April 12, 2016 Report

Today I fished with one of my regular clients Steve. The goal was to fly fish as Steve is a good fly fisherman and that is the only type of fishing he does so we started off looking for Tarpon but the fishing was definitely shut down today. Moving around we caught trout on fly and then ran down to some shipwrecks where Steve caught a bunch of yellow Jack's on fly including on surface flies and it was awesome watching them come up on the surface and destroy the fly time and again.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 11, 2016 Report

On board today for some fly-fishing was Gary and of course we started off looking for tarpon. We found a few rolling but they would not eat during the time that we fished them so after about an hour we decided to change it up and in part to get away from the increasing wind. We fished a few other spots and ended up at a shipwreck where oddly enough the fish refused to eat a fly but were gobbling up bait. Landing a number of fish and keeping a few of the smaller ones for bait we ended the trip at a shark spot where one of the live baits didn't last long in the presence of a nice spinner shark. After about a 20-minute fight Gary got his first shark to the boat and gave him quite a fight.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 9, 2016 AM & PM Report

Frank and his two boys were on vacation and a had booked me about a month ago to take them fishing and have a great time on the water. Drifting a grass flat the boys caught sea trout and other species and while we tried to target sharks, shark fishing was slow.  We went back to fishing grass flats for sea trout and kept the rods bent. Our first order of the morning was tarpon fishing and while we gave it a good effort for almost two hours we did not get a bite.

My afternoon trip was with Nate and his wife Jennifer from South Carolina. With the boat and jet-ski activity reaching an unfishable level we ran down to the flats and targeted sharks. Frustratingly we had about six big sharks in the six to seven foot range behind the boat but they refused to eat anything we would throw at them. Deciding it was time to move on we fished a shallow shipwreck and caught a number of different species many times waiting only seconds after the bait hit the water for a hookup. It was a beautiful day we were able to stay away from the crowds and had a great time.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 8, 2016 Report

This morning Jean Michelle and his girlfriend wanted a half day on the bay to do some saltwater fly-fishing.  We started off at our first Tarpon spot but the fish were holding deep where we could not reach them with a fly in the high current. We moved on to another tarpon spot that had just a few fish so off to another spot to fish for sea trout. Jean Michelle started the morning not knowing how to do the double haul but he quickly figured it out and was making some really nice long casts incredibly quickly. At the end of the trip we ended up catching a few fish on fly for him and on a spinning rod for her but it was definitely slower then I would have liked. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 7, 2016 Report (Tarpon)

This was day 2 with Graham from the UK and this time is was a full day tarpon fishing. After tarpon fishing for 4 hours and finding them on a diet we decided to give it a rest and fish for other species. Keeping the rods bent I decided to spend the last 30 minutes tarpon fishing as something inside of me told me we should. With 5 minutes left in the trip one of the rods goes off and 160lbs of raging silver tarpon jumping over and over again towards the skiff! After a prolonged 1 1/2 hour fight, clearing two bridges, freighters, tug boats and other hazards we had the silver beast next to the boat when the braid popped. OUCH! Graham did a great job on the fish and sometimes there is heart break before ultimate glory. This one hurt!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 5, 2016 Report

This was day 2 with Scott from MD and the goal was tarpon. Unfortunately the tarpon fishing was slow. However, after fishing a number of spots catching different species including sea trout we decided to go for sharks and we had a blast. In short order Scott hooked 7 sharks with almost non-stop action! He ended up landing one int he 80lb range and losing a few much bigger. As we waited for the sharks to move in you could see them zipping in behind the boat like a fighter jet, one after another with less than five minutes wait in between. Of course, a bait dropped in front of them was immediately devoured and the drag began to sizzle. What a day to end 2 days fishing in Miami!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 4, 2016 Report

Graham from the UK had fished with me back in October and today he brought his 11 year old son Harry aboard. Wanting Harry to get off to a fast start I took him to a spot where he caught 11 fish in 13 minutes. He was counting! Afterwards we fished a few other spots catching different species including mutton snappers and red grouper. No sharks were around today to put a deep bend in a heavy rod.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing