August 7, 2016 Report

Jeff fished with me a few weeks ago. Today his dad joined him for a full day of bone fishing and permit fishing. We had great conditions but the fishing proved to be slow. We found very few Bonefish but hand some nice tarpon cruising down the slick calm shorelines but we could never get a really good shot at them. Capt. Mo Estevez 786-853-1409 www.MiamiBoneFishing.com Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 6, 2016 Report

This morning Eric join me for a half-day trip in the morning. It was absolutely my pleasure to spend my morning with Eric as he served 27 years in the Navy as part of a bomb disposal unit.  The fishing started slow with snook or tarpon on the hook but we did lose a tarpon when he destroyed our bait but didn't get hooked. We fished a number of different spots catching sea trout and some nice jacks.  At the end of the day at another spot Eric hooked a nice snook and lost it next to the boat as the fish struggled against the pressure Eric was putting on him. Capt. Mo Estevez 786-853-1409 www.MiamiBoneFishing.com Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 5, 2016 AM & PM Report (Tarpon Video!)

AM Report Frank is a school teacher from PA and while his wife was at a conference he hit the water for an abbreviated trip. Spot one was the magical one with rolling tarpon and an almost immediate hook up. After a number of jumps and a dogged fight, Frank got his first tarpon. Awesome! We hit a second spot where Frank caught a few nice jacks and we called it a day.

PM Report My second trip was with Fernando, Gimmie and Andre from Brazil. These guys were a lot of fun and wanted to catch a shark. Hitting the flats, almost immediately we were surrounded by sharks but they were playing hard to get. The guys hooked a total of about 5-6 sharks and landed two. As we moved off the flat a school of big bar jacks moved in and we hook up immediately to about a 15lber. With the fish next to the boat and ready for a picture and release it comes off. Losing two big barracudas later it was time to head back. What a nice day today and a day of missed fish but the drags kept singing and the smiles were plentiful.

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

August 3, 2016 Report

I love fishing with kids and today was one of those days. Marc and his 2 boys 20 year old Alex and 13 year old Wyatt jumped aboard for a half day of fishing in order to celebrate Wyatt's 13th birthday today. We fished two spots and at the first spot Alex landed a cool black tip shark and although there were plenty of Tarpon around we could not get a bite. We moved on to the second and last spot of the day where immediately Wyatt hooked a 60 pound Tarpon that burned up the drag and gave him an awesome jump just 30 feet from the boat. Unfortunately the jump resulted in a pulled hook and the tarpon swam free. However, in order to make up for that Wyatt caught two big jacks that gave him quite a workout and we got a few more bites from fish that were too clever to get hooked. Happy birthday Wyatt!

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

August 1, 2016 Report

Today was definitely a tough day as local offshore angler Carlos jumped aboard for a half-day of scouting out this part of the bay that he wants to take his girlfriend fishing to. We had a steady 15 to 20 mile-an-hour wind and he really wanted to see how my Hewes would perform under these conditions as well as to check out the fishery but today were definitely not the conditions we needed to show him exactly what this part of Biscayne Bay is all about. We began early morning under overcast skies fishing some creeks for Snook on topwater plugs. The snook were there as we had 5 or 6 of them blow up on our top waters but never got hooked. Finally we had a big blow up and hook up but unfortunately it only lasted a few seconds before it shook free and swim away. The rest of the two and a half hours we spent fishing different spots for species like sea trout and snapper but the fishing was extremely slow as the water started to get dirty andn the wind continued to increase. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

July 31, 2016 (Video!)

Thirteen year old twins Jake and Adam wanted sharks and barracuda. They thought it'd be fun they said, let's catch one they said! Well, they did, and the sore arms will come later. Gary and his two boys are from Miami and they fish with me a few times a year so off we went before school starts. The barracuda fishing was slow (weird!) but the shark fishing was not. Right off the bat Adam hooks a black tip that we sight casted and watched eat the live bait right in front of us. Unfortunately the hook pulled. A bit later one of the rods goes off and Adam gets a nice 5 footer to the boat. These boys have an intense rivalry and Jake was feeling the pressure. Now Jake is up to bat and a bit later a big 6 footer charges the bait and is off to the races. Fourty minutes into the fight the hook pulls again on Jake. Oh, oh! Moments later another one swims by, I cast and drop the bait in front of it, he swims up and eats and I set the hook. Jake is on again and after a nice run the hook pulls again! What's up with that? We change flats to catch the last of the tide and a few more big sharks move in but ignore our baits. Right as I'm about to call it a day another big shark comes in and ignores our live bait but eats the dead bait and Jake is on! Twenty minutes later he gets a 6 footer to the boat and the pressure is off Jake. Poor Adam, he thought he had the day won with the biggest shark of the day and in the 4th quarter with 8 seconds left Jake scores on a hail mary and steals the victory. Until next time boys!

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

July 29, 2016 Report (Video)

Regular client Alec boarded this morning and off we went in our search for snook. In spite of our best efforts no snook came aboard. The next spot was for big jacks and snook but no one was home. Tarpon proved to be better but we missed the first bite as a nice tarpon sky rocketed in the air attempting to eat Alec's bait startling both of us. The fish came back and ate the bait the second time but came off a few moments later. In the process, Alec landed two black tip sharks that were all over our tarpon baits. Running down to the flats, the first flat provided a great shot at a school of waking bonefish in super shallow water but no hook up in spite of Alec's good cast. A couple of flats later we had another shot at a big school of bonefish but the cast was off just a few feet and the school spooked. The last spot flat of the day provided another shot at two BIG bonefish in the 10-12lb range but we couldn't get a good angle on them. In desperation I told Alec to cast and he did but the fish bones were at a bad angle and spooked. The day ended with Alec hooking a few barraudas and landing one and hooking a nice bull shark on the flats.

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