I had Jeff on board today and I go on vacation tomorrow so we were on the hunt for bonefish and permit. Man did we fish hard and all over the place yet it was a dead zone. There was one flat we found a few bones but that was the highlight of the day. Dang, this was tough and what a way to go on vacation. Urgh!!!
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Fabio, his son and I had fished a few years ago and today he was back. The goal was to keep his little boy busy and we did ending the day with catching a cool shark on his own. Very cool kid!
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Chester Moore was back! Last time we fished he was able to land his dream fish, a nice bonefish. This time he came with his wife and we were looking for permit and anything else. Well, I love fishing with Chester and we went hunting for permit. That proved slow and there were a few tarpon around but not many, Along the way he caught his first ever barracuda, a solid slob, his first mutton snapper, some lady fish and other stuff that kept us busy and having a great time.
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After a couple of are days off I was back to work with Jordan looking for bonefish and permit and I have to tell you we struggled. We found some fish and had a few shots but it was definitely not what I expected today. Part of the issue was the shear number of boats out there as there seemed to be a boat on every flat I wanted to fish.
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The weather here in Miami has been so unpredictable lately, nothing like our typical summer pattern that's for sure and this morning was no exception. Mike and Wade are such great guys and were in Miami for the singular mission of fishing as much as possible. With the weather so unstable I decided to stay close to the marina and it paid off. Mike caught about 8 different species and Wade was not far behind as we looked for tarpon. Then, I hear "I got him!" and Wade was on to something that was smoking the reel! Mike asked me what it was but I chose to not say a thing, just in case, but I was pretty sure I knew what Wade had hooked. After a number of blistering runs and significant pressure on the fish, up came a big permit. YES!!! I love permit! We got the pics, the release and then it was a moment to bask in the glory. I ended the trip looking for tarpon to no avail only finding three by a bridge. Wow, what a fish, what a morning and thankfully the weather right over us held up while it was going south quick all around us.
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I had the day off yesterday thanks to hurricane Elsa but more importantly I hope all our fellow Floridians on the west coast are safe as the storm rolls past them. With the weather cleared here in Miami I got back to work with a great family from Kazakhstan, Oscar, Madina and they're super cute 6 year old Thalia. Oscar didn't care what we targeted so we fished all over the place but the fishing was really slow, no snook, no tarpon, no lady fish, snappers. This was starting to suck. After catching a small snapper I decided we needed to go all in and bonefish. Well it didn't take long before Oscar hooked up and got his first bonefish. Nice! I felt better and can sleep well tonight. That was a close call!
Capt. Mo Estevez
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I know things happen for a reason and that was the theme today as this trip almost didn't happen due to tropical storm Elsa. Valentyn had booked me about a week ago and wanted his 12 year old son Ivan to catch a big fish but there is hurricane Elsa that was supposed to make a mess of things on Monday so we cancelled. Then Monday morning I wake up and the day is nice. What?! I called Valentyn and we were back on. The first spot was awesome with plenty of fun lady fish eating everything in sight but the highlight was Ivan catching a big permit on his own! I marked them on my Raymarine, baited Ivan up and told him what to do and then the hook up! After a long tough fight and some coaching, Ivan had his big permit in the boat. Wow! We then fished a different spot for sharks and we quickly went 2 for 3 before having to race back to the marina out running the first Elsa related cell. Today was awesome!
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