Saturday, October 29, 2016

October 29, 2016 Report

Day 3 with Alain and his boys and I thought conditions were tough yesterday. Geeze, I should've stayed quiet. Today we faced a steady 30 MPH wind and constant showers. We had a few squalls sweep through with 40 MPH winds but again, the fishing remained good. We hooked up almost immediately and the action was slower than yesterday but steady. The highlight was Alain landing a big lemon shark, one of his goals for this trip.
Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 28, 2016 Report (Shark Fest!)

Yesterday I had to cancel my trip with Alain due to 35 MPH winds and gusts to 50 MPH but the weather settled down a bit and we headed out. These guys are hardore since the 20-25 MPH winds and 30 MPH gusts not bothering them one bit. With live bait on hand we ran down to the flats on a bumpy and wet ride and settled into our spot for the day. Again, this was the only spot we needed as the fishing was on fire today! Water clarity was good on the shallow 2 foot flats and it was on! The total tally for the day was hooking 13 sharks, landing 7 and landing a massive 15lb mutton. Sure conditions were tough but the fishing was awesome!
Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 26, 2016 Report

Alain is a regular client of mine from France and he always fishes with his two boys Ethan and Elian. These guys are shark junkies and that is what we have planned for the next 5 days. Today we faced a steady 20 MPH wind and gusts higher but no biggie. After catching some bait for chum and bait we made a 20 minute run down to the flats. The water was clean and we had good current and the end result was hooking 5 sharks and landing 3. Not too bad and it kept them busy on the rod with screaming drags.
Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

October 22, 2016 Report (Video!)

Rob is a regular local client of mine and we hadn't fished in quite a bit so today we fished on his bay boat with his friend's Ed and Shawn. Loading up on live pilchards we hit the creeks for snook and 5 spots later we had missed a couple of bites and landed a barracuda. Off to the finger channels for big muttons but that proved slow. Next, we fished a shallow wreck where we caught snappers, trigger fish, porgies and blue runners. With bait and chum in hand for shark fishing we hit the flats and set up the fresh chum. The sharks were coming in hot and fast and we hooked 6 and landed 2. We ended the day on a high note and those sharks are always a blast!
Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 15, 2016 Report

Today I was fishing out of Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo during a king tide. The tides were still super high and fishing was really slow. Hitting about 6-8 reliable spots proved slow and while we caught some fish, it was definitely nothing to write home about. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 14, 2016 Report

Today I had Malcolm and his camera man on board. His camera man had never caught a fish and he made up for it today. At the end it was a nearly tie but Malcolm almost got out fished by a rookie! Fishing grassflats and jetties they caught snapper, barracuda, trout and jacks. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 13, 2016 Report

Bruce is from the NE and jumped aboard with his friend and client and we hit the water for a half day. Using live bait we missed a few snook bites but Bruce managed to catch the first mackerel of the season this morning. Tasty! We fished a few other spots and managed a few other species before it was time to head it.
Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

October 1, 2016 Report

Ian and his friend were in town for a conference and skipped the afternoon session to hit the flats. With fly rods in hand we bonefished on our half day trip. Conditions started off really nice and great visibility but started to deteriorate half way through the trip. During the time we could see the bonefishing was slow and as the tide got higher I stuck to the shallowest water I could find to no avail. By the time we headed in the conditions had gotten worst. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

September 30, 2016 Report

Mike and I have fished before and today we were going to go bonefishing. Conditions were good so we started off fishing close to the marina to get some other species in the boat first before committing to bonefish. The snook spots were slow and we found a few tarpon with lockjaw but managed to catch a few other species. Running down to the bonefish flats it got really good with lots of bonefish swimming through. We had a ton of shots at bonefish but didn't hook any. They were acting extra spooky today and even a cast 8 feet in front of them would spook them. There were several times where Mike made solid casts and the bones would cruise around the shrimp and ignore it. As frustrating as that was my only explanation is that they were keyed in on something else other than shrimp. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing