Port Stephens deep sea fishing is at the best I have ever experienced. All three species of Marlin are there in numbers. Also Mahi Mahi, Yellowfin tuna as well as the occasional Wahoo and Spearfish. During the previous week the 'Car Park' really fired and out wider we had caught Blue Marlin and a couple of big Yellowfin. Consequently I decided to take Dr. Stephen and his wife out wide to chase Blues. So out went my new favourites, 'Brad 'J' ' bullet on the shotgun, 'Lumo' and 'Brad 'J'' sprockets on the riggers and 'Blue Illusion' and 'Fallen Angel' on the flats. As luck would have it the conditions out wide had changed. The current was from the South and the water cooling so I turned back inshore. On the radio the 'Car Park' was really going off. I have never heard so many double hookups nor so many calls for boats to get out of the way of their hooked fish. As we approached the 'Car Park' and we were actually only a half mile away when we had a screaming hookup ( Brad J' on the rigger) and a good Blue headed East at a rate of knots. This proved to be a very stubborn fish and poor Dr. Stephen had to work really hard to bring it back to the boat. However, after nearly an hour a very tired Stephen had it boat-side. We took some photo's and let it go and set off again. Not really expecting either the Doctor to take another fish nor his poor wife who had been sea sick pretty well since we left Port. Well, as Murphy would have it it didn't take long for another Blue to climb aboard the 'Lumo' this time, and it was a significantly bigger fish. The Doctor was there in a flash ready to go. Fortunately it was a much easier fish and only took about half an hour to subdue. Due to the circumstances we decided that we should head for home. We put the lures out again and headed off for home. As we passed over the shelf we had yet another strike, on the shotgun this time, a Striped Marlin which dragged off some line then did as Stripies do and went on its way. The next two days were not so exciting. We had a shot at Blues but that was over so it was bait fishing at the 'Car Park'. For all the fish that were at there on Saturday there were significantly fewer on Sunday and even less on Monday. The action on both days had moved further South and it was hard fishing for everyone. I reckon that nearly every fish in the area on Saturday had either a toothache or a backache. Or, I guess I could just blame the moon or the water colour or the temperature. Anything but the fact that I couldn't do a thing right on Sunday or Monday - but that's fishing... Tight lines, Ivan