January 1, 2018 AM & PM Report (Video)

AM Happy New Year! Jude was back on board today at 8am, tough kid, ready to redeem himself from our last trip when he lost a big bull shark. Today we targeted tarpon but they wouldn't feed so we quickly switched off to sharks and he had a ball hooking a number of them and landing a couple. Way to go Jude! PM Pierce brought his son along for my afternoon trip and with shark fishing being so good in the morning and the tarpon spots blown out we targeted sharks. Well, it didn't take long to hook up and we did quickly and often. After his son landing his shark, tough kid!, Pierce focused on getting one and that was an epic battle. After losing a few he finally had a solid connection and after an hour fight I knew it was a big bull shark. Well, towards the end of the fight the reel failed and I had to handline the shark to the boat, an estimated 200lb bull shark, while Pierce turned the spool by hand in order to take up the line. We got the beast next to the boat, took some pics and broke him off. All this while a cruise ship was barreling towards us. Whew!!!! Now, it's time for a vacation. See you guys in 10 days! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing