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- Do I need a license to fish?
Anglers fishing in Ocean City, MD will need to purchase a saltwater fishing
license.
Oyster Bay Tackle is now selling the MD licenses and have the boat stickers.
This license will cover both the Chesapeake Bay and the coastal
waters of Ocean City. Thus if you already have a Chesapeake Bay Saltwater
license you are good to go! Anglers can also purchase the license online. The
license you want to choose is "Bay and Coastal Sport" You can either choose
a year-round or 7-day. Click on Login and follow the instructions. Choose if you
have ever had a license of any kind in MD or if you have never had one. If in doubt, choose
"Use ID and date of birth" and go from there.
If you buy a boat license,
for $50 everyone on your boat can go
fishing without a license. If you are going to be fishing on a private boat with someone who has a Boat
License, you don't have to buy a license, but you do have to register online. This
is free and can also be done over the phone during daytime hours 1-855-855-3906
Another interesting note about the license is that if you buy a VA license,
it is good in MD, and vice versa. If you are fishing in MD with a VA licence
you do need to register with MD online. Again, this is free. This is so each
state can "try" to figure out "how many" fish are being caught in their own
individual states.
If you want to go fishing in Ocean City without a license, your choices will
be the "Oceanic Pier" or "Ocean Pier" as they have a Blanket Pier License.
Ocean City now has two free fishing zones. The bulkhead from 2nd to 4th Street
(Chicago Ave.) and the Northside Park at 125th Street. You do not need a license in these
two places but you do need a "free registry." Go here to register online. This
is free and can also be done over the phone during daytime hours of 7-7 at
1-855-855-3906. We can also do your free registry at Oyster Bay Tackle.
If you go fishing on a party or charter boat you do not need a license or free registry. You can
also go crabbing and clamming in Ocean City without a license.
Contact Info
If you have any questions regarding Maryland's sport fishing license
requirements, you may contact Fisheries Service via e mail:
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or by calling (410-656-9526).
Following is the fee schedule for 2011:
Senior License (year round) - $5.00
Resident License (year round) - $15.00
Resident License (7-day) - $6.00
Non-resident (year round) - $22.50
Non- resident (7-day) - $12.00
Pleasure Boat Decal (covers everyone on boat - year round) - $50.00
Commercial Fishing Pier License (year round) - $290.00
No license is required for:
Boat decal passengers
Those fishing in "free fishing" areas
Those fishing from their waterfront properties
Anglers under 16 years old
Anglers fishing on a licensed charter, party or guide boat
Anglers fishing commercially under a valid license
For more information, log onto www.dnr.state.md.us
Following is the fee schedule for 2011:
Senior License (year round) - $5.00
Resident License (year round) - $15.00
Resident License (7-day) - $6.00
Non-resident (year round) - $22.50
Non- resident (7-day) - $12.00
Pleasure Boat Decal (covers everyone on boat - year round) - $50.00
No license is required for:
Boat decal passengers
Those fishing in "free fishing" areas
Those fishing from their waterfront properties
Anglers under 16 years old
Anglers fishing on a licensed charter, party or guide boat
Anglers fishing commercially under a valid license
In the Coastal Bays of MD, you do NOT need a license to crab or clam.
Anglers in Delaware need a DE Fishing License to fish, crab, and clam in DEL:
Delaware Fishing Licenses are available
online.
- How much is a license in Delaware?
- $15 for a week, and $22.50 for the year.
- Where can I buy a DEL license?
- You can buy a license at our Fenwick Tackle location, but not in Oysterbay Tackle.
FENWICK TACKLE
Rt. 1 & Maryland Ave. Ocean side
(Just over the MD/DE Line)
In Fenwick Island, DE 19944
(NO SALES TAX) 302/539-7766
- What is the best bait for the surf?
- Any kind of cut bait such as Finger mullet, bunker, and squid for the bigger fish (Bluefish, stripers, sharks). Bloodworms or artificials bloodworms for smaller fish such as spot, kingfish, croaker...
- What is the best bait in the bay?
- Live minnows or frozen shiners for flounder. Live eels for stripers in the inlet. Green crabs or sand fleas for tautog. Bloodworms or nightcrawlers for spot, sand perch, or any other little fish. Shrimp or bloodworms or squid for croaker.
- What's biting around here?
- Flounder in the bay by minnows and shiners
- Bluefish, stripers, sharks in the surf on cut bait
- Kingfish and spot in the surf on bloodworms or artificials bloodworms.
- At night at the inlets and on the Rt 50 Bridge and Oceanic Pier they catch stripers, bluefish, and shad on lures.
- Kids can catch spot in the canals and at 125th Street North side Park on bloodworms or artificial bloodworms and little hooks.
- Down by the bulkhead at 2nd throught 4th Street fishermen can catch tautog(black fish) on sand fleas or green crab.
- Where can I crab?
- Isle of Wight (with traps, the trailing on the pier is a little to hight for hand lines), Northside Park (125th St) and behind Convention Hall at 40th St. You can also crab behind our OysterBay Tackle store along Jamestown Road.
- Where can I go to charter a boat?
- Grab the Coastal Fisherman newspaper by the door of the stores and all the boats are listed or Visit our Charter Boat page to check out our favorite party and charter boats.
- Where can I go to rent a boat?
- Go to Bahia Marina at 22nd St is the largest boat rental in the area, or grab the Coastal Fisherman and check the ads.
- What party boat do you recommend?
- Morning Star at Ocean City Fishing center, Angler at Talbot St. All are in Coastal Fisherman. These are the day boats that are the best. 1/2 day boats are at Bahia Marina at 22nd St and Ocean Princess at Dorchester St. Visit our Charter Boat page to check out our favorite party and charter boats.
- How do I bait a live eel?
- Under the chin and out the eye socket.
- How do I bait a live bloodworm?
-Thread it on the hook. |
