Better Than Valentine's Day! February 1-17, 2025

Well, for the guys out there reading this report, I hope you survived Valentine's Day.  What a stressful day but thankfully we have fishing.  The month of February has gotten off to a fast start with warmer than usual weather and very stable weather, read no cold fronts and the nasty weather that go with them.  Overall fishing has been pretty solid so far this month.  On the flats, bonefishing has been exceptionally consistent with my anglers averaging 3-5 bonefish per trip, that's SOLID!  The snook fishing in Biscayne Bay has been a bit slow but as I write that I remember a trip a few days ago where we missed 4-5 snook bites on top water lures early morning.  The tarpon fishing hasn't been great but most of the solid fishing has been at night.  The few times I tarpon fished were terrible weather conditions in 20 MPH winds so my sample size is a bit small.  However, with clearing weather the tarpon should start to get active.  The finger channels have been fun but most of the fish have been small so I haven't been doing a ton of snapper fishing.  That's a wrap for the first half of the month.  Stay tuned for the end of month report.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Ending it Hot! January 18-31, 2025 Report

My oh my this January has been a cold one, but we've been able to get on the water almost every day and get some fish to the boat. Sure it took five layers for me to stay warm, but the fish didn't care, my clients were tough and we had a blast in the process.  This cold weather has caused the fish to become a bit lethargic but fishing a little deeper and slower has produced bonefish pretty consistently and as the end of the month neared, the air temperature started to warm up, the water temperature warmed up and the fishing has been pretty solid. The channels are starting to get stacked up with all kinds of species, such as yellow jacks, porgies, mutton snappers, and more while the flats are holding bonefish, sharks and barracudas. The good thing about this cold January is that it should be pushing massive amounts of tarpon into Miami and with this warm spell, it should trigger a solid tarpon bite over the next week.  So far this has been a solid 2025 and the fish have cooperated as expected.

 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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New Year in High Gear January 1-17, 2025

Happy New Year everyone!  2025 has started off red hot and it's been a ton of fun.  This is the time of year when I fish the natural channels that cut between the flats known locally as the "finger channels" but iI haven't done that much this month as clients have been booking me mostly for bonefish and other hard to catch species.  The bonefishing has been red hot with some trips yielding half a dozen bonefish on a half day trip.  For those that don't know, catching one bonefish in Biscayne Bay is quite an accomplishment but that has been the bare minimum for us, it's been outstanding!  Resident tarpon have also been around for the first hour or two of the early morning with the se tarpon being in the 20-80lb range feeding mainly on live shrimp or soft plastics.  The "potluck" fishing in the aforementioned finger channels has been good but I haven't done it as much lately.  This type of fishing will yield snappers, porgies, a variety of jacks plus some pompano and mackerel.  We've had consistent cold fronts but the water temps have been a perfect mid to low 70's and I expect more of the same for the balance of the month.  Stay tuned for the second half of my January report, it should be good!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Wow, what a new year wrap up! December 21-31, 2024

Wow, wow wow what a way to wrap up 2024! As I mentioned in my previous report beginning of December fishing was a bit slow, but it got shifted into high gear and it's been absolutely a blast. Fishing in Biscayne Bay went from good to incredible the second half of this month and fishing in the Everglades has been a ton of fun and very productive. In the Everglades we've been catching tons of trout, some redfish but snook fishing has been a bit slow. But as we turn our attention to Biscayne Bay we've been catching bonefish almost every trip we have targeted them and the last two trips of 2024 have been absolutely magical. On the 30th I fished with regular client Kevin and we had an insane day, hooking four Tarpon and landing two of them, hooking eight permit and landing five, losing a snook and hooking four bonefish and landing one to complete our grand slam. The following day wrapping up 2024 I fished with visiting clients David and Lia and the fishing continued to be on fire. We started the morning with David catching his first snook and Lia jumping her first Tarpon then we moved off where they got a doubleheader of bonefish then David hooked and landed his first tarpon and we wrapped up the trip and 2024 with them releasing 12 bonefish. What an insane couple of days what a great December and an amazing 2024. Happy new year everyone!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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www.MiamiBonefishing.com

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