Wednesday, November 20, 2024

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!












Capt.  Mo Estevez 

786-853-1409

www.MiamiBonefishing.com

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

Monday, November 11, 2024

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.






Capt.  Mo Estevez 

786-853-1409

www.MiamiBonefishing.com

Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing