College Football Championship Charter January 11, 2021

 I had the pleasure of fishing with Scott and his two boys, Elliott and Ames today for a half day in the morning who were in town from Alabama to attend the championship game.  I launched out of Homestead and ran to Key Biscayne to pick them up and on the way my heart sank.  We have 7 houses left in the famous area of Stiltsville and one of them was on fire.  As soon as I got out of the channel in Homestead 20 plus miles south I could see the smoke billowing and hoped for the best.  As I got closer and ran past the house it was confirmed, we lost another one.  

But, on to a more upbeat report.  Scott and the boys were great, smoked through 10 dozen baits and Elliott got his first snook.  They also caught jack crevalles, mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, hors eye jacks and of course the snook.  Way to go guys and good tluck tonight! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Oh it was on today! January 8, 2021

It's Alec's birthday tomorrow and what a better way to spend the day than fishing with him.  Every time we fish we have a blast and the laugh are in steady supply.  We had a west wind and that caused the west side of the bay outside of the marina in Homestead to be super calm.  As we fished for snook, the first spot was slow.  I took him to another spot down the shoreline and it was on with tailing tarpon and big bonefish.  After numerous shot at a tarpon and not hooking up we turned our attention bonefish and quickly got a nice 9 lber to the boat.  The snook fishing was slow and we wrapped it up breaking in his new plug rod but there were no big fish around, probably due to the approaching cold front.  Happy birthday Alec! 

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It's Raining Silver December 19, 2020

Kurt has fished all over the world for bonefish but Biscayne Bay hasn't been one of those places.  So, with that in mind we headed off to bonefish.  At the first spot we saw a few schools but we didn't connect.  The second spot would be a different story as Kurt wound up releasing a nice 8 pound bonefish, his biggest to date.  He had hooked up a few minutes before and with the bonefish starting to roll in I was cool with sticking around but he wanted to try something different.  Something different was a shallow ship wreck that were loaded with yellow jacks, big blue runners, mutton snappers and more all caught on lures.  Nice work Kurt! 

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My Oh My, She's spoiled now! November 24, 2020

Ken loves to fish and we've been fishing for years together.  The last time he brought his 6 year old little girl Gianna and she was back, 2 years later, much bigger and ready to fish.  Ken really wanted her to catch her first bonefish and with 20 MPH winds it would be a challenge.  Other than the visibility being perfect, just about all the other variables were not to my liking but I had a mission before me.  Working hard and putting in the time, Gianna behaved really well and not long into the trip she was on her first bonefish, a 9lber!  Wow, what a way to get started!  Some time later another bonefish is one and this one is about 5 lbs.  Then a third one, this one giving us a long blistering run.  Several really long runs later we had about an 11lb bonefish in the boat.  Wow, what a way to get Gianna her first bonefish, and second and third!  Congrats girl, you rock! 

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Ask and You Shall Receive November 1, 2020

 Sometimes it just works out that way.  Ricky and his wife Samantha jumped aboard today and Ricky really wanted to land his first bonefish.  He's caught tons of fish before but this one still eluded him.  It was a gorgeous day but no the easiest with a steady 20 MPH wind blowing straight at us.  We went to a spot I really like, especially under these wind conditions and got to work.  It seemed like in no time later Ricky was hooked up and landed his first bonefish.  Whew, mission accomplished.  We could have had a double header but the second fish spit the hook.  After missing a few more bites and then getting slow we turned out attention to Samantha who really just wanted to catch fish and the shark she caught "didn't count".  LOL  I found bait, threw the net, loaded the well and hit a wreck.  Live chumming had the fish going nuts and they caught mutton snapper, yellow jacks, mangrove snappers and lost a few really nice fish.  

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The Curse is Over! August 22, 2020 Report

 Dylan drove two hours from Naples, Fl with his dad just to try and get his first bonefish.  Well, the short of it is that it seems every time he books a guide the weather is terrible.  It looked like his curse continued today with unusual 20 plus MPH winds ripping across the bay this morning, so not typical of summer mornings.  Well, we worked hard and in the end he got his first bonefish, a nice 8 pounder to make sure it was a memorable one, including the long blistering run so typical of these fish.  The curse is now broken, well the "success in tough conditions when booking a guide" part of it anyway.  Congrats Dylan, your life will never be the same!  

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Epic Bonefish Morning with the Boys from Cali August 17, 2020 Report

 

Scott and his son Rocco were in town for pure fishing but they have been freshwater fishing and so their trip with me would be their first saltwater fishing experience.  Well, I saw the forecast and tides and told them to meet me in Homestead for bonefishing.  Perfect conditions awaited us with calm wind and calm water so I got on the pole, gave a few instructions and then pointed out a school moving towards us.  Quickly they went 0 for 3 and then Rocco got on the board with a nice bonefish.  A bunch of shots later we were 1 for 5 after missing another bite and the pressure building.  A few permit moved through and got some shots off but just a few inches off the mark was enough to not get an eat.  As the schools kept moving through I was able to corner some schools against a shoreline and as one of the schools moved in Scott made a perfect cast, watched the big bonefish rush his bait and he was on.  A really long fast run later and a few shorter ones his big bone was in the landing net ready for pics.  What a thrill and relief.  At the end we went 2 for 6 and a ton of shots.  That's summer bonefishing in Miami for you!  

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90 Minutes of Magic July 9, 2020 Report

Wait, let me catch my breath! The plan was for my daughter and I to go fishing in the Everglades for a few hours but when I tried to wake her up it was a "no". So, I hitched up the skiff and headed out on my own. A couple of minutes into my run to spot 1 I saw some fishing busting on the surface so I took out the fly rod and caught a bunch of fun lady fish for about 15 minutes. Having warmed up I got to my first spot, and that's all I needed. The first 10 casts produced 10 hookups on snook, landing 4 and losing 6 on jumps. The rest of my time was very similar but not quite 10 for 10. For the entire 90 minutes I fished that spot it was fish landed, hooked or lost on almost every cast! I called it quits after catching a nice redfish (I had lost 3 or 4 reds prior) and having released close to or about 2 dozen snook. It was awesome and I had the special treat of watching a saw fish swim right by the boat. Such a great day in Everglades National Park!

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January 7, 2016 Report

Arthur, his two daughters and one of his daughter's boyfriend were in town and wanted to do some fishing so I got another boat involved. We made the call to head out the day before due to weather and got a late start. On board with me was Arthur and one of his dauthers, Jo. The first goal was to get on some bonefish and we found a nice school of about a dozen fish mudding and feeding but couldn't get one. Then we headed to another spot where they caught snappers and jacks, keeping a few for shark bait. We wrapped up the trip shark fishing and Jo losing a nice spinner shark early on in the initial blistering run.

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January 14, 2015 Report

Today I was fishing North Key Largo with Chris and his friend who were staying at the Ocean Reef Club for a conference. Working one of my favorite flats on the incoming tide for bonefish the fishing was certainly slow as we only saw two groups of tailing bonefish too far to reach and then another group of mudding bones moving too quickly for us to reach. There were lots of nie sharks on the flats but we decided to forgo the sharks. Changing species we fished a few different spots and caught snappers including yellow tail and small mutton snappers.

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Red Hot Biscayne Bay Fishing

Fishing has been red hot in Biscayne Bay. Today was an example of what’s been going down lately, non-stop fish all day long. We started the day with slick clam conditions and tailing permit on the west side of Biscayne Bay. Later we focused on migrating Oceanside tarpon and had numerous shots at south bound fish and many more strings of rolling fish moving across our bow. Slick clam conditions allow us to see rolling tarpon from a long distance away, making any angler weak at the knees with excitement and anticipation, what a sight to behold all spring long and into the summer! We then switched gears and fished for bonefish. We had a few shots but not the numbers I am happy with so we changed locations. More permits later we arrive at the flat I had expected to see some bones and sure enough, like clockwork the schools started to show. We ended the day covered in singles, doubles, triples and schools of big mudding bonefish. What a way to end the day. Get out there and make that drag scream!

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