Bend the long rod January 31, 2022

I had Maria onboard today and she is always awesome to fish with and a really good fly fisher woman. The plan today was really just to catch whatever species would eat a fly but I was concerned with the low water temps in the mid 60's.  Well, my concern was erased when I took her to the second spot of the trip and there were a bunch of jacks around but the fishing was not on fire as it should've been for this time of year, again, because of the water temps.  

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It almost didn't happen January 28, 2022

It's funny how things work out sometimes.  I had two trips scheduled for tomorrow Saturday but Joe, my morning trip, called and asked if we could fish Friday, today, instead.  I guess he saw the weather forecast of temperatures in the 30's and winds upwards of 30 MPH.  So off we went on Friday morning with his friend Vinnie.  The water temps were back at 70 and the morning was extremely foggy to the point we were limited on where we could go so we stayed close to the marina and went bonefishing.  This is where Vinnie when bonefishing for the first time and he got his first bonefish.  Yes!!!!  The rare fog usually burns off in the first hour but not today, it actually got thicker throughout at the morning at times.  During my trip with Joe and Vinnie, Jon calls me asking what time to meet today.  "Huh, I can today but we're scheduled for tomorrow."  Turns out he had his dates mixed up and the trip was supposed to be today.  No problem.  I wrapped up my trip with Joe and Vinnie catching snappers, although small, on every cast.  

As soon as I dropped off Joe and Vinnie, Jon and Stefan jump aboard and we're off with the fog now cleared but the skies overcast.  Jon was on spin and Stefan on fly and we struck out on bonefish but then they told me they would be happy catching anything.  Cool!  I took them to a wreck, set up and watched Jon catch yellow jacks, big blue runners, snappers and a few big mystery fish while the fish ignored Stefan's fly, they don't usually.  Once Stefan picked up a spinning rod it was on as all fish were caught on lures and they took home plenty to eat.  

By the evening and the following day the weather was horrible so the schedule change worked out.  

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It's cold! January 25, 2022

Man it's been cold with the latest cold front being unusually cold and driving down the water temps to the low 60's, not good!  Along for the ride today was Steve and his son.  They wanted to try for bonefish so I took them to a shallow point I like and try to work the deeper edge where there should be slightly warmer water but I warned them it would be tough.  Well, they went 0-2 on bonefish during our morning trip and landed a bonnet head shark.  It wasn't what I would have liked but at least they hooked two nice bones in spite of the blistering cold water temps.  

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This has been tough! January 24, 2022

Wow, this is incredible!  In January I am usually swamped with work and very few days off but not January 2022.  Between the surging Omicron virus and the flight cancelations due to the virus travel has come to a stand still and I was off for about two weeks, just crazy.  Well, today I was back to work with Ruven who has fished with me before.  He usually likes to throw lures only and we do well.  The same today but the start was slow as I took him to a few different places that have worked for me recently.  At one spot there were a bunch of snook but with lower than normal water temps they were not willing to play as they focused on warming up.  Towards the end of the trip we decided to use the live shrimp I had in the live well and things got good with non stop action on mahogany snapper, yellow jacks and more.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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January 10, 2022

 Today I fished with Ethan again and he brought his friend Nathan.  We started off looking for snook but they were MIA and then we switched to fishing to make sure Nathan caught some fish, and he did!  The guys ended up having a nice trip with a bunch of varieties and plenty of action catching snappers, yellow jacks, big blue runners, shark and more.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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First trip of the year January 6, 2022

This is really crazy, we're already in 2022 and it feels like we skipped over 2020.  Any way, happy new year everyone!  Business and the fishing was on fire but as soon as the new year hit with the huge spikes in Covid infections and flight cancellations things got quite quick but not for regular client Alex, his dad Bert and their friend Karim.  I was looking for a good day today with Alex and it was good from the first cast.  I took them to a spot where there have been plenty of species within 50' of each other and they warmed up on jacks, small grouper, snappers and look downs.  As the spot started to sputter I took them to the finger channels where we caught the last of the tide and they caught plenty of yellow jack and snapper dinner.  Once the tide stopped and the fishing slowed I took them tarpon fishing but they were MIA so off we went to bonefish.  Dang, it started tough as we missed two solid bites and then lost two hooked fish.  However, towards the end Bert hooks up and caught his first bonefish in decades.  Awesome!  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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The Last Trip December 3, 2021

Last trip with Jeff, Will and Drew out of a three day trip today.  Taking advantage of the tide we looked for permit but they were MIA as were the bonefish.  Hmm, Drew usually catches bonefish with me but we've struck out the last two times.  However, they wanted to focus on catching fish to eat so we put the glory species aside and searched for dinner.  A spot we tend to fish together produced, big time!  At first it was pretty slow but I moved about 50 feet and man that was the trick.  Fish are weird how they can be a few feet away and you don't know it.  Well, I figured they wouldn't be too far away and the minor change paid off.  It was fish on every cast for all three catching big yellow jacks, mangrove snapper, mutton snappers, look downs and more.  They took plenty of fish back to the hotel and I wrapped up a great year on a high note with great clients/friends.  Happy new year everyone!  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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