Catching Memories

I put this video together of everyone who has been on a fishing trip with me. These are a lot of memories that people will probably will never forget. I know i will remember them forever and i appreciate everyone who has and will continue to go fishing with me. Who knows maybe one day, Doug and I will be able to make some money doing what we love! Thanks for the memories everyone!! Keep the coming.
Capt. Jeff

06/19/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

What are the chances that two weekends in a row we get the anglers on BlueSteel a fish that they requested? Apparently pretty good. Bryan, Doug and I got out early for part 1 of his bachelor party and got things started right of the bat with a quadruple header of bonito and a mutton. 4 fish on and 3 people made for a great start but that was not the target for today. Sailfish was on everyone's mind and as we were cruising back to set up a new drift to get out of the bonies, It was an all in approach with a storm forming and us trying to get Bryan a Sailfish on his day!! Luckily, Doug saw a free jumping sail in 200' so we sped over there and within 5 minutes, Sail on!!! Bryan battled him for about 50 minutes on a spinning rod rigged with 20lb test, 40lb leader with 4/0 circle (yes light tackle for a Sail but fun). As the fight wore on, a storm was brewing in the Southern sky that just barely held on for us to get back into the inlet safely with some great pictures of Bryan's first Sailfish. Due to the storm Bryan had to be thrown in at Peanut Island!



Water Temp - 86.5 degrees
Air Temp - 88 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach during High Tide
Weather Conditions - Sunny and hot with storms in vicinity, very little wind out of SE/E
Wind - 5 knots E/SE
Current - strong
Waves - 1' until storm kicked up to 3'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines
Moon - Waxing

06/12/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Yesterday was going to be a tough act to follow regardless of what we caught today but we managed to have a quadruple header of bonito which is always fun and mass chaos! Luke and Kim both landed a couple of nice sized Yellowtail Snappers which we just threw back since we had 15lbs of mahi in the fridge already. Conditions were not as pleasant today with the north wind going against the current. All in all it was a great couple of days fishing. We even got Aunt Carol on the boat. Maybe next time we can get her out on the ocean?!






Water Temp - 86 degrees
Air Temp - 1000000000 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny turning Cloudy, wind out of N
Wind - 10 knots N
Current - minimal
Waves - 2'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines/Ballyhoo/Goggle Eyes
Moon - Waxing

06/11/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

In celebration of Kim's 16th Birthday, her, Luke and I went out bright and early with calm seas waiting for us. Kim said all she wanted was a Sailfish or a Dolphin. Well we were able to get one of the two with BlueSteel's biggest Dolphin yet! We were in about 150' of water when this monster swam up to the boat while Luke was fighting a 20lb Bonito. The Mahi measured in at around 25lbs and was about 45 inches long and had no problem feeding the entire family for Kim's Birthday dinner! We also had a bunch of bonito as always. If the Varadi's keep coming this Summer we may have some record fish! Every time they visit me we catch something amazing!





Water Temp - 86 degrees
Air Temp - 1000000000000 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny, very little wind out of South
Wind - 5 knots S
Current - strong
Waves - 1'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines/Ballyhoo
Moon - Waxing

06/06/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Bad day! Got a late start with Courtney for her first trip out and then had steering problems that delayed us even further. Then we only caught one remora after 5 or so bite offs. After the weekend before of slaying Dolphin i guess that is the fishing gods way of bringing me back down to earth!!Still a beautiful day on the water but extremely hot!

Water Temp - 85 degrees
Air Temp - 95 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny, very little wind out of west
Wind - 5 knots W
Current - minimal
Waves - 1'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines/Ballyhoo
Moon - Waxing

06/05/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

Chris, his brother Todd, Doug and I cleared the inlet around 730 to find extremely calm seas, warm temperatures, great water clarity and lots of Bonito. Chris followed up his dolphin day with a nice 20lb amberjack. It was almost too flat to fish but we did manage some bonito to keep things interesting. Chris and his wonderful balancing skills led to a crack in the windshield but no one was hurt and all the rods are OK so no big deal! Plus we got the fish in!



Water Temp - 85 degrees
Air Temp - 90 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny, very little wind out of west
Wind - 5 knots W
Current - minimal
Waves - 1'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines
Moon - Waning