January 1, 2014 New Year's Day Report

Happy New Year's everyone! Ed, his son, nephew and friend were aboard today to learn the ins and outs of successfully fishing Biscayne Bay. The morning started with a solid 20-23 MPH east winds and a white capped and frothy bay. We started fishing some grass flats for trout and while the fishing was slow due to dirty water, we did hook a few, landed a few more and missed a few more strikes. With the tide now in full swing, we anchored in one of the finger channels and didn't have to move for the rest of the trip. With a hot bite, we went through 72 baits in about an hour. We caught mangrove snapper, yellow tail snapper, trigger fish, mutton snapper, big grunts, large blue runners and red grouper. There were also several big fish that we couldn't turn or lost right at the boat before they were identified. The big heart break was Chris losing a monster that slammed the 10lb class braid outfit, ran about 100' against an almost locked drag only to break him off on the jagged rocks below. I'll lose sleep over that one tonight and I know Chris will also. Ouch! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com