The Mullet Muds April 3, 2021

Well, today I had Andrew and his son Chase and we were on the hunt for anything that would bend the rod.  The snook weren't cooperating and a few other spots weren't great so I headed out on the hunt for mullet muds.  Well, I found them and although they weren't on fire like they have been and should be, there were fish in them.  Chase put on a clinic catching bluefish, jacks, runners and a big jack on lures while his dad lagged behind.  It was the funniest thing as they would swap rods and Chase would still be on fire.  They kid is fishy! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Not a bad consolation prize April 2, 2022

The snook is Florida's most popular saltwater gamefish and catching snook is always fun and a big deal.  Well, today I had local angler Neil and his wife Jill on board for some bonefishing.  Conditions were just about perfect and will all the flats boats launching early in the morning I was in a panic to get to the perfect spot under these conditions.  To my amazement there was no one poling the perfect spot, ha!  I got on the pole and Neil and Jill proceeded to have about a dozen shots at bonefish, mostly big fish including some giant tailers in 12" on water.  Well, in spite of our best efforts and some good casts that should have yielded some bones, the conditions changed and the fishing slowed.  But, with it being the north bound mullet migration I knew there were other options and they began in still very shallow water as pelicans dove onto panicked schools of mullet from above and snook ambushed from below.  I rigged them up with some artificial lures and worked a stretch that typically produces.  Well, it didn't disappoint and Neil got his first snook of the morning.  Jill landed three barracudas and Neil got another snook before we moved off.  On the way to a bonefish flat I found a mullet mud and had them cast lures and Neil tied in to a really nice jack, bluefish and a couple of blue runners.  We wrapped it up bonefish but only saw a couple.  It was a gorgeous day and this 6 hour trip felt like a three hour trip thanks to this great and fun couple.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Crazy guys! April 1, 2022

KIt never fails, I always work on April Fool's Day and I always seem to do well.  When I had looked at the tide the night before I was all excited and then 5am came around.  I got up, grab my phone and there was a text "the three boat trip start is pushed back from 7am to 9:30am."  What?  All my April Fool's hopes and dreams dashed!  Oh well, back to sleep and then at the rampo by 9:30am.  The two guys I had on board were great, Scott and Will.  It was 6 guys that wanted to fish, drink beer and stay close together.  While the other boats ran south I ran to a tarpon spot and quickly hooked a nice 80lb tarpon that came off on the first jump.  Dang it!  Then as the activity slowed I moved over to the now grouper hole and the guys caught some small groupers and lane snappers before we got the call, "come over here so we can hang out".  Well the trip ended at a sand bar so the guys could enjoy the 80 degree water temps and called it a day.  Very cool trip and it seemed I was more into catching fish than the crew.  LOL

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Father and Son March 30, 2022

I had Pat and Pat today who don't usually fish much but wanted to hang out and spend some father/son time.  I took them to a tarpon spot where they were hanging out but just hanging out, we didn't get any bites in the short time we fished them and then changed it up.  We went to a "tarpon hole" where they usually stack up and they were MIA for a bit but in the meantime I marked a bunch of fish on the Raymarine and just had the guys drop a shrimp on jig and within seconds they were getting bites with three or four red grouper in the boat before we could blink.  The fishing then changed to tarpon rolling so I drifted and set two baits back hoping for a bite.  In the meantime they kept jigging the bottom and catching a few more species but the trigger fish invaded and we had to leave as they were devouring out shrimp without hooking up.  We wrapped it up at a bridge where we missed a bite by something, I don't know what before we called it a day.  

  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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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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