FRIDAY, JULY 30TH, WE CAUGHT ALL OF OUR BLUES ON JIGS TODAY. WE CAUGHT THEM ALL DAY LONG, BUT NEVER AT A RAMPANT PACE. FRANK CAUGHT 21 AND THREW THE LAST 6 BACK. IF YOU ARE COMING TOMORROW, GET THERE EARLY. IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF DAYS, WE WILL NOT BE CROWDED ON SUNDAY, CAPT JB
THURSDAY, JULY 29TH, DID NOT SAIL TODAY. GUESS PEOPLE DID NOT WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN THE RAIN. WILL BE SAILING ON A SUNNY DAY TOMORROW, CAPT JB
WEN, JULY 28TH, FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE WEDNESDAY GUYS FOR MY BIRTHDAY CAKE, THE CARD AND THE SHRIMP. AND THANKS TO HEATHER FOR THOSE GREAT BIRTHDAY COOKIES. FIRST DRIFT TODAY WAS SUPER, THEN WE JUST PICKED AT THEM FOR THE A WHILE. ABOUT 11:30 WE MADE A 6 MILE MOVE, HOPING FOR THE BEST. WHEN I RAN ACROSS THE LUMP I HAD HUGE READINGS. TWO MINUTES AFTER I STOPPED, WE HAD 15 BLUES ON AT ONCE, AND THEY KEPT BITING LIKE THEY HADN'T EATEN IN A WEEK. THIS KEPT UP FOR AN HOUR AND IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME. FANTASTIC DAY. SEE YOU SOON, CAPT JB
TUESDAY, JULY 27TH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME TODAY. FISHING WAS GREAT TODAY. SOME GUYS CAUGHT AS MANY AS 20 FISH AND WERE THROWING THEM BACK BY THE END OF THE DAY. WE WENT SOUTH FOR A CHANGE AND ONLY HAD TO GO FOR 50 MINUTES AND GOT TO SPEND THE DAY IN THE SAME PLACE ALL DAY LONG. PERFECT DAY. TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER WINNER, SEE YOU THEN, CAPT JB
MONDAY, JULY 26TH, WE DID NOT SAIL TODAY, NOT ENOUGH FARES. WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE COMMITTED FOR TOMORROW, THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY BE SAILING. I GOT A REPORT FROM THE ONE BOAT FROM OUR INLET THAT DID SAIL TODAY, AND FISHING WAS VERY GOOD. SOME OF THE FARES LIMITED OUT. TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY, SO COME ON DOWN AND HELP ME CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY, CAPT JB
SUNDAY, JULY 25TH, SLOW FISHING TODAY, COULDN'T GET THEM TO BITE. WITH THE WEATHER DUE TO COOL OF A LITTLE, HOPEFULLY THEY GET BACK IN THE MOOD. CAPT JB
SATURDAY, JULY 24TH, IT WAS A VERY SLOW DAY OVERALL FOR THE BLUEFISH FLEET. BUT WE DID GET LUCKY TODAY, VERY LUCKY TWICE. TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY I RAN OVER A HUGE SCHOOL OF JUMBO BLUES. IN FIFTEEN MINUTES WE HOOKED UP OVER 6O BLUES IN THE EIGHT TO SIXTEEN POUND RANGE. BECAUSE THEY WERE SO BIG WE LOST ABOUT 20 OF THEM, BUT MADE UP FOR IT WHEN WE SPOTTED THEM JUST BELOW THE SURFACE TEN MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST DRIFT. THIS TIME WE HOOKED UP ANOTHER 40 OF THEM. WE MADE ONE MORE DRIFT AND CAUGHT SOME MORE AND IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME. VERY GOOD DAY OVERALL. TOMORROW SHOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT DAY, CAPT JB
FRIDAY23RD, VERY GOOD FISHING TODAY. ALL OF THE FISH WERE CAUGHT ON JIGS. THE BLUES WERE IN THE THREE TO FOUR POUND RANGE. HI HOOK WAS 16 BLUES BY JOE POPCHAK OF PITTSBURGH PA. HIS TWIN BROTHER MIKE OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND (NOT THE BETTER LOOKING ONE) CAUGHT A 55 POUND ONE OUNCE DRUM FISH THAT IS THE BIGGEST FISH LANDED ON THE QUEEN MARY THIS YEAS. QUITE A DISTINCTION, AND ONE THAT HE IS VERY PROUD OF. CAPT JB
THURSDAY, JULY 22ND, OK FISHING TODAY. ALL OF THE FISH WERE ON JIGS. HI HOOK WAS ABOUT 8 BLUES.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21ST, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO FIND THEM, BUT THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF, WE CAUGHT OVER 150 BLUES. ALL ON JIGS AND IN THE FOUR TO FIVE POUND CLASS. NINA WEBSTER OF SELLERSVILLE PA HOOKED INTO A 60 POUND DRUM FISH. WE BACKED DOWN ON IT, BUT IT WAS SO BIG, THAT THE HOOK PULLED RIGHT OFF THE JIG. AN EXCELLENT DAY OF BLUEFISHING ABOARD THE PARTY BOAT QUEEN MARY. CAPT JB
TUESDAY, JULY 20TH, WE WENT OUT TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN CATCHING THE BLUES FOR THE LAST 4 WEEKS, AND THERE WERE NOT TOO MANY LEFT. TOMORROW WE WILL BE EXPLORING ANOTHER AREA WHERE THERE WERE SOME BLUES TODAY. SEE YOU TOMORROW, CAPT JB
MONDAY, JULY 19TH, WE DID NOT SAIL TODAY, I GUESS EVERYONE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE TEN MINUTES OF RAIN WE WERE GETTING TODAY. BUT FOR TOMORROW, WE ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE COMING, THAT WE WILL BE DEFINITELY BE SAILING, CAPT JB
SUNDAY, JULY 18TH, ANOTHER GREAT DAY OF BLUEFISHING ON THE QUEEN MARY. ONCE AGAIN THE BLUES WANTED THE BAIT. WE CAUGHT FISH ALL DAY LONG, WITH THE END OF THE DAY AS GOOD AS THE BEGINNING. A DAY OF BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND CALM SEAS. TOMORROW SHOULD BE MORE OF THE SAME. CAPT JB