Capt Mo's Fishing Reports: June 2022

Monday, June 13, 2022

No Bait, No Problem June 8, 2022

Alex and his buddies jumped in the boat and they just wanted to fish for anything in saltwater as they are from Minnesota and hadn't fished in salt water. Bad news was there was no live bait in any bait shop in Homestead as we had terrible weather for a couple of days before hand preventing the shrimpers from going out. Hmmm, ok no problem. With some frozen mullet we target sharks where the guys got a couple and lost a few and then it happened. Under glass calm conditions and a great tide the bonefish started to tail and mud right next to the boat. I couldn't resist so I rigged up a new penny colored Z Mann shrimp on a split shot weight and made a cast, twitch, twitch, bump, bump. The bonefish hit it and missed. Dang it. I made another cast and repeated the process but this time I got a solid hit and handed the rod off to the closest guy next to me. A few minutes later they had their first bonefish. Nice!!!!! We wrapped it up on a shallow ship wrecked where they hooked a 30lb barracuda but lost it to a pulled hook.

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Birthday Boy Strikes Silver June 2, 2022

After a cancellation and a day off I was back on the water again today with Chrissy who booked me for her dad and mom to spend a half day on the water for his birthday tomorrow. She originally wanted tarpon as her dad Bob (with one "O", LOL) really wanted tarpon but I explained the tarpon situation and they were cool chasing bonefish and permit instead. We started early at 6:30AM out of Homestead and took advantage of the lower stages of the tide. Man there were fish everywhere, bones and permit! After a number of shots things quieted down and we tried to fish a couple of spots but there were skiffs close enough to them that I couldn't fish them so off we went somewhere else. Eventually I saw one of the skiffs leave and hit the exact spot where I knew there would be bonefish cruising. Well, well, well not long after we set up I hear Bob say "Oh, I got a hit!" I look and see the rod bend and the reel singing. Several long runs and a bit of drama as the bonefish tried to get under the boat, later we landed a nice 9lb bonefish just before we were going to head back. Wow, nice work Bob and happy birthday!