reel, bait, and tackle. We will sail only on the weekends 
until Seabass opens up. We only have a few spots remaining for the May 19th 
10hr Seabass trip, but have added another 10hr on Monday May 21st. We will 
also be having an 18hr Golden Tile trip on May 6th. Please call 410-458-8343 
or 410-289-7424 for more information and reservations. Thanks and hope to 
see you soon!


May 19th 10hr Seabass
May 20th 730am-3pm Seabass
May 21st 10hr Seabass


  Stop by to the Oyster Bay Tackle location and buy your 2012 Ocean City
Reef Foundation Charts. The donation fee for these charts are $25. $27 if 
you use a credit card. These charts pin-point all the GPS numbers for all 
the
Artificial Reef materials that have been scattered near offshore wrecks, 
reefs, and
obstructions. The charts give you hundreds of numbers to find fish. All the 
money collected goes back into the Artificial Reef Foundation.    Come to 
Oyster Bay Tackle or buy  
online.

Check out the link on our web site to the local chapter of the  MSSA.   They are keeping us 
abreast on all the Fishing Issues.  From our  Oyster Bay Website, go to "More 
Fishing Info" on the left hand side, and click on "MSSA Atlantic Anglers".

Check the weather before driving hours to go offshore or fish the surf.  Go 
to  
Coastal Marine Forecast to get an idea of the weather and height of the 
waves.

Capt. Rick Yakimowicz of the "Thelma Dale V" Reports from Fisherman's Wharf 
on May 9th:

"I was finally able to get out this past week fishing for the Tog five of 
the last seven days however my results were much less than favorable as far 
as I was concerned....

We did have our moments however, we were able to see several personal bests 
with the Tog, a few limits here and there and even a couple of bonus 
Stripers that happened to eat a crab at a very inopportune moment. We also 
saw a preliminary to what we might expect once the Sea Bass season finally 
opens. There was a couple wrecks that I tried within just a few miles of the 
beach that were covered up with some beautiful Bass that would approach two 
and three pounds. Of course much like the many three and four pound 15 1/2 
inch throwback Tog we were seeing, they too had to be returned to the sea 
due to the current regulations. It has been very frustrating catching nice 
fish and having to throw them back due to the faulty "best available 
science.....

here has also been a nice showing up in the Delaware Bay with Sea Trout that 
are actually being measured in pounds and not inches. These big Trout could 
perhaps be a glimmer of hope for our future if they continue to return to 
the Delaware Bay to spawn the way they once did. Along with the Stripers 
biting there have also been a good number of nice Flounder being caught by 
those targeting them. I look for a really good Flounder season this year and 
it is quite possible we will be seeing some good numbers of flatties rather 
early this year. Drumfish have also started to bite in some pretty decent 
numbers on both sides of the Delaware Bay and there has even been several 
landed in the surf along with the Stripers....

We will be targeting Drumfish, Flounder or possibly even Stripers with the 
Full-Day trips until the Sea Bass season opens. I will play it by ear with 
the weather and the fishing conditions as to what we may target on any given 
trip. If the Drumfish continue to bite in the daytime it is possible that 
they will be on the top of the menu and if drifting conditions are really 
good we will most certainly try for some Fluke.


 If you would like any more information about trips sailing out of the Wharf 
or you are interested in booking a private charter or you would like to 
reserve a spot on an upcoming special trip please give us a call at (302) 
645-TUNA.

His full report and boat info is  
here.

Capt. Rick Yakimowicz
Thelma Dale V
catchfish@verizon.net"

Old Inlet Bait and Tackle (302-227-7974)  posted their Spring Surf 
Tournament results  on May 12th: Largest Fish of Tournament

Christine Jirokowic 39" striper
Mark Coleman 39" striper

Largest Bluefish of Tournament

Andrew Martz 18"

243 total participants

Stripers, flounder, kingfish, blues and puffers on the beach. Plus sharks, 
skates and rays!!

Bill Sports Center (302-645-7654) in Lewes reports lots of nice stripers 
from the beach around Cape Henelopen, Herring Point, and Indian River.  Some 
good sized stripers were caught from Indian River Inlet. Drum in Delaware 
Bay. Blue crabs in the bay!

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Pretty cool web site... Lots of pics and discriptions and directions to get 
to some of those fishing places in DEL everyone talks about but you might 
wonder where they are! The site is  DSF Delware Surf Fishing. 
(http://delaware-surf-fishing.com)

 Capt.Dan Stauffer (866-623-4746) of the  Fin Chaser does wreck, 
inlet and trolling trips.  "Fin Chaser's 2012 season has begun!  By mid-May 
we will also be running Sea Bass Trips too. Shark fishing takes off in early 
June and by mid-June our first Tuna of the year will be here."  Here's a 
couple of his reports to give you a taste of Capt Dan's trips:

05/12/12 Ran to the south looking for some tasty tog for this repeat crew 
from last spring. Bite was super in the morning with a fair number of 
keepers. Bite slowed in the late morning and by noon had nearly shut down 
all together. Back in the slip with 15 tog in the box the largest just under 
10 lb.

05/11/12 Half-day trip with three guys from MD, one who's tying the knot 
tomorrow. Bite was good and very fitting that the groom-to-be had the best 
bite of the trio. Back in the slip with four nice keepers in the box.

05/07/12 Toggin with the boyz from FlexHead Industries. Bite was slow in the 
morning but really picked-up as the day progressed. At times it was red-hot, 
other times, not so much. Did manage a few dandies and one of the prettiest 
8 lb. males I've seen in a long time. Back in the slip a little early with 
13 tog in the box.

 VA 
charters.
(Wilson Cropp Charters and Guide Service. Cape Charles, VA- 1-434-531-6376) 
Stripers....Flounder....Drum...  Speckled Trout....Tog... Wilson says black 
drum fishing has been pretty good. Big Stripers in the wash with the drum. 
OK on the flounder end as well.   Eco tours as well.

   Larry Jock of the  Coastal 
Fisherman reports from offshore on Saturday: "Jezebel" went to the Bass 
Grounds and the Great Eastern Reef and returned with 8 tautog. "Restless 
Lady" caught a 130 lb. mako shark and a 42 lb. yellowfin tuna in 500 fathoms 
in the Baltimore. "No Shop Talk" caught a 168 lb. mako near the Sausages." 
On Friday, "First yellowfin tuna of the year were caught by anglers on the 
"Foolish Pleasures" with Capt. Dale Lisi at the helm. Capt. Dale said that 
they ran to 100 fathoms on the west wall of the Baltimore Canyon. The bite 
happened between 8 am and 10 am. They had 2 small fish but the rest were 
between 35 and 40 lbs."





CHECK OUT the Fish Talk Forum - At 
The Beach - Fishing Ocean City MD Assateague Island - Delaware Fishing 
Beaches


 (Just a note to say to my readers that many of my fishing reports are from
other anglers and party boats that come over my e-mail. When I "copy/paste"
their reports I try to leave them intact. It keeps the fishing reports
lively and interesting. But any comments/politics within the quotes are
their comments and views, and not necessarily mine.)

Need info on where, how, when to fish, crab, and clam? Go 
to  
Drifting Easy Archives and READ UP! It's all in there and it's 
FREE!!!!!!

 James A. Donofrio, executive director of the  Recreational Fishing 
Alliance
has been actively working on the fisheries crisis. The RFA believes the 
future of our fisheries is dependent on fixing the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act which has laid down strict time-frames that 
do not take into account livelihoods and that a fishery is rebounding 
steadily.


Need to tie a knot? Click 
Here. This is really cool! You can also click  Here!


Maryland Fishing License

Anglers fishing in Ocean City will need to purchase a  saltwater fishing
license. This license will cover both the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal
waters and surf of Ocean City and Assateague Island. Yes, this includes surf 
fishing. If you already have a Chesapeake Bay Saltwater license you are good 
to go!  Anglers will be able to purchase the license  online or come 
to Oyster Bay Tackle to purchase one. Please bring cash to buy your fishing 
license in our store.  If you go online, Logon if you have ever had a MD 
fishing or hunting license in the past or Enroll if you never had. Fill in 
all the information and click on "Purchase License"  The
license you want to choose is "Bay and Coastal Sport"  You can either choose
a year-round or 7-day.
If you know you are coming to Ocean City,and you want to get it done ahead 
of time you can
also call a toll free number (1-855-855-3906)
or print and mail in an   application.  Boat 
Licenses: $50 and everyone on your boat can go
fishing without a license. You will get a personal license along with your 
boat license, so you can go shore fishing as well. They will send you your 
sticker for your boat in the mail.  If you come to Oyster Bay Tackle, we 
have the stickers now.

Mail the application to their main office:

Maryland Dept. of Natural resources
Annapolis Service Center
P.O. Box 1869
1804 West Street, Suite 300
Annapolis, MD 21401


If you are going to be fishing on a private boat with someone who has a Boat
License, you don't have to buy a license, but you do have to   register 
online. This
is free and is done on the same site that you would buy a license. Logon if 
you have ever had a MD fishing or hunting license or Enroll if you never 
had. Fill in all the information and click on "Obtain Registration" to print 
your free registration. Print out your number and keep an id with
you when you go fishing. You can also call 1-855-855-3906 during daytime 
hours.


Another interesting note about the license is that if you buy a VA license,
it is good in MD, and vice versa. If you are fishing in MD with a VA licence
you do need to register with MD online. Again, this is free. This is so each
state can "try" to figure out "how many" fish are being caught in their own
individual states.  (VA Free 
Registry)

If you want to go fishing in Ocean City without a license, your choices will
be the "Oceanic Pier" or to go fishing on a party or charter boat.  You can
also go crabbing and clamming in Ocean City without a license. Or you can
fish off your own private dock.

Senior citizens 65 and older. Cost is $5 if you have a MD driver's license 
and are a resident of MD,
but if you are a non-resident there is no break. No break for boat licenses 
either. $50 resident or non-resident,
plus around $3 for the internet fees.

Contact Info
If you have any questions regarding Maryland's sport fishing license
requirements, you may contact Fisheries Service via e mail:
customerservice@dnr.state.md.us or by calling (410-656-9526).


Following is the fee schedule for 2012:

Senior License (year round) - $5.00
Resident License (year round) - $15.00
Resident License (7-day) - $6.00
Non-resident (year round) - $22.50
Non- resident (7-day) - $12.00
Pleasure Boat Decal (covers everyone on boat - year round) - $50.00
Commercial Fishing Pier License (year round) - $290.00

No license is required for:
Boat decal passengers
Those fishing in "free fishing" areas
Those fishing from their waterfront properties
Anglers under 16 years old
Anglers fishing on a licensed charter, party or guide boat
Anglers fishing commercially under a valid license

For more information, log onto www.dnr.state.md.us

 Need a gift card? Give us a call at 410-524-3433   You can also buy
them 
online.

 2012 White Marlin Open T's.  Popular Calcutta T's 
both short and long sleeve!    Order  ONLINE.

Preview our selection of  
hooks, sinkers, and swivels along with the ever popular sputnik sinkers.



We have Calcutta hats, visors, t's, long sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts, tanks
and new 
T-shirts on our online mall. We have the  
Bloodworm scented
Fish Bites in stock. Also the very popular Gulp and Fin-Atics Fish Oil 
in Shedder Crab and other flavors.  You can buy these items    
online.



Tire Buddy III deflators are great! Call Oyster Bay Tackle at 410-524-3433 
or order  on 
line.


We also now carry the  Oasis 
Trailhead Tire Deflators. 59.99 for set of 4.  Free shipping online!

To buy a dozen assorted flounder rigs for $24.99.  
Order Online.

To buy a selection of a dozen of the most popular Got-cha Plugs in our area
for 49.99 
Shop Online.

We have a great value on a stuffed surf box

Big surf box for 49.99- a $56 value- available on line, at both our
stores.

We offer a great value in our stores or on our web site of
a package of 12 assorted surf rigs for $23.99. 
Surf rigs buy online.

To buy a big stuffed  
Flounder box
for 49.99 stop in our stores, Shop Online, or call 410-524-3433.-

We have 
6-packs of bucktails   and we
have 
fishing
books.


Visit our  online mall year
round.  Check it out and 
e-mail me with any comments or suggestions.
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We have a   
Australian Gold
Suntan Lotion web page that shows all the Australian Gold Suntan
Products available in both our retail stores. Oyster Bay Tackle~410-524-3433
and Fenwick Tackle~302-539-7766. E-mail 
 Sue for pricing and availability or call 410-524-3433.

Visit our  Website.

Visit our 
Drifting Easy Archives  to learn where and how to crab, clam and fish in
our area.

 Sale! 

We have lots of rods and reels out for this season by
Daiwa, Tica, Sea Striker and Okuma.

If you have any fish reports please  e-mail
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Tides: These are ocean tides, add 2 hours for the bay, approximately 1 hour 
for Indian River:

High Tides: (Add approx 6 hours for low tide)

 Monday, May 14th- 2:41 A.M. and 3:14 P.M.
Tuesday, May 15th-  3:49 A.M. and 4:20 P.M.
Wednesday, May 16th- 4:49 A.M. and 5:14 P.M.
Thursday, May 17th-   5:38 A.M. and 5:59P.M.
Friday, May 18th-    6:20 A.M. and 6:39 P.M.
Sat, May 19th-    6:59 A.M. and 7:17 P.M.
Sun, May 20th-    7:38 A.M. and 7:56 P.M.

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