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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549






                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 20, 2004
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                              FIRST MARINER BANCORP
               (Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)







           Maryland                     000-21815              52-1834860
                                                 
(State or other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)  (IRS Employer Identification
      of incorporation)                                             No.)



                     3301 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD 21224
                (Address of Principal Executive Offices/Zip Code)



       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 342-2600
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                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 20, 2004, the Registrant issued a press release reporting its financial
results for the period  ended March 31,  2004.  A copy of this press  release is
being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into Item 12.

The  information  in this  Current  Report is being  furnished  and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934 (the  "Exchange  Act"),  or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities  of that
Section,  nor shall it be deemed  incorporated  by reference in any filing under
the  Securities  Act of 1933 or the  Exchange  Act,  regardless  of any  general
incorporation language in such filing.

Exhibits.

                  99.1     Press release dated April 20, 2004.







                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     FIRST MARINER BANCORP



Date: April 21, 2004                 By: /s/ Joseph A. Cicero
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                                        Joseph A. Cicero
                                        President and Chief Operating Officer





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number   Description of Exhibit

99.1     Press release dated April 20, 2004.