November 12-20, 2024 Report

Well folks, I have to admit November weather has been highly disappointing. As I've mentioned before November weather is usually absolutely perfect but so far this month it's been pretty tough with high winds, cloud cover and all around difficult conditions. In spite of the tough conditions fishing remains pretty solid and most of my fishing has consisted of bonefish and snook. We've mixed it up a little bit with sharks, but most of my clients have wanted bonefish or snook and I have gladly obliged. All my snook fishing has been on top water lures but we have been able to get some on fly. However, it seems like the king tides have returned because this past week the tides have been 3 feet above normal. The challenge here is with big tides the snook will sneak deep into the mangoes making it almost impossible to reach them. However, we've been able to start as early as possible and fish some of the shallower creeks and shorelines trying to mitigate some of the high water. Once the tide has reached a level too high to snook fish, we have switched over to bonefish and generally done pretty well. The best day so far was a two trip day where we hooked a total of 19 bonefish in the morning and afternoon trips and both clients landing 6 bonefish. That was a pretty amazing day and I can only wish each day was like that. Here are some pictures of this past week and stay tuned for more recent reports to come!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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November 1-11 Report 2024

Wow, November has not been like it typically is. Usually November we have absolutely perfect weather conditions but this November we have been beat up by some high winds. There were a few days where I was fishing in 25 to almost 30 mile an hour winds. However, as of today the wind dropped and we started off with really calm conditions, which was such a welcomed change of pace. Over the last 10 days I have been able to fish with a number of different clients. The wind didn't start to get really bad until right around election day, no surprise, but I started off the month with Peter and he was able to land a few bonefish, the following day I fished with Jordan and we caught a bunch of different species including very cool look downs. The next couple of days was with Dan and Jim in 25 to almost 30 mile an hour winds and the bonefish would not cooperate, although I've had some fantastic bonefish days under these brutal conditions. Then I fished with Glenn for a couple of days where we caught trout on top water, missed quite a few snook on top water and tried bonefishing, but that was slow. The next trip was with Paul and Bill, and these guys were a blast to fish with. We fished a six hour charter and here we caught snook and bonefish so the fishing has started to write itself. I wrapped up this week with Chad and then Bob on the following day. The goal here was just a catch different species. Chad and Nathan had some opportunities to hook snook, but the snook were playing tough to get as they would blow up on the plug and miss but eventually we caught lady fish and jacks which were always a blast on top water. I end this report with Bob and we were flyfishing. There were no bonefish for the first half hour of our abbreviated half day charter so being pressed for time we fished another area for jacks and ladyfish but these wise guys seem to stay just far enough out of casting range where we couldn't present a fly to them. Thankfully, the wind has laid down, the weather has improved and my hope is that it will be smooth sailing from now on with perfect weather conditions and great fishing.

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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End of October Report, 10/17-31, 2024

It's been a good month with excellent fishing and then a nice long vacation before my season gets cranking and I have no time off.  So far this second half of the month there have been small tarpon willing to eat flies, bonefishing has been pretty good and snook have been around but thought o entice out of the mangroves.  This month we've had big king tides which are tides much higher than normal.  This has caused the snook to push up into the mangroves much deeper than normal where we can't reach them.  Even the low tides haven't been that low making snook fishing tough therefore I've been bypassing snook for now.  However, there has been tons of bait out in the bay making for some really cool live chumming fishing that is hard to pass up.  Here are some pics of the last couple of weeks.  November is one of my favorite months so expect some great reports and pics this coming month.  Happy Halloween!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week 1 Report. October 1-6, 2024

Well, the first week of October provided both great weather and terrible weather. The terrible weather has been courtesy of now hurricane Milton out in the gulf and definitely had us working in some tough conditions towards the end of the week. However, the first part of the week the weather was absolutely gorgeous and fishing was firing on all cylinders. The first part of the week was easy to locate schools of pilchards and clients Barry and Alec both were able to take advantage of that. With Barry, we had Tarpon eat top water lures but come off on the jumps and then, as we focused our attention on cast netting live bait, we were able to live chum the channels and had a blast catching mutton snappers, and yellow jacks. The situation was the same later on in the week with Alec except we ended on a high note with Alec getting a nice bonefish. It's always such a thrill to catch so many different species especially bonefish on the same trip in Biscayne Bay. Towards the end of the week and into the weekend we started to feel the effects of Milton and Steve along with his son Kyan jumped in the boat for a half day charter targeting snook. The forecast seemed promising for the first half of the morning and the radar was relatively clear but the weather had different plans and we ended up fishing two hours but catching snook during that time. By time we got back to the dock and the guys left the rain was coming down pretty hard.  I have the next few days off as we wait for this storm to clear. I'll be back to work on Friday and I'm sure it'll be awesome just as fishing should be this month.

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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September 1-25, 2024 Report

Welcome back guys, or should I say, it's good to be back.  I had some trips in the early part of the month and then took a nice long vacation and came back to a full calendar of trips so here's the run down of the month so far.  

The water temps are still in the mid to upper 80's but there has been a big push of mullet and pilchards migrating into Biscayne Bay during he second half of the month.  This is right on schedule and the fishing has definitely picked up. This month so far has produced good bonefishing and some snow but the highlight for sure was bonefish.  After the middle of the month, the beginning of the bait migration has sparked up the snook fishing and we've been catching snook on almost every trip.  Along with the bait come mutton snappers and while the fishing this last week has been slow, there are muttons around taking advantage of all the bat in the bay.  I have a few more trips before the end of the month as long as the weather improves.  Stay tuned!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Month End Report August 18-31, 2024

The month of August always allows me to take a breather from an otherwise really busy season and while many don't travel this time of year, it is actually a solid month to fish Miami.  I ended the month of August mixing it up fishing for snook, sharks, bonefish, permit, and dinner.  

It began with two days of fishing with regular client Chris and we targeted bonefish on both fly and spin.  Both days were very similar as we had numerous shots at giant tailing bonefish early morning on fly and then mixed it up on spin and fly.  While we caught bonefish on bth days, the second day was great with Chris hooking 5 and landing four bonefish on fly.  The picture below illustrates how good it was.  

The following trip was with Josh and his friend Andrew and Andrew's daughter Luna.  They wanted her to get her first bonefish.  We had tough conditions to sigh fish but we made it work and eventually Luna got her first bonefish.  Yes! 

The last three trips of the month were "bend rods" trips where the clients want to catch anything fun and that is what we did and it was fun!  We caught sharks on the flats with Brandon and his two little brothers, then Ryan and his two friends from MA and NH hooked sharks on the flats and took home snappers for dinner and the last trip with with Jason and Scott.  On this trip we missed a few snook bites and a solid bonefish take but also landed a bunch of different species including barracudas, snappers and hog fish.  It has been a fun month and September promises a few fun changes and some cooler temps.  Stay tuned to see what's going on at the beginning of fall.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Weekly Report August 1-17,2024

These two weeks have been hot but they have been fun!  Fishing with a number of clients I've had the opportunity to fish for different species from bonefish to snappers.  My week started with local regular clients Josh and Janelle fishing out of Key Biscayne with the idea to catch dinner.  We had a fun trip catching yellow jacks and some legal size snappers plus a bunch more species including hooking a huge 25lb barracuda that eventually broke us off.  

The end of the week was with Jose and his two boys as we targeted sharks on the flats.  The fishing today was pretty slow but we ended up hooking one and seeing a few more but they were rather reluctant to eat, go figure!

The next week I fished with local client and friend Alec.  Alec is chasing a rather difficult prize through a program started by the state of Florida, catching 70 different species.  For the inshore portion of the list we only have a few species left that reside in Biscayne Bay so off we went.  We went on a disappointing trip as the fishing was very slow but we did land a nice porgy that was on the list.  

A few days later I fished with 14 year old Nico and his grandfather Robert in order to keep the rods bent for Nico.  Well, Nico had a huge day catching not only 8 different species but his first permit and first snook.  Oh, and he also caught a ton of horse eye jacks, one of the species I was looking for with Alec.  How crazy is that! 

The first half of the month ended with Scott, George and Garrett.  This was one of those days that started on fire!  Using top water lures George and Garrett had small tarpon and snook blow up on their plugs, some would get hooked and all came off.  How frustrating is that!  As a consolation prize was George's first bonefish at around 9 lbs and Garrett got a massive barracuda on the flats.  Wow!  

It's been a fun few weeks and I'm looking forward to closing out the month strong so stay tuned! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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