Sportfishing and Boating Newspaper in Ocean City, Maryland

ASMFC 2019 Winter Meeting Final Agenda and Meeting Materials Mid-Atlantic Council Seeks Public Input for Next Five-Year Strategic Plan Coastal Recreational Fisheries Forum set for Friday, April 26, 2019 MD closed cobia fishery from Jan 1 to April 30 Maryland sets tautog regulations Effective Jan 1, 2019 DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation to host public meeting on proposed changes in surf fishing program NOAA Seeks New Members for Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comments on Proposed Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specs Delaware to hold ASMFC hearing on Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass recreational management on November 8 in Dover DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announces expansion of recreational black sea bass season

Age Determined for World Record Tautog

Monday, March 23, 2015

After analyzing the cheek bone of the 28.8 lb. world record tautog caught by Ken Westerfeld while fishing on the charter boat, "Fish Bound" with Capt. Kane Bounds, a New York state marine biologist has determined that the fish was 23 years old at the time it was captured.