Fishing and Boating are popular things to do in Ocean City, MD.  You can rent pontoon boats or kayaks and fish from the water.  You can fish from the piers and along the inlet. Ocean City is considered the White Marlin capital of the world, so if it’s sport fishing that intrigues you, go out with one of our talented captains to fight your own fish or watch as fishermen from all over the world compete during the White Marlin Open.

Ocean City began as an isolated fishing village and has grown into not only the ‘White Marlin Capital of the World,’ but also to a fabulous fishing vacation destination.  With Ocean City’’s proximity to the Gulf Stream, big game fish are in abundance and if you venture offshore in Ocean City you’’ll have the chance to land bigeye and yellowfin tuna, bluefish and wahoo, mako, mahi-mahi, white marlin, blue marlin and even the occasional sailfish. If you stay close to shore check out any of the ocean and bayside fishing piers and drop your line and attempt to reel in flounder, trout and sea bass.  Click on the guide to the right to see Worcester County’s Anglers Guide.

Make sure you get your permits or go with a head boat or charter that has the proper licenses so you don’t get in trouble with Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources.  Same goes for size and catch limits.  If you have questions, please check the DNR site.