Biscayne Bay - Darren Selznick

Had the opportunity to fish the flats with Capt. Bob Branham today. The first half of the day was very difficult. The clouds were out and the wind was blowing 10-13 mph on an incoming tide. We poled a couple of northern flats without seeing any Bonefish. We moved a little south and worked a pair of inside flats. We were able to find some muds on the first flat, but couldn't get a good shot off. We chummed this spot and it felt like the Bones knew we were there. On the second flat, we found more muds and the fish were a little more active. The shots we were getting were tough angled with low visibility.

The sun came out around 12:30 while we were on that second flat and our shots got much better. I hooked up with one from a pod of 3 or 4 fish. Great head on cast with the wind at my back. I put it a bit close to the pod and chased two fish off, but one couldn't help itself. vIt hit a yellow Branham Epoxy Fly and made a deep first run. Got it to the boat after a few minutes and looked to be about a 7 pounder.

Shortly after the tide switched and we moved outside to chum some fish in. We went 2 for 4 on Bonefish in two spots. We caught a few other straggler such as Boxfish and Yellow Jacks. We finished the day poling the flats from earlier, this time on the incoming tide. My friend Frank had a great shot at a single big tailer. It showed some interest, but never did the deed.