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.

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