October 27, 2015 Report (Shark!)

Day 4 and the last day we are scheduled to fish and Eliel was replaced by Alain’s friend Didier. We repeated what we have been doing and shark fishing remained solid. Everyone landed the target species including Didier getting his first Miami shark on the flats.

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October 25, 2015 Report (Shark!)

Eliel didn't make it today and boy did he miss out! While the ladyfish action slowed, other species took their place and the shark fishing was on fire. We hooked 11 sharks in 3 hours of fishing the flats. Unfortunately we only landed 1 due to a number of reasons including pulled hooks and break offs. Urgh!

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October 23, 2015 Report (Shark Video!)

Hooked on the hot action Alain, Eliel, and Ethan wanted a repeat of the last trip and so it was! Fall in Miami is awesome and today is a clear example. More hot action and more big sharks on the flats including losing one big shark we never were able to stop!

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October 21, 2015 Report (Shark!)

Alain, and his two boys are from France and fished with me last year. These guys are great and we're scheduled to fish four days. Today was the first day and it started with a bang. The main goal was some quick action and then hitting the flats for sharks. The fishing close to the marina was great with big schools of big ladyfish providing tons of action along with snappers, Jacks, barracuda and trout. On the flats the shark fishing was solid with multiple hookups and starting the first of four days off to a hot start.

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October 18, 2015 Report (Snook Video!)

Bob is one of the owners of SaltLife and one of my biggest sponsors and him and his buddy climbed aboard for a few hours of fishing. The forecast called for 25 MPH winds but when arriving at the marina the winds were much lighter and my hopes were high. With mullet all around the marina I filled the live well with all the live bait we needed before Bob and Tim even showed up and once they arrived we were off. Slipping into a creek not far from the marina the action started right away with mullet schools being demolished by snook all around us. Bob piked up a nice mangrove snapper right off the bat and not long after he lands his first snook. A few hours later the action died down after losing another 3-5 more snook. The wind started as forecasted and we hit a couple of other spots, one producing hog snapper, mutton snapper and we lost a nice grouper before calling it a day. Congrats Bob!

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October 14, 2015 Report (Snook!)

Doug from TN was in town for business and swam against the current. While the rest of the guys went golfing, Doug went fishing. Good move Doug! Starting off South Beach for the mullet run proved to be slow since nothing ate our fly. Moving to tarpon spot two produced a few jacks on the fly rod and then we hit the tarpon mother load. Fish in the 20-60lb class were all over the boat rolling just 20' from the boat. We tried a number flies and had a few bites but no hook ups. Tarpon spot #2 was desolate so it was snook time. Doug decided it was better to catch fish than to stick to fly so we cast netted some bait and hit the creeks. Several snook hit our baits losing one to the mangroves and landing a nice one before we called it a day.

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October 13, 2015 Report

Mike and Norm were back on board again and the plan was bonefishing. I couldn't help but fish the mullet run at first light so we met up at 6:30 am and headed to South Beach. What a difference. We found only one school of mullet and no predators around harassing them. With no action we headed to the bonefish flats. Seeing plenty of sharks and stingrays had my hopes up but we only found two small schools of bonefish. Switching to trout proved slow as well so off to the South Beach again. Now with the outgoing tide things looked a bit better and Norm hooked into a nice jack that gave him a solid fight and mid way through the fight a big bull shark tried to eat the jack. At the end of the trip Norm hooks into a monster that burned drag for a solid 45 seconds even as we chased it down only to break us off. URG! I don't like it when that happens.

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October 12, 2015 Report

Mike brought his dad Norm down from N.Y. for some bonding time and the centerpiece of that time was fishing. Mike's a good son! We met up a 9:30am moments after they landed at the airport and we were off. Taking them to the area where I have been taking clients to fish the mullet run quickly had them hooked up to a few monsters that broke off after a searing run. The trip ended with us bonefishing and while we saw a couple of bones they were scarce.

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October 10, 2015 Report

Joey, Sam and Ruben wanted to check out Biscayne Bay for a half day and what a gorgeous morning it was! Snook fishing was first on the agenda but we had an extremely high tide that kept the snook deep in the mangroves and bait was scare in all three locations but we did find some mullet at the last stop for shark fishing later. Having to work with shrimp we stopped off at an inshore wreck and cleaned out the shrimp in the well cathing a variety of species. The morning highlight was watching and filming about 6 pods of dolphins playing very close to the boat including coming right up to the GoPro and giving us a really cool encounter. On the flats shark fishing things were slow but we did get two hook ups that after a while we realized were large stingrays. Ouch!

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October 9, 2015 Report (Mullet Run Video!)

Doug was back for his second trip and today we would use mullet. Pulling in to a spot that had been holding mullet I filled the live well with two throws of the cast net, one had big mullet and one had finger mullet. We head back to South Beach and the action was slow, for a while. Then the mullet started to move through and it was on! Tarpon would cart wheel and blow up on the schools of mullet not 30 feet from us. Early on Doug watches as a tarpon comes up and destroys his mullet but doesn't get hooked. Ouch! There were a few nice barracudas in the mullet schools and Doug hooked 3 or 4 of them. The action died about an hour into the frenzy and we hit a few other tarpon spots without success but ended the day catching a few more jacks on fly.

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October 8, 2015 AM & PM Reports (Mullet Run Feeding Frenzy Video!)

Am Report Doug from Atl. climbed aboard with fly rod in hand and off we went looking for tarpon. We had to scrap the initial plan to bonefish because of the extremely high tides we've had this week. Being fall, I really wanted to get him into some mullet run feeding frenzy action and we found it! Schools of mullet began to pour into Miami and Doug had a number of shots at tarpon and caught a spanish mackerel but the tarpon had mullet on their minds. We fished two other tarpon spots and found fish at both but only managed a few follows but no takes. The morning ended with Doug having a blast catching jacks on fly on almost every cast!

PM Report Joel and Dean met me at the ramp minutes after my trip with Doug and after hearing how the morning went they had one thing to say, "let's get mullet". So live mullet we got! I took them off South Beach and it was on! School after school of migrating mullet were being blasted by tarpon, spinner sharks, big jacks, cobia and mackerel. Right off the bat Dean hooks up and the drag screams as he fights a nice spinner shark. Joel hooked one fish that spooled us taking all 200 yards of 30lb braid before we could chase it! When I grabbed the now empty reel, the spool was HOT! I love the mullet run! At times our live baits wouldn't last 45 seconds before hooking up, it was amazing! When the dust settled we had to catch our breaths. That's fall in Miami!

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October 7, 2015 Report

David jumped aboard again and I really wanted to get him on some snook. Poling in to one of my favorite snook creeks revealed something unsettling, really high water and still pouring in when the tide should have been going out. This meant the snook were deep into the mangroves and we could hear them feeding out of reach. I cast netted some live pilchards and headed to a grouper spot where David caught some fish while we gave time for the tide to turn. A few hours later we went back to the creeks but the water was still too high. We live baited for a bit without success for snook.

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October 4, 2015 Report (Snook!)

After a few days off I was itching to hit the water and waiting to get Bob and his son Noah on board. I love fall in Miami and I had a feeling things were going to be good. We started later than I would like but having to drive over an hour to get to the marina was understandable. At the marina under my boat was a school of pilchards. Thank you God! A few throws and I got enough bait for snook fishing. Pulling in to the first creek we staked off tossed a live bait in the water and while I showed Noah how to work the artificial lure things moved quickly. Rod doubles over, drag screams, Bob grabs the rod and fights a snook to the boat. Cool! We had a few more hits but they were a bit shy because it was later in the morning. Taking them to another spot we had fun with a number of fish and not so much fun losing 2-3 big groupers to the bottom. Urgh! Last spot produced a slob mutton snapper for Bob. Nice job Bob! Catching Biscayne Bay pink and gold, can't beat it!

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September 30, 2015 Report

Sean and his dad Bob are from Colorado and wanted to fly fish Biscayne Bay for bones, tarpon and permit. I got them on the water before 6:30 AM while it was still dark and as we pull in to the first flat the dead calm conditions revealed schools of mullet being absolutely decimated by snook. Focus Mo, focus! Poling down the shoreline we had some great shots at schools of bonefish but didn't hook up. The water was moving in much quicker than normal due to the super moon this week and so the window was brief at this spot. The rest of the trip was slow with too much water in most places and when we did have visibility there wasn't much around. We ended the day with some shots at tarpon. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing