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