February 2, 2020 Report

Well, well, it's Super Bowl Sunday and a cold front moved through making for great super bowl weather this evening but cold and windy this morning for my trip with Joe and his daughter Maddie. I've fished with Joe before aboard my client David's boat but today he booked me on his own and his daughter had never fished before. I made a short run in the chop and cold wind but 10 minutes later we were at spot one, not so much away from the wind but definitely where the fish were yesterday. After a few casts and no bites I started to be surprised and thought it was the dirty water. But, a few minutes of persistence lead to Maddie's first bite and then it was on! I started with about 7 dozen baits for our 4 hour trip. Well, Joe and Maddie were done 2 1/2 hours in and ready to head in just as I was down to 10 baits. It was hot fishing in spite of the cold weather and they caught: Mackerel Pompano Bluefish Jacks Lane Snapper Mangrove snapper and a small grouper Way to go guys!

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

February 1, 2020 Report

A real nasty storm moved through last night casting doubt on today's trips but he morning was nice so Andrew and his son Jack jumped aboard and off we went. They were in town to attend the Super Bowl (spoiled!) so they jumped aboard for a brief 3 hour trip with the goal for jack to catch jacks. Spot one was slow, spot two was great with the guys catching jacks, pompano, bluefish, mackerel and snapper. They decided to end the trip early after 2 and a half hours and called it a day so they can attend super bowl related activities. What a great day with the bonus being getting back to the dock before the rain moved in.

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

January 27, 2020 Report

It's been pretty cold down here in Miami with cold fronts rolling through every couple of days. Today I was fishing with David on his new 24' Pathfinder and the water was glass calm. We bought tons of live pilchards and headed offshore for kingfish and mackerel but the morning already had an ominous tone. I asked my bait guy for an offshore report and he told me there was no current offshore, no current means no fish. Well, we tried it anyway and there was zero current every where we went and the boats around us never hooked a fish. So, we fished a few spots and it was slow all the way around but David did get a cool false amberjack along the way.

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

January 25, 2020 Report

It's a bit warmer today with air temp in the high 60's as I fished out of Key biscayne today with Sean, Sean and Trevor. They wanted to catch a couple of fish to get warmed up before trying for tarpon. The first spot was slow but they caught small grouper, snapper and a jack. Then we hit the beach and found a bunch of tarpon. They were moving north and back south as we drifted our baits in front of them. Just as things were getting good, a massive bulk shark devoured a tarpon about 100 yards away and the tarpon made a disappearing act. With some time left we hit a nearby ship wreck in 10 feet of water and quickly went through 6 dozen shrimp on snapper, jacks and blue runners.

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

January 24, 2020 Report

After a couple of days off I was back to work with Ken and Renee on the heels of a cold front that dropped night time temperatures into the upper 30's. With slick calm conditions I fished a shoreline for bonefish on fly but the water temps were a 63 degrees. We crossed the bay to the oceanside flats looking for warmer water and we found them but the water was dirty due to the last couple of days' wind and some cloud cover. After working a few flats we decided to catch fish instead of hunt for fish. I had to fish 3 wrecks before locating fish but we did and we ended the day on a blitz with nice mangrove snappers, blue runners, small grouper and more.

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

January 21, 2020 Report

Well, I have to say that winter is in full swing here and I had Jonas and Miko on board this morning for some bonefish hunting on fly. A cold front had just passed and the wind was blowing 26 MPH, BUT it was coming from the nw allowing us to fish the shoreline that was slicked out. We had plenty of shots and missed a couple of takes and we ended the morning covered in schools crossing from one flat to another but they were spookier than usual. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

January 20, 2020 Report

I can honestly tell you that this job has a surprise waiting at every turn, whether it's weather, fish, clients, crazy stuff happening on the water, it really keeps me on my toes with today being one of those days. I had given a colleague of mine a trip for Sunday because I was already booked with Dan and Lee but my buddy's engine acted up and canceled the trip. So, I ended up taking Francisco and Marco instead today. They were anxious to bend a fly rod and mix it up with spin gear. I took them to try and get a tarpon but they were on a diet so we ditched the prized gamefish hunt and focused on bending the fly rod. After a couple of slow spots, the last one paid off and it was on! They caught jacks, pompano, snappers on spin and fly but that wasn't the highlight. Francisco hooked up something nice and fought it for a bit and then it comes to the surface. A black drum!!!!!!! I never have, and no one I know has ever seen or caught a black drum in Biscayne Bay as these fish are mostly int he Everglades. This was awesome and a thrill for me. I explained to the guys why I was so excited but they still thought I was crazy. LOL!

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