It's been a few years.... March 26, 2022

It's been about three years since Alain and his two sons Ethan and Eliel fished together but the reunion was on today.  We used to fish all the time but the boys grew up, went to college and now are getting their lives started so it was good to see them together again.  This was an easy trip that began with shark fishing where we went 2-3 and then moved off to catching dinner for their BBQ and after wearing out the yellow jacks, keeping about 10 (way more than I usually keep) and releasing a bunch more.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Oh the possibilities March 23, 2022

Two trips today with my morning trip being with repeat client Mike and his wife Jane.  We focused on tarpon and hooked two big fish but both came off.  I don't like tarpon sometimes.  

The afternoon trip was with Paul and his son and the goal was to keep his son busy which we did with tons of jacks and snappers.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Tarpon Monday March 21, 2022

Whew, the weekend is over and the bay was so empty today with just a few guides working, what a difference!  Enjoying the calmer ambiance was repeat client Jon and Jack from S.C.  With a stiff breeze coming in from the N.E. I took them to an area that has been holding tarpon and they were there with Jon quickly hooking up after just a few minutes wait.  I was hoping we didn't lose this fish as we have the rest but everything worked out and we got the 120lb tarpon to the boat in a good 20 minutes.  Nice work Jon!  Next we worked an area to get Jack some fish and he did just that with snappers, snook, barracuda and a fe wmore species before the trip was over and we headed back.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Tarpon Sunday March 20, 2022

George didn't get to the wrong ramp this morning so he and his two boys Patrick and Evan jumped onto the skiff and off we went.  George and I have bene trying to tarpon fish for years but the boys were small and got bored quickly but now being 9 and 10 we had some hope.  We got to the tarpon spot and they were rolling everywhere so I sent back a live bait and George began working a soft plastic.  Not long into the trip George has a 100lb tarpon eat his soft plastic right next to the boat and we're on!  After a solid fight the big tarpon decided it was time to call it quits and got into a dock in spite of our best efforts and broke us off.  We reset and not long after hooked another one about 140lbs and fought this fish for a bit until he gave us yet another big jump and spit the hook.  The rest of the trip was trying to keep the boys busy on smaller but more consistent species.  

My afternoon trip was with Mickey his wife Shana and son Evan.  Mickey wanted to make sure Evan stayed busy catching fish and then bonefish of everything went according to plan.  We did just that and along the way Shana got her first permit, a small one but a permit non the elss!  After Evan started to not want to fish anymore we tried a typically good spot for bonefish but there were boats everywhere and a jetski ran right past us and we called it a day.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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De Ja Vu? March 19, 2022

I had two trips scheduled today and my first trip was with Mark and his Kids Maggie and Darryl.  They wanted to target bonefish and we hooked up but something happened as Maggie was fighting the big bonefish that we couldn't figure out but the fish broke off.  We then switched to sharks and went 0-4 on sharks and they were behaving odd, not very aggressive and would barely eat the bait.  As we wound it down it was time to head back but Mark and Maggie really wanted to stay out fishing, but I had the afternoon trip already booked,.  When we got back to the ramp turns out my client was at the wrong marina and it would take him about an hour to get to where I was so we rescheduled for Sunday and off Mark, Maggie and I went back out.  

The second half of the tripw as better with them catching a variety of species in different spots including mangrove snappers, small mutton snappers, trigger fish, yellow jacks, big blue runners and more.  It was a long day but well worth it.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Desolation March 18, 2022

Well this hadn't happened in a while, getting skunked!  Travis was armed with a flyrod and his dad Glenn with a spinning rod and shrimp as we hunted bonefish.  With a 100% moon (full moon) I told them it would be epic or slim pickings since bonefish tend to gorge right until the full moon and then many of them go off and spawn offshore for a few days.  As I poled my favorite flats with the outgoing tides what should have been plenty of schools of mudding bonefish turned into a few schools here and there.  After a long flight from San Francisco that began at 4:30am, Travis told he he cared little if he caught anything and prefer good company.  Glenn was hilarious taking a few shots at bonefish while sitting down seemingly interrupted from his state of relaxation.  These guys were awesome and hilarious and although we didn't get any bonefish, we all had a great time.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Double Thursday March 17, 2022

The days have been merging one into the other with charters coming out of my ears and I lose track of time so I just realized today is St. Patrick's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day!  

Maria was up first in the morning with fly rod in hand.  Maria and I have been fishing for years and and not only is she deadly with the flyrod but more importantly she is an amazing person that I love to spend time with.  I picked a snook shoreline and tied on a white baitfish pattern fly so Maria could blind cast the shoreline but first we had to blind cast the schools of mullet that were being popped by snook.  With no snook eating our fly we moved on to the shoreline where we had one snook bust on her fly but not get hooked and then another one track it out of the mangroves close to the boat before spooking out.  As we moved on to a shipwreck I noticed a giant mullet mud and tied on a mackerel fly that quickly yielded two bluefish before we moved on.  Once at the wreck Maria caught a few blue runners and ended the day with a small black grouper on fly.  

In the afternoon I had Dan, 12 year old David and 10 year old Harlen and we went straight to shark fishing that was on fire.  Here we hooked about 6 and got three to the boat, two for Davis and one for Dan.  The trip ended on another wreck where the kids figured out how to outsmart the trigger fish and snappers and loaded up cleaning out my livewell of the remaining live shrimp.  Thanks guys! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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