January 16, 2015 AM & PM Report

AM Report Bryan and his girlfriend Amy boarded today for a half day of fly fishing. The last time we fished Bryan hooked a big tarpon on fly and caught a big shark on the flats. Today conditions were a bit different as we had a old front moving through with close to 20MPH winds and higher gusts. Tarpon spot 1 held a few tarpon but no big numbers and they wouldn't eat a fly. A couple of other tarpon spots later didn't produce any so we changed gears. At our next spot two big 300lb bull sharks were swimming close to the boat hunting for what they could find just a few few from my skiff! Nothing in the area was eating so we had to move off. I don't blame those fish. Sea trout is always a nice fish to target on fly and so we did. However, they were eating lures but not flies. Go figure! The day ended with hiding from the wind behind a key and Bryan sight casting flies to barracudas and sharks.

PM Report Steve and his dad Jim were aboard to celebrate Jim's 71st birthday. I sure wish I'll look like Jim at 71! We went back to the same spot where the bull sharks were in the morning and they were gone but everything else there was still MIA. Still hiding from the increasing wind we went fishing for sea trout and landed one, lost a few next to the boat to pulled hooks and missed a number of bites. There was one trout that ate something off the surface and it was huge! Moving off to the shark flats, we set up but no bites after 45 minutes so we moved closer to the marina as the skies were darkening. At our last spot Jim and Steve caught numerous snapper, lost a grouper and we ended the trip on a high note. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 15, 2015 Report

Tony was in Miami enjoying the warmth of Miami, something absent in his hometown of Canada. It started off with an ominous fog that covered us most of the trip. Giving Tony a tour of the light tackle fishing in Miami he caught a number of species on bait and lures including jacks, a variety of snappers, lost a few groupers and lost a nice big trout that jumped like a tarpon and spit the hook. It was a nice productive day with some good jokes and great company.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 14, 2015 Report

Today I was fishing North Key Largo with Chris and his friend who were staying at the Ocean Reef Club for a conference. Working one of my favorite flats on the incoming tide for bonefish the fishing was certainly slow as we only saw two groups of tailing bonefish too far to reach and then another group of mudding bones moving too quickly for us to reach. There were lots of nie sharks on the flats but we decided to forgo the sharks. Changing species we fished a few different spots and caught snappers including yellow tail and small mutton snappers.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 10, 2015 Report

On board today was Jerry Passaretti, one of the stars of NBC Sports "Shark Hunters", his son Justin and nephew Wyatt. Jerry simply wanted his kids to catch some fish and have a good time. Conditions were a bit limiting thanks to the steady 20 MPH north winds but the rods were bent often. Spot 1, they caught a number of jacks on bait and lures but no tarpon were around. Spot two had no tarpon but spot #3 Justin caught a nice trout, his first. We moved and caught a few more trout. The day ended in the finger channels once the tide changed and they continued to produce. Jerry took a nap on the bow of the boat but as soon as the action started, he joined Justin and Wyatt keeping the rods bent on every cast. They caught porgies, mangrove snappers, yellow tail snappers, small red grouper and black grouper. These guys were a lot of fun and the phrase that sticks with me is Jerry's "motherless fluke!" when he lost a few consecutive trout bites.

Miami really is an incredible place. Here is a picture of an octopus right at the boat ramp after I launched my boat. How wild is that?! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 4, 2015 Report

All the way from the Dominican Republic came Francisco and his friend Luis. They jumped aboard and while bonefishing was slow, they decided they wanted to catch something to eat. Hitting the finger channels the action continued to be hot. The rods bent the moment they hit the water and up came legal sized yellow tail snapper, big mangrove snappers, grouper, trigger fish, mutton snappers and a few other species. These guys were a ton of fun and they had me doubled over with laughter. The day ended with a number of fish for dinner and a nice run back to the ramp. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 3, 2015 Report

Casey and Shawn wrapped up their stay in Miami today and they brought Casey's brother Kyle with them. After loading up on live bait we fished a few spots for snook as we tried to avoid a hard east wind. A few snook took our baits but we either lost them to the mangroves or they would swallow the baits but we did catch a big mangrove snapper and several barracudas. Moving on to another spot we lost 2 groupers to the bottom. The last spot was red hot and the rods bent within moments of hitting the water with mangrove snappers, yellowtail snappers, grouper, trigger fish and a few other species.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

January 2, 2015 Report

Marc from England hopped aboard for his second trip this week. We fished a few trout spots first while I looked for bait and while Marc caught a few trout, there was no bait around. Moving off to the finger channels Marc caught a number of snapper and small grouper until we decided to do a little bonefishing. On the second flat, a school moved right in, we both made casts and a bonefish peels off the school and eats Marc's shrimp, he pulled up on the rod, the rod bent and then snapped back straight. A bonefish ate but didn't get hooked! Urgh! Not the way I wanted to end the day. That's bonefishing though! We headed back to the ramp and picked up his two girls for an hour of family fishing. They each caught a few fish and then we headed in to end the day on a high note.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409