After the wind March 8, 2022

Work came to a halt over the weekend thanks to steady 30 MPH winds but they laid down on Monday so I Alec and I went ahead with our scheduled trip.  We looked for tarpion and found a few resident fish but no go.  In the process Alec caught a few nice mutton snappers that were mixed in with the school of tarpon.  After giving bonefishing a try and missing a bite we hit a channel and had fun catching fish, snappers and jacks.  Alec then wanted to shark fish so we hit the flats and the sharks were on fire swimming around the boat and our baits like crazy.  The problem? They were acting strange as they would eat the baits but not get hooked as they were not being aggressive.  We ended with about 8 or 9 bites, lost three after long runs and had a few more spit the bait.  Hmmm, weird.   

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

More Doubles March 4, 2022

My morning trip was with Owen and David and we started off tarpon fishing finding a few and throwing flies and baits but it was an eco tour.  We switched off to bonefish which was also slow with the highlight was David hooking a stingray.  I wrapped up the morning trip using bait and the guys catch a bunch of fun jacks and it was all going great until.....David caught a remora....that was attached to a big bull shark and well that was the end of that as the bull shark scared the fish and they wouldn't bite.  

The afternoon trip was with Jay and his son Josh from Canada.  I changed it up and went straight to a finger channel and used jig and shrimp to keep the guys busy and they quickly racked up a ton of snappers, yellow jacks, barracudas and other species.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

Three Days with Kent and Jeremy March 1-3, 2020

Kent is one of those guys that is a blast to be with and we fish throughout the year and always have a blast.  For these three days he came with his friend Jeremy and the theme of the three days was a sarcastic "watch and learn".  This was due to the mess I was on numerous occasions over the course of the three days but I won't expand on that in order to not humiliate myself.  I blame it on these two crazies and keeping me distracted.  Anyway, over the three days they caught snook, barracudas, sharks, tons of snappers and shots at bonefish on fly.  Man we had a blast and I can't wait for the next round of the Kent and Jeremy show.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

Finishing Strong February 28, 2022

February has been a crazy month with few days off right before Valentine's Day.  I wrapped up my month fishing with Ward out of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.  I picked him up and he wanted to try fly fishing for bonefish and tarpon plus catch something to eat.  Tarpon was the first on the list in south Biscayne Bay but the areas I checked had non in them.  Off to bonefishing.  Spot one was beautiful with good current and in the lee of the wind but it was dead.  Hmm, ok spot two was in the wind but I put Ward at a good angle so he can throw his flyrod with the least amount of wind resistance and it work as he laid out some really nice casts.  Using a mix of spin and fly, I was able to get him his first bonefish using the trusty spin rod and shrimp combo.  We continued to try for bones on fly without success so we went meat fishing for dinner but everything we caught was too small to keep.  I think he'll forgive me not catching him dinner after getting him his first bonefish.  Great job Ward!

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

Two great and crazy guys hit the flats February 27, 2022

No two trips a dat today as I had a full day with Chris and Albert from Oregon.  They wanted to try a mix of spin and fly fishing and catch whatever species they could.  I had a blast with these two crazies and man Albert was on fire.  We started early and went straight to bonefishing before the Sunday boat traffic got too crazy and within minutes Albert was on to the first bonefish of the day.  Dang!  It took a bit more time but eventually Chris got his personal best bonefish with a solid 8 pounder.  From there we hit a wreck but nothing would eat our flies, lures or live shrimp.  Ok fine fish you want to be that way?! 

On to another spot which is a channel I've mentioned before that has been good.  Here the guys had a blast with fish on almost every cast until we were running low on shrimp and I wanted to save at least 6-8 for bonefish in case we needed them.  These guys went through 8 dozen shrimp in short order.  

Moving back to the flats for shark fishing I started pole them around for bonefish catching the end of the tide, my favorite time on this flat.  Just like clock work the bonefish were there and mudding.  Albert was on the bow and didn't see the muds but 5 minutes later another group of bonefish come off the channel mudding on the flats and he makes a perfect cast and drops the fly where I told him.  Strip, strip, "I'm on!".  A long run later the bone broke us off.  The day ended hooking a few sharks before heading back.  What a great day and great guys!  

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

Saturday Double February 26, 2022

Man it's been non stop and here it is Saturday and I have another double.  This is fun, and exhausting!  In the morning I had Emmet from Georgia with flyrod in hand.  It was definitely blowing this morning so the goal was to hit some spots where he can throw the fly with reasonable chance of success yet stay out of the wind as much as possible.  Bonefish spot was was a dud.  Snook spot one was slow but we did get a snook to blow up on a fly but not get hooked.  Snook spot two was a dud and we wrapped it up trying for more bonefish but those were duds as well.  It was definitely tough on the fly today.  

Thankfully I had the afternoon trip with good client David and his dad Michael.  We went staring to shark fishing where we chummed some in and Michael got one with help from David.  They wanted a change of pace so I took them to a channel that was been good lately and they killed it tossing jig and shrimp catching yellow jacks, mangrove snappers, school master snappers and more.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

A Tale of Two Trips February 25, 2022

It's always interesting to me how each trip differs from the next even on the same day.  My morning trip was fly fishing with Juan and his buddy Juan from Argentina.  We found tarpon and they threw at them for quite some time but never hooked up.  Part of the issue is that the tarpon were moving around a lot so we would get a couple of casts in before they moved and we had to locate them again and reposition.  Usually you want them hanging out the in the same area that hints at them feeling comfortable and relaxed and hence in a better mood to eat.  We them switched to bonefishing where they had a couple of shots and as time ran out we hit some jacks but they were nowhere to be found.  

My afternoon trip was a two boat trip and I had Keith and Chad onboard.  Chad wanted to target bonefish and Keith just wanted to catch fish.  Hmm, OK let's try something.  A couple of the bonefish spots already had a boat on them so I took them back to where there were no jacks 45 minutes before with Juan and Juan.  Ha, this time it was fish on every cast including jacks, mangrove snapper, small mutton snappers and a few really nice fish that broke us off.  With boats cleared off the flats I went back and after more time than I would have liked Chad hooked up and got his first bonefish, a nice one that gave him a bunch of awesome runs.  Congrats Chad! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

http://www.miamibonefishing.com/

786-853-1409

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing