First time and the box is checked April 13, 2022

Dave, Dave, Dave, you need to find something else to do.  Dave is from N.C. and was passing through South Florida on his way out of the Keys when he booked a bonefish trip for today.  He told me he never bonefished before and all his fishing was in fresh water.  It wasn't easy with a steady 20 MPH wind out of the east but we worked and found it to be pretty slow.  Hmmm, I don't like this but not long after Dave gets a bite and it was a swing and miss through no fault of his.  Finally he hooks up and the rod gets a deep bend as the drag screams and screams and screams.  Wow, I could tell he had a nice fish on and several long runs later the nice 10lb bonefish comes to the side of the boat for some pictures and a healthy release.  Well, that's over and done with.  Now Dave can focus on the rest of his vacation trip and look for a new species to conquer.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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What a birthday gift! April 11, 2022

Brandon lives in Florida and it was his birthday today.  His goal was to catch a bonefish.  See, he has been to the Florida Keys a bunch trying to catch bonefish, striking out each time.  However, he did get a monster permit on one of those trips.  Anyway, the day was beautiful but the wind was doing April wind stuff, blowing 20 MPH.  I took him to a reliable bonefish flat and worked the flat being careful to deal with the wind and tide correctly to provide him with the best chance.  Well, it happened!  He hooked up and got a nice bonefish.  Yes!  Brandon and I both needed a day like today.  A bit later he hooked a second fish and this one was about 10 pounds but came off during one of the really fast and long runs.  We both wish he would have landed that second fish but hey, it's bonefishing and the mission was accomplished.  YES! 

 

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We were told no April 10, 2022

Travis and Jane were back on board today with some tough conditions once again.  What happened to the perfect weather from yesterday?  Where did it go?  Why did you leave me?  For today's trip we decided to do a half day instead of the original; 8 hours and off to look for tarpon we went.  I found them but just a single school of fast moving tarpon.  I would set up on them, Travis would throw flies while Jane used bait and time and again we were told "NO!" by the tarpon.  I moved on to a bridge where I found a bunch and they also refused everything we threw at them.  I'm not taking this personally though, they are tarpon after all.  I wrapped up the trip fishing a grouper hole, literally a hole, where they caught red groupers, lane snappers, mutton snappers and had plenty of shots at rolling tarpon that popped up for a while as if laughing at us.  Man I need a good day soon! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Crazy scheduling today April 9, 2022

What a confusing ordeal the last 24 hours.  I was booked for two trips today and they I had regular client David wanting to fish and another repeat client in town at the last minute and he wanted to fish.  I checked with my morning client and he was MIA, not cool, then I had to say no to my repeat since my afternoon client had confirmed the night before but I say yes to David for the morning.  You guys till following?  'Cause I'm already lost.  Then, my afternoon client cancels at the last minute and my repeat now couldn't fish.  Geeze!  Anyway,it's Saturday morning and David and Alain jump aboard and it was slick calm.  We head off to a finger channel and it was OK but it was generally slow.  Then we head off to do their favorite thing, shark fish.  We ended up hooking 6 and losing 3 while the other three spit the bait, a clear sign they were acting strange but they were definitely eating today.  

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Making lemonade out of lemons April 8, 2022

Jane and Travis are the nicest people you can find and they are from Michigan.  Travis is a guide back home and they were on vacation and of course wanted to fish.  Today was the first of two days of fishing with me and the conditions today were tough.  The wind kept howling about 20 MPH and more and the visibility wasn't great so we threw flies for snook and bonefish but nothing on fly although Jane was throwing soft plastics and she had a couple of good pops from snook but they missed the hook.  I ran way south to try new scenery and chummed for bonefish only producing a bonnet head shark.  Ok, time running out.  I got a mojara we had caught and used it for shark bait and they both sightcasted nice lemon sharks on light medium rods.  That was a cool way to wrap up the day and make something out of nothing.  

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Laughing all the way!!! April 7, 2022

Man I love fishing with life long friends Luis and Francisco from the Dominican Republic.  These guys are the funniest human beings you will find and then add fishing and it's non stop laughs.  I laughed so hard today I was crying!  They also brought Alvaro, Francisco's 10 year old son who was a pleasure to fish with.  I was once again very windy so we kept to the shoreline and had a blast bending rods and watching Alvaro stay on fish.  The first fish of the day was a big 20lb barracuda that ate Francisco's lure but after a long fight he lost it next to the boat.  Man, the ripping was fast and furious from Luis from that moment on.  The guys caught tons of ladyfish, jacks and a few bluefish to add to the list.  Oh, and the big barracuda Francisco lost.  LOL

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Fishing and a boat tour April, 5, 2022

Two trips at the same time?  Yes, yes indeed.  Rachel was on boat to fish while Susan was on board to enjoy a boat ride.  Very cool!  Rachel can throw a fly and well Susan did a great job of cheering her on, watching everything play out and offer some gentle critique at times.  So funny!  It was pretty windy out of the north but we found some cover were Rachel was able to hook a bonefish on fly but it rushed the boat and it came off.  The good thing is that she watched the whole thing unfold.  After that we threw some flies for snook but scored when we switched to spinning gear and soft plastics catching snook and a nice barracuda.  I wrapped it up fishing mullet muds but they were void of predators plus it was rather rough due to the hard wind.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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