March 13, 2016 AM and PM Reports

AM Report I was looking forward to this charter today because I was fishing with Francisco and his friend Luis. They are both from the Dominican Republic but a few years ago Luis moved to Miami and Francisco comes into town a couple times a year. These guys are absolutely hilarious together and had me in stitches the entire trip. We started off fishing around South Beach where Francisco outfished Luis however to make matters worse Francisco kept rubbing it in. They caught big Hogfish, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, jack's and missed another bunch of bites from other species. With the wind kicking up and the water getting rougher we decided to head in to shallower water and target sea trout. The first flat was a bit slow but the second spot proved to be the magic one and Francisco picked up another bunch of trout while Luis landed a single trout. Seeing how the day was unfolding Luis was already regretting his unfortunate hand and was getting ready for a week's worth of grilling and teasing by Francisco. These guys were great and they definitely have some great tasting dinner tonight.

PM report  My afternoon trip was with Mark and his friend Matt and conditions could hardly be worse. We had a steady 20 mile-an-hour wind gusting even higher, dirty water, tons of boats and Jet Skis everywhere which relegated us to about 3 fishing spots in the entire Bay to successfully fly fish. Spot one picked up where it left off in my morning trip and Mark caught a few trout on fly. Water started getting dirty so we moved to  a crystal clear flat that had zero Trout on it but a bunch of different manatees grazing on the bottom. The last spot with even higher winds left us with a nice ending to our trip as Matt landed a few trout on artificials and Mark landed a couple of other trout and missed a few more bites. We're scheduled to fish again tomorrow and I look forward to fishing with these guys. Capt. Mo Estevez  www.MiamiBoneFishing.com  786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing