Welcome back everyone and here we go with the end of the month fishing report. We wrapped up the month of April with solid fishing although the last few days were pretty tough where we had to grind for every fish we got. With that being said, the weather has been spectacular, water temperature has been perfect and the fishing overall has been good, but I guess I'm just spoiled and want fantastic days every day. One one day Mike and Carmen released 4 bonefish on fly, Elie got a cool tarpon on fly, Maria caught snook and the list goes on. The mullet migration has been getting better each day however very few predators have been harassing them whether early morning or afternoon. To fill that void there have been juvenile tarpon, bonefish, plenty of lady fish, jacks, sea trout, and even shots at permit under the right conditions. Shark fishing on the flats has been very productive and plenty of yellow jacks in the finger channels to keep the rods bent. The tarpon fishing around Key Biscayne has been pretty slow so my focus has been on juvenile tarpon out of Homestead and one of the advantages to that is that there are snook lurking the same mangrove shorelines. And since we're talking about Key Biscayne, I ended the month catching Pompano, Jacks, ladyfish and losing either a big bull shark or a big hammerhead on half a ladyfish. There were also plenty of tarpon around, but they had lockjaw. As we head into May I expect the typical light winds of May to be spectacular but the end of April provided us plenty of light wind days making it an absolute joy to be out on the water every day. I hope you guys have a great month and check back in in two weeks for my mid May fishing report.
Capt. Mo Estevez
