Insanity!!! March 29, 2022

Local long time client Alec was on board with his friend, first time fisherman Mark.  The morning started snook fishing and missing a couple of bites on lures.  Switching off to bonefish we tried to get Mark a bonefish but things were slow.  I'm starting to get worried.  I took them to three more spots that usually produce and they were slow.  Oh, oh!  Hmmm, it's spring......

I ran across the bay keeping a close eye out and I found what I was looking for, a giant mullet mud.  In the spring mullet migrate back north and in the process they flood the center of the bay creating giant plumes of mud and attracting all sorts of predators.  I set up with the trolling motor, had the guys cast lures and it was insanity as the guys were catching bluefish, ladyfish, big blue runners and jacks on almost every cast with a few black tip sharks rushing in to eat our fish.  I was working like crazy and then Alec tells me we've be at it for two solid hours of non stop catching.  Wow!  The last ten minutes before we headed back was literally fish on every cast.  Pure insanity!  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Beginners March 28, 2022

Paul hadn't fished in over 20 years and 10 year old Will had never fished before and Paul wanted Will to try fishing.  Very cool!  I took them to a spot that usually holds all kinds of easy fish to catch and taught them how to cast a spinning rod.  Paul was on it but Will took some time until he got the hang of it and Will quickly started to rack up the numbers on mangrove snappers.  When he almost had his fill I started to see tarpon rolling so we set up on them, drifted back a live crab and a big shrimp and waited.  But, as I looked at my Raymarine it was showing a bunch of tarpon and other things under the boat so I rigged up a medium rod on a jig and shrimp and had them drop it down.  Seconds later they were catching small red grouper, mutton snappers, big blue runners and lane snappers.  The tarpon baits never got hit but they could care less, they were busy hauling in fish.  Nice! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Oh those pesky tarpon March 27, 2022

Paul fly fishes, there are tarpon around, he wanted to catch them.....

That's the start of what could be either a great day or a tough day and today was a tough day.  The tarpon were there but they refused to eat anything including flies.  That's tarpon for you!  It was Sunday so with the boat traffic building we decided to fish a couple of other spots and one was slow and the other covered in swimmers.  Time to go home.  Urgh! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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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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