October 5, 2014 Report

Dustin and Shelby from Texas are in town for a conference and wanted to check out Biscayne Bay. Fall is definitely in the air with cooler air temps and mullet moving in daily. Working a bridge at 6:30AM we saw a few tarpon pop bait but no hook ups for us and didn't see a ton of them. We braved the 25 MPH winds and headed to the open flats for some shark fishing. Setting up, it took less than 30 minutes to get our first bite, an aggressive 4' lemon shark. We released him boat side and dropped a few more baits. Not long after another rod goes off and just a couple of minutes into the fight the leader parts and leaves us dissapointed the now free shark swims past the boat and he is a solid 6 footer if not bigger. Dang! A 3rd time the rod goes off and another shark races towards the horizon but this time the hook comes free. With improving weather we begin to fish for bonefish and end the day taking shots at 7 schools of bonefish in less than 2 hours, some of them a solid 10+ lbs! One shot Dustin took had the bait in front of two BIG bones and they went on either side of it and never saw/smelled it. Heartbreaker!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 4, 2014 Report

I was off the water for almost a week having my boat worked on by the dealer Bob Hewes Boats. With new wiring, pumps, lights and everything working I am ready for another great fast paced season. David had bought his wife Pippa a full day on the water as a birthday gift and their two sons would come along for the trip. Staking out on a bonefish flat produced a few sharks but no bones. However, the speedy sharks gave Pippa and son Tom some drag burning thrills. Later in the afternoon, we went snapper fishing so 9 year old Doug can have some rod bending action and they caught snappers using up almost 60 shrimp I had in the well.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 26, 2014 Report

Randy and his wife were in town to catch the Phillies vs Marlins baseball game and hoped aboard for a half day on the water. The tarpon from yesterday were MIA as were the ladyfish in the same area. Conditions were tough to fish the flats for bonefish with heavy cloud cover so we fished a few different flats and caught trout. A bit of tarpon fishing produced just a few rollers but no takers. However, we cast netted some live mullet and in the process saw a big snook cruising along the school. We came back to the mullet schools when we saw them showering as a predator had lunch. Randy cast the live mullet into the frenzy and immediately got an explosion on his bait but the fish missed the hookset. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 25, 2014 Report

All the way from Atlanta came Joe for a wedding in Miami and as an avid fisherman, of course he had to check out the Miami fishing. We had a brief window of weather to take advantage of and Joe took full advantage. We arrived at our first spot and didn't leave for 4 hours! In the process Joe caught aggressive ladyfish on lures, top water and flies. It was a blast with non-stop action! The fish were busting on the surface and provided a thrill with their aggressive surface feeding. However, they were not the sole purpose we were fishing this area, tarpon were. It took a while for the tarpon to begin rolling and becoming active but once they did we took advantage of it. Cast netting live mullet we hooked two tarpon about 80lbs each and got some great jumps out of them. Unfortunately, one spit the hook and the other broke off the braid. Geeze! We ended the day outrunning a nasty storm and getting back just in time.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 22, 2014 Report

Language can many times be a barrier but there are rare moments when language is neither a barrier nor an obstacle and today was certainly one of those days. Koji and Kaizan from Japan were in for a half day trip of chasing tarpon in Biscayne Bay. The morning started not far from the marina where I have been finding early morning tarpon and sure enough, they were there. Casting artificial lures we had one brief hook up but couldn't confirm if it was a tarpon, although the bend in the heavy rod sure looks like tarpon. Several schools of aggressive jacks moved in and they kept intercepting our lures before the tarpon could get to them. Koji and Kaizan ended up releasing several jacks before we moved on. Several spots later we settled into one where we found tarpon but they had lockjaw. Along the way we laughed as we communicated using hand signals and Kaizan's limited English vocabulary. It was enough though for him to tell me he is a professional bass angler and was on his way to two days of bass fishing in Lake Ockeechobee. Have fun guys!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 21, 2014

One of the great thrills I get is when someone experiences fishing with me after many years of not having participated in this great activity. Such was the case today when Gus, his wife Michelle and daughter Monica from Tennessee climbed aboard. Michelle was born and raised in Miami and then moved away and hadn't been fishing in over 20 years. From the onset this great family was a blast to have aboard and Michelle was generous enough to share her memories of fishing with her father as a little girl. When focused on snapper fishing and it was good today. Gus and the gang took home a bag full of fish and it was great watching Michelle have a blast catching most of the fish, sorry Gus! I look forward to fishing with them again and I can only hope that I do a good enough job as a father to one day have my daughter enjoy similar memories that Michelle relived today!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

September 20, 2014 Report

Meeting Bryan and Amy before sunrise, the goal was to get Bryan on his first tarpon on fly. Arriving at our first spot of the early morning there were tarpon rolling and feeding around us. After several shots, Bryan makes a perfect cast in front of a rolling tarpon and several strips later there is a big boil where his fly was and I hear "I got him!"! Moments after clearing the fly line, the tarpon gets Bryan wrapped around a piling and we lose the fish. At this point the Saturday boat traffic began and we moved on for the second part of the trip, sharks on the flats. Not long after arriving at the flat, there were big boils and dorsal fins in front of the boat. We waited patiently and one of the rods doubles over and the drag starts to scream. After an hour and 10 minute fight and several grabs of the sharks tail to bring him on board for a quick picture, the 6-7 footer wraps around the chum back and breaks off. Urgh!!! It was a great way to end an already great trip with some great people!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com