July 20, 2026 - 10:28:10
At Fin-Atics in Ocean City John reported kingfish and spot are the main catches mid-island. The North end beach replenishment is screwing all the fishing up that way so stay on the mid island or south. Corson’s Inlet gave up scattered reports of weakfish of 15 to 18 inches on Gulp baits. Sharks and stingrays are plentiful in the suds at night.
July 20, 2026 - 10:28:04
“More bluefin inshore than you would think,” teased The Ingredient at Fin-Atics in Ocean City, adding that the 50- to 60-pound fish are being caught on jigs, paddle tails and live spot. It’s the Wilmington for encounters with mixed size yellowfin, but he emphasizes that the schools are scattered. Sterling Tackle wide trackers doing a lot of the catching. The deeper areas are producing good counts of 12- to 20-pound golden tiles, with whole squid and also bonito bellies the top baits.
July 20, 2026 - 10:27:57
“There are still some keeper flounder in the back bays” according to this week’s report from Fin-Atics. They tell us you have to pick through at least a dozen short fish before coming across a keeper, but the keepers are there. The best tides have been the incoming, especially two hours before high tide. Baits of choice have been minnow/squid combos, spearing or any curly tailed Gulp product. Out at the Ocean City Reef Site, the bite was slower this week, but the keeper ratio was much higher with reports of limits of fish for many anglers. Here, curly tailed Gulp was also working, but word is that your offering has to be large in order to deter the smaller fish. Customers report that 5- to 6-inch Gulp Grubs and Gulp Mullets fished on a bucktail produced fish to 6 pounds. Pink shine, nuclear chicken and pearl white were all popular colors.
July 13, 2026 - 10:39:51
At Fin-Atics in Ocean City Justin noted that the bayside piers and docks got an infusion of fluke activity as Gulp and bucktail baits are hanging fish off the 9th street pier. Croakers infiltrated the bayside waters as well as loads of fish were hitting Fishbites. Triggerfish and some sheepshead are clinging to the Longport Pier and Longport jetty. Kingfish and spot are just really starting to show but you have to move around to find them. Mid and south ends of the island seem to be better.
July 13, 2026 - 10:39:44
“Yellowfin from 50 to 70 pounds inside the Wilmington,” directs Big John at Fin-Atics in Ocean City, adding that the football bluefin at the 750 Square and the 28 Mile Wreck are big enough to have some fun with. These are waxing small and medium ballyhoo, with the 36-inch black/purple, and zucchini Sterling wide tracker the most consistent whacks for the yellowfin.
July 13, 2026 - 10:39:38
Anglers are still finding plenty of flounder in the back bays of Ocean City according to Billy at Fin-Atics. Keepers have been hard to find which is why many customers are hitting up the local wrecks and reefs. The Ocean City Reef and the deeper wrecks have been on fire for the last two weeks, giving up limits of flounder to 6 pounds for anglers fishing larger baits such as mackerel strips, sea robin strips and 6-inch Gulp Grubs. Anglers have also been able to find their one keeper sea bass, plus some ling to round out their fish boxes.
