November 12-20, 2024 Report

Well folks, I have to admit November weather has been highly disappointing. As I've mentioned before November weather is usually absolutely perfect but so far this month it's been pretty tough with high winds, cloud cover and all around difficult conditions. In spite of the tough conditions fishing remains pretty solid and most of my fishing has consisted of bonefish and snook. We've mixed it up a little bit with sharks, but most of my clients have wanted bonefish or snook and I have gladly obliged. All my snook fishing has been on top water lures but we have been able to get some on fly. However, it seems like the king tides have returned because this past week the tides have been 3 feet above normal. The challenge here is with big tides the snook will sneak deep into the mangoes making it almost impossible to reach them. However, we've been able to start as early as possible and fish some of the shallower creeks and shorelines trying to mitigate some of the high water. Once the tide has reached a level too high to snook fish, we have switched over to bonefish and generally done pretty well. The best day so far was a two trip day where we hooked a total of 19 bonefish in the morning and afternoon trips and both clients landing 6 bonefish. That was a pretty amazing day and I can only wish each day was like that. Here are some pictures of this past week and stay tuned for more recent reports to come!

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November 1-11 Report 2024

Wow, November has not been like it typically is. Usually November we have absolutely perfect weather conditions but this November we have been beat up by some high winds. There were a few days where I was fishing in 25 to almost 30 mile an hour winds. However, as of today the wind dropped and we started off with really calm conditions, which was such a welcomed change of pace. Over the last 10 days I have been able to fish with a number of different clients. The wind didn't start to get really bad until right around election day, no surprise, but I started off the month with Peter and he was able to land a few bonefish, the following day I fished with Jordan and we caught a bunch of different species including very cool look downs. The next couple of days was with Dan and Jim in 25 to almost 30 mile an hour winds and the bonefish would not cooperate, although I've had some fantastic bonefish days under these brutal conditions. Then I fished with Glenn for a couple of days where we caught trout on top water, missed quite a few snook on top water and tried bonefishing, but that was slow. The next trip was with Paul and Bill, and these guys were a blast to fish with. We fished a six hour charter and here we caught snook and bonefish so the fishing has started to write itself. I wrapped up this week with Chad and then Bob on the following day. The goal here was just a catch different species. Chad and Nathan had some opportunities to hook snook, but the snook were playing tough to get as they would blow up on the plug and miss but eventually we caught lady fish and jacks which were always a blast on top water. I end this report with Bob and we were flyfishing. There were no bonefish for the first half hour of our abbreviated half day charter so being pressed for time we fished another area for jacks and ladyfish but these wise guys seem to stay just far enough out of casting range where we couldn't present a fly to them. Thankfully, the wind has laid down, the weather has improved and my hope is that it will be smooth sailing from now on with perfect weather conditions and great fishing.

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End of October Report, 10/17-31, 2024

It's been a good month with excellent fishing and then a nice long vacation before my season gets cranking and I have no time off.  So far this second half of the month there have been small tarpon willing to eat flies, bonefishing has been pretty good and snook have been around but thought o entice out of the mangroves.  This month we've had big king tides which are tides much higher than normal.  This has caused the snook to push up into the mangroves much deeper than normal where we can't reach them.  Even the low tides haven't been that low making snook fishing tough therefore I've been bypassing snook for now.  However, there has been tons of bait out in the bay making for some really cool live chumming fishing that is hard to pass up.  Here are some pics of the last couple of weeks.  November is one of my favorite months so expect some great reports and pics this coming month.  Happy Halloween!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week 1 Report. October 1-6, 2024

Well, the first week of October provided both great weather and terrible weather. The terrible weather has been courtesy of now hurricane Milton out in the gulf and definitely had us working in some tough conditions towards the end of the week. However, the first part of the week the weather was absolutely gorgeous and fishing was firing on all cylinders. The first part of the week was easy to locate schools of pilchards and clients Barry and Alec both were able to take advantage of that. With Barry, we had Tarpon eat top water lures but come off on the jumps and then, as we focused our attention on cast netting live bait, we were able to live chum the channels and had a blast catching mutton snappers, and yellow jacks. The situation was the same later on in the week with Alec except we ended on a high note with Alec getting a nice bonefish. It's always such a thrill to catch so many different species especially bonefish on the same trip in Biscayne Bay. Towards the end of the week and into the weekend we started to feel the effects of Milton and Steve along with his son Kyan jumped in the boat for a half day charter targeting snook. The forecast seemed promising for the first half of the morning and the radar was relatively clear but the weather had different plans and we ended up fishing two hours but catching snook during that time. By time we got back to the dock and the guys left the rain was coming down pretty hard.  I have the next few days off as we wait for this storm to clear. I'll be back to work on Friday and I'm sure it'll be awesome just as fishing should be this month.

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September 1-25, 2024 Report

Welcome back guys, or should I say, it's good to be back.  I had some trips in the early part of the month and then took a nice long vacation and came back to a full calendar of trips so here's the run down of the month so far.  

The water temps are still in the mid to upper 80's but there has been a big push of mullet and pilchards migrating into Biscayne Bay during he second half of the month.  This is right on schedule and the fishing has definitely picked up. This month so far has produced good bonefishing and some snow but the highlight for sure was bonefish.  After the middle of the month, the beginning of the bait migration has sparked up the snook fishing and we've been catching snook on almost every trip.  Along with the bait come mutton snappers and while the fishing this last week has been slow, there are muttons around taking advantage of all the bat in the bay.  I have a few more trips before the end of the month as long as the weather improves.  Stay tuned!

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Month End Report August 18-31, 2024

The month of August always allows me to take a breather from an otherwise really busy season and while many don't travel this time of year, it is actually a solid month to fish Miami.  I ended the month of August mixing it up fishing for snook, sharks, bonefish, permit, and dinner.  

It began with two days of fishing with regular client Chris and we targeted bonefish on both fly and spin.  Both days were very similar as we had numerous shots at giant tailing bonefish early morning on fly and then mixed it up on spin and fly.  While we caught bonefish on bth days, the second day was great with Chris hooking 5 and landing four bonefish on fly.  The picture below illustrates how good it was.  

The following trip was with Josh and his friend Andrew and Andrew's daughter Luna.  They wanted her to get her first bonefish.  We had tough conditions to sigh fish but we made it work and eventually Luna got her first bonefish.  Yes! 

The last three trips of the month were "bend rods" trips where the clients want to catch anything fun and that is what we did and it was fun!  We caught sharks on the flats with Brandon and his two little brothers, then Ryan and his two friends from MA and NH hooked sharks on the flats and took home snappers for dinner and the last trip with with Jason and Scott.  On this trip we missed a few snook bites and a solid bonefish take but also landed a bunch of different species including barracudas, snappers and hog fish.  It has been a fun month and September promises a few fun changes and some cooler temps.  Stay tuned to see what's going on at the beginning of fall.  

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Weekly Report August 1-17,2024

These two weeks have been hot but they have been fun!  Fishing with a number of clients I've had the opportunity to fish for different species from bonefish to snappers.  My week started with local regular clients Josh and Janelle fishing out of Key Biscayne with the idea to catch dinner.  We had a fun trip catching yellow jacks and some legal size snappers plus a bunch more species including hooking a huge 25lb barracuda that eventually broke us off.  

The end of the week was with Jose and his two boys as we targeted sharks on the flats.  The fishing today was pretty slow but we ended up hooking one and seeing a few more but they were rather reluctant to eat, go figure!

The next week I fished with local client and friend Alec.  Alec is chasing a rather difficult prize through a program started by the state of Florida, catching 70 different species.  For the inshore portion of the list we only have a few species left that reside in Biscayne Bay so off we went.  We went on a disappointing trip as the fishing was very slow but we did land a nice porgy that was on the list.  

A few days later I fished with 14 year old Nico and his grandfather Robert in order to keep the rods bent for Nico.  Well, Nico had a huge day catching not only 8 different species but his first permit and first snook.  Oh, and he also caught a ton of horse eye jacks, one of the species I was looking for with Alec.  How crazy is that! 

The first half of the month ended with Scott, George and Garrett.  This was one of those days that started on fire!  Using top water lures George and Garrett had small tarpon and snook blow up on their plugs, some would get hooked and all came off.  How frustrating is that!  As a consolation prize was George's first bonefish at around 9 lbs and Garrett got a massive barracuda on the flats.  Wow!  

It's been a fun few weeks and I'm looking forward to closing out the month strong so stay tuned! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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End of month report July 15-30, 2024

The second half of July got HOT and the fishing was still good with most trips being fun "catch whatever is fun" trips.  These are great trips because we can focus on the best fishing, not necessarily a specific species.  My trips were with Scott, then Ray and his friend Evan, Tom, Danny and his kids and I wrapped up the month with local regular clients Armon and Josh.  On my trip with Ray, he got his first Miami bonefish but it was tough fishing.  The rest of the trips were great in that we targeted different species.  Tom and his wife caught a bunch of species to eat including yellow jacks, mangrove snappers and school master snappers.  With Danny we caught some blue runners and used them for shark bait where they hooked a bunch of lemon sharks on the flats before we turned our attention to dinner and they took home over a half dozen yellow jacks.  The last trip of the month was with Armon and Josh and as always we target dinner and the yellow jacks did not disappoint.  But, we caught a bunch of other species including targeting, hooking then using a big 30 lb barracuda.  That was fun!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week Report July 1-14, 2024

The first week of July was off to a hot start. The first week I was fishing with repeat client Ron and we fished in Biscayne Bay and Everglades National Park.  Ron had never fished the Everglades before and after we did so on day two, he wanted to come back every day after that.  Admittedly, the fishing was not on fire but we caught fish and Ron had a blast catching lemon sharks on the flats, averaging 12 hook ups per trip!  Over the week, the species were varied with Ron catching bonefish, snook, redfish, sharks and jacks.  What a cool week with Ron! 

The following trip was with Brittany, her husband Fransisco and their little girl.  We decided to shark fish the Biscayne Bay flats and had a great time fighting lemon sharks in 2 feet of water.  

My last trip of the first half of the month was with regular client Chris and his wife Ashley.  They are such cool people and we had tons of shots at tailing bonefish on fly in super calm, super shallow conditions at day break.  As the tide dropped we had to move off before we got stuck and fished another area where Chris got his bonefish of the trip.  We have fished a few times already and he told me this was his 10th bonefish caught with me.  Wow!  Congrats Chris! 

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The end of June 17-30, 2024

 The second half of June had some tough conditions that kept me at home and rescheduling trips thanks to 7 days of constant rain we had move across the area.  But, I was able to sneak in a few trips and the first one was with Bob armed with a fly rod.  I took Bob to an area out of the wind and we were able to find some schools of bonefish moving through but they stayed just out of casting range.  Towards the end of the trip we finally got a bonefish to eat his fly but a split second worth of hesitation was enough to allow the bone to spit the fly.  Ouch!  the next trip was with Drew and we had perfect summer conditions, finally!  We found tons of bones and permit in super calm water and Drew had tons of shots.  The first bonefish he landed this morning was a 12 pounder, wow!  The second bone was about 8 and then there were 3 more for a total of 6 bonefish hooked and five landed.  What a day!  I ended the month fishing with Brooke and her son just fishing finger channels and they had a blast catching all sorts of snappers and jacks on our half day trip.

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Wet Report June 9-16, 2024

This is a short report due to the weather we've been having.  I was scheduled to fish with Ron Monday through Friday but we rescheduled due to constant and severe rain the whole week and my Saturday trip was rescheduled as well du to rain.  But, Father's Day was better and I was able to get Jake and Tom out for a 6 hour trip.  The weather was threatening in the morning but it never did rain and it actually got nicer as the day progressed.  Well, they wanted to target bonefish and we fished a few spots away from the breeze and we found a few schools but no luck.  As the tide dropped we wear able to change tactics and we finally scored.  Tom was on fire and he was able to land four bonefish while Jake decided to wait until the last minute and land the biggest fish of the day with a bonefish in the solid 8lb class.  Way to go guys!  Happy Father's Day to everyone! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Sizzling Start June 1-8, 2024

Dang, if there was a way to start off the month of June this would be it.  It's been hot but that has been a side note in light of the awesome fishing we had so far this week.  I began the week with Amy, her son Henry and this friend Daniel out of Key Biscayne.  They were great to fish with and armed with shrimp on jigs, they started off hot with Daniel landing a massive jack that took 20 minutes to land.  The balance of the trip consisted of them catching snappers and smaller jacks.  

The following trip was with local angler Dan who wanted to catch his first big bonefish.  We got an early start and right away there were tailing bonefish all around us.  Ha, it turns out the first school of trailers coming at us, Dan made a perfect cast and Hooke dup.  Wow!  After a long run and a n awesome fight he landed his first big bonefish, on the first cast of the trip!!!!  We landed another bonefish shortly afterwards and had plenty more shots.  When the dust settled we had accomplished our mission and at the right time as the fishing died off after that.  It's about timing I guess.  

On to the following day with regular clients Arman, Josh and Benji.  What a trip!  We hit one spot and lever moved as it was solid fishing from the onset.  Although we landed a number of species including keeper mangrove snappers and nice jacks we lost way too many nice fish.  Josh had the hot hand and the curse as he must have lost 5-6 really nice fish that would burn up the drag and once they settled down the hook would pull or they would break us of on structure.  Ouch that hurt.  One fish we did see was a 40 lb jack that ate his bait next to the boat and then took off like a freight train.  We chased it but a few minutes into the fight the hook pulled.  That sucked! 

The last trip of the week was with Josh, John and Andrew for a full day of bone fishing.  Just like my trip with Dan, it was on fire early morning and then dead once the day progressed.  But, when it was hot it was hot!  The guys ended the morning flurry landing 5 bonefish, the first for John and Andrew.  But, it gets better.  John landed his first bonefish, a 12 pounder and a 6 pounder.  Wow, that's the way to do it.  Andrew got his first bonefish too, one being 10 lbs and the other at about 8lbs.  Man, these guys crushed it!  All these fish we caught sight fishing as they were tailing in super calm shallow water.  What a morning and what a week! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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What a way to end the month! May 24-31, 2024

What a way to end the month but it was not all good news at first.  My Saturday charter was with regular local client Barry and we were fishing out of Key Biscayne on Memorial Day weekend.  Not good.  But, he was there for a few nights and couldn't drive south so the plan was to meet him there and well that's when things went sideways.  With HUGE amounts of boat traffic at the marina, I arrived at 6:45AM only to find out the marina was already full and closed.  What?!  I had to tell Barry to reschedule and I drove an hour and a half back home.  Ouch!  My Sunday trip was also with a regular long time client, Alex and out of the same marina in Key Biscayne.  This time we started at 6:30AM and I launched out of Homestead at 5:30AM and ran by boat an hour north to Key Biscayne.  Everything went well after that but the marinas were already 3/4 full by 5:30Am.  Crazy!  Oh, back to fishing.  It was slow overall but Alex hooked and lost a tarpon and his buddy Kai caught a bunch of snappers and jacks.  I took Monday off and declined a few trips, my mental health s more important.  However, I had long time client Ken on board out of Homestead with his kids Gianna and Haram.  He wanted to make sure they caught a bunch of fish regardless of size so the kids caught endless snappers until they got bored.  At this point we target bonefish and were able to hook two and land one, nice!  My last trip of the month was Chris and his son Luke targeting bonefish.  It was on fire!  We had slick calm conditions, falling tide and great moon phase.  The end result was tons of shots at schools of bonefish coming in all directions.  We hooked four and landed two.  Not great odds but it was one of those mornings where landing bonefish was almost guaranteed.  That's what early morning bone fishing is like in the summer and it didn't disappoint.  

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Long Report May 1-23, 2024

What's up everyone?  It's been a busy month so far so here is a catch up report of what's been going on in Miami/Biscayne Bay.  The first week of May started the way the April ended, on fire!  Joel and Paul were with me for the last day of our trip and we got into some super shallow, super calm big tailing bonefish action that had us going 3 for 4 on these big fish and had plenty more shots.  This was after fishing the finger channels and having a blast catching a variety of snappers and jacks in order to mix things up.  The following day I had Mark on board and we did well on bonefish again, in really calm conditions which is typical of May in Miami.  After a few days off and a mini well needed vacation I was back on the water with Brett and Kris out of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.  these guys were great and a ton of fun to fish with.  They caught a bunch of jacks, sight fished a few lemon sharks and we wrapped it up hooking 7 bonefish and landing 6.  What a day!  The following day I fleshed with Wes and he wanted to focus on snook since they don't have snook in Texas.  We got an early 6AM start and tossed top water lures for snook.  They were there and he caught a few nice fish before the trip ended at 10AM.  

The next day I fished with local client Barry and we focused on snook (who were MIA...go figure!) so we turned out attention to bonefish.  The flats were dead but at a certain point in the tide the bonefish went crazy and a school of about 100 fish were mudding.  It was an easy shot and Barry capitalized by landing a bonefish out of the school and ending what would have been a skunk trip.  

With a slow down in fishing I was concerned taking Neil and his wife out in the morning for bonefish but it worked out and there were plenty of smaller fish around and Neil was able to land his first bonefish.  The afternoon trip was with long time client Austin and it was a dud, the fishing was dead and only a few blow ups from snook on top water.  

Saturday found me fishing with Abe armed with a fly rod for bonefish.  Once again the fishing was a bit slow for bonefish so we turned out attention to permit and found one mudding and then several singles and doubles.  Abe had some shots but permit are permit.  At the right time in the tide I took him where I took Barry a few days prior and the bones were there like clock work.  A nice long accurate cast into a school of 100 bonefish and it took seconds for Abe to hook up and landing his first Biscayne Bay bonefish. It turned out to be a nice day.  

The balance of my trips through the 14 were mainly trips to just catch anything and we did just that but the yellow jacks weren't around in the big numbers they have been but snappers filled the void.  

The last four trips consisted of three with Chris and his friend Brian as we chased bonefish on fly and the last trip of this report was with Josh, Arman and Aria, all regular clients of mine.  Josh and the crew took home some fresh fish dinner and Chris and Brian did well on bonefish. For three days we chased bonefish on spin and fly and we caught bones on every trip.  Day one Brian landed one on spin, day two Chris landed two on fly and two on spin and the lat day was a half day which was epic is the calm conditions with tailing bonefish everywhere and we went 1 for three in the first hour.  Man was that fun!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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