March 1, 2014 Report

I had met Angelo and Lissette at the Ft. Lauderdale boat show back in the fall and they had promised to book me when they were in town. They were good on their promise and today was the big day. What a gorgeous day today and we took full advantage of it. Early morning found us fly fishing for tarpon off the calm waters of South Beach. The fish were moving around quite a bit but we did have several solid shots at them on fly but no takes. Little consolation that none of the other skiffs hooked up either. Tarpon must have been partying a bit last night. We moved off to the trout flats and had to move around quite a bit to find clean water but once we did we started to get into them. Angelo and Lissette landed numerous trout including 20" trouts that put on quite a show for them. However, one the coolest moments of the day was watching tarpon cruise past the boat and then about an 8' hammerhead shark following close behind looking for a tarpon sandwich. This took place in 4' of water on the grass flats! The day ended in deeper water landing snappers and hooking but losing groupers in spite of stiff rods and locked drags. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com