March 17, 2020 Report

It's here, the cancellations. I'm averaging one cancellation a day due to the corona virus but Brad and Sam would not be deterred. The bulk of the morning was spent looking for tarpon and we finally found them. Investing about an hour yielded one strike on artificial, but nothing on fly or bait and no hook ups. With great visibility we went bonefishing on fly but it was slow. This is frustrating, I really want these guys to do well! The day wrapped up on a ship wreck and there they began to catch rod bending species including a grouper by Sam. It was a nice way to end an otherwise slow day on the flats.

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

March 16, 2020 Report

I continue to hold my breath with the corona virus as the country stops traveling and most of my business is traveling clients. But, thank God I've stayed really busy for now, waiting for the bottom to fall and work to come to a stop as tourism stops in Miami. Well, that tomorrow. I'll focus on today with Karla and 13 year old Kory who had never been salt water fishing. Man what a nice trip as Kory is now hooked on slat water fishing courtesy of some hot action and about a half dozen new species under his belt. Kory and Karla caught mangrove snapper, look downs, jacks, yellow tail snapper, lost three black tip sharks and more. It was great and they smoked through 7 dozen baits before we knew it!

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

March 15, 2020 Report

This was such a cool trip with Mary and her son Charlie. I can tell she really loves her son and is his biggest cheerleader so armed with fly rods we hit the bay. First we went looking for tarpon, and they were every where and feeding. However, the fly seemed to be a second thought to them and switching to artificials didn't make a difference. Knowing they just wanted to catch anything on fly we gave up our best good effort on tarpon and started catching fish. They were taking the fly today much but Charlie didn't land a couple of fish on fly, snapper and runners, but Mary was the big story. She decided to go with artificial lures and tore it up! By the time Charlie switched to lures and bait, Mary had already smoked him. Even using lures and bait, she had the hot hand today and caught a few grouper on lures, snapper, yellow jacks and more. Way to go Mary!

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

March 12-14, 2020 Report

I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike again for three days. Last time we fished Mike hooked three bonefish on fly and landed two plus a few other species. The goal for the three days was to keep things interesting and catching different species on fly. Since we had really calm conditions for bonefishing we started the first two mornings bonefishing. I noticed a pattern over these three days, the fishing got increasingly challenging. The first morning Mike had plenty of shots at bonefish but they were acting strange, staying close to the bottom even in really shallow water and then caught almost a dozen grouper on fly plus yellow jacks, snapper and more. The other days the bonefshing got slower and the fishibg in general got slower although the second day was still pretty good. All in all it was great fishing with Mike again and he picked up a few more species to add to his list. Great job Mike!

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

March 11, 2020 Report

What a blast today with Bob and his son as we took a full day to fish and laugh. I spent a few hours looking for tarpon and then switched off as there were a few around but it was tough fishing. We bounced around different spots and ended the day on a spot that held a bunch of rod bending species including grouper. Great weather and conditions and the winds weren't bad at all for being March. I just need the tarpon to start cooperating.

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

March 6, 2020 Report

Repeat clients Jim and his son Jack had booked me for this morning and it was a juggling act since I had four charters for today but one was rescheduled for weather, one was cancelled and the other couldn't fish from Homestead where I was working today. The forecast called for light winds from the west, shifting and increasing to the north west. This means perfect conditions for bonefish out of Homestead so off we went. As soon as we hit the water I noticed the wind was from the south so I was expecting the shift before the coming cold front to happen any moment now. First spot we had some shots at bonefish but withing 15 minutes it started to rain. We moved way off to the east and fished a wreck and while Jack caught big blue runners, the storm we tried to out run hit us and it was a complete white out for about 15 minutes. These guys are tough and jack kept catching fish through the storm. Once it cleared, it got nice but now the wind was honking out of the west so we went to another bonefish spot in the lee of the wind and had some shots but then the fishing died off and we called it a day early before the real nasty wind began.

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

March 5, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report This morning I had Sal, his friend Nico and Sal's mom Anna aboard for tarpon bonefish and permit. I went back to the same spot from yesterday and the tarpon were THICK! With slick calm water and the weather getting warmer by the hour we set up on rolling, finning, laid up tarpon and went to work. Using two live baits and several artificial lures they stood no chance, I thought. We worked those fish for 4 hours and got one bite on the artificial which the big tarpon missed. With time running out I took the boys to several spots where they caught jacks and snappers before calling it a day. Oh, wait I almost forgot. Nico, yes Nico, lost a massive snook and a few other really nice fish. What's up with the Nico? LOL

PM Report I really was on the fence with my afternoon trip, should I try to find redemption with tarpon from my morning trip or just go catch fish? I asked Butch, who brought along his wife Pepa and her sister Marisol from Chile and he said he just wanted to catch fish. Ok, so I took them to a finger channel and that is all we needed. The live well was cleaned out 3 hours later going through almost 100 baits and catching snapper, jack crevalle, horse eye jacks, yellow jacks, big progies, chubs and losing a nice black tip that devoured a fish Butch had on. So cool! They took home some fish for dinner and we called it early since they had gotten their fill of hot action!

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

March 4, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report My morning was day two with David and Marcia and with the air temperature rising the water temps were now 73 degrees. After checking out a few spots we hit the mother load of tarpon in a calm warmer spot. They were all over the place rolling, finning, floating and occasionally eating something. The last 45 minutes of the trip was dedicated to these fish as David cast a fly and drifted a live bait for them. Well, no bites!!!! URGH!!! PM Report My after trip was with Hasaan, Noah and Sammy. These guys fish with me every year and the goal is always to keep the little kids busy. So, I took them to a finger channel and the boys wore themselves out. Then, we went back to the morning tarpon spot and they were still there but thinning out as the tide began to slack. We did get a bite but the fish never got hooked. Come on!

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

March 3, 2020 Report

I had David and Marcia aboard today to fly fish for tarpon. Uh, oh! Water temps were now 70 degrees so we hunted for tarpon all over the place finding just one small school of resident fish. David did want to change it up so we did and we fished a finger channel that has been producing a bunch of different species and that was the ticket. There David caught snappers, jacks, yellow jacks, runners and more on spinning gear. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

March 2, 2020 Report

After a day off and the cold still sitting over us I bundled up and met Rob at the marina this morning. We've fished together before and it's always great spending time on the boat with him. I couldn't help myself so I hunted for tarpon and after not finding any with the water temperatures in the high 60's it was time to change it up. When the dust settled Rob had caught snook, jacks, snapper and a few nice fish that we lost.

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

February 29, 2020 Report

Well, it's still cold and night time temperatures continue to keep the water temps lower than I would like. Regular client Brad and I headed off to catch different species on fly and spin but I really wanted him to catch bonefish on fly. I fished all over creation and they were MIA and so were the tarpon but the shallow ship wrecks saved the day and that was a ton of fun. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 28, 2020 Report

Man what a blast with these three today, Dick, Pete and Ellen! They were referred to me by a client and they just wanted to hang out, catch some fish and have a few laughs. Well, we did just that. I had plenty of bait but we ran out towards the end of the trip because it was on! The main culprits were jacks and snappers but I mixed in some tarpon fishing as well. I hadn't laughed this hard in a while and that made me feel a bit better about the slow tarpon fishing and cold water temps. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing