February 25, 2017 Report

Today I had Pam and Dave from Chicago aboard for a half day of checking out Biscayne Bay. We started over the grass flats where Pam broke the ice and caught the first fish of the day. We ended the trip at another stop where they caught a ton of snappers, jacks and Dave's first snook. Way to go Dave!

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

February 24, 2017 Report

Jeff is from NY and brought his two awesome kids along today, Bryan and Nick. We had a blast today, mostly at the expense of Bryan at first but then it was being doled out equally around the boat. These guys were awesome and so much fun! Tarpon fishing was slow so hitting the grassflats we caught trout. Moving on to the flats we had some shots at bonefish and barracudas and wrapped up the day on a wreck where we ran out of bait thanks to the constant action.

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

February 23, 2017 Report (Tarpon Video!)

George and his son George (G2 from here on forward) were referred by a great client of mine so with great tarpon conditions we sped off to tarpon fish. It was slow at first with no fish showing on my Raymarine or rolling but they suddenly came to life and minutes later we had a double header with 100 plus pound tarpons jumping and smoking drags heading in opposite directions. G2 did a great job fighting his fish while George was on point working his stubborn fish that wouldn't jump and burn up some energy. Twenty minutes in G2's fish is near the boat, just a few more feet for the release and the hook pops free. NOOOO! about an hour into George's fight and the fish ready to come to the boat for the release the braid breaks. URGH!!! All that work! As we kept tarpon fishing they caught a nice mutton snapper, missed a few bites and the tarpon shut down. We ended the day catching trout over the grass flats. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 22, 2017 Report

Well, there's a saying in the fishing world that goes like this "You don't know until you go." and so it was today. Kerry is from Wyoming and our trip was hanging on the balance due to the miserable weather forecast but Kerry braved it and said "let's go". The weather forecast called for 15 MPH winds and 90% chance of rain, ouch! Looking for tarpon on fly we found none so we switched off to trout but the fishing ended soon as the wind cranked up to 35 MPH and it was time to go! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 20, 2017 AM & PM Reports

AM Report Well, after working at the Miami Boat Show for four days I was ready to hit the water and regular client Arthur jumped aboard with his assistant Angie. Working the tide we fished a permit spot that produced a big margate for Angie. Over the grassflats they both caught a bunch of trout in short order so we ran down to a wreck where they caught bar jacks, trigger fish, snapper and blue runners (shark bait). Jumping onto the flats they had some shots at bonefish but didn't manage to hook up.

PM Report My afternoon report was also with regular clients Guillaume and Jessica. Avoiding the boat show traffic we ran south to a wreck we had all to ourselves and kept the rods bent on a number of species. Hitting the flats for bones and sharks we found few of either but they landed a massive stingray that kept us busy for almost an hour. Whewww. Time for a nap!

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

February 14, 2017 Report

It's Valentines Day and I better be done with this trip on time otherwise tonight won't look too good! John, Sharon and their son are from the UK and jumped aboard to get some fishing in on their vacation. Starting off on the hunt for tarpon we found some that quickly dissappeared and therefoer so did we. Hitting the grassflats they caught plenty of trout and then we moved off to the catch the outgoing tide in search of tarpon. Again, they were MIA but plenty of other species were willing to play ensuring bent rods, sore arms and a timely return to the dock.

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

February 13, 2017 AM & PM Reports

AM Reports My morning trip was with regular client Dean from TX and was in town for Valentines Day. Nice move Dean! As usual we started tarpon fishing but they were unwilling to play. In the meantime Dean caught a grouper that came up and ate a tarpon bait. Cool! Switching away from tarpon we kept the rods bent with snapper, hogfish, bar jaks and then the sharks moved in. Flip a bait out, mark them on my Raymarine, wait for it, zzziiinnnggg! Dean got a nice spinner shark giving him a nice jump and some smoking runs in the process. Way to go Dean!

PM Report Brandon fished with me in the past and today he brought two buddies along for some fun. Going right back to where I left off with Dean the action was still hot. The salient theme of the trip was lost fish since we lost 4-5 nice sharks some nice fish to the bottom and then missed a few trout bites as they came up and smashed the artificial lure. All in all we had steady action but suffered from rubber hook syndrome in spite of a double header on nice sharks.

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

February 9, 2017 Report (Tarpon Video!)

Day two with Alain and Ethan and the wind shifted a bit today and I figured it would improve the tarpon fishing, and it did! We found some fish rolling and happy as could be and willing to eat. On our first drift Ethan hooked a 120lb tarpon that gave him a great fight and some awesome jumps before spitting the hook. The rest of the trip we dedicated to catching different species and having a great time!

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

February 8, 2017 Report

Alain and his son Ethan from France fish with me often and were in town for a couple of days of fishing. Today we mixed it up and caught a bunch of different species after spending a few hours looking for tarpon but not finding any. Towards the end of the trip I stared marking shrks on my Raymarine and these shark junkies couldn't help themselves so we ended the day shark fishing.

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

February 6, 2017 Report (Bonefish!)

Jeff and Mark were in town for a conference so what to do when you're in town? Heck, you go fishing! We worked our way South waiting for the tide to turn and in the process they caught trout, mackerel, hogfish and snapper as we were hunting for Tarpon. Once on the flats we focused on bonefish and Jeff got one as two big bones were working across the tide. Congrats Jeff!

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February 5, 2017 report

Jim, his son Nick and friend Steve came aboard to catch some fish and that they did. They caught a bunch of trout plus snapper, barracuda and more with Steve having the hot hand and tearing it up.

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

February 4, 2017 AM & PM Report

AM Report My morning trip was with Jeff and his wife so off we went with fly rods in hand in search of bonefish. We worked a number of flats and had several shots at bones but no hookups. PM Report The afternoon trip was with repeat court Scott and his friend, also in search of bonefish on fly. The perfect visibility I had during my morning trip deteriorated causing us to delay bonefishing in hopes the cloud cover would clear. In the meantime we kept the rods bent on snapper and trigger fish. When the skies cleared and the tide turned we had a number of shots at bones but didn't hookup courtesy of Murphy's Law. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishin.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 1, 2017 Report (Tarpon Video)

Kent is from Texas and he fished with me 2 years ago celebrating his birthday. Today he was in town for business and took a day to explore more of Biscayne Bay. The morning started with us tarpon fishing and hooking a solid fish in the 120lb range but it came off after the first jump. Urgh!! We moved to the flats since he wanted to catch a barracuda on the flats and began the search. Right off the bat there were schools of barrauda swimming around in 2 feet of clear water. Kent made a perfect cast to the group that was coming in and one of them ate the lure just feet from the bow of the boat. What a rush! A few long runs later the big ‘cuda came to the boat. Hitting a shallow shipwreck had Kent land a few grouper and losing a couple more to the structure. With the tide turning I decided to end the trip tarpon fishing and the decision paid off with Kent hooking another tarpon about 100lbs. After a long fight and a few majestic jumps later the fish was close to being landed when the hook broke! What?! URGH!!! What a way to lose that fish! A few drifts later over the same school didn’t result in another hook up and it was time to head in.

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

January 30, 2017 Report

Today I fished with regular client and friend David. He had a colleague in town and wanted to get him on some fish. A cold front had passed just two days prior keeping the best tarpon spot blown out with rough surf and a couple of other spots were void of tarpon. We decided to fish a channel that usually produces and while there were fish caught, I was dissapointed by what we caught. Trying to shark fish the flats proved slow so we called it a day aftert fishing one more spot and cathing a few jacks. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing