Palm Beach - Capt. Scott Hamilton

The following is from Scott's website, www.flyfishingextremes.com

02/13/06 Well, here we go. Ten weeks of madness. Ten weeks of bleeding knuckles, busted lines, broken rods, and tying flies just as fast as my little fingers can go. Ten weeks of brown missiles flying up to the boat so fast as to make you want to back up. Pouncing on flies, jumping, spinning and a whole lot of running. Ten weeks of wrapping medical tape around fingers, directing anglers like a square dance caller, wrestling with leaders attached to big, toothy critters. Easily some of the toughest, most exciting action fly fishing has to offer anywhere in the world.Let the games begin. Besides the flood of spinner sharks that have just arrived in the area, the spanish mackerel, king mackerel, bluefish, jacks, pompano,ladyfish and barracuda,(our normal winter menu) is still going strong, and though the incredible sailfish bite that happened in January has tapered off, the dolphin fishing has picked up considerably with quite a good bit of action on cobia thrown in for good measure.And besides some up and down swings in mood caused by passing weather, I expect this action to go through into early to mid April. And I still have plenty of open dates for those interested in an ass-whooping.

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.