'Glades Grand Slam and More! May 28, 2020 With Video

Here we go again! I was excited to get Alec down to the Everglades and have him experience what has been a hot May for snook and reds. Well, knowing what was going to happen we started off looking for trout but it took a few spots because the wind and rain of the last few days had the water looking like chocolate. Once I found clean water he quickly landed a few trout and no the game plan changed. With the tide dropping I began to work some flats for snook and redfish using artificials. I have to tell you, we were suffering from rubber hook syndrome for a stretch here because we lost the first 5 or 6 reds and snook he hooked. Never the less, once that got sorted out he quickly landed a snook and a few casts later he landed a redfish. Dang, grand slam complete and the fishing still wasn't good yet! The rest of the day was icing on the cake as we lost track of the snook released, Alec stopped counting at around a dozen and there were many more after that, got plenty of reds and lost quite a few more fish and missed some amazing strikes. Off day I guess! LOL

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Redemption is so sweet May 22, 2020 Report

Fishing is in many ways like life in that we all need redemption and the opportunity for a "do over". That's exactly what I had on my hands this morning with Phil from Miami. He booked me for bonefish as one of his bucket list fish so off to go bonefishing we went. Based on the forecast and tides and all the other stuff we have to consider I told him we would get a late start at 9am. As we ran across the bay the morning was breezy as expected but there was an annoying high level cloud cover that made it tough. Really all it took was one flat, the first flat and Phil got not one but two bonefish and his bucket list fish has been checked off. Whew! I can tell you I feel much better now and really needed a "do over" from yesterday.

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

The Ups and Downs (May 21, 2020 Double Report)

Today I had two trips, the morning trip was focused on bonefish and permit with Joe who lives in Miami. The whole morning provided us with slick calm conditions under a windless sky, and lot's of opportunities. Schools of bonefish were swimming everywhere and Joe kept taking shots but the bonefish would swim slightly to one side or the other or the cast was off just enough to render it fruitless. On the permit side, there were singles tailing here and there with a few schools mixed in. And wouldn't you know it, the last cast of the day was to a school of about 15 permit that landed just right until they decided to change direction and the follow up cast resulted it the bait flying off mid cast. This one's going to sting for a while. I had to wait two hours before the start of my afternoon trip as regular client David and his girlfriend Nicole couldn't make it any earlier. But, as soon as they got there we were off to bend some rods. Two wrecks later they had dinner in the cooler and bait for sharks on the flats. Once on the flats were hooked and lost 4 lemon sharks with the largest being about 150lbs that was swimming so shallow for about 30 minutes that the dorsal and tail fins were out of the water. However, before we called it a day one of the rods doubles over and the reel starts to scream to the point we had to chase the fish down a bit. We thought it was a shark at first but then I saw the dorsal of a barracuda and it was HUGE! David got the release of the monster and we called it a day with David smiling the whole way back to the marina.

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

May 18, 2020 Snookmania Report

I saw the forecast for today and I was truly undecided on whether to fish for bonefish and permit under perfect conditions in Biscayne Bay or fish the perfect tide for Flamingo in the Everglades. Hmmmm, I tossed the idea around in my head and decided to fish the Everglades with John. Well, it worked out just fine thank you! The first spot and a few casts into John throwing a top water lure in about 14" of water got him a massive pop and the rod bent, nice! Minutes later a nice snook came to the boat and it would be the first of many, many snook to get released today. This same spot had produced a ton of redfish a few days ago but they were hard to find today however, I wasn't complaining with all the snook being caught. The next spot not far from the first produced plenty of snook, a few jacks and a couple of trout. So we're less than 30 minutes into our trip and I already have 2/3 of a grand slam. As the tide bottomed out and the incoming tide began to flow we could see redfish cruising in super shallow water but couldn't reach them. After a few more spots I landed a redfish and had my grand slam for the day, snook, trout and redfish on the same trip. This was a very productive all lure no bait day and boy was it a blast!

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

May 12, 2020 Report

I fished with David last year and he was back in town and he just had to go fishing again. However, I got a text from him at 11:30am asking to fish at 1pm so I had to HURRY! I was out of the house in 15 minutes and met him at 1pm. He had asked to go shark fishing so we did. Getting to the flats it took maybe 10 minutes to hook up and he was on more often than not including catching two different species of shark and a nice barracuda. After releasing one of the sharks he dropped his phone in the water, which was about 2 feet deep and had do jump in to get it. I've never seen someone move that fast! We had a blast and can't wait to fish with David again.

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

May 11, 2020 Everglades Report (Hilarious Video)

Some people just have that "juju" and my fiance Jeanny has that "juju". On another day off we went down the road to Everglades National Park with her niece and her husband. Valentina and Sandy hadn't fished before and they were really excited, I was too, I love this place. The first few spots were slow but once the tide bottomed out ot was on! Jeanny landed a big trout and refused to take a picture with it while it was alive (see attached hilarious video) while the rest stayed busy losing a few nice fish and catching small sharks and jacks. Then a few spots later the tide started coming in and they caught redfish, snook, sharks and more. However, Jeanny caught a nice redfish and a big snook which means....she got a "Grand Slam"! Sandy and Valentina also caught snook and redfish during a frantic non stop window of about an hour where fishing was on fire. I couldn't help it and I grabbed a bonefish rod with a Mirodine and hooked fish on almost every cast resulting in a grand slam of my own with snook, redfish and trout. Just like that the wind cranked up to about 25 MPH within 45 seconds so we called it a day and headed home reveling in grand slam glory.

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

May 9, 2020 Report (Redfish Video)

Guides day off trip today, I guess since I was still asleep when I agreed to it. I called my buddy Mike around 10am in order to swing by his house and he tells me he was on his way to Flamingo in the Everglades on a solo fishing trip and asked if I wanted to come along. I said yes, confused and half asleep. Within 40 minutes I met him at the visitors center and we were off. It was awesome, I hadn't seen Mike in about 10 years and it was so great to catch up. Along the way we caught about 15 or so redfish and snook before calling it a day after three hours. What a cool trip and it was great to see my friend again.

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

May 8, 2020 AM & PM Reports

AM Report I had Gonzalve, his 6 year old awesome Sebastian and his brother Charles. There were two goals this morning, target and keep Sebastian busy catching fish. Tough job in 4 hours but there was a chance. The couple of spots that had been holding tarpon were empty this morning but I found another group of fish and after a bit the bait got crushed and the line ripped across the surface but my angler couldn't come tight fast enough and the hook came free. Urgh! Then we turned our attention to Sebastian and it was on! On almost every cast the guys hooked up with jacks crushing whatever was thrown at them and Charles got a nice grouper along the way. 11am came quicker than we thought and it was time to drop them off. PM Trip Mike is a local angler and we hadn't fished in about 4 years but he was back today with his 10 year old daughter Isabella that was celebrating her 10th birthday. I took them to the spot that was on fire in the morning but it was dead. After a long run I took them to the flats where they caught barracudas and sharks plus some jacks before the trip was over. What a cool trip and Isabella was awesome as she fought her shark and barracuda with just a bit of help from dad.

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

May 4, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report The morning trip was with Sam and Greg and they wanted to bend the rod and have a good time. Being tarpon season my first stop was for tarpon fishing. I located a ton of big fish in the 120 plus pound range and missed a bite on bait and one of the guys missed two bites throwing artificials. When the tide turned I changed it up and they caught jacks and snappers but I wanted something bigger so we hit another spot. There they caught yellow jacks on lures but missed or lost big yellow jacks and 30lb jacks. Ouch! The last spot produced snappers on almost every cast as we ended the day on a high note and full of laughs.

PM Report I love fishing with Kivi and he brought his friend Charlie with him as we social distanced our way to a shallow wreck to catch them some dinner. The first wreck was Ok but the second one was better as we hooked a hammer head shark in 6 feet of water that ate the live 2lb jack we fed it. It was amazing as we were able to see everything unfold in before our eyes. Eventually the T head broke us off as the line frayed on the head. Then we landed a big nurse shark and wrapped up the day in a channel where they finished off their goal of fresh fish dinner with yellow jacks, mangrove snapper and porgies. Yum!

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

May 2, 2020 Report

Today is Saturday and what a surprise I had at the boat ramp. It was all smooth Wednesday and Thursday at the ramp but I had gotten word that Friday was crazy so I prepared for this. Arriving at the marina at 5:35am for my 7am charter, I was faced with a mile long line of boats waiting to get into the marina which is usually open 24 hours but due to Covid 19 they now open at 6am. The process of getting in took 2 hours but by 7:30am Ben and I were on idling out of the marina. We tarpon fished a but but it was slow so we focused on catching versus fishing. Well, that went well. Ben caught a ton of jacks and then I took him to another spot for sharks. At the shark spot Ben kept rolling but no sharks around. Then it happened, a big splash, a bent rod and a screaming drag. Yes, a shark ate the live 2 lb jack! After a 30 minute fight what came to the boat was the largest jack caught on my boat at around 45 pounds. Unfortunately, my photo skills failed me here and the jack looks smaller. We headed back with big smiles under beautiful skies!

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

April 30, 2020 Report

After a fun day on the water with my family yesterday, I was back to work today with local angler Nick. The conditions today were not as forecasted with high winds and cloudy skies. Nevertheless, I took Nick to a spot out of the wind and had shots at schools of bonefish and some single fish as well. As the tide kept dropping the schools became more obvious and then we switched spots when the action slowed. At the next spot Nick caught a couple of barracudas on fly and we called it a day after our last spot didn't produce. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 29, 2020 Covid 19 Report

Wow, I can honestly tell you that just like you guys, I've never experienced anything like this total closure of our country. As you can tell from my reports, my last charter was on March 17th and I've been home locked up ever since. Today was the first day the boat ramps reopened and I have to admit, I was excited to head out and get back to work. With the boat and us sitting around for 6 weeks I decided to take my family fishing and we had a blast with very little boat traffic and great fishing. I wanted to go bonefishing but my fiance wanted fresh fish to eat so we went fishing for dinner. Well, the fishing was solid and while my daughter and step-daughter caught a few fish and then decided to get a tan, Jeanny was hard core and kept fishing. She went through 7 dozen baits and caught plenty more on lures including a nice tasty grouper we had to release. I got home with plenty of fish to clean including mangrove snapper, porgies, yellow jacks and released a ton more. I have to admit, today felt good being back on the boat. Now I just need clients! LOL

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