January 23, 2015 Report

In Miami for a conference, John, Mike and Rick joined me for a morning trip for some flats fishing. It was a bit breezy but not bad at all so we had plenty of options. The first spot had the rods bent, at times all three simultaneously, for a little while until it was time to move on. With still no tarpon around, the flats was our next stop. After a long run we set up in 3' of water and began to fish for shark. Not long after one of the rods goes off and the reel is smoking! John has the rod and we are off chasing the fish but after about 10 minutes it cut us off on the coral heads that are scattered along the bottom. We ended the day fishing for trout where we released some and a nice run back.

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

January 22, 2015 Report

German, Andres and Derrick from Peru jumped aboard and it was all over from there. These guys were hilarious! The fishing started with non-stop action as we hit a school of jacks and the rods were bent seconds after hitting the water. We moved on and began fishing for sea trout with artificial lures. Although not red hot, they did catch a few trout before hitting the finger channels. Once at the finger channels, the snapper and grouper that have been consistent were a no show. Not long after noticing the slow fishing I realized why. There was a 4' barracuda sitting behind the boat waiting for any fish to make a move and become lunch. We finished the day close to the marina with another session of hot fishing. The highlight was when one of the guys was catching trout on one lure while the other guy wasn't catching anything on another type of lure. They decided to trade and the guy catching trout kept catching trout on the different lure while the other guy still couldn't. As any good long time friend would do, the teasing was relentless.

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

January 17, 2015 Report

Bryan was on board for the 2nd day and the wind was still pretty stiff so we looked for places to fly fish out of the wind. The trout fishing slowed but Bryan did have a big trout take his fly almost right off the surface but didn't get hooked. He did catch a bid houndfish on fly and we ended the day taking shots at sharks and barracudas on fly but they were really skittish.

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

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