Capt Mo's Fishing Reports

Friday, August 1, 2014

August 1, 2014 Key Largo Report

Today I fished the 3rd annual Sheridan House Ministries tournament. This year it was held out of Key Largo and I had the pleasure of fishing with Greg and Perry. Under beautiful conditions we headed west towards the Everglades looking to catch a grand slam of trout, snook and redfish. We had a great day today as early on we caught trout and then we followed up with big snook and big redfish including some nice jacks of close to 30 inches and a big mangrove snapper. The grand slam was complete by 11am and we called it a day early and headed back to the marina 2 hours ahead of schedule. At the end of it all Greg won the biggest snook division and Perry won the biggest redfish division, out of 24 guide boats. We had a great time under some great conditions and caught some nice fish.

Capt Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

July 30, 2014 Report

Today was the first day of lobster mini-season and there were hundreds of boats on the water diving and snorkeling for the spiny critters severely limiting where we could fish. Alejandro and his son Valentino from Argentina and his sister jumped in and we headed out. After a passing storm, conditions became gorgeous and the fishing turned on. They caught over 30 fish including numerous nice hard fighting jacks on artificials and bait. Alejandro hooked one tarpon on artificial but lost it immediately and we lost another one on bait a bit later. At the end of the day we had almost run out of bait and the lures showed significant signs of wear, always a good sign!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

July 29, 2014 Report

Key Largo was the site of our efforts today as I had local angler Richard for a fun day on the water. We waited for over an hour for storms to pass but as soon as they did, conditions were clear and slick calm. Oh, and HOT! We got into snook in 12 inches of water but could not get a bite. A few reds pushed wakes towards us but accurate casts were ignored. We fished hard and released several nice sized jacks on artificials and bait. Fishing was tough and the water temps were 90 degrees!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

July 28, 2014 Report

Jim and son Jimmy from Wisconsin were in town and wanted to experience bonefishing. We started with slick calm conditions and promptly got into schools of bonefish. Poling in super shallow water, calm water we didn't have to leave for almost two hours as schools of bones kept coming one after another. After many casts at bones but no hook ups, the action slowed down. We finished the morning catching a number of different species including nice sized jacks and mangrove snappers. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

July 21, 2014 Report

Kurt and his kids Alejandro and Claudia came aboard for a few hours of fun catching some fish. It was fun having them on board and they caught plenty of fish including watching a big barracuda slice a snapper in half right next to the boat. Taking the half snapper left I pitched it back out and we hooked the big barracuda. Alejandro and Claudia tag teamed and fought the 'cuda close to the boat. Unfortunately, the barracuda broke us off next to the boat before we could get a picture of it. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

July 19, 2014 Report

Steve was in town and a little fishing was in order so off we went in search of some hard fighting species. We started fishing for sea trout and caught a few, then off we went to the finger channels for snappers and small grouper. We had an imaginably low tide today so we couldn't fish the flats but there were plenty of fish in the channels. Steve caught a bunch of snappers and lost some nice fish to the rocks. On one of the snappers a big barracuda slices it in half right next to the boat so I rigged a rod and Steve got him, a nice 3' toothy barracuda. Fishing picked up again with the Barracuda no longer around but then another one ate another snapper in time for us to call it a day. It was a gorgeous day and we had a blast!