tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226628512024-03-13T23:48:11.604-04:00Morning Star Fish ReportUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger752125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-79116643163482929472024-03-11T18:15:00.001-04:002024-03-11T18:15:51.308-04:00Fish Report 3/11/24Fish Report 3/11/24 Haven't been in a month!!Working on a Big Reef Project & Need to go tog fishing - for the soul, and so I don't go broke! IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER & LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES! Boat Regs: 3 Tog @ 16 Inches - only one can be a female. (Maryland is 4 of any sex @ 16in - we're fishing the boat rule.) Release of all sizes Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-15151180223318665162024-02-07T11:52:00.001-05:002024-02-07T11:52:25.986-05:00Fish Report 2/07/24Fish Report 2/07/24 Opening Feb Thurs 8th (Tomorrow!) & Monday 12th.. A Very Familiar Issue Arrises In The South.. IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER & LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES! Boat Regs: 3 Tog @ 16 Inches - only one can be a female. (Maryland is 4 of any sex @ 16in - we're fishing the boat rule.) Release of all sizes encouraged. Keep a few Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-75774384855491795402024-01-28T14:48:00.001-05:002024-01-28T14:48:54.051-05:00Fish Report 1/28/24Fish Report 1/28/24 Adding Two One(!) more tog trip. (Derned forecast changed since this morning!) Thoughts new and old on my multi-decade battle with recreational catch estimates and the harm they bring to fisheries science & management - to all restoration efforts.IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER & LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES! Boat Regs: 3 Tog&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-60621985036405613682024-01-22T11:37:00.000-05:002024-01-22T11:38:12.482-05:00Fish Report 1/22/24Fish Report 1/22/24A Rocky Start To Winter Toggin. At Last Able To Offer Some Trips.. Blind to the data.. Another Study Shows Artificial Reef Increases Fisheries & Shellfish Productions.. IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER & LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES! Boat Regs: 3 Tog @ 16 Inches - only one can be a female. (Maryland is 4 of any sex @ 16in - Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-47662186519557002812024-01-01T18:00:00.001-05:002024-01-01T18:00:45.899-05:00Fish Report Quicky 1/1/24 Fish Report Quicky (Have to do the annual reef raffle grand prizes soon!) Finished sea bass with a bang - fabulous - Have had two decent (for these days!) tog trips 12/31 & 1/1/24. I see the weather appears sweet on Wednesday, 1/3/24, now too. Am adding that date Wednesday 1/3/24 - 7 to 3 - sells out at 12 - $150.00... See details below if considering the trip. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-87969112751838974862023-12-27T13:58:00.001-05:002023-12-27T13:58:38.003-05:00Fish Report 12/27/23Fish Report 12/27/23 One more Sea Bass Trip - then begin winter toggin.. 41,000 Blocks My Boat's Tog Regs Are Tougher Than State Regs! Looking for MAD drop and reel tog fishing? Yeah, umm.. Bygone days my friend! Well, Just a few DD (double digit) tog then? Derned if I know. Lot of heat on these. I tried to warn everyone.. I'm just glad if clients get bit!!IF Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-64448552322558255512023-12-20T17:14:00.001-05:002023-12-20T17:14:51.454-05:00Fish Report 12/20/23Fish Report 12/20/23 Sea Bass & Tog Fishing in the final days of advent.. Fantastic video of Oysters GROWING where we were told we couldn't on FB.. On a 2017 pipe reef built by CCA MD & MARI.. If Nothing Else - Have A Merry Christmas!! Have had some clients catch a sea bass limit, but not the whole boat of late. After this ferocious storm? Might actually help! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-78728342758408727172023-12-13T17:24:00.000-05:002023-12-13T17:25:09.642-05:00Fish Report 12/13/23 - & a tog rant..Fish Report 12/13/23 Another Sea Bass Boat Limit.. A DoWhat Trip? Already?Play The Reef Raffle! ocreefs.org You won't believe the reef we're going to build.. Play and help build it!!Had another boat limit of sea bass on Monday 12/12/23 - Not limiting everyone out as often as the last two years, but I'd say anglers have pretty good odds. Also did a video/fish trip with fed/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-3814081441758795962023-12-06T14:51:00.001-05:002023-12-06T14:51:39.420-05:00Fish Report 12/6/23Fish Report 12/6/23 Sea Bass Limits Seeing Bluefin (not catching them!) Reef Raffle!Had another boat limit on Monday 12/4/23 - Not as often as the last two years, but I'd say anglers have pretty good odds. Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells out my sea bass trips - makes for lots of room. I'll carry still fewer for Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-21159778347442188382023-12-02T16:59:00.001-05:002023-12-02T16:59:22.838-05:00Fish Report 12/02/23Fish Report 12/2/23 Sea Bass Limits Seeing Bluefin (not catching them!) Reef Raffle!Sea Bass fishing had been good to excellent until Dec 1 when I stumbled - dogfish kept crashing the party; ended the day with only two limits. Dec 2, however, was more normal: a lot of 'weeding' through shorts for keepers. A few dogs? Yes, but just a handful. Half the boat was limited. Will ourUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-61642188513389847472023-11-24T07:14:00.001-05:002023-11-24T07:14:30.735-05:00Fish Report 11/24/23Fish Report 11/24/23 No Report - Just Opening 5 Trips Hope Y'all Had A Fine Thanksgiving!Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellent. My last three trips were boat limits - "Some Limits" has been the worst result of the last month.. (sent on way off 11/24 so today is unknown!)Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells out my sea bass Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-91152398669600998552023-11-22T13:41:00.000-05:002023-11-22T13:42:11.368-05:00Fish Report 11/22/23 - Just Black Friday.. Fish Report 11/22/23 Opening Black Friday 11/24/23Good News & Bad News.. Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellent. My last three trips were boat limits - "Some Limits" has been the worst result of the last month.. Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells out my sea bass trips - makes for lots of room. JustUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-54005730358455852502023-11-16T07:21:00.000-05:002023-11-16T07:22:57.024-05:00Fish Report 11/16/23 Fish Report 11/16/23 Opening tomorrow! Friday 11/17/23A Letter To MD Fisheries about our need of Video Cameras..Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellent. "Some Limits" was the worst trip lately. Wed 11/15/23 was fantastic..(Heading offshore now on 16th) Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells out my sea bass trips - makes for Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-54384461909740697422023-11-09T17:26:00.000-05:002023-11-09T17:27:08.040-05:00Fish Report 11/09/23Fish Report 11/09/23 A Few New DatesBiden's Response Opening sea bass trips into a calm Saturday & a few more decent days. Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellent. Just had 4 boat limits straight. Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells out my sea bass trips - makes for lots of room. Saturday/Monday/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-52179657853074766682023-11-01T13:53:00.001-04:002023-11-01T13:53:16.751-04:00Fish Report 11/01/23Fish Report 11/01/23 Opening sea bass trips into another calm. Too Dang Busy W/Fisheries & Reef Correspondence To Write A Report! Reef Raffle Prizes Are Getting Better & More Numerous.. (Report on that soon through Reef Report email from list at ocreefs.org - plus FaceBook where I'll post pics also..) Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-23121936025246462822023-10-22T14:27:00.001-04:002023-10-22T14:27:52.750-04:00Fish Report 10/22/23Fish Report 10/22/23 Opening sea bass trips into a true calm. Reef Raffle & Reef Building in Recent Years.. Sea Bass fishing remains very good to excellent. We've had several more boat limits and one windy day that was still pretty good, especially for being stuck inshore. Will our luck hold? Derned if I know. Going fishing. Eighteen Anglers sells outUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-8259820200112847422023-10-16T12:48:00.001-04:002023-10-16T12:48:58.514-04:00Fish Report 10/16/23Fish Report 10/16/23 Opening 1.75 days. (One's a shorty!) Of Old Science, Video Camera Counts and Estimate Guesses.. MRIP's Black Curtain.. Is It Even Legal? Sea Bass fishing is at a sudden peak after the early October closure. After not having a complete boat limit (that I remember!) all season - now clients are 3 for 4. Even the day we didn't boat-limit we had about of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-6895103541285060882023-10-09T18:59:00.001-04:002023-10-09T18:59:59.963-04:00Fish Report 10/9/23Fish Report 10/8/23 Opening just FIVE trips (and then, sakes, back to windy weather again!) Two New Reefs In One Day! (As ever, see FB for the pictures and video.)Writing an important fisheries experiment -- which makes me remember Professor Elaine at CBL..IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE CONTACT NUMBER & LISTEN TO YOUR MESSAGES - Anna is a one person operation. She might Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-59223931862034696882023-09-02T16:34:00.001-04:002023-09-02T16:34:43.524-04:00Fish Report 9/1/23 Fish Report 9/1/23 In the"Better Late Than Never Dept" Opening September ..Parole Board .. Mahi in Clear Water .. Reef Block #40,000 .. Motsko Family Reef .. NOAA Press Releases About MRIP ..Busy August! Just a bunch of bit and pieces ..********Quote from a letter to top of NOAA management 9/5/2022MRIP stinks worse than a sun baked, maggot infested bucket of codswallop Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-89566068095344026292023-08-05T16:43:00.001-04:002023-08-05T16:43:17.716-04:00Fish Report 7/15/23Fish Report 7/15/23Offering Summer Long Trips for..A Letter to the President (who has a Delaware beach house not ten miles from some of our coral fish habitat. I bet No One in NOAA can tell him where or how valuable the habitat is to marine fisheries productions. If knowledge is king, where DelMarVa's seafloor is concerned we are all paupers..) IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-76481338025381412682023-07-15T07:28:00.001-04:002023-07-15T07:28:33.147-04:00Fish Report 7/15/23Fish Report 7/15/23Offering Summer Long Trips for..A Letter to the President (who has a Delaware beach house not ten miles from some of our coral fish habitat. I bet No One in NOAA can tell him where or how valuable the habitat is to marine fisheries productions. If knowledge is king, where DelMarVa's seafloor is concerned we are all paupers..) IF YOU BOOK, LEAVE YOUR BEST POSSIBLE Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-51173501978715252552023-06-23T15:29:00.001-04:002023-06-23T15:29:37.667-04:00Fish Report 6/23/23Fish Report 6/23/23Opening most of July with "Fish for What's Biting" trips - Plus 6 'Concentrate on Flounder' extended trips. Anna is a one person operation. She might be slammed when I hit send. (or maybe not!) If she cannot pick up, Leave her a message. She has a method to her madness.. Reservations at 443-235-5577 - She's a one person operation & has other jobs Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-32473563569872221442023-06-12T12:28:00.001-04:002023-06-12T12:28:17.460-04:00Fish Report 5/20/23Fish Report 5/20/23Not a great start..Honey, I bought a boat!Thoughts on building sea bass populations. All of May already open - now opening June for sea bass trips. Size limit 13 inches - 15 per person. Fishing has not been "Hot" - Some limits Sailing Saturdays 630 to 3:30 at $155.00 — Weekdays & Sundays 7 to 3 at $135 - All Trips Sell Out at 18 Anglers.Anna is a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-39475021503848649682023-04-03T22:34:00.001-04:002023-04-03T22:34:56.804-04:00Fish Report 4/3/23 - On Correcting MRIP's Effort Estimates With Video..Fish Report 4/3/23 On Correcting MRIP's Effort Estimates With Video..Yes, my tale here is a long read for these times. I thought any associated with, or participating in fisheries would want to know a good part of the story.. Over and over this last decade NOAA has kicked this issue to statisticians at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for review. NAS has absolutely no way of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662851.post-70729405257973905412023-03-29T12:07:00.001-04:002023-03-29T12:07:49.340-04:00Fish Report 3/29/23Fish Report 3/29/23 Opening May Sea Bass Reservations - May Trips Are NonRefundable! Reschedule in event of bad weather? Of Course! But no refunds..A look at the real trouble with regulations.. No Tog Trips Announced Here.. Opening May 15 to June 4 for sea bass trips. Size limit 13 inches - 15 per person. These reservations are non refundable. Different date? Weather? Sure, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com