Palm Beach - Capt. Scott Hamilton

Darren and Scott fished together offshore out of Palm Beach. The seas were very calm the first part of the day. We started fishing some busts in about 90 ft of water. What we thought were some lingering False Albies were actually some very skittish Blackfin Tuna. The Tuna ranged from 5-25 lbs. They hit-and-run on the live pilchards we pitched to them, only getting close enough to the boat to cast at 4 or 5 times. We landed one 6lber on a 12wt rigged with a #2/0 Olive Eat Me. We went though the 45 gallon live well, so we reloaded and then went looking for Dolphin. There was a scattered weed line about 2 miles offshore and after about an hour of looking, we hit the motherload under a large, old, bamboo tree. Dolphin ranged from 2 - 8 lbs and were caught on #1/0 & #2 Olive Eat Me's. Hooked up and lost a grumpy 10lb Tripletail that had made a home among the submerged branches. Don't throw flies to big at laid up Tripletail.