January 25, 2014 Report

Wow, wow, wow! No wind this morning as Jim and Jane from S.C. boarded my skiff. This is crazy, 35MPH winds one day, calm the next. Oh well, I'll take it. We started off looking for bonefish in the slick calm conditions but water temps remain low, 63 degrees. Ouch. In spite of this , we did find several schools working the west side of the bay but they stayed just out of reach and all we could do was admire the big wakes they were pushing as schools of 10 plus pound bonefish cruised on by. The oceanside flats were unusually quiet so we went to a creek and went through 6 dozen shrimp catching snappers and laughing like crazy at a number of stories we shared and watching Jim lose quite a few nice fish. Jim and Jane were a blast! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

January 24, 2014 Report

Today Steve and his son Chase from Philly were aboard for a few hours of fishing and relaxing. They wanted to target big fish so that was our goal. With a steady 20 MPH wind from the north and low water temperatures we were a bit limited where we could fish but there are some hiding spots where tarpon typically gather this time of year. All the tarpon spots were empty this morning so off we went to chase monsters of the deep (big sharks on the flats). Arriving at a great shark flat we had ideal conditions, strong incoming tide, great visibility and a nice chum slick. It didn't take long for the big lemon sharks to move in and we had great shots at 5-7' lemon sharks in three feet of water close to the boat. However, perfectly placed casts were ignored as they would swim over our baits and ignore them. URGH!!!! After a half dozen sharks came in to our chum slick and ignoring our baits, the wind went from 20MPH to 30MPH within minutes! The gusts were as high as 35MPH and after this the fishing just shut down. We called it a day early and licked our wounds. What a tough day! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

January 19, 2014 AM and PM Report

AM Report Ryan and Danny from Canada were aboard this morning for a full day of fishing armed with flyrods and we faced a second straight day of brutally cold 43 degree air temperatures. As we idled out of the marina there was steam rising off the water. Water temperatures in the bay were a freezing 59 degrees at 7:30AM so the plan was to find warmer water. We fished finger channels and creeks and caught snappers on bait and fly and saw one school of bones on the oceanside but they saw us and were on heightened alert. Moving in to a creek I've been finding snook and tarpon, barracuda were the dominant species and we caught barracuda on fly. PM Report In the afternoon Corey, Debbie, Evelyn and their dog Riley joined me to share with Evelyn the flats fishing experience and conditions could not have been better. The winds we had all day on my earlier trip laid down and it became slick calm. With the end of the outgoing tide and slick calm conditions we headed oceanside for some bonefishing. The slow fishing that plagued the bay the last few days reveresed for us. As I started to pole we found a half dozen schools of waking and tailing bonefish including two schools that came right at us but ignored perfectly placed casts! Geeze! As the sun began to set we moved to the now crystal clear finger channels. We could see BIG mangroves and huge schools of snapper right under the boat that refused to bite. We did manage landing some of them but they certainly were there. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

January 18th, 2014 Report

What a relief, the winds were very light this morning giving us an opportunity to head offshore a bit and do some mackerel fishing. Tossing artificials we missed the hook set as a mackerel hit the plug right next to the boat. With another dozen boats around us not hooking up, we moved off. Ending up in the finger channels Pat and Steve sat back and watched Lawson have a ball catching a number of different species inclduding mutton snappers, mangrove snappers, big progies and more. At one point both rods were going off and lawson kept running from one rod to another making sure he didn't miss a fish! We went though 50 baits and that includes cutting almost all of them in half! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

January 16, 2014 Report

Matt and his dad Wayne from Canada were aboard today for some fishing and warm weather. Conditions were certainly tough with 30 MPH winds from the NW and the water in Biscayne Bay was so dirty it looked like chocolate milk making bonefishing out of the question. We fished for seatrout for a bit only to miss a few bites and losing one after watching it eat and do the trout headshake that so effectively dislodges hooks. Off to fish a creek for snapper, grouper and others and with dirty water the fishing was slow although we did catch mangrove snappers. Moving into a creek along the mainland shoreline we hid from the wind and had shots at about a dozen snook and baby tarpon. All for naught however as lock jaw plague these fish. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

January 14, 2014 Report

Steve was on the bow today with flyrod in hand looking for bonefish. Conditions were good with the start of the trip providing us with calm winds but quickly increased to 20 MPH winds from the SSW. Fishing was slow today but we did have several shots at a couple of schools of rare Biscayne Bay redfish and a big laid up snook. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBonefishing.com

January 12, 2014 Report

The bonefish is a fish that can change your life within seconds. One fleeting moment you are hooked up to a trophy fish most anglers will never experience and at other moments the level of frustration increases exponentially as they test your skill and determination. It is a psycological battle they are blissfully ignorant of but one that is very real and personal to the angler and guide. Jason from Australia experienced the latter today as he occupied the bow of my skiff. We had perfect bonefish conditions and spend the first two hours of our bonefish charter covered in schools of waking and tailing bonefish in super shallow, slick calm water. During this two hour period we had over twenty shots at over two dozen schools of bonefish, some tailing less than 20' from the boat! After the rust came off Jason's casting, he was making well placed casts in front of big schools of 10 plus pound fish only to be ignored. On one occasion we laid a perfect cast in front of a school of tailing bonefish that milled around his shrimp. Once the school moved off and no hook ups taking place, I was in disbelief as his hook came back clean. We missed the subtle take of a bonefish!!! Moving to the oceanside we got into more singles and schools. On another opportunity, a big school of bones pops out of the channel. They swarm all around our shrimp and no hook ups. Hooks came back clean!!!! URGH!!!!!! This is enough to rattle angler and guide alike. We ended the day having shots at an enormous amount of bonefish and missing on all three takes. On any other day we should have had 6 to 7 bonefish in the boat, all double digit weight fish. That's bonefishing!!! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com