June 1, 2016 Report

Aboard today was regular local client and fly fisherman Steve. The goal of today's trip was very simple, just to catch some fish on fly and I love these kinds of trips because it gives me a lot of options. We started off looking for Tarpon but with the exception of seeing two rolling fish it was extremely slow so we didn't put a lot of time into that and changed it up. Fishing some grass Flats Steve caught a couple of nice trout on fly but it was still slower than I would have liked so we ran down to the Bonefish Flats. The first flat was slow but the second flat had a nice group of about 15 to 18 Bonefish in the eight and nine pound range. Steve made a great cast put the fly right in front of them and worked it back, the fish had an interest in it but never committed. Ouch! We wrapped up the day on the grass flat just a mile from Steve's home where he caught lady fish, blue fish, trout and Spinner sharks on fly. It was a great way to end the day!

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

May 28, 2016 Report

Today I was out of the Ocean Reef Club fishing with Grant and Carrie. Grant and Carrie wanted some rod bending action so I took them to a little channel that I like with the last of the outgoing tide and we kept the roads been and the drags peeling including Grant losing what was probably a very nice grouper to the bottom. When the tide turned we spent a little bit of time shark fishing but with none of them showing up they decided to call it a day early and head back to the Ocean Reef Club to relax.

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

May 27, 2016 Report

Jason from Jacksonville wanted to catch mutton snappers, not 12" snappers, big mutton snappers so off we went. The first spot was close to South Beach and although we caught a few fish there were no muttons around so we decided to change it up. We spent a little bit of time fishing some grass last for sea trout and although we caught a couple, it was slow so we decided to get back on track and focus on muttons. Making a long run south we got to the area that I like and it became a very frustrating endeavor as we ended up losing 6 big muttons to broken lines but mostly pulled hooks. At one point we could see two big muttons close to the boat and not committing to the bait. What a frustrating day, good action but no results! He did land a nice big barracuda on lure that gave him a nice fight! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

May 26, 2016 Report (Tarpon video!)

Day 3 with Jerry and Roger and I know that I'm already going to miss these guys in my skiff. We repeated the same steps as yesterday but this time Roger was able to hook about a hundred and fifty pound Tarpon that gave us a couple of jumps and a long blistering run of over a hundred yards. After chasing the fish and recovering all that line we were able to get a leader release within 7 Minutes of hookup. Absolutely incredible! The rest of the fight to get it next to the boat was another 20 minutes and then we released it and watched it swim away with its pride wounded but healthy otherwise. We wrapped up the day catching sea trout.

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

May 25, 2016 Report

Day 2 of fishing with Jerry and Roger and we repeated the same process as yesterday again no Tarpon this morning but the grass flats were red hot with lots of big trout in the 18 to 20 inch range on soft plastics, Bluefish, ladyfish, snapper and jacks, it was awesome fishing around the mullet schools and Jerry was able to take home some fresh fish dinner to boot. The highlight was Roger hooking up and fighting a really nice spinner shark that came up and absolutely crushed the soft plastic we were using for the sea trout and after a 10-minute fight we got cut off on a marker.

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

May 24, 2016 Report

This was another trip I have been looking forward to since I will be fishing the next three days with Jerry from Tennessee. Jerry books me every year for three days of tarpon fishing with his grandson Tommy and they are always an absolute blast to fish with. Tommy, however, was not able to make it down this time but Jerry's friend Roger joined us and Roger had me rolling with laughter. Today we started tarpon fishing but Jerry did not want to dedicate a ton of time to them so we found big numbers of Tarpon but no bites during the two hours that we fished for them. Changing it up he wanted to catch some fresh fish dinner so we hit the grass Flats for trout and kept some for dinner. Along the way we lost two big permit that broke our hearts!

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

May 23, 2016 Report

Wow, today was one of those days that required me to take a deep breath and pause for a minute. The fishing was absolutely on fire today and it reminded me of late fall and winter time in Miami. Fishing the mullet schools making their way back North on their late spring migration we had an absolute blast. Our first spot was for Tarpon and Danny, Pano and Michael were aboard but could not enjoy the Silver rage of a tarpon on the other end of the line. The last time we fished together everybody caught Bonefish except for Pano so Bonefish was on the list but the skies were overcast and cloudy and certainly not conducive to Bonefish so we changed it up. That turned out to be the ticket as we were able to enjoy a steady stream of bent rods screaming drags and fish to the side of the boat. We caught Snapper, Jacks, Bluefish, trout and Lady fish at a pace that was absolutely breathtaking. At one point we had several triple headers! We ended the day fishing a different spot where they were able to catch more species including Triggerfish, Hogfish and red grouper. Today was absolutely a blast and I always love fishing with these guys!

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