On Fire! Week of April 12-14, 2024

What a way to end the week!  I love the mullet migration and I love April for so many reasons.  It started with Chris from Sarasota wanting to fly fish for bonefish.  Friday was slow(ish) with a few shots at permit and a few bonefish but definitely slow, but there were mules being crushed everywhere but that was not the goal.  Saturday was day two with Chris and we switched to spin and landed a nice bonefish and lost two more before the two day adventure was over.  Sunday I had two trips, a six hour with Rick, Brad and Ted began at 7am and these guys were so hilarious!  We pretty much laughed for all six hours as they lost a nice snook, missed about a half dozen more snook bits on top water, landed lady fish, jacks and barracuda but we struck out on bonefish for the brief time we pursued them.  I got back to the dock at 1PM and Duncan and Madison were right on time.  The morning guys jumped off, Duncan and Madison jumped in and off we went.  Duncan wants to fly fish and Madison was spin fishing as she hasn't fished much before.  I took them to several big mullet schools and Duncan landed a sea trout on fly and had a few more predators blow up on his fly but missed.  We've been catching the odd sea trout here and there so hopefully they are making a comeback.  I ran a bit to fish another mullet school and this was the ticket.  Duncan had a few blow ups on his fly as snook would bust the mullet schools here and there until Madison...  Oh Madison, I taught her how to use a top water lure and after a few blow ups she had a bucket sized mouth inhale her plug and give her a solid fight.  She landed her first snook, a slob at that!  She did a great job and some pics later we got a healthy release on an over slot snook.  Wanting to change it up we had about 45 minutes left and we fished a bonefish flat that typically produces and this is where Duncan got his first bonefish on fly and lost another really solid fish to a pulled hook.  

What a way to end the week, great clients, fun trips and some really nice fish!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Fun week of April 7-11, 2024

Oh yeah this has been a fun week.  The early part of the week had great conditions and then the wind increased as the week progressed but that is typical of April.  My week began with Chris and Franz for a day of rod bending fun.  The guys caught a bunch of species but no bonefish.  Ah man that stinks, until Chris hooked a small permit and made my day.  The following day I had Jeremy and his dad Chuck for some fly fishing.  We started off looking for small tarpon on fly and got a couple of surface bites from either lady fish or jacks but it was a swing and miss.  A the day hit the 3/4 mark we switched off to bone fishing and the guys each got their first bonefish and on fly, an 8lber and a 10 lier, wow!  We wrapped up the day in the increasing wind throwing top waters for snook and we lost one big snook next to the boat and missed 3 more explosives bites and lost a nice trout next o the boat.  The day before I had a day off, and an appointment to fix my PowerPoles, I fished two trips.  My morning was with repeat client Joe and his priest father Turner.  These guys are great and at 90 years old, father Turner is still going strong.  With pretty significant wind all morning I decided to stay close to shore and it paid off with Joe landing his first snook on a free lined shrimp and father Turner landed a bunch of snappers, some being small so his nick name for the trip was "Micro Snapper Slaying Turner".  LOL. The final trip was with Hesham from Chicago and we were fly fishing for whatever would eat a fly.  I took him to a bay that had a ton of migrating mullet but no hook ups although we had either snook of jacks blow up on his fly a couple of times.  With bone fishing being slow we started to work some mullet muds and sure enough it paid off.  Hesham got a nice snook on fly and then a nice jack before it was time to head in.  The wind was getting tougher but Hesham could throw a fly really well and that made a huge difference.  Well, I'm off today having some repair done to the skiff but I'll be out tomorrow.  Stay tuned! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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First week of April report April 1-6, 2024

This first week of April I had mainly all charters where clients wanted to just caught anything and have a good time.  It started with Brian, Gainor and Bryson and this was so cool because they all caught a bunch of species including a ton of jacks, snappers, some pompano and a bonefish.  Then I had Rachel and her two kids and they caught a bunch of snappers before heading in.  On Thursday we had terrible weather and my morning client rescheduled but once the weather cleared Lindsay called and wanted to take out her son Sullivan fishing before they ended their vacation.  They were so cool and 10 year old Sullivan got worn out catching big blue runners and snappers.  On Friday I had local clients David and his wife Christina for a half day of showing them the bay and catching fish for dinner.  Well, we caught a bunch of fish but nothing big enough to turn into big fillets but they still had a great time and learned a lot.  I wrapped up the week with repeat client Pete and his cousin Fred. These guys are so great.  Fred had never caught a tarpon so we out in some time early morning looking for small tarpon to no avail so we chased bonefish and we lost two solid fish and missed a few bites but they some jacks along the way.  It's been a fun week with great weather so I am definitely looking forward to next week! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Ending with a bang Week ReportMarch 18-31, 2024

This last week was both awesome and challenging.  The last few days of the month were really windy but even then fishing was solid and the first half of the week provided great weather and numerous options for species and techniques.  The first park of the week I had Paul fly fishing and we caught a number of species but we targeted tarpon at first light and found a ton of smaller resident fish.  After numerous shots at the rolling fish and switching to my secret weapon fly, Paul got an eat and a massive jump out of a 40lb tarpon before it spit the fly.  The balance of the trip was catching a number of species on fly such as jacks, yellow jacks, snappers and more.  The following day I fished with local regular client Alec and fishing was actually pretty slow until he got his first bonefish of the trip and then solid bonefish after that plus some snappers.  then on the run in we saw a massive school of ladyfish in the hundreds and he must have caught 20-30 of them before they stopped hitting lures and we called it a day, what a way to end an awesome day!   The next two days I had now regular client David with his daughter Emma and her boyfriend Jackson.  Well, they caught a ton of yellow jacks and snappers until I told them the bonefish should show up soon once was the current was right.  Ha, it was right and Jackson landed two nice bonefish and David got one.  The following day long time client Chris and I fished with John and the weather was horrible so other than some snappers and barracudas, our full day trip was a half day as we ran back to the marina avoiding a massive storm that would flood most of the county for the next 48 hours.  On Sunday after the storm passed overnight I had a morning trip with David and an afternoon trip with Brad and Conor.  David needed up releasing two bones, one 8 lber and a massive 12-13 pounder before I dropped him off and picked up Brad and Conor who wants to fly fish for bonefish.  I took them to another flat and having timed the tides right, there were bones everywhere with a ton of shots at cruising and mudding fish.  Well, the guys landed one bonefish each on fly on their first time fishing in salt water, spoiled!  The following day I had another 2 trips with Jack and Jeff going two for three on bonefish on a very windy morning and then in the afternoon Josh and his 14 year old son Kiefer jumped aboard on a still very windy day and we focused on bonefish.  Keifer wanted to fly fish but in the wind that was out of the question.  The consolation was that they landed 12 bonefish out of 14 hooked.  What a trip and they were excited.  The last few trips of the month we basically focused on having fun catching different species mainly using spinning gear but slipping in a fly trip with Ian along the way.  The fishing has been fun on the last few days as clients have been catching lady fish and jacks on top water, snappers, and more bonefish.  It's been a great month and April should be the same.  I'm excited! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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On Fire Report Week of March 11-17, 2024

 It's been on fire!  This past week has been absolutely solid when it comes to fishing and the weather has been great as well.  Water temp have been rising and the fish have been really friendly this week.  The first three days of this week were mainly charters to catch whatever was biting and it was so much fun.  From snappers, to yellow jacks, sharks and more everything has been biting and proving some really good times.  I have tarpon fished a bit in the mornings but they have been MIA so the day time tarpon fishing is a bust this season so I'll turn my attention to more productive species and fishing this spring.  The balance of the week were spent mainly fishing for bonefish but we missed in some other targets as well.  I had Tom and Wyatt for two days and the guys killed it on the first day with seven bonefish.  Wow! The following day the bone fishing slowed but we fished the finger channels and they caught yellow jacks and some really nice grouper on bonefish tackle, what a fight!  Saturday I had Dan and his friend Michael and we tried for bonefish for about an hour with no success but they caught a bunch of hard fighting ladyfish and sone jacks before heading to the finger channels and having a blast with yellow jacks.  I ended the week with two trips on Sunday, my morning was with Mark and his girlfriend Ryan and they had a blast with hot shark fishing on the flats hooking a lemon shark every 15 minutes it seemed and the afternoon trip was with Pat and Peggy who caught a few different species before turning our attention to bonefish and they killed landing four bonefish, losing to and missing a few more bites.  Not bad for a really windy, busy boating Sunday on Biscayne Bay.  It's been a blast this week!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week Report March 1-10, 2024

Wow, how quickly things change.  We went from a very cold February to now a very warm March.  The first week March has not only been warm but the fishing has been solid.  I've been working every day these first 10 days and pretty much every day has been solid.  The finger channels have been holding a number of snappers and plenty of yellow jacks.  These are pretty, hard fighting and tasty fish that are a blast to catch.  Bonefishing has been very steady with bones being caught on almost every trip mainly on spinning tackle making it easier on the increasing breeze.  The tarpon fishing has been all but dead during the day with very few migratory fish around and a few reports of slow tarpon fishing at night.  While this may not be the norm for night time tarpon fishing, it is certainly the feedback I have received from a couple of other guides.  But more importantly, this past week has been great for pretty much anything swimming in Biscayne Bay and this coming week should be the same.  Here are a few pics from this past week.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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End of Month February 22-29, 2024

Ok, it's official, I'm tired!  This month I had two days off all month and most of it has been fishing in the cold.  We have had back to back to back cold fronts and most days this month I have woken up to 45-51 degree mornings.  As for the fishing, the fish haven't missed a step and the last week of the month has been solid with a mixed bag of charters and species.  About half my trips at month end have been bonefish and the other half have been to catch whatever was biting, thankfully both have been great!  fishing oceanside floats for bonefish proved tough at first and then the end of the outgoing tide proved to be the ticket.  Moving off the flats into the finger channels there have been plenty of yellow jacks and snappers to fill the moments between casts, yes it's been fun!  Here are a few pictures of clients the last seven days but from Paul landing a 10 pound bonefish on fly to James boating solid yellow jacks, it's been awesome!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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