Spencer canyon is the move!

Man this year has been funky! We are still seeing water temps inshore as low as 67 degrees, and the inconsistent bite continues. We went out Thursday in search of some marlin, we went to the dump site east of the Baltimore and had a shot at two whites but couldn’t connect, a few boats did catch at the dumpsite including our members @shad_darts crew! (pictured above) They were the only other center console out there besides us, but for the number of boats that were out there pre fishing for the White Marlin Open, I’d say about 10 out of 40-50 boats caught fish, so it was pretty tough fishing. Couple boats found one or two small yellowfin, a few marlin releases here and there. Christine Marie did the best with 3 stud yellowfins, a marlin release and some mahi, those guys have been on fire this year! On Friday it seemed like the billfish bite improved with a lot more boats coming back with multiple marlin releases, boats also ran further to the north which definitely seems like the move right now. There is an eddy just east of the Spencer canyon that stretches from the Lindenkohl down to the Wilmington and I think that’s where a lot of the boats that released 6-10 white marlins were most likely fishing. As for the tuna its still hard to say, I’d recommend the Wilmington canyon if you want to run north, or the Washington canyon if you are looking to head south, unfortunately we have some rough weather and conditions on the way, it always seems to be a little rough for the White Marlin Open, but this year they extended the tournament to include Saturday as an extra fishing day so boats will now be able to fish 3 of 6 days! (normally 5 days) The Marlins for Mason tournament is going on this weekend so we will be watching to see how boats do , as well as keeping an eye on the water leading up to the WMO. Inshore lumps look dismal, mackerel, skippys, and bluefish are around as well as mahi if you can find a poly ball or something floating, but haven’t heard of any yellowfins caught on the inshore lumps since last week, if you do want to try an inshore lump I’d try Massey’s Canyon (38° 19.750’ 74° 26.500’) or 19 Fathom Lump (38° 30.000’ 74° 18.000’) and that area, as that still looks like the best water inside the 100 fathom line. Tight Lines!