Yellowfin tuna move closer to Ocean City in Poorman’s Canyon catch

within striking distance, yellowfin tuna were finally showing up at a reasonable run from Ocean City Inlet, and Scott Lenox said anglers had started seeing them over the previous couple of days. The sharpest sign came from Captain Dale Lisi on Foolish Pleasures, who found yellowfin in 500 fathoms of Poorman’s Canyon, a depth and location that tells crews exactly how far offshore the fish had pushed and what kind of water was holding them.

That matters because Poorman’s Canyon is not casual water. It sits in the offshore mix that Ocean City crews already know alongside Baltimore Canyon and Washington Canyon, and the move of yellowfin into that lane shifts the fish from summer chatter to a realistic target. For anglers deciding whether to stay in the bays or load the boat for a canyon run, the difference is now a question of weather, fuel, and crew commitment rather than whether the tuna are anywhere close enough to matter.

The same offshore water also produced the season’s first white marlin for the Ocean City Marlin Club, which credited Jack Hannum aboard Boss Hogg with the fish on June 21, 2026 at 11:52 a.m. The club says the first white marlin prize includes a $5,000 award from the Town of Ocean City, and the club itself dates to 1936, a reminder that the local billfish race still has real weight when the canyons start to fire. Boss Hogg ran out of Sunset Marina, adding another familiar Ocean City name to a board that tuna crews watch closely when they are weighing whether to commit offshore.

Closer to shore, the report still had plenty for crews not ready to leave the lumps and back bays. Captain Jason Mumford’s Lucky Break Charters posted a solid back-bay flounder day, Captain Chris Mizurak’s Angler found keeper sea bass and flounder after a rough start, Captain Will Poole’s Local Hooker Fishing Charters landed five keeper flounder over structure, and Monty Hawkins’ Morning Star added another sea-bass-and-flounder report from the reef scene. Maryland’s 2026 summer flounder rules keep that side of the fishery active all season, with a 4-fish daily limit and a 17 1/2-inch minimum from June 1 through December 31, after the state updated its notice on May 2 following NOAA approval that aligned state and federal waters. For now, Ocean City looks like a place where a crew can still fill a cooler nearshore and still see yellowfin on the offshore edge before the season gets any deeper.