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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End of month report July 15-30, 2024

The second half of July got HOT and the fishing was still good with most trips being fun "catch whatever is fun" trips.  These are great trips because we can focus on the best fishing, not necessarily a specific species.  My trips were with Scott, then Ray and his friend Evan, Tom, Danny and his kids and I wrapped up the month with local regular clients Armon and Josh.  On my trip with Ray, he got his first Miami bonefish but it was tough fishing.  The rest of the trips were great in that we targeted different species.  Tom and his wife caught a bunch of species to eat including yellow jacks, mangrove snappers and school master snappers.  With Danny we caught some blue runners and used them for shark bait where they hooked a bunch of lemon sharks on the flats before we turned our attention to dinner and they took home over a half dozen yellow jacks.  The last trip of the month was with Armon and Josh and as always we target dinner and the yellow jacks did not disappoint.  But, we caught a bunch of other species including targeting, hooking then using a big 30 lb barracuda.  That was fun!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week Report July 1-14, 2024

The first week of July was off to a hot start. The first week I was fishing with repeat client Ron and we fished in Biscayne Bay and Everglades National Park.  Ron had never fished the Everglades before and after we did so on day two, he wanted to come back every day after that.  Admittedly, the fishing was not on fire but we caught fish and Ron had a blast catching lemon sharks on the flats, averaging 12 hook ups per trip!  Over the week, the species were varied with Ron catching bonefish, snook, redfish, sharks and jacks.  What a cool week with Ron! 

The following trip was with Brittany, her husband Fransisco and their little girl.  We decided to shark fish the Biscayne Bay flats and had a great time fighting lemon sharks in 2 feet of water.  

My last trip of the first half of the month was with regular client Chris and his wife Ashley.  They are such cool people and we had tons of shots at tailing bonefish on fly in super calm, super shallow conditions at day break.  As the tide dropped we had to move off before we got stuck and fished another area where Chris got his bonefish of the trip.  We have fished a few times already and he told me this was his 10th bonefish caught with me.  Wow!  Congrats Chris! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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