Close Call March 17, 2023

Today I fished with Andrew and his friend for bonefish on fly.  It was slow, very slow, no fish no eats and then I decided to make a long run and change the scenery.  The wind was pretty tough so I hid behind a key I like on the outgoing tide and waited for the bones to pour through.  They didn't but one did and Andrew nailed it on the cast and set and got one on.  As he was fighting his fish a shark came in after the bonefish and with the bone almost next to the boat Andrew made the right call to break it off and save the bonefish.  Good call and that was the trip.  Pretty slow.  

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Another Double March 15, 2023

Another two trips today out of Key Biscayne and I had Lenny and Bri as my morning clients.  Lenny is the son of a long time client of mine but we hadn't fished together before until today.  They were both great with Lenny not fishing often and Bri having never fished before.  Well, we took it easy and they caught a bunch of snappers, jack crevalles, yellow jacks and Bri landed a shark.  They were thrilled, Bri said it was super fun and Lenny was awesome to fish with.  

My afternoon trip was with Mike and I wanted to change it up from my morning trip.  I took Mike to an area for snook and tarpon and he caught a couple of snook, had four tarpon bites, hooked, two, lost both of them and landed a huge jack crevalle.  We did everything we could on those tarpon but they would not stay on the hook, so frustrating.  

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The two extremes March 14, 2023

 I had two trips today with both being the opposite ends of the fishing spectrum.  In the morning I had Blake and his father in law Craig and Blake wanted to fly fish for tarpon.  I looked high and low around Key Biscayne, usually the epicenter of spring tarpon season, and they were MIA.  This season is starting off like the last few years, slow and disappointing.  Anyway, I took them to a spot where there are usually some snook around and smaller tarpon.  Switching gears, I had Blake cast to some snook structure while Craig tossed a bait behind the boat.  On the second cast Craig hooks a smaller tarpon but it came off after the first jump.  Wow!  As expected, eventually Blake caught his first snook on fly and Craig caught his first snook while the tarpon moved through for a while and Blake took a bunch of shots but the tarpon passed on the fly, not a shocker.  

In the afternoon I had long time client Josh and his two boys, Will and Joshua.  They wanted a cool fun afternoon on the water catching anything and so we did.  We caught a bunch of snappers and hooked two black tip sharks before calling it a day.  It was great to see Josh and Will again and meeting Joshua for the first time.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Back on track!! March 13, 2023

I had two trips today and the first one was with Kev and his son Connor and they wanted to try and get a bonefish.  The weather has been perfect and we had plenty of shots at schools of bonefish swimming in really shallow calm water but no takers as things didn't work out perfectly as they should.  Towards the end of the trip the wind started to crank and we fished a spot I like out of the wind and here is where Connor got his first bonefish, a nice fish that swam off before we could get a good picture of it.  Nice work Connor! 

My afternoon trip was with Michael and Andrea and they just wanted to check out the are and catch whatever was biting.  Well, I took them to a finger channel that has been red hot across the bay and it worked out.  They were catching nice hard fighting yellow jacks pretty consistently and having a blast.  All of a sudden the wind started to howl and the bay was covered in white caps so we decided to run back and fish close to the marina before things got worst.  Here we decided to bonefish and we missed the first few bites but eventually we had a solid take and they were on!  Andrea fought the bonefish first and then Michael took over when she got tired and we were able to land a nice bonefish right at the end of the trip.  Way to go guys!

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Getting better! March 11, 2023

I've been non stop working and was hoping to take this Saturday off but Bradley called and wanted a half day to get his first bonefish and I couldn't say no.  I'm glad we got to fish as he was such a great guy and a pleasure to spend time with.  Well, it wasn't on fire but the fishing started to get better today and Bradley got his first bonefish plus we missed a couple of bites and lost a really nice one half way through the wife to a pulled hook.  Whew, finally! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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It continues March 9-10, 2023

I had Leif and Nicole for two days fly fishing for bonefish and tarpon.  The first day we focused on bonefish and that was a bust.  All the flats had zero life on them, no bonefish, permit, sharks, stingrays and barracudas, all the usual suspects.  This was tough but they hung in there and we fished on.  Day two we focused on tarpon and found a decent number of them rolling and being very friendly but we didn't get one to eat a fly.  Although that in and of itself isn't shocking, what was shocking was that they were around for about 45 minutes and then disappeared.  I ran all over creation looking for more but they were MIA.  We changed it up and Nicole got her first snook on fly and Leif hooked but lost one. And that was it for two days.  Pretty tough! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Oh no, here it comes! March 8, 2023

I've been watching the moon and the fishing and it hasn't been good.  We've had a full moon but the full moon has taken a bunch of days to move on and I can tell the fishing has been slowing down.  Today I have repeat client Brian for bonefish on fly and in the afternoon Chris and his wife for more of the same.  Usually I have a really good feeling but as the day progressed it seemed like it would be tough fishing for the next few days.  My morning trip with Brian was dead until the last of the incoming when the bonefish started to move pretty good.  He had a bunch of shots and if all was as it should be he should have had at least one to the boat but it wouldn't be. The afternoon trip with Chris was much of the same but in reverse.  Within the first few minutes Chris hooked into a solid bonefish only to come off a few feet from the boat and then it was a wasteland after that.  I don't like these prolonged full moons!

Capt. Mo Estevez

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