Everglades Fishing At the Last Minute June 14, 2020 Report

Once again I was back in the Everglades with Mike and we started late in order to fish the outgoing tide. Launching the boat at around 2pm, we went straight for a redfish flat and began to pole with the tide. It was a bit slow but Mike had some shots at redfish and caught a snook out of a pothole (classic!). With a building thunderstorm we decided to fish closer to the marina in case we had to high tail it back. Settling on a point we began to fan cast the area and we got 2 reds and a snook before deciding to call it a day in order for Mike to get home in time for a BBQ. BTW, Mike is a semipro photographer and I just love his pics!

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

90 Minutes is all it took! June 12, 2020 Everglades Report

Yes, that's all it took today, 90 minutes! I had the day off and wanted to go fun fishing in Flamingo for snook and reds. However, after a bunch of my buddies couldn't make it I decided to go alone. I have to admit, I hadn't fished alone in over 10 years and it was fun and so relaxing. Anyway, I launched the boat at 3pm and headed out to the first two spots of the day. The first bunch of casts produced nothing and then, BAM! Something crushed my lure and started to peel drag. A few head shakes and jumps later a nice snook was next to the boat and came aboard for a picture. That was the beginning of a stellar run where it was snook after snook and a redfish. I released almost a dozen snook, missed as many bites and lost a half dozen before they got to the boat. With the tide almost bottomed out and having had my fill I headed in. The boat was on the trailer by 4:30 pm and I was on my way home. Interestingly enough, it took longer to drive to the marina and back home than it took to crush the snook this afternoon. Ahh, I can rest easily tonoght!

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

Weird Trip Today June 11, 2020 Report

Kevin and I have fished for years and always done well. Today his brought his brother David along and David had never fished before. Well, we started at a wreck and got David warmed up and used to casting and and landing fish such as snappers, blue runners and yellow jacks. Then when the tide was right we hot a flat to chum for bonefish to try and get David his first bonefish. That resulted in two bonnet head sharks. Then, they decided to call it a day 4 hours in. Before I knew it we were back at the dock and I drove home wondering what just happened. Between a short trip and a way different list of target species than usual with Kevin I was wondering what to do with the extra time on my hands for the rest of the day. It was so good to see Kevin again but boy I am not used to a short trip like this with him. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

She asked "Why is yours so small?" June 1, 2020 Report Video

It's a tough life being a man and being asked that question. Thankfully for me she was referring to the snook I was catching compared to hers. Whew, what a relief! It all started when my fiance', who's now hooked on fishing, asked me to go back to Flamingo in the Everglades and go fishing. OK, so I set the alarm for 5:30am but when it went off there was no moving her. However, we decided to do an afternoon trip instead and it worked out great. By the time we got to Flamingo, it was windy and the water was dirty but still fishable. She was adamant about using bait while I stuck to lures and the fishing was a bit better than I expected. She got three big snook, two on bait and one on lures and two redfish. I managed about 5 smaller snook on lures. Hence her question! I was glad she landed some really nice fish that she refused to take pictures with and we had a great time. Oh, we ended up at home after 9pm!

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'Glades Grand Slam and More! May 28, 2020 With Video

Here we go again! I was excited to get Alec down to the Everglades and have him experience what has been a hot May for snook and reds. Well, knowing what was going to happen we started off looking for trout but it took a few spots because the wind and rain of the last few days had the water looking like chocolate. Once I found clean water he quickly landed a few trout and no the game plan changed. With the tide dropping I began to work some flats for snook and redfish using artificials. I have to tell you, we were suffering from rubber hook syndrome for a stretch here because we lost the first 5 or 6 reds and snook he hooked. Never the less, once that got sorted out he quickly landed a snook and a few casts later he landed a redfish. Dang, grand slam complete and the fishing still wasn't good yet! The rest of the day was icing on the cake as we lost track of the snook released, Alec stopped counting at around a dozen and there were many more after that, got plenty of reds and lost quite a few more fish and missed some amazing strikes. Off day I guess! LOL

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Redemption is so sweet May 22, 2020 Report

Fishing is in many ways like life in that we all need redemption and the opportunity for a "do over". That's exactly what I had on my hands this morning with Phil from Miami. He booked me for bonefish as one of his bucket list fish so off to go bonefishing we went. Based on the forecast and tides and all the other stuff we have to consider I told him we would get a late start at 9am. As we ran across the bay the morning was breezy as expected but there was an annoying high level cloud cover that made it tough. Really all it took was one flat, the first flat and Phil got not one but two bonefish and his bucket list fish has been checked off. Whew! I can tell you I feel much better now and really needed a "do over" from yesterday.

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

The Ups and Downs (May 21, 2020 Double Report)

Today I had two trips, the morning trip was focused on bonefish and permit with Joe who lives in Miami. The whole morning provided us with slick calm conditions under a windless sky, and lot's of opportunities. Schools of bonefish were swimming everywhere and Joe kept taking shots but the bonefish would swim slightly to one side or the other or the cast was off just enough to render it fruitless. On the permit side, there were singles tailing here and there with a few schools mixed in. And wouldn't you know it, the last cast of the day was to a school of about 15 permit that landed just right until they decided to change direction and the follow up cast resulted it the bait flying off mid cast. This one's going to sting for a while. I had to wait two hours before the start of my afternoon trip as regular client David and his girlfriend Nicole couldn't make it any earlier. But, as soon as they got there we were off to bend some rods. Two wrecks later they had dinner in the cooler and bait for sharks on the flats. Once on the flats were hooked and lost 4 lemon sharks with the largest being about 150lbs that was swimming so shallow for about 30 minutes that the dorsal and tail fins were out of the water. However, before we called it a day one of the rods doubles over and the reel starts to scream to the point we had to chase the fish down a bit. We thought it was a shark at first but then I saw the dorsal of a barracuda and it was HUGE! David got the release of the monster and we called it a day with David smiling the whole way back to the marina.

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