July 3, 2016 Report

Local angler and repeat client Andy brought his friend Jason along today for a half day before boat traffic got crazy. Breezier than it should be in July we fished our first two spots with not much action. Spot 3 had tons of fished marked on my Raymarine and a big bait later Jason was doing battle with a raging shark. The 30 minute fight had some additional thrills as a big bulk shark attacked Jason's hooked shark but didn't hurt it too bad. Not long after the rod broke but we managed to land the beautiful 5' black tip in spite of a shark attack and a broken rod. Whew! We ended the trip Tarpon fishing where we got a hit but only a leader with Tarpon slime to show for it.

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

July 1 2016 report

A.m. report. From Mexico came Lorenzo senior and Lorenzo jr. Father and son and they were a lot of fun this morning. Our first spot was a bit bumpy due to a stiff East Wind which is very unusual for July so we moved off to our second flat of the day and that one was loaded. Using strictly artificial lures Lorenzo and his dad caught Blue Fish, snapper, Barracuda, Lady Fish and shark and it was on fire. We called it early today because of the rain storms and lightning around us

PM report I had to wait about 30 minutes in order for Brad and his two sons Brad and Barrett to jump on the boat and head out for my afternoon trip. The storms that got us off the water early in my morning trip were still around and had intensified so it's always better to be safe than sorry. When the weather finally cleared a bit we ran South and fished a Shipwreck where Barrett and Brad both caught about 20 fish apiece. Now we decided to hit the flats for shark but that proved to be slow so we moved off to the third and last spot of the day where on the second drift Barrett hooked up a nice big shark that absolutely smoked the reel and after fighting it for about 15 minutes it broke us off. What a heartbreaker! We wrapped up the trip a few minutes later after a couple of drifts and called it a day.

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

June 28, 2016 Report

I closed out June today with Bill whose is a regular client of mine from North Carolina. With fly rod in hand today was actually a great day. Our first flat of the morning was slick calm and it was absolutely infested with permit. Bill had shots at tailing permit, cruising permit, floating permit and then dimpling permit along with shots at a few schools of Bonefish. When the action died down I decided to cross the bay and fish the shoreline and that held a decent number of fish as well and we wrapped up the day back on the ocean side flats where Bill had shots at another group or two of Bonefish and big single permit and several strings of big Tarpon migrating back North. Although we didn't hook any fish we sure had shots today and it was solid day! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 24th 2016 report

Today's trip was a three-quarter day six hour trip with Nathan and his fifteen-year-old son Elijah. Elijah is a big strong kid who has a world record in power lifting at 380 pounds. Impressive! They wanted to catch fish for dinner so we hit our first spot in the morning and the first cast Elijah lands a nice mangrove snapper and then we caught some mutton Snappers that were a bit short some triggerfish and then Elijah said something he shouldn't have said. He said he wanted to catch a shark because he had never caught a shark before. The next fish landed was a nice big live 3-pound Jack and I quickly threw him back out on one of those big tarpon rods for sharks. It didn't take long for the rod to double over. Elijah grabbed the rod and fought his fish and then his dad fought the shark this went on for an agonizing four hours until we decided to call it quits and break the fish off. I suspect it was probably a huge bull shark that got foul hooked on one of the fins since it is extremely rare for us to hook into a shark that we cannot land in at least an hour and a half. After the shark episode most of our fishing time had evaporated so we ran to a grass flat where they caught a nice big trout and added that to the list of species for dinner. What an ordeal with this shark today! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

Jun 23 2016 report

Today I was fishing with Giovanna and John from New York and we fished just a couple of spots before Giovanna got a little queasy from the heat and we decided to call it a day early. At the first spot they were Tarpon rolling around and we caught hogfish, mangrove snapper Triggerfish and a few other species before she started to feel a little queasy. We moved on to a grass flat but that proved to not be helpful so we ran back in to make sure she was okay. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 17, 2016 Report (Permit!)

Bill and Pierre are from N.C. and had booked two days of fishing in S.C. but gale force winds caused them to cancel and head south.  On our half day trip this morning we had breezier than normal conditions but caught some Ladyfish while we waited for the tide to turn.  Once it did Pierre hooked a Tarpon on artificial lure but it broke off when we had it next to the boat.  A bit later we got two hits and one hook up.  Turns out it was one of the species we were targeting, permit!  A nice fight later we got Bill's big permit to the boat.  Congrats Bill! 

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

June 14, 2016 Report

With typical summer conditions awaiting us, Nick got in 6 hours of fishing before his flight back home.  With fly rods in hand we targeted the big three bonefish, Tarpon and permit.  Finding lots of Tarpon they refused to eat with little consolation that none of the other guide boats were hooking up either.  Hitting the flats we hit the flats and found schools of bonefish that started too far off for a shot but found lots of permit.  Nick had a number of shots at permit including tailing fish but no hook ups.  Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing