fishing ocmd this weekend and florida at christmas

[tominator]

im hopfully fishing out of ocean city this weekend if the weathers right. but i want to get on some tuna but am not sure if its even worth putting in the time and just fishin wrecks for seabass. any suggestions on location,lures/tackle etc.

also im goin down to marathon,fl chirstmas week and went there last year with a great variety of fish with grouper nd snapper. any suggestions on location out there,technique, lures and everything if possible. i want to catch tuna most of all and maybe tarpon,sharks,jewfish and ill just keep hoping butif u know anything it would be appreciated.

[Deep C]

If you want tuna in Marathon you'll want to run out the humps about 16 off. The "409" is really good or the "West" is also good. Stop in the channels and cast net or sabiki up a couple hundred pilchards.
Set up south of the structure a good ways. The stream rips through there...Live chum with five or six at a time. When the black fins start blastin, start casting nose hooked ones out on 20lb spin gear...
Feathers trolled around the structurew can also produce good numbers of small ones.

Half way to the edge you will find some patch reefs. Chum there and you will find yellowtails and ballyhoo. Use small gold hooks to catch the hoos. Cast one out on a 20 spin right there and you may get a grouper or big mutton snapper. Take a couple dozen or more live hoos out to where it drops from say 40 down to the 100-200 area. Hook through the base of the bill with point up. sails and dolphin should find you pretty quick... 50lb leader and 20lb main line...

[tominator]

thanks, i was in islmarada last year and rented a boat one day andwent out to the patches and cought little bottom fish all day, saw king fish jump over 15ft in the air onto bait. small sharks around the boat but i was told afrom a biat store to use sabikis to catch the hoos and it worked(not too well but it did). what about in the gulf side?? i wanna hookup with atleast one jewfish and get my dad a snook this time(he broke off 3 big ones last year).

[TommyTuna]

bluefins are migrating south - maybe some YFT in the deep. That eddy moving towards the Norfolk might be in range by sun/mon

Weather looks spicy sat but sun/mon look doable (at least for a trailerboater like i will be)