03/23/2014 Offshore Palm Beach Fishing Report

Carrie, Becca, Doug and I cleared the inlet around 8am with a low cloud deck but very calm seas. We headed south in about 30' of water thinking we would catch some blue runners around The Breakers. Luckily, we hit a huge pod of sardines and loaded up with the sabikis. We also managed a few blue runners for shark bait! Since it was so calm we pushed offshore just east and south of The Breakers and found a decent weedline in 390'. Within seconds of tossing in a live sardine we had a dolphin on. Becca boated the first one then Carrie put one in the cooler and Doug finished the dolphin slaying by adding another to the cooler. We had a fourth but he jumped off. Great way to start the day considering the previous trip. After that we headed in shallow to try bottom fishing with not much luck. We headed offshore again and found weeds from 300' all the way to 1000'. We had another dolphin spotted but he would not bite. He looked like he was feeding with birds hovering but not luck. The girls wanted to catch a shark so we slow trolled some blue runners off Singer Island from Tierra to the inlet with no luck. We zig zagged from 20' to 60' and finally got a bite in 55'. Line started screaming from the Always and Forever rod! Doug took over and got it up to the boat only to find out it was a monster Kingfish! Estimated about 40lbs! Great way to cap off a pretty good day. Temps were in the mid to upper 80's and it was sunny once the skies cleared around 9am. Winds were from the W, NW and switched to the SE in the afternoon but were light. Seas were 1' or less building to 2' as the afternoon went on.

03/15/14 West Palm Beach Intercoastal Cruise

Since winds were kicking up we decided to take a sunset cruise which happened to be Kayles first trip on BlueSteel! Carrie, her parents, Kayle and I cruised around sight seeing and enjoyed a nice evening cruise with a spectacular sunset. Fun trip even though we did not fish!

03/09/2014 Offshore Palm Beach Fishing Report

LJ, Hannah, Andrew and I headed offshore around 9am but found sloppy seas and green, murky water. We headed out to around 200' and found a great color change and weedline straight out the inlet but nothing was home. We followed that for a little while with nothing to show for it. We headed in shallow to bottom fish and nothing home there either. With the fishless streak in jeopardy we tried one last prayer by trolling over the trust cuda spot with no luck! The streak came to an end! Seas were about 3' with winds out of the North, northeast. Temps were about average and skies were partly cloudy. We did not have live bait and got a late start but after speaking to people at the dock, most everyone struggled catching fish. The boat ramp was packed with Floatopia partiers which was ridiculous!

03/01/2014 Offshore Palm Beach Fishing Report

Luke, Sarah, Austin and I cleared the inlet around 8 and struggled to catch fish until late in the day when we had a bonito hit the line as we were trolling the beach. The bonito never stood a chance against the sharks as we had a big spinner shark sky rocket out of the water and mangle the bonito. Nothing left but a carcus and broken lure! Seas were somewhat rough and we did have to head in a little early as one of the crew members had some sea sickness problems. Names will go unnamed. Winds were out of the north/northeast and it was somewhat chilly in the wind.