October 9, 2014 Report

Mike and his friend were in town for some meetings and decided to take advantage of a free day. The morning started with tarpon but the action was slow. Switching gears we fished for sea trout and had good action, including some in the 20" range. The day ended shark fishing the flats ahead of a rainstorm that was fast approaching. Before we could get sharks to move in, a large stingray hooks up and is off to the races. We broke it off and moved to a bonefish flat to wait out the storm. As we waited, a school of bonefish moves in and starts feeding just out of casting range. Urgh! A few other bones moved in but stayed the same distance away and it was tough casting to them against a 20MPH wind. After a brief period of shark fishing we called it a day.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 8, 2014 Report

Dustin was back but this time very focused on one species, tarpon. The two main places where tarpon had been holding continued to hold tarpon but the bite was tough. Cast netting finger mullet we moved into position in the middle of rolling tarpon and deployed the live baits. We waited, and waited and waited. One bite is the most attention we received from them in spite of a few tricks that had been working for me. We ended the day in more tarpon but this new group of fish proved to be as reluctant to feed as the others. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 7, 2014 Report

Wow, what a difference a day makes! Today Greg jumped aboard with Mike and we had to wait an hour at the boat ramp to wait out the rain. Once on the water, we got rained on for 3 1/2 of the 4 hour trip. These guys were troopers and stuck it out. Fishing was slow as we tried to dodge storm after storm but we picked up a few trout along the way. A break in the weather allowed us to hit the beach in search of tarpon busting mullet schools but no one home. We did run into a school of tarpon but jacks got to our lures before we could get a tarpon bite. We ended the day tarpon fishing in an area that has been producing for me and right before we had to call it a day a tarpon hits and Greg is on! Finally! After a nice fight, the spunky 40-50lb tarpon comes next to the boat for Greg's first tarpon. Awesome!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 6, 2014 Report

Taking a break from a business conference, Greg and Bob jumped aboard and we headed out for a mixed bag of fishing opportunities. Staring at a trout flat, they caught numerous sea trout and lost quite a few more. Switching gears, we went in search of tarpon and while we found some, they were reluctant to bite. Bob did catch a nice spanish mackerel on artificial and that means they are getting here, awesome! Moving to another tarpon spot, Bob hooks a tarpon on artificial but it quickly comes off. Greg on the other hand hooks a nice fish and after taking some drag, it turned out to be a nice jack. We had a nice day with steady action and lots of jokes!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

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