December 14, 2017 Fishing Report

Every now and then you get a couple of guys on the boat that are not only best friends but are also Father and Son and that was the case today with David and his Sun. They were in town for a tennis tournament where the kid was rocking it in the tournament so after one of the matches we met up at the marina and headed out to Target Bonefish on fly. The water temperatures were a chilly 61 degrees and try as we may we found 0 Bonefish in their winter spots and very little life on the flats. Changing it up we fished a few other spots where we caught an assortment of species both on fly and on spinning tackle. It was a great day with two great guys and it is awesome to see a father and son get along so well.

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

December 12, 2017 Fishing Report

I was back on David's boat again with a friend of ours and a new guest by the name of Barack. We had a great time and we started off looking for tarpon. Unfortunate tarpon were staying away from their usual spots so we decided to head offshore. Once offshore we target macro and kingfish but we didn't hook any and no one no one around us did either so we had it back in short. Once in sure we hit a shallow shipwreck where there were some small amberjack at provided a lot of fun and had a 30 lb Barracuda try to eat one of them right next to the boat. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

December 11, 2017 Fishing Report

It's been a couple of days with really tough conditions courtesy of this massive cold front that just blew through and our overnight temperatures have been in the high 40s. Well Steve and his son-in-law are from Cincinnati so that is not cold weather to them although I was absolutely freezing. We had it out and focused on catching dinner where the guys caught a bunch of trout but they were all just short of the legal size. However they came through was landing at nice trout unfortunately we lost a few other really nice keeper Trot right next to the boat due to spit hooks. When all was said and done the guys had a great time and I rushed home to take the hottest shower that I could and thought out.

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

December 9, 2017 Fishing Report

Well today was definitely one of those days. I had two trips scheduled for today my morning trip was with Alan who is a regular client of mine from France in my afternoon trip was with James who is a regular local client. The weather forecast called for some pretty tough conditions but Alan and I decided to go for it and we were able to get about 3 hours worth of fishing in before all hell broke loose. It was a significant cold front moving down and barreling down towards us so we fished until we can see the edge of a cold front coming right over us in the winds went from 20 to 30 miles an hour in higher forcing us to head back to the Marine as fast as we could and I ended up canceling my afternoon trip with James. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

December 8, 2017 Fishing Report

Maria is a doctor from Connecticut in a real cool lady and a big fly Fisher woman to boot. Following the same pattern as yesterday we decided to look for Tarpon but this time they were hard to come by although we did sit on top of a school for a while of rolling fish but didn't get one to eat the fly. Having only a couple of hours left we decided to once again hit the grass Flats and although we hit it during the slack tide and it was slow once the tide turn the fishing got better and Maria was able to get a few species including sea trout on fly.

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

December 7, 2017 Report

Today I had Sam and Eric on board with fly rods in hand. Targeting tarpon proved slow so we switched it up and focused on grass flats where they caught trout. We ended the day on a high note but the fishing was definitely slower than a few days ago.

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

December 5, 2017 Report (Video)

Ellis is from Philly and was in town for a well deserved vacation. While in Miami he decided to go fishing and invite his friend Mike from Naples. After a 3 hour drive, Mike pulled in with Ellis and off we went. Hitting a few spots around Key Biscayne proved slow so we moved south and that was the ticket. Once we settled in it was as Ellis put it "Fish on every cast". We ran out of bait, used lures and the action continued. When the dust settled Mike had plenty of dinner and Ellis was all smiles. That's what it's all about! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

December 4, 2017 Report (Video)

Paul and Chris were in town and off we went for a 6 hour day of fishing. The bay was rocking today and they were on bent rods in short order. After catching a few fish we could use for bait I sent one back for big bull sharks and we didn't have to wait long. Unfortunately the big bull came off, three came off actually but not the 4th one. Chris was up on the rod when a big bull came by, we tossed the bait to it and saw it come up out of the water to eat it. WOW! With a solid hook set Chris was on and 40 minutes later we released about a 250lb bull shark that worked us out! Great job guys! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

December 2, 2017 Report

I climbed aboard David's boat today with his cousin and his cousin's friend and off we went to shark fish. Well, turns out today was one of those days that was slow and agonizing. As a guide I always want my clients to catch fish and they caught a few small fish perfect for shark bait. The problem was that there were no sharks around. Trying to make something happen we fished a few spots which proved to be slow but the last spot was loaded with fish. There were so many snappers and other species that they were changing the color of the water. The problem here was that they refused to eat! We were able to pluck a few fish out of this spot and called it a day.

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

November 30, 2017 Report

I had a three boat charter today and Dave and Chris were on my boat. We looked for tarpon but the areas were blown out by the significant wind so off to plan B. We found some fish where the guys kept the rods bent and the drags screaming until a big bull shark showed up. I had a rod rigged and snatch a bait, tossed it in front of the monster shark and seconds later Dave was on! We fought the bull for about an hour and with time running out we put the screws to him. The drag almost maxed out had little effect on the behemoth and eventually broke us off. Wow, we never got to see the shark clearly but 250 pounders never put up this kind of fight so I estimate this guy to have been 300 plus. WOW!

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

November 26, 2017 Report (Video!)

Local regular angler Gary and his two boys Jake and Adam are always a blast to have on board and the two boys couldn't be more competitive. They wanted barracuda and steady action so that is what they got. The first spot provided steady action and a nice grouper for Adam. Oh, Oh, Jake is not happy. At this point Adam was ready to call it a day since he was in the lead and beating Jake. Of course we kept fishing and the last spot produced a nice jumping barracuda for Jake beating Adam and breaking Adams heart. That's sibling rivalry for you! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

November 25, 2017 AM/PM Reports (Video)

AM Report In the morning I fished with local angler and client James and he wanted fresh fish dinner and I still owed him a shark from our last trip. The first order of the day was getting some live pilchards and we found tons at the first spot we tried. With a livewell full of hope we headed off and fished a couple of productive spots catching snapper and yellow jacks. The third spot produced a solid 10 lb mutton snapper and we missed a few along the way. We ended the day on the flats where James finally landed a solid lemon shark wrapping up a solid morning trip. PM Report My afternoon trip was with Bruce and his two boys and we stayed close to the marina this time catching trout, jacks, snapper and we fished for big bull sharks but nobody was home. Wheew, what a cool day. Time to go home! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing