August 27, 2016 Report (Snook!)

Today Aladwani from Kuwait hopped aboard and the plan was bonefish. However, with a brisk wind and storm clouds everywhere we had to forgo bonefishing. However, he had just bought a new rod and reel at Capt. Harry's Fishing Supply and he wanted to break it in along with some new lures. I am always humbled by what transpires every day and today was no exception. Aladwani mentioned to me that quite a few people in Kuwait had fished with me before and they highly recommended he call me. Wow! I have to tell you, Aladwani is one skilled young angler. We pulled in to the first spot and I told him where to cast and I warned him not to screw it up. Well, he puled back and fired off an extremely accurate cast landing exactly where it had to land, an explosion in the water throws white foam everywhere and his rod doubles over. The drag screaming and Aladwani trying his best to hold on, 10 minutes later he gets a nice jack on his new rod. Broken in! He was amazed how much damage was inflicted on his new lure. Moving on to spot two, he proceeds to land two snook and a barracuda including missing a few other snook bites. Hey, it happens! Only 2 hours into the trip we had to all it quits because of a massive storm building over us. Way to go Aladwani!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 26, 2016 Report (Snook, Tarpon Video!"

Chad is from WV and was in town with his wife so off we went at 6am for an early start. Spot one had just a couple of tarpon so we moved. Spot two was really all we needed as it was on fire. Chad hoked 9 big snook, landed 7 and we missed a few more bites. To add to the drama, he hooked and lost a fun size tarpon but not before we enjoyed a few big jumps and got one on video. Spot three had a bunch of tarpon stacked up but not feeding. What was feeding were small black tip sharks that kept us excited with each bite. Chad was a pleasure to have aboard and I was glad he caught his biggest snook to date. Congrats Chad!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 21, 2016 Report

Phil and his wife Michelle are local anglers and joined me early this morning for bonefish and permit fishing. The conditions couldn't be better with a clear windless morning and an early morning low tide. Throughout the morning we had a half dozen shots at permit, both cruising and tailing as well as 4-5 shots at big schools of redfish and a few shots at bonefish. There was decent action although slower than anticipated but all in all we had some good shots. However, Phil and Michelle were great to have aboard and when they left I felt like I had known them for years. I look forward to fishing with them again soon. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 20, 2016 Report

Day three fishing with Scott and Mark and today we stayed close to the marina because we were fishing a half day. Fishing a few spots the action was slow but we did manage to get into the big jacks again and trout and had a great time wrapping our time together. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 19, 2016 Report

Day two with Scott and Mark and today we started off bonefishing but it was slow so we changed it up. Catching some live bait we hit the flats for some shark fishing and it was solid. The guys ended up catching 6 and hooking another 3 or so that came off.

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August 18, 2016 Report

Scott and his friend Mark joined me today for three days of fishing and today we stayed close to the marina and tore it up. Using live pilchards big jacks kept the rods bent, the drags screaming and the action non-stop. At one point Scott had to take a break because the jacks were just abusing us. I like that!

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August 14, 2016 Report

Sammy rocks! That's all I have to say. John and his 9 year old son Sammy joined me today for a morning of fishing inshore and they were great. While the fishing was slow and storms threatened throughout the trip, we still caught some fish and had a great time. There were no snook or big jacks around and the tarpon spot we fished held a few tarpon but the surprise was big trout at the tarpon spot. That's a first! John and Sammy caught a few big trout and sharks before we called it a day.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 13, 2016 Report

Brian and his friend Mark and I fished last month and it was tough fishing for sharks. Brian loves sharks and wanted to catch one so that was our goal today. We had some pretty significant wind but were able to make our way to a bait spot that I like and caught some live bait before heading down to the flats. With the live well containing what we needed for the rest of the trip we headed down to the flats and begin shark fishing. Not 5 minutes after setting up one of the rods goes off and Brian is on to a nice lemon shark. Some blazing runs and head-shaking action later we have his first shark of the day, and nice 5 footer. Mark was next and after that spot not producing any more sharks we moved on. The next flat was full of sharks but they were being extremely picky and of the dozen-or-so sharks that moved in we hooked just one which Mark landed. Before the trip was over we fished one more spot and it was full of sharks again but once again they refused to eat. None of my usual tricks worked as the sharks were on edge and not very aggressive. As a side note there were permit everywhere on almost every flat we fished. But focusing on sharks I did not buy live crabs and I was agonizing all day long!

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August 9, 2016 Report

Jumping on board today was Bill Hayes who is one of the coaches for the San Francisco Giants baseball team. They were in town for a three-game stretch against the Miami Marlins and in keeping with tradition Bill and I headed out for a day of fishing. We got some bait and started tarpon fishing where we found quite a few but didn't land any. Bill had never caught a barracuda so that was on the list but before that we stopped off at another spot. At our second spot our baits got destroyed almost immediately with Bill landing a few big jacks, watching small bull shark destroy a big snapper he had next to the boat and having a big hundred pound tarpon take a whack at his big miss and then stare at his bait for 15 seconds just 20 feet from the boat. Pretty amazing sight! Running down to the flats I found a bunch of barracudas but they were very finicky this morning. But patience and hard work paid off and we finally hooked a nice Barracuda that gave Bill a nice fight and some high-flying jumps. We had a little bit of time left before calling it a day and we did some shark fishing but nothing came into our baits so Bill decided to call it early and try to get some rest before their game.

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August 8, 2016 Report

Kevin lives in Utah and usually fishes with his brother Alec who is a local angler and a regular client of mine. The goal for Kevin today was sharks and barracudas since he was bringing his future son-in-law Jeremy aboard and Jeremy had never fished in salt water before. Pretty early on in our charter after catching bait, Jeremy hooks up to a nice lemon shark and after about 20 minute fight releases his first saltwater fish about a hundred pound lemon. We had good action throughout the day with Jeremy hooking up another shark and losing it, Kevin releasing a big 6 foot lemon shark and we also hooked 4 barracudas landing the smallest of the four. Welcome to saltwater fishing Jeremy!

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August 7, 2016 Report

Jeff fished with me a few weeks ago. Today his dad joined him for a full day of bone fishing and permit fishing. We had great conditions but the fishing proved to be slow. We found very few Bonefish but hand some nice tarpon cruising down the slick calm shorelines but we could never get a really good shot at them. Capt. Mo Estevez 786-853-1409 www.MiamiBoneFishing.com Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 6, 2016 Report

This morning Eric join me for a half-day trip in the morning. It was absolutely my pleasure to spend my morning with Eric as he served 27 years in the Navy as part of a bomb disposal unit.  The fishing started slow with snook or tarpon on the hook but we did lose a tarpon when he destroyed our bait but didn't get hooked. We fished a number of different spots catching sea trout and some nice jacks.  At the end of the day at another spot Eric hooked a nice snook and lost it next to the boat as the fish struggled against the pressure Eric was putting on him. Capt. Mo Estevez 786-853-1409 www.MiamiBoneFishing.com Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 5, 2016 AM & PM Report (Tarpon Video!)

AM Report Frank is a school teacher from PA and while his wife was at a conference he hit the water for an abbreviated trip. Spot one was the magical one with rolling tarpon and an almost immediate hook up. After a number of jumps and a dogged fight, Frank got his first tarpon. Awesome! We hit a second spot where Frank caught a few nice jacks and we called it a day.

PM Report My second trip was with Fernando, Gimmie and Andre from Brazil. These guys were a lot of fun and wanted to catch a shark. Hitting the flats, almost immediately we were surrounded by sharks but they were playing hard to get. The guys hooked a total of about 5-6 sharks and landed two. As we moved off the flat a school of big bar jacks moved in and we hook up immediately to about a 15lber. With the fish next to the boat and ready for a picture and release it comes off. Losing two big barracudas later it was time to head back. What a nice day today and a day of missed fish but the drags kept singing and the smiles were plentiful.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 3, 2016 Report

I love fishing with kids and today was one of those days. Marc and his 2 boys 20 year old Alex and 13 year old Wyatt jumped aboard for a half day of fishing in order to celebrate Wyatt's 13th birthday today. We fished two spots and at the first spot Alex landed a cool black tip shark and although there were plenty of Tarpon around we could not get a bite. We moved on to the second and last spot of the day where immediately Wyatt hooked a 60 pound Tarpon that burned up the drag and gave him an awesome jump just 30 feet from the boat. Unfortunately the jump resulted in a pulled hook and the tarpon swam free. However, in order to make up for that Wyatt caught two big jacks that gave him quite a workout and we got a few more bites from fish that were too clever to get hooked. Happy birthday Wyatt!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 1, 2016 Report

Today was definitely a tough day as local offshore angler Carlos jumped aboard for a half-day of scouting out this part of the bay that he wants to take his girlfriend fishing to. We had a steady 15 to 20 mile-an-hour wind and he really wanted to see how my Hewes would perform under these conditions as well as to check out the fishery but today were definitely not the conditions we needed to show him exactly what this part of Biscayne Bay is all about. We began early morning under overcast skies fishing some creeks for Snook on topwater plugs. The snook were there as we had 5 or 6 of them blow up on our top waters but never got hooked. Finally we had a big blow up and hook up but unfortunately it only lasted a few seconds before it shook free and swim away. The rest of the two and a half hours we spent fishing different spots for species like sea trout and snapper but the fishing was extremely slow as the water started to get dirty andn the wind continued to increase. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing