Offshore Fishing Ocean City Maryland and Area

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flyfisher76

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Hi....I'm new to the forum but just bought a new 257 Advance with twin 150's and am dying to get her out in the ocean for some blue water fishing for tuna and dorado. I'm just recently moved to the Maryland area though from the west coast (Washington State) and am an avid fly fisherman. While I've caught quite a few trout, salmon, and steelhead out there.....I'm ready to try something new like blue water fishing! Not necessarily on fly tackle though.....that being said, I'm completely new to this type of fishing and could sure use some tips about rig set-ups, techniques, locations, etc. I have heard of some of the nicknames of places (Jacks Spot, Hambone, Hot Dog, etc) but couldn't point them out on a chart if you paid me! If anyone has any advice or some good web sites to recommend that would be awsome! Thanks to being in the military I get to move around a lot....we'll be here for three years and I really want to do some off shore fishing with my GW! Thanks for your time......look forward to hearing your posts. Thanks for helping the new guy....

~Mike
 
Glad to have you in the area!!! I was transplanted here by good ole' Uncle Sam too. Any time you want to go out with the blind leading the blind, let me know. :lol: :lol:
 
Thanks so much! Always looking to try some new form of fishing......where are you located now?
 
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I am far north and east of your location in Boston but my suggestion is to keep the fly rods with you at all times. I would think that you have Buefish and Stripped Bass in your area and should also have a False Albacore run coming soon. All of these species are a lot of fun on a solid nine or ten weight rod. The game up here in the fall which I assume will be the same down your way for fly roders will be top water blitzing, a floating line and poppers or an Enrico is a good choice when the wind is light. When the wind is up a 300 or 350 grain shooting head is the way to go as it can be thrown effectively in higher wind speeds plus it will sink at 6"/sec to get at the big boys below the rats. As for the Tuna and Dorado the fly rod is still an option albeit with heavy weight rods that may throw more like a broom than a fly rod. We target small Blue Fin Tuna (Foot Balls) up here with 14-16 weight rigs, a big reel and a 1,000 yards of backing. Hook one of these bad boys and you will learn how strong your arms are in short order.
 
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