08/07/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

After two and a half years of fishing with BlueSteel we have caught almost every fish targeted except the long coveted Wahoo. Today was supposed to be the day Doug and I put an end to that however after 45 miles of trolling, we are still hooless. Our time will come soon enough. As a decent consolation prize, Doug landed a 12lb Blackfin Tuna on a live sardine in 300' of water.
Water Temp - 85-87 degrees
Air Temp -88 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water out past 90'
Weather Conditions - Sunny with clouds moving from west to east as morning progressed
Wind - 5-10 knots south switching to variable
Current - moderate
Waves - 1-2'
Lures/bait - Live Bait (sardines, greenies, pilchards)
Moon - crescent
Tide - falling

08/01/2010 Offshore Report

The last trip of the weekend did not produce nearly as much action. We all needed some rest so we hit the inlet an hour later. We caught a lot of good sized bait but that did not translate into more fish. It took a couple of hours to get the skunk off our backs with Kim landing a bonito and a grouper. The only fish of the day. In our defense the water was almost too flat with no current or movement. When the current did pick up we had to run all over the ocean to dodge storms and couldnt keep our lines in the water. Still a great trip as anytime you are on the water, its better than being anywhere else. Paul did not make this trip and that may have been why we did not catch much. He has the fishing gods on his side for sure. Kim ends up with the MVF award, Luke the LVF, LJ the best mate, and Paul is the Clover! Great time with family and got to catch some fish as a bonus. Thankful for the weather and the time we got to spend together. As they say....catching memories!

07/31/2010 Offshore FIshing Report

Adventure number two began with catching live bait and then heading to the old stomping grounds of where Paul caught his Sailfish about a year ago. No luck with Sails this time but the lines were a screaming quickly as less than 15 minutes into the trip everyone had caught at least one fish and Kimberly began to stake her claim on the Most Valuable Fisher Award. The snapper and grouper were biting everything in about 70' of water. I then made the decision to go for the big fish so we moved north of the inlet in 150' of water and then Kim caught the smoker King that tipped the scales at around 27lbs and barely fit in the cooler after bending and twisting. It was at this time LVF was born. Luke for whatever reason had some trouble getting the grippers on the King and created a murder scene instantly when the beast began to shake and spray blood. After that the action began to slow as the current and tide went slack and clouds started to move in from the west. We tried trolling for a bit but did not have any luck other than a bonito that Luke managed to get in. Another great day on the water with excellent conditions until mid morning.




Water Temp - 86 degrees
Air Temp -93 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny with clouds moving from west to east as morning progressed
Wind - 5 knots Variable
Current - moderate
Waves - 1-2'
Lures/bait - Live Bait (sardines, greenies, pinfish, pilchards)
Moon - crescent
Tide - low to high

07/30/2010 Offshore Fishing Report

The Varadi's made their annual trip to Palm Beach and the weekend fishing did not disappoint, nor did mother nature for the first time in July. We hit the inlet around 715 and started catching bait on the south side of the pier. The "northerners" were sabiki rookies but they quickly honed in their skills and filled the live well with bait. Pilchards, greenies and sardines were the most abundant. Shortly into our first adventure Luke and Kim landed two kings while LJ and Paul were fighting bonitos and groupers. Most of the fish hit frozen sardines with only one bonito hitting livies. We generally fished in 100'+ however most of the action seemed to be out past 150' with as LJ puts it "sea world blue water" ruling all the way to shore. Paul also stepped up his game on peanut island and landed this alien looking cowfish from the pier.

Water Temp - 86 degrees
Air Temp -90 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach
Weather Conditions - Sunny with clouds moving from west to east as morning progressed
Wind - 5 knots south/southwest
Current - moderate
Waves - 1-2'
Lures/bait - Live Bait (sardines, greenies, pinfish, pilchards)
Moon - crescent
Tide - low to high