August 31, 2014 Report

John from Tampa was visiting his son Nick who's attending the University of Miami and wanted to spend a few hours fishing. We started at a bonefish and permit flat which also gets visited by sharks as well. Waiting for fish to move through a huge permit shows up and ignores two good casts before it got too close to the boat and spooked. A few minutes later one of the rods doubles over and Nick eventually lands a 4' feisty lemon shark. We moved flats and a BIG school of giant tailing bonefish welcomed us but they made a hard turn and were out of range quickly. Not long after another school moves in but spooked before we could get off a cast. The day ended with John and Nick landing a few more sharks.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 29, 2014 Report

Steve from Miami hadn't fished Biscayne Bay before and wanted to experience it first hand. We started looking for bonefish but the few schools we saw were too close for a good shot. Towards the end of the trip we staked our and waited for permit, bones and shark to move through. After a while the sharks moved in but they were acting very skittish and wouldn't eat perfectly presented baits. In the meantime a stingray moves through with a permit riding its back. We made three good casts and all three were refused by the permit. Urgh! Finally the sharks started to eat and Steve ended up hooking four big sharks. The last shark ate 30 minutes before our trip was over and it was a big one. An hour and 20 minutes later Steve releases a BIG 7' about 200lb shark. What a way to end the trip!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 25, 2014 Report

Craig and his son Andrew wanted to do some bonefishing and look for tarpon so we started tarpon fishing for the first few hours. After a number of different spots there were no tarpon to be found. Heading to the bonefish flats we saw a few schools of bones mudding and a couple of permit but no hook ups. While staked out we see some sharks move through and sight casted one lemon shark and missed hooking a few bigger lemons in the 6' range and possibly a bull shark in the same size range.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 24, 2014 Report

Local angler Gary and his two sons, Jake and Adam boarded today for some shark fishing on the flats. We get to the first spot and immediately see a shark move in and Jake hooks up and lands the first shark of the day. The area is getting hot when a boat runs right over our chum slick and scares everything behind the boat. Urgh! We move to another area and it's slow but we get one bite, the rod doubles over and before the reel starts to scream the rod whips back. The shark cut us off. NO! We ended the day in a creek that produces tons of snapper for me and while it was slow, we did land some fish.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 22, 2014 Report

Local anglers Jorge and his son Jorge Jr. wanted to catch dinner on a late afternoon trip and so off we headed to an area that has produced for me a number of tasty and large mutton snappers. The plan was to fish this area and then head off to an area full of small coral heads and small reefs where the snapper fishing has been great. At the first spot we had a school of big hard fighting and tasty bar jacks swim through and Jorge hooked up on 8lb test. The bar jack tested the light reel and Jorge's skill but eventually landed in our cooler. We released a number of small mutton snapper and other species but lost a huge fish, probably a big grouper, after an almost 10 minute fight. We never could make it to the shallow reefs due the unusually high wind.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 21, 2014 Report

Aaron and Jake from Minnesota were back in town and wanted to go fishing again. Last time we fished was in March and the wind was blowing almost 40 mph out of the west. Thankfully there were places for us to hide from the wind and Jake caught sea trout, his biggest fish to date! I love fishing with kids and these guys are always great to fish with. We went to an area not far from the marina and didn't have to leave. Jake caught a number of snappers and jacks plus a few others that got him in the rocks while Aaron hoked a nice tarpon that broke him off on the jump.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 18, 2014 Report

Regular client David was back in town and ready to do some fishing. We decided to fish out of Key Biscayne and look for summer tarpon in an attempt to seek redemption from our last tarpon trip together when David lost a monster to a piling. We set up and worked an area that had been producing for me. There were only a few rollers and it was slower than expected but while catching a variety of other species we waited for "the bite". "The bite" came and it was a monster for summer time. The fish never jumped but ran over 100 yards of line nonstop while I tried to release the anchor, reel in the other rods and give chase. Unfortunately, he broke us off and swam free. There was a very unhappy guide on the boat at this point. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 17, 2014 Report

Local angler Juan and his friend were aboard today to check out the flats and take a break from their usual offshore routine. We started with a calm morning and getting shots at bonefish, redfish and permit but the casts were off just a hair, enough to not allow a hook up. We switched to shark fishing and it was a Jaws fest! When the tide turned we were hooked up to big sharks every few minutes! We ended landing two in the 4' 5' and range as the others would break off, cut us off, cut through the wire, you name it, it happened. The day ended with a bang and we had a blast.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 15, 2014 Report

Local angler John hadn't fished Biscayne Bay in almost 20 years and he wanted to check it out once again. Today was an agonizingly slow day, not a good example of how the bay typically is. We saw some schools of bonefish but no hook ups and there were none where they typically hang out. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 13, 2014 Report

Jack, his son and son in law boarded my skiff today in search of bonefish. The morning was calm and quiet and we had numerous shots at bonefish and a few permit but no hook ups. The day ended on an oceanside flat with good current looking for bonefish but there were so many sharks, including BIG sharks in the 7-8' range, that rendered bonefishing impossible. We landed two sharks but no bones. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 12, 2014 Report

Daniel and Taryn from Georgia boarded early morning for a half day on the water. We arrived at our first spot and never had to move. There was some action from smaller snappers but Taryn quickly landed a nice mutton snapper putting the pressure on Daniel. Not long after he hooks an 80lb tarpon but cut us off a few minutes later on a piling. Again the rod goes off and this time we close the deal on a nice resident tarpon about 50lbs. Once gain the rod doubles over and Taryn is on to another in the 50lb range. With the fish next to the boat about to be landed he makes on giant jump 6' in the air and breaks her off. Urgh. What a morning!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 11, 2014 Report

Carlos spend his birthday on my skiff fishing Biscayne Bay on a gorgeous summer day. We started early and had shots at schools of tailing permit and rolling baby tarpon. Carlos made a perfect cast to a nice permit moving in but the fish ate before the hook could be set. Ouch. The tarpon would chase our lures but swim away at the last moment. Double ouch. The day ended shark fishing the flats and hooking 8 big sharks, some 7' plus, only to lose all but one smaller one. Super moon=super wierd.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 9-10, 2014 Report

Regular client David was on board for two days of fishing with his friend Eran. Day one we fished Biscayne Bay and the fishing was a bit slow courtesy of the coming super moon. We did land quite a few mutton snappers but they weren't the usual 5-7lbers. Day two we were in the Everglades and we got into baby tarpon and redfish and the bites were hard to come by. We did land a snook which was a first for Eran. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 7, 2014 Everglades Report

Aboard today was Grant and we were in pursuit of sight fishing super shallow water tailing redfish. The morning was just awesome with low water, calm winds and over a hundred tailing redfish all around us. We struck gold and switched gears after the water levels got too high. We ended the day losing two big sharks and landing one about 4'.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 5, 2014 Report

Tony and his son were in town from Tampa for a boys weekend in Miami and wanted to do a little fishing. We began looking for bonefish as we hid from a an unsualy high wind for August but no one home. Switching gears we headed to an area that has been holding tarpon but they had lock jaw today. In lieu of a tarpon, we hooked a 30lb barracuda that did its best to impersonate a jumping tarpon.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 4, 2014 Report

Today was round 2, Matt versus the bonefish. Matt is one of the doctors for the Dallas Cowboys and the last time he came down we had terrible weather and landed no bonefish. Today he was armed with his friend Chris and much better conditions. We began poling right outside the marina and found plenty of schools moving through. A school came by, they both cast at the school and Chris hooks up. A several long runs later I slip the next under the 10lb bonefish. Chris has his, Matt is still at zero. Pressure is on. Another school moves through and Matt makes a good cast, school moves over the bait, nothing. When he reels in the line the hook is clean. The bonefish ate his shrimp and we missed the take. Ouch! We moved to another area and there are wakes and tails headed towards us. Matt and Chris both make good casts, the tails move over Matt's and I hear "They got it!". He reels down, the reel starts to scream. Some time later we slip the net under a nice permit caught on 8lb test, what a way to get a permit! Conditions quickly deteriorated similar to what we faced on our first trip together and we called it a day. Glad the pressure is off Matt!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 2, 2014 Report

Tim and his two sons climbed aboard this morning for a half day of fun on the bay. We went straight to doing a little bonefishing and Caden quickly hooked up to a nice fish but just as quickly lost it to a cut off. We went off to a channel and the snappers were THICK. We had small snappers and bigger fish in the 2-3 lb range right behind the boat along with two black groupers in the 20lb class sitting on the bottom reaping the benefits of our chum slick. We did catch some but non of the bigger fish. Calm crystal clear water makes for tough fishing in these situations. We ended the day shark fishing but didn't have any commit. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

August 1, 2014 Key Largo Report

Today I fished the 3rd annual Sheridan House Ministries tournament. This year it was held out of Key Largo and I had the pleasure of fishing with Greg and Perry. Under beautiful conditions we headed west towards the Everglades looking to catch a grand slam of trout, snook and redfish. We had a great day today as early on we caught trout and then we followed up with big snook and big redfish including some nice jacks of close to 30 inches and a big mangrove snapper.  The grand slam was complete by 11am and we called it a day early and headed back to the marina 2 hours ahead of schedule. At the end of it all Greg won the biggest snook division and Perry won the biggest redfish division, out of 24 guide boats. We had a great time under some great conditions and caught some nice fish.

Capt Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com