Dan Stauffer, Author at Finchaser Sportfishing Charters | Ocean City, Maryland

Ran just under 30 miles with a crew of four looking for some mid-range mahi. Worked about a dozen sets of flags before we reach our limit (40). With a little bit of time left in the day we stop at a shoal 8 miles off the inlet and spend some time catching greenies.

08/16/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 18, 2024

Ran to the deep today in super calm seas with a crew of meat hunters from South Central PA. Started the day at one of our tilefish hotspots and quickly began filling the box. Hit our limit in under two hours so we picked up and ran to a wreck that lays in 230' of water. The drift was absolutely perfect for this piece but the fishing was average at best. After a couple hours of adding a few nice...

08/15/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 16, 2024

Two shorter trip today yeilded action on Atlantic Bonita, Spanish Mackerel, Taylor Bluefish and a couple smaller Mahi.

08/13/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 14, 2024

Ran to the deep today on a combo trip with a crew of 3. Shortly after lines in I noticed a small bilp on my radar and point out way. Turns out to be a high flyer and a lobster ball that apparently has not been touched and was loaded with bailer mahi. In short order we have our limit in the box. We make a 45-minute run to the tilefish hole and proceed to put that limit in the box as well. With...

08/12/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 13, 2024

Ran 10 miles north with a crew of young teenagers for a day of nearshore fun. Arrived at the hill and immediately started catching taylor bluefish. After a little bit a few more boats arrive and that seemed to kill the bite. We moved 8 mi to the south where we spent a couple hours adding some Atlantic Bonita (aka: Greenies ) to the box. About halfway through the day the kids had caught plenty...

08/06/24 thru 08/11/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 12, 2024

The longest stretch of stiff wind I can remember for early August. Some of the crews were cool with hanging close to the beach and just doing some fun trolling and some weren't interested in that so they opted to reschedule/cancel.

08/01/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 6, 2024

Ran to some gear in the Baltimore canyon in hopes the lobster boat wasn't there yet but after 4 blank pots it was apparent we weren't so lucky. A quick call to a buddy of mine the next canyon south confirmed what i suspected, lobster boat is sitting right next to him. With that plan shot and no yellowfin bites that I've heard of we turn our attention to filling the box. Tilefish bite was good and...

07/29/24 thru 07/31/24

by Dan Stauffer / On August 1, 2024

It's like the movie Groundhog Day. Three days of wind and two crews that were cool with doing some fun fishing close to the beach for a few hours. Atlantic Bonita (aka: greenie) bite was very good for both trips. Sent both crews home with some prime cuts ready for the grill that will make some of the finest fish dip you ever will eat.

07/26/24 & 07/27/24

by Dan Stauffer / On July 28, 2024

Two identical days right down to the fact of how far off the forecast was and not in a good way. The trolling portion of each day only yielded a couple fat alberts while the tile fish portion was good but challenging due to the stiff breeze and crazy fast drift.

07/23/24 thru 07/25/25

by Dan Stauffer / On July 27, 2024

Three days of stiff winds forced one cancel and two different half day trips. The nearshore trolling was Okay on the first day but pretty darn poor on the second. The catches included Bluefish, Atlantic Bonita, Spanish Mackerel and Frigate Mackerel.

08/19/24

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