Ocean City Fishing Club

07/12/2025

Mother Nature puts on a Show
📷Allison McGowan📷

07/12/2025

OCEAN CITY — Matthew Bell, this year’s recipient of Ocean City Fishing Club’s annual scholarship, plans to use his love of math and a desire “to build things” to study mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida this fall.

“I really like math a lot,” he said during a recent visit to the OCFC Fishing Pier, “and I like the concept of designing and building things from the start. It’s very cool.”

For how, he’s leaving open which area of mechanical engineering he’ll pursue, considering it’s many and varied applications.

“I don’t know what area I’ll specialize in,” he said. “There are so many options, and the advances in computerization are happening so rapidly, I’ll have a lot to explore while in college. Who knows what the future will bring.”

When he gets to the university, which is located in Orlando, he hopes his roommate, a student from Tampa, will help familiarize him with the area, though Matt is no stranger to the state. He and his family have vacationed in the Cape Canaveral area, where he’s enjoyed deep sea fishing.

Until he leaves for college in mid-August, he’ll continue to work as a lifeguard with the Ocean City Beach Patrol, a summer job he’s had for the past three years, as have his two older brothers, Jack and Nick, as well as his father, Mike. His mother, Chris, “escaped” being a lifeguard, he said, smiling broadly, and added that his family moved to Ocean City about 11 years ago.

During his Ocean City High School years, he enjoyed being on the swim team as a “sprinter,” he said, excelling in the 50- and 100-freestyle events, and as an anchor on relays.

The recipient of the Ocean City Fishing Club’s $500 scholarship is recommended by the school’s faculty and administration, and demonstrates the club’s commitment to community involvement.

OCFC also conducts two open houses on the fishing pier to collect food and cash contributions to benefit the Ocean City Food Cupboard. The open houses will be held 6-8 p.m. on July 24 and August 7, with rain dates July 25 and August 8, respectively, if needed. The club will hold the Boys and Girls Surf Fishing Tournament at 10 a.m. August 9 on the north end beach at the Ocean City-Longport bridge, rain or shine.

Founded in 1913, the Ocean City Fishing Club is the oldest, continually operating fishing club in the United States.

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Great Day fishing with the Atlantic City Youth Fishing Club at the Ocean City Fishing Club, A Big shout out to all the OCFC members who helped out. Job well Done by All.🎣🎣🎣

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Open House at OCFC… come and enjoy the view and breezes..🎣🎣🎣

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Congratulations Gold Team🎣

On Saturday, OCFC Gold finished 3rd overall at the American Angler tournament in LBI.
Trish Daley caught a 42” striper, Joe McCormick caught 2 kingfish, one big one that hit the measuring tape at 15”, and everyone loaded up on sand sharks. It was an absolute blast. The team was captained by Matt Heisley. We had 6 members… Trish Daley, Katie Gillespie, Joe McCormick, Dave Underwood, Matt Heisley, and Augie Conte III🎣🪝

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OCIS fishing club today..👏👏👏