So my buddy is getting married, and i'm best man... we hung out all weekend and saturday went deep sea fishing for blues. It was our first time, and man was it fun! I got queezy, and one of the other guys was queezy to the point of making only 1 cast... was a lil rough out there lol. But I had an Ike never give up moment (without all the yelling) between going on almost zero sleep in 3 days, and having already pulled in a bunch of good size blues (smallest I got was around 6-7 lbs) I was ready to call it quits and just sit down. I said what the hell, let me try one more time... So I dropped the line down, watched the line pull, set the hook, and knew it was the best one yet. I was near the end of my spool, and had a hell of a fight... Pulled out a 14 pound blue, biggest fish i've ever caught, and it was the biggest on the boat, so I won $215. Not a bad first time out! Also goes to show you to never give up... If I just sat there I wouldn't have caught that fish, and that fish turned the trip from good to awesome for me.

Earlier in the day, I hear a guy behind me laughing, so I turn around, and he's obviously laughing at me. So i'm like what's up, he was reading the back of my shirt, picture of a guy holding a big bass and it says "This is what I look like when I call in sick". Turns out he was the guy that had the 2nd biggest fish, came up and said "Man, you live up to your shirt". Pretty cool, and a great first time out in the ocean. If anyone has been considering it, but hasn't gone, it's a hell of a trip.

that sounds like a great trip. I love fishing for blues, they are one of the toughest fish pound for pound. When they are in a frenzy it is just amazing.

yea, was a great trip... once we anchored, everybody started catching them all up and down the boat, i knew it was going to be a good night.  lots of fun!

I get out on the big water quite a bit, sounds like you were on a party boat.  We get blues down here ( seasonal) at they are real bulldogs, I've had them bite hooks and lures in half.  They slam so hard they set the hooks themselves, like many salt species.  We get them right off the beach so you can walk them down and no other lines to worry about tangling.

Hey neighbor, what boat did you take and where did she leave from?

sirsnook, yea was a great time.  we went out on a party boat, lucked out, it was a big boat and only about 50 guys so we were never on top of each other.  There was only one time the whole trip that a few lines got tangled, but everyone was pretty spread out.  I have bent hooks, and broken steel leaders lol.  Great experience, and I'll def. be going back.  Those suckers really put up a fight!

Smokerise, live in kinnelon?? lol.  I went out on the Big Jamaica out of Brielle, great boat and great mates. 

The boats in my area are somewhere around 70-80', they don't anchor but drift.  In the winter they are crowded daily 40-50 people but summer time 10-20 most of the time, that's when I go.  Lines are always tangled and that is why braid is not allowed or at least frowned up, this is the only time I use mono.  Boats here supply rods and reels and if you bring your own they will supply the terminal tackle, I see no reason to bring my own.   

this one was 125 feet so 50 people was nothing.  A friend who's been on the boat a bunch of times said usually it's guys elbow to elbow at first.  Halfway through half the guys were inside laying down sick, so that made it even better lol.