September 25, 2014 Report

All the way from Atlanta came Joe for a wedding in Miami and as an avid fisherman, of course he had to check out the Miami fishing. We had a brief window of weather to take advantage of and Joe took full advantage. We arrived at our first spot and didn't leave for 4 hours! In the process Joe caught aggressive ladyfish on lures, top water and flies. It was a blast with non-stop action! The fish were busting on the surface and provided a thrill with their aggressive surface feeding. However, they were not the sole purpose we were fishing this area, tarpon were. It took a while for the tarpon to begin rolling and becoming active but once they did we took advantage of it. Cast netting live mullet we hooked two tarpon about 80lbs each and got some great jumps out of them. Unfortunately, one spit the hook and the other broke off the braid. Geeze! We ended the day outrunning a nasty storm and getting back just in time.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 22, 2014 Report

Language can many times be a barrier but there are rare moments when language is neither a barrier nor an obstacle and today was certainly one of those days. Koji and Kaizan from Japan were in for a half day trip of chasing tarpon in Biscayne Bay. The morning started not far from the marina where I have been finding early morning tarpon and sure enough, they were there. Casting artificial lures we had one brief hook up but couldn't confirm if it was a tarpon, although the bend in the heavy rod sure looks like tarpon. Several schools of aggressive jacks moved in and they kept intercepting our lures before the tarpon could get to them. Koji and Kaizan ended up releasing several jacks before we moved on. Several spots later we settled into one where we found tarpon but they had lockjaw. Along the way we laughed as we communicated using hand signals and Kaizan's limited English vocabulary. It was enough though for him to tell me he is a professional bass angler and was on his way to two days of bass fishing in Lake Ockeechobee. Have fun guys!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 21, 2014

One of the great thrills I get is when someone experiences fishing with me after many years of not having participated in this great activity. Such was the case today when Gus, his wife Michelle and daughter Monica from Tennessee climbed aboard. Michelle was born and raised in Miami and then moved away and hadn't been fishing in over 20 years. From the onset this great family was a blast to have aboard and Michelle was generous enough to share her memories of fishing with her father as a little girl. When focused on snapper fishing and it was good today. Gus and the gang took home a bag full of fish and it was great watching Michelle have a blast catching most of the fish, sorry Gus! I look forward to fishing with them again and I can only hope that I do a good enough job as a father to one day have my daughter enjoy similar memories that Michelle relived today!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 20, 2014 Report

Meeting Bryan and Amy before sunrise, the goal was to get Bryan on his first tarpon on fly. Arriving at our first spot of the early morning there were tarpon rolling and feeding around us. After several shots, Bryan makes a perfect cast in front of a rolling tarpon and several strips later there is a big boil where his fly was and I hear "I got him!"! Moments after clearing the fly line, the tarpon gets Bryan wrapped around a piling and we lose the fish. At this point the Saturday boat traffic began and we moved on for the second part of the trip, sharks on the flats. Not long after arriving at the flat, there were big boils and dorsal fins in front of the boat. We waited patiently and one of the rods doubles over and the drag starts to scream. After an hour and 10 minute fight and several grabs of the sharks tail to bring him on board for a quick picture, the 6-7 footer wraps around the chum back and breaks off. Urgh!!! It was a great way to end an already great trip with some great people!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 17, 2014 Report

Regular client David was up for a half day of fishing so we headed oceanside try some bonefishing. We spotted a few schools of tailing bonefish but they were moving quicker than I could pole after them. After staking out for a while and landing several bonnet head sharks we poled around and saw a few wakes climbing onto the flat. David makes a cast and the school moves away, I follow up with another cast and I get an instant hook up! I hand the rod to David and after a few minutes he lands a nice bar jack, not the bonefish we thought they were. We ended the morning chumming for sharks but the current died out on us. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 12, 2014 Report

After a nice relaxing vacation I was back on the water with John and Thomas in search of a number of species. In the morning I took them to an area protected from the 15 MPH winds and we had calm shallow water for the first two hours of the trip. While we didn't see bonefish as planned, we did have numerous shots at snook on fly. There were also schools of mullet signaling the beginning of fall in Miami, yay! We moved to some shark flats and landed two sharks and Thomas lost a big one close to the boat. The shark adventure had several BIG sharks probably in the 7' range behind the boat but reluctant to eat. However, as we are getting ready to leave and avoid a massive rainstorm just a few minutes from hitting us, both rods go off and then suddenly snap back leaving only massive boils in place of the baits. Two huge sharks hit at the same time but never got hooked. Go figure! Maybe it wasn't a bad thing after all since we would have had to fight two massive sharks in the middle of bad storm. Would've been fun! We ended the day catching seat trout and having a ton of laughs. They told me two hilarious jokes I won't soon forget!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 1, 2014 Report

Although on a bad streak, Kim and Joe had come down for two reasons, bonefishing and diving. Unfortunately, both dive boats cancelled on them and day one of their vacation was shot. Day two they boarded my skiff and we headed off for 8 hours of bonefishing. Arriving at the first flat at low tide, there was a school of big tailing bonefish too shallow for me to get to so Joe hopped off the skiff and waded to them. After numerous shots, they spooked and headed off to deeper water. We also had several shots at a big tailing permit but every time we made a pinpoint cast, the fish would move off a few feet and render our cast ineffective, eventually he spooked. Every flat we fished held fish but the shots were hard to come by. At the last flat, on the last 10 minutes of the trip I spoke a big single bonefish and Joe makes a good cast. The fish spooks a bit but does a 180 and looks for the shrimp. I see him nose the shrimp, Joe tells me he's on it and reels like crazy and the fish races off and the line audibly cuts through the water leaving a rooster tail of water behind. After a few long runs, Joe gets the 10 plus pound bonefish close to the boat and just a few feet away the bonefish spits the hook! Ouch!!!! What a way to end the trip with two great people. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com