Monday, March 18, 2024

On Fire Report Week of March 11-17, 2024

 It's been on fire!  This past week has been absolutely solid when it comes to fishing and the weather has been great as well.  Water temp have been rising and the fish have been really friendly this week.  The first three days of this week were mainly charters to catch whatever was biting and it was so much fun.  From snappers, to yellow jacks, sharks and more everything has been biting and proving some really good times.  I have tarpon fished a bit in the mornings but they have been MIA so the day time tarpon fishing is a bust this season so I'll turn my attention to more productive species and fishing this spring.  The balance of the week were spent mainly fishing for bonefish but we missed in some other targets as well.  I had Tom and Wyatt for two days and the guys killed it on the first day with seven bonefish.  Wow! The following day the bone fishing slowed but we fished the finger channels and they caught yellow jacks and some really nice grouper on bonefish tackle, what a fight!  Saturday I had Dan and his friend Michael and we tried for bonefish for about an hour with no success but they caught a bunch of hard fighting ladyfish and sone jacks before heading to the finger channels and having a blast with yellow jacks.  I ended the week with two trips on Sunday, my morning was with Mark and his girlfriend Ryan and they had a blast with hot shark fishing on the flats hooking a lemon shark every 15 minutes it seemed and the afternoon trip was with Pat and Peggy who caught a few different species before turning our attention to bonefish and they killed landing four bonefish, losing to and missing a few more bites.  Not bad for a really windy, busy boating Sunday on Biscayne Bay.  It's been a blast this week!  








Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Week Report March 1-10, 2024

Wow, how quickly things change.  We went from a very cold February to now a very warm March.  The first week March has not only been warm but the fishing has been solid.  I've been working every day these first 10 days and pretty much every day has been solid.  The finger channels have been holding a number of snappers and plenty of yellow jacks.  These are pretty, hard fighting and tasty fish that are a blast to catch.  Bonefishing has been very steady with bones being caught on almost every trip mainly on spinning tackle making it easier on the increasing breeze.  The tarpon fishing has been all but dead during the day with very few migratory fish around and a few reports of slow tarpon fishing at night.  While this may not be the norm for night time tarpon fishing, it is certainly the feedback I have received from a couple of other guides.  But more importantly, this past week has been great for pretty much anything swimming in Biscayne Bay and this coming week should be the same.  Here are a few pics from this past week.  










Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Friday, March 1, 2024

End of Month February 22-29, 2024

Ok, it's official, I'm tired!  This month I had two days off all month and most of it has been fishing in the cold.  We have had back to back to back cold fronts and most days this month I have woken up to 45-51 degree mornings.  As for the fishing, the fish haven't missed a step and the last week of the month has been solid with a mixed bag of charters and species.  About half my trips at month end have been bonefish and the other half have been to catch whatever was biting, thankfully both have been great!  fishing oceanside floats for bonefish proved tough at first and then the end of the outgoing tide proved to be the ticket.  Moving off the flats into the finger channels there have been plenty of yellow jacks and snappers to fill the moments between casts, yes it's been fun!  Here are a few pictures of clients the last seven days but from Paul landing a 10 pound bonefish on fly to James boating solid yellow jacks, it's been awesome!  









Capt.  Mo Estevez 

786-853-1409

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Friday, February 23, 2024

Red hot in the cold February 15-22, 2024

This past week the theme has been BURRR!  It's been cold with this last week bringing over night temps in the mid to high 40's. That's really cold for Miami and it has been bone chilling for a Miami native like me but we have to fish and the fish have been active!  Last week started with Pete and his friend on one day with us generally doing some bone fishing but striking out and the following day with Jake who wanted to catch dinner and slaying the yellow jacks with some solid fish and some snappers.  The afternoon trip after Jake was with Steve and his friend for bonefish and again we struck out.  So far this week the fishing has ben good all around but bone fishing has been slow.  Over the weekend I had Grant for two days of fly fishing whatever would eat a fly and we did well taking shots at a bunch of tarpon and then catching jacks on the first day.  The second day we had some tough weather conditions but found even more tarpon and tossed a bunch ion flies but no takes and the fishing that was so good the day before was dead.  The last three days of this report brought us the coldest weather of the last two weeks and clients asking for bonefish.  This was going to be tough but turns out I found a pocket of water 4 degrees cooler than the surrounding area and the bonefish have been stacked up in there providing for some great trips such as Chad and Nathan going 3 for 5, Jim and Carl going 5 for 7 and Bill and son Wyatt going 3 for 6 and missing a number of more bites through no fault of their own.  It's been cold but it's been good!









Capt.  Mo Estevez 

786-853-1409

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

February 7-14, 2024

 After a crazy and insane day bone fishing the erst of the week was with Scott in the morning and Mike in the afternoon of 2/7 and then Mike the rest of the week.  The rest of the week proved really slow for us as we had a hard time finding bonefish and tarpon in Biscayne Bay.  On the last day Mike and I fished, Friday, we went to the Everglades wherein proved to be really slow, heck there weren't even any sharks in Florida bay, how crazy is that!  We relaunched to fish the inside of the Everglades and it as still pretty slow with Mike landing a nice trout on fly and his friend Snow releasing three small lemon sharks we sought as a desperate attempt to bend the rods.  Things improved back in Biscayne Bay over the weekend as I fished with Mike and Ian on Saturday and Pam and her son Nathaniel on Sunday.  On these trips we looked to catch whatever would bend the rod and we found jacks of all sorts, snappers and more breaking the slow curse of the prior week.  The balance of the week was a with Tyrone from South Africa and local angler and client Alec.  We had a blast these last two days with Tyrone catching a number of species including yellow jacks and landing 4 sharks on the flats.  Alec wrapped up the week with nice grouper on soft plastics and monster yellow jacks plus a number of different species we were targeting for a state contest he is fishing.   Well, I'm glad the fishing heated up and I'm off to fish another week.  Stay tuned!







Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Incredible Day! February 1-6, 2024

This week I've been dealing with cold and windy conditions.  The average night time temperature has been 48 degrees and it's been blowing about 20 MPH.  Yes, tough conditions but the fish have to eat and clients want to fish so here we go!

The first couple off days of the month I had Peter and Matthew and for a mixed bag over these two days.  With Peter, we fished the finger channels and rocked the yellow jacks and snappers but struck out on bonefish.  At one point Peter was hooking fish on almost every cast after we figured out they were staying in a specific corner of the channel.  With Matthew we found a bunch of medium sized tarpon and threw flies like crazy at the rolling fish but never got a bite.  That's normal for tarpon buy the way.  Then the wind laid down and I fished with repeat client David.  What a morning with slick calm conditions, no wind and toons of bonefish feeding and moving in the chilly 68 degree water temperatures.  After numerous shots at finicky bonefish David hooked three and landed two.  Nice!  

I end this report fishing with Kent and Alex from Texas under some really tough conditions for two days.  Day one it rained on us 4 out of the 8 hours but Kent got a solid slob of a bonefish and then we took plenty of shots on fly at lemon sharks and Alex lost one on spin after the shark spit the hook.  Then we had Tuesday the 6th.  What brutal conditions with 20-25 MPH winds gusting to 30 MPH.  But, these guys are crazy and I am down to fish any weather condition so we fished a full day trip.  The first spot was dead and then we fished the other only spot we could fish and thankfully this is a mixed bag spot with a surprise built in.  The guys started to fish as we could see huge waves crashing over the distant sand bars.  One after another the fish starting coming to the boat, yellow jacks, jack crevasse, smaller mutton snappers and then a solid hook up and a screaming drag.  I knew what it was but I stayed quite until we saw silver come to the boat, bonefish!  This was just the beginning as the riots stayed bent, drags kept screaming and 18 bonefish were landed out of 20 hooked.  What?!  What a day!!!!  This was incredible and the guys were more than happy.  As for me, I was ecstatic!  Definitely a new record for me best two 16 bonefish trips I've had in the past.  







Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Monday, January 29, 2024

January 18-31, 2024 Report

The end of January saw the weather clear up a bit and we had clearer skies but still persistent windy conditions.  But, the fish still have to eat ad they did.  Most of the trips I had during this time were trips to just catch fish and have a good time and we did.  One trip with Walt and Jack was especially windy but we crossed the bay and absolutely killed it with big yellow jacks, snappers and more.  At one point it wa fish on every cast for about an hour. Nice! My month ended with Steve for two days and we were fly fishing for bonefish, tarpon, snook, etc...  Day one was slow with only a small snook accounted for but day two was much better.  right off the bat early morning Steve had a number of shots at tailing bonefish and cruising bonefish in super shallow calm water, not an easy task!  We ended the day with tons of shots at mudding bonefish and a nice bonefish released on fly. Way to go Steve!  It's been a god month and I expect it to remain solid in February. Stay warm! 




 


Capt.  Mo Estevez 

786-853-1409

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