Fish Report 3/9/25
A Who-Knows-What trip.
Reef Goings On.
"Where the heck ya been capt?"..
Offering a cod(?)tog(?)trip. Really it's just an "I gotta go fishing" trip. Have fresh clam. Have crabs. Have an incredibly calm forecast tomorrow with air temps in the mid-40s.. Last time winter was this cold (2011) I was offering cod trips every chance I had- catching too--even occasional 10 fish limits. Are they there now? Derned if I know. I need to go to sea a day anyway so let's go find out.
Fishing for most anything that might bite a hook then - Monday, 3/10/25 - depart 7:30 return 3 (regulars know I'll gladly leave a half hour early if all are aboard) Trip sells out at, IDK, 4? Not really! But I sure don't expect many with one day's notice. Call it sold out at 12 (a number that is not going to happen.) Fare is $125.00...
Marisa, our reigning Reef Queen, has been doing an excellent job of taking care of reef mailings and her one year old son. Now now she'll also be answering my reservation line.
Key word here? Answering!
Mercy.
Am repairing a badly broken reservation system with several gals answering when able.
Not quite ready yet though.
If you'd like to go tomorrow? Don't call (unless you want to introduce yourself to Marisa.) To book tomorrow just email me - mhawkins@morningstarfishing.com
Corners are already taken..
"Where the heck ya been capt? You OK?!?"
Having dropped off the 'post a day world' when the seafloor became too cold for tog a while back; lately I've had several concerned friends/clients writing everyday to make sure I'm OK.
Yup!
Just busy as a one-legged man in an arse kickin contest is all..
Lots of behind the scenes reef building work going on - meetings about our 4/27/25 Reef Feast at Hooper's Crab House again. It's $50 at ocreefs.org & on the last day of Springfest as ever. I should have been posting all that already: an F-minus for the skipper! Absolutely need raffle & auction prizes too! If you've time to contact manufactures of fishing related items? Their products would look mighty fine with a brochure next to it in a silent or live auction.. Gerald has already donated several custom rods..
This long cold winter and a frozen Chesapeake backed tug companies up. That, of course, went immediately downhill and backed us up. Have two tugs and a barge ready to go as soon as they're caught up and weather permits. Also have 2 steel sailboats on shore that need to come to OC; a 65 ft steel boat in Solomons that's been abandoned for years but the marina hasn't title yet. Can't just sink someone's boat! There's also the self-propelled mini barge project moving slowly ahead..
With that and lots more in the reef world, I've mainly been pouring my hours into a home restoration of sorts.
Around 2013 a fellow moved in next door to my Mom in Tennessee. Friendly enough, he came over and asked to use the phone twice - on his third visit he offered my Mom cash prices for her prescription drugs.
Oh Boy.
I didn't think that would end well so I somehow managed to buy her a modest home in Ocean Pines (near OC.) After she passed I rented my mom's house to someone I trusted. Turns out that was a deeply misplaced trust.
What an atrocious mess..
Having failed my short career in land-lording, the house will soon be for sale.
We filled three large job-site sized dumpsters with abandoned belongings & flooring tear-out, am now in the process of painting every sq inch, installing all new flooring & updating with all new plumbing fixtures.
List is a heck of a lot longer really, especially if you go outside.
On Facebook you'll see a ceiling fan that was above the master bed.
OMGosh..
I'd have never believed anyone I knew could live in such a way.
Oyyyyy!
Often working into the small hours of the night, the project is beginning to take shape
..but I'd like a break.
At least for the day!
Going Fishing!!
Cheers All,
Monty
