February 27, 2015 Report

One day I'm fishing in the shadows of South Beach and the next I'm fishing deep in South Biscayne Bay out of Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo. This afternoon was the latter with Shane from Ohio who was looking to catch a bonefish. Arriving at a flat we set up and wait for the schools to pass by. Not long after a school comes from behind us and we take a shot. The cast lands 5' in front of them, perfect! The school of bonefish moves over the shrimp, puff mud, meaning they are feeding, and then move on. They missed our shrimp! Well, Shane would see redemption again, and again, and again. Shane didn't catch one bonefish, he caught three! What an afternoon with three silver prizes and a few sharks for good measure! Congrats Shane!

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

February 25, 2015 AM & PM Reports

AM Report Another gorgeous day in Miami and Jon was aboard with fly rod in hand in search for species that would eat a fly. Hitting another tarpon spot at first light we found them, lots of them! Unfortunately, they were behaving like tarpon sometimes behave, with lock jaw. Jon threw several different patterns at fish that I would have bet would have eaten but nothing we tried worked. With slick calm conditions we fished a couple of offshore spots on fly but it was eerily quiet, no fish, no boats around hooking up. We hit pay dirt at a location that hadn't been fished in a few days because of the wind and it was on. There were schools of bluefish eating our flies on almost every cast. This is what winter in Miami is supposed to be like!

PM Report Neil and Mark had a"break" from a conference they were attending and jumped aboard for a quick trip in the afternoon. I sped them off to the last spot I had fished with Jon and this time used lures. As I took one of the rods, made a cast and showed them how to work the lure the first fish smashed the lure and the drag screamed! It was non-stop for about an hour with fish after fish coming to the boat, lures breaking off, hooks being smashed and broken by the ferocious bites and the drags screaming. After Neil and Mark wore out the fish, or was it the other way around?, we moved to our last spot of the day and the action picked up where we had left off.

What a great way to end a gorgeous day! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

February 23, 2015 Report

With absolutely perfect weather David from Pennsylvania jumped aboard with fly rod in hand. Hitting a tarpon spot early morning proved to be a bit bumpy for fly casting so we headed to the bonefish flats. Visibility was perfect and some bones around but none would eat a fly. The day wrapped up on an inshore wreck where the resident grouper couldn't get to the fly because the snappers would beat them to it.

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

February 22, 2015 Report

On a week vacation for his daughter's wedding and fleeing the Boston snow was Bob, his son in law Kevin and son in law to be Mike boarded my skiff under some gorgeous weather. These were great guys and we had a great time. The goal was to do some bonefishing but there was a storm that sat over the bonefish flats all trip long and prevented us from doing any bonefishing. In lieu of bonefish, we did a variety of different fishing using different techniques in different areas and they caught some nice dinner. Bob taught the "boys" how to catch trout and we had some fun with that as they quickly fell behind Bob's mounting fish count. All in all they caught almost a dozen different species including Bob's first grouper, Mike catching his first shark and Kevin making a late run to add to his total of fish and fish species. It's good to live in Miami!

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

February 21 2015 Report

Thankfully its warming up in Miami just in time for Sam and Sarah from Arkansas to en joy a bit warmer weather while on the water. With much lighter winds we spent the first part of the trip looking for tarpon but they were not to be found. Switching gears we focused on a few different species and ended the trip with rods bent almost constantly. As soon as our baits would hit the water Sarah and Sam were on mangrove snappers mutton snappers hog fish, jacks and of course grouper. We had a great time, came close to running out of bait and enjoyed the warming trend.

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

February 20 2015 Report

The winds were a bit better today at "only" 20 MPH but the air temperature was 39 degrees. Ouch! But this weather was no problem for Avery Victoria and John from N.Y. There were only a few places that would hold fish today with the combination of air temp, wind speed and the muddy water left over from yesterday so off to that area we went. Although the action was slower today there was still a mixed back of species that came to the boat including a few species of snapper and a grouper lost to the bottom. Thankfully and predictably the weather warmed up a bit and it was in the high 50's by the time we got off the water at 11am. Time for me to thaw out. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

February 19, 2015 Report

Today was one of the toughest fishing conditions I have fished in quite a few years. After a hard cold front, we had 30 MPH winds gusting to 35 and air temperatures in the low 50's. Bob, Vinny and Rose from Pennsylvania jumped aboard and braved the absolutely brutal conditions. Their toughness paid off though as we spend 5 hours fishing the same area landing nice groupers, BIG mangrove snappers, mutton snappers and jacks. I started with 130 baits and 4 hours into the trip we ran out of bait! I switched them to plastic shrimp and the fish didn't miss a beat. However, the wind and tide had muddied the bay and eventually the muddy water reached us and stopped the bite in its track. After a rough run back to the ramp we decided to end the trip early and leave it at 6 hours. As I always say, the weather may be bad but the fish still have to eat. Today proved that to be true.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 P.S. This is what this Miami boy (me) looks like surviving our "winter".