November 21, 2013 Report

An increasing easterly wind greeted Steve and I today as we target different species on fly in south Biscayne Bay. Avoiding storms due east of us forced us to head south to a great bonefish near Key largo and the area did not disappoint. On the second flat we fished we found 4 separate schools of friendly bonefish but their zig zagging erratic movement made it hard to place an accurate fly before them. Steve made some accurate casts but the relaxed bones refused our offering. On the next flat, two monster permit awaited us, one in the 30 pound class and the other in the 40 pound class! They made us work for the one shot we had and Steve made a cast to the second fish but the fish suddenly became alarmed and spooked, spooking his larger buddy as well. Urgh! A few yards later a mudding stingray had four bonefish on it and Steve’s quick and accurate cast we rewarded with an eat but the fish spit out the fly just as quickly. With worsening visibility we changed species and caught several nice trout on fly. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

November 20, 2013 Report

Slick calm conditions continued today and I have been booked solid thereby enjoying the calm conditions to the fullest. Scott and Dave were aboard today for a mixed bag of fly fishing action and we had a blast. With calm conditions I was able to get offshore a bit and fish for mackerel on fly with long shank flies and sinking fly line. We were treated to steady action on fly and on artificial lures with South Beach serving as a beautiful background. When Scott and Dave had their fill of mackerel on fly we moved inshore for trout on fly. Using heavy clousers and a trick technique numerous trout came aboard to pay us a visit. The day ended catching snappers on spinning tackle and a smooth run back to the dock. What a stretch of great weather and action we’ve had this week. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

November 19, 2013 Report

With continued slick calm conditions Corey and his wife Debbie were aboard for some bonefishing and then some fresh dinner. We saw numerous schools of bonefish along the south Biscayne Bay shoreline enjoying taking shots at these cruising bruiser bonefish. A quick cast into a school and Debbie was hooked up, but oh so briefly. The fish ran to the left and spit the hook in the process. Ouch!!! Poling down the shoreline, Corey had a great shot at a school of big tailing bonefish and things worked out for us this time and he hooked up to a double digit bonefish in the 10-11lb class. After a stubborn fight, we got him in the landing net and snapped a few pictures. Off we went in search of dinner and we were not disappointed. Trout in the 16”-18” range were feeding aggressively and hitting our soft plastic shrimp with great frequency. At the end of the day we headed back to the marina with big smiles and enjoying the glory of having caught Biscayne Bay silver and gold. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

November 18, 2013

Wow, what a difference a day makes! Today we had slick calm conditions for most of the day and some beautiful clear skies and clean water. We began by poling the mainland shoreline and shots at numerous schools of the elusive Biscayne Bay redfish, a tailing permit, and a school of big bonefish. We then moved on to the oceanside in search of more bonefish and permit but cloud cover moved in and the wind started to kick up making conditions difficult. Moving back to the west side of the bay we caught trout and lost some very nice strikes. Moving back to the oceanside finger channels we used live pilchards and shrimp and caught a beautiful mutton snapper, plenty of mangrove snappers along with losing two BIG grouper to the rocks below. Off to get ready for tomorrows day of chasing bonefish! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com

November 17, 2013 Report

Brutal 20 plus MPH ENE winds faced us today as Luka and Carlos from Brazil wanted to experience Biscayne Bay. The goal was to find tarpon but with a stiff wind and dirty water throughout most of the bay, we had to pick our spots and techniques and go to a back up plan. Using the tide to our advantage as well as some natural cover we were able to hook up numerous trout along with a few other species such as snappers and jacks using soft plastics. We also lost quite a few fish and missed the hook up on a mystery fish which I suspect was a snook. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com

Capt. Mo's Fishing Clinic Event 11/16/13

Today I conducted a family fishing clinic with the express purpose of providing families with the tools and techniques needed to go fishing with the best chance of immediate success. Some of the topics I spoke about were: -tying fail proof knots -casting like a pro -10 things a successful angler needs to know -fishing rules and regulations And more. After our clinic we hit the canal and the rods were bent often by peacock bass that ate our lures and live shiners. I had a great time and my hope is that a better and deeper relationship is formed amongst families. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com

November 12, 2013

Days like these make you work harder than usual. We had nice conditions today, nice current/tide, good visibility with some occasional cloud cover and lots of live pilchards and shrimp along with chum. It's November in Miami and the fishing has been great. Today however, it came to a crawl. Hitting a few of my favorite spots for mutton snappers and grouper drew blanks. Finally, towards the end of our trip I employed a trip and true method to dredge up over sized muttons and it didn't fail. However, we had three hits and one hook up, a solid hook up that had the reel screaming and the rod with a deep bend. Unfortunately, the hook pulled and our hearts were broken. We did catch fish but not the over sized trophies we were looking for. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

November 8, 2013 Report

Twenty mile an hour north east winds, dark skies and rain awaited us this morning as I did my best to ensure John, Adam and Mark caught plenty of fish. We were chased around a bit by a few rain storms eventually ending up anchored under a bridge in order to keep dry. Along the way we caught trout but our hook up to bite ratio needed to improve due largely to short striking fish. Once the rain cleared and the tide began to flow in full force things began to change for us. We hooked a number of mackerel on live pilchards, including a smoker, and lost a larger share to short strikes and spit hooks. The trout fishing also improved and we ended up landing quite a few trout including this BIG 24” dinosaur of a trout landed by Mark. There were pilchards at the boat ramp at Key Biscayne today as well as along the Bear Cut bridge at the edge of the flat. Mullet are still thick along the grass flats with mackerel, trout, bluefish and more chasing them around. Our trout were hitting plastic shrimp under corks and the mackerel were eating primarily live pilchards but would occasionally hit our plastic shrimp. Water temperatures are 78 degrees right now, just perfect! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com

October 30, 2013 Report

On board today was Chris and Mark and I must say, they were hilarious! We had a great time on the water in spite of the 20 MPH winds that increased to about 30 MPH in the afternoon. In order to stay out of the wind we fished the small channels that cut through the flats and caught BIG mangrove snappers on live pilchards along with numerous cut offs from mackerel and some missed hook sets from short striking big but not aggressive fish. After eating lunch at a local waterfront restaurant we snook fished for a bit but only jacks were feeding, the 12lb snook would cruise by us with no desire to eat the live pilchards we tossed. The day ended next to a seawall where there were some tarpon rolling and where we could hide from the wind. The tarpon didn't eat but tossing live pilchards along the seawall produced some snook like explosions. After a few tries we finally hooked up. After a long fight we boated a big jack. Although a nice fight, we were dissapointed it wasn't the big snook we were sure of. I'll be back out for that snook! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com