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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