Incredible Finish! December 16-31, 2025

Wow, what an incredible second half of December we’ve had in Miami. The bay has been firing on all cylinders and with the exception of the last couple days of the month it’s been relatively warm. Although the air temperature has been warm, the water temperatures have been cooling and that has caused permit to stack up as well as Pompano mackerel Snapper jacks tarpon, just about everything has been devouring anything thrown at them. The highlight of the last two weeks of December has been permit on almost every single trip and we’ve also been hooking Tarpon in the 100 pound class with pretty good frequency. As we move into 2026 January should continue this incredible fishing with plenty of action for everyone. On a number of occasions I’ve had trips where clients just wanted to catch a lot of species and the yellow jacks have been out in full force and mixed in with them have been big Porgies, mutton snappers, yellow tail snappers and some mackerels. Oh how can I forget, bone fishing has been pretty solid as well. You know it’s been an incredible month when I left bonefish for last. I hope you guys had a great New Year’s and I wish you guys the best this coming year!

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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Just perfect! December 1-15, 2025

As the rest of the country is freezing and living in arctic like conditions, in Miami ti has been perfect.  With a warmer than normal December the weather has been warm, skies clear and the fishing fantastic.  While there have been some schools of pilchards around, my bookings and focus have been on other species that don't require tons of pilchards to catch.  

The bonefishing has been the start throughout the first half of December but shark fishing the flats has been productive and fin as well.  Fishing the finger channels has yielded plenty of action catching species like yellow jacks, a variety of snappers and more.  

The few times I have spooked fish hasn't produced any hook ups but snook have been around as evidenced by them blowing up on our top water lures but missing.  

There have been some juvenile tarpon around and they have been reliable targets early mornings.

That's it for the first half of this month's report.  Have a great rest of the month!

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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The End of Fall November 15-30, 2025

 Well guys, I hope everyone of you had a great Thanksgiving and had a great November. It has definitely been fun down here. It has also been unusually warm with only one mild cold front moving through towards the middle of November. Otherwise daytime temperatures have been in the low 80s, nighttime lows in the high 60s with perfect crystal clear weather. With the unusual warm weather, we haven't seen the big schools of pilchards migrating into the bay and I've only found large schools of pilchards when I haven't needed to cast them which is just how life works sometimes. With that being said fishing has been pretty solid the entire month. Bone fishing has been red hot, snook fishing has been pretty good and I still have been finding some juvenile tarpon around Biscayne Bay. There have been nice size yellow jacks in the finger channels and the larger snappers are starting to show up in bigger numbers. I was able to wrap up the month fishing with my local client Alec and the first fish of the day was a double digit bone fish in the 10 to 11 pound range and it was spectacular! Well, I hope you guys have a great December, keep checking back as I update my fishing reports and stay warm!

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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Best Weather Month November 1-15, 2025 Report

Happy November everyone I hope all you had a great Halloween. The first half of November so far has been pretty solid although it hasn’t been absolutely insane like it usually is this month. With that being said, I guess I’m just spoiled because we’ve been catching bonefish on almost every trip plus we’ve been finding juvenile Tarpon that have been eager to eat lures and flies (we just seem to lose most of them recently) and there have been some snook around as well. In the Everglades fishing has been fair, but there have been plenty of sheep’s head to fill in some of the dead time plus some snook around with few sharks for a change. 

This past cold front finally brought us schools of pilchards which we love to use to live chum mutton snappers, yellow jacks and snook.  The weather has been perfect and I can’t wait for the rest of the month.  Stay tuned for more reports! 

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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The Fall Run Has Begun October 1-31, 2025

The month of October has provided solid fishing and tons of mullet migrating south getting snook and tarpon very excited and willing to take top water lures. However, the month of October proved to be warmer than usual and the pilchards that should be flooding the bay never did show up as of this month.  To make up for the lack of pilchards, bonefish, snook and juvenile tarpon have been on a tear and willing to eat very consistently. It's been a great month with really good fishing and hopefully this first cold front will get things heated up even more.

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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It's Fall and It's On! September 1-30, 2025 Report

Well OK, it doesn't FEEL like fall yet in Miami but the fish think it is and that is all that matters.  Schools of fall migrating mullet have been getting bigger each day in Biscayne Bay and there have been plenty of tarpon and snook chasing them.  I have been using top water lures for these guys and it has been working well since the clicking, splashing and rattling of a top water lure makes it stand out from the hundreds of live bait around it.  The bonefishing has been solid as well as is expected this time of year.  While chartering typically slows down this month, the fishing takes off and those that boom in September have great fishing all to themselves, definitely a win, win.  Here are some pics to help illustrate what you've ben ready about.  Oh it's fun right now! 

 

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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We're done with Summer! August 16-31, 2025

With the closing out of August we bid farewell to summer in Miami.  While it will still be warm during the first week or two of September, I can't complain about August as it has been a solid month of great fishing.  We wrapped up the last half of August on a high note.  My first trip of the second half of the month had us losing a big permit early morning which was a hear breaker but we still had a couple of weeks to make up for it.  I have snook fished a bit but my attention has been focused on bonefish and permit plus a few "let's catch anything" fun trips.  There have been plenty of lady fish around and a few sea trout which is a great sign as the sea trout fishing in the bay has been severely lacking the last few years.  There have been plenty of permit around and the bonefishing has been solid, especially on calm mornings. In those calm mornings we have done really well, with Brett and his cousin each landing 3 bonefish, Nikko and James each landing two and to wrap it up with some diversity, Duff from the U.K. landed a solid snook, hooked 5 tarpon and landed one plus we had a few shots at bonefish.  I've also noticed mullet starting to show up in small schools signaling that the fall mullet run usually commencing by mid September may be arriving a bit early.  It's' been a great month and September should add even more variety.  

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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