October 25, 2014 Report

Regular client David and his friend Matt were aboard this morning for a short morning trip. We started off looking for tarpon but didn't find any. However, Matt did catch a big flounder on a live mullet. That is a rare occurrence for us since we don't have many flounders in Miami. Today however was an odd day. Staking out on one of my favorite flats, we deployed our baits and waited. Not long after three big sharks move in and circle the area where are baits were. This goes on for a couple of minutes and they move off! Huh? Ok, deep breath. Another shark moves in, lazily swims around our scent trail and moves off. I move off to another flat and one shark moves in and does the same. Unbelievable, did they forget they are sharks?! We ended the day fishing for trout. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 22, 2014 Report

TJ was aboard today as he was staying at a hotel down the street from the marina and we spent the trip catching an assortment of species while keeping an eye on the deteriorating weather. On the run back from the flats we had a water spout (marine tornado) just a few safe miles from us whirling away!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 21, 2014 Report

Mike and his kids were in town from England on vacation so off we went for a half day of fishing the bay. We did a few types of fishing including tarpon and ended on the flats in search of big sharks. Not long after arriving one of the rods goes off and 150 yards of line were off the spool before I could get rods in and push pole out to chase the big lemon shark. 50 minutes later we got a very angry shark to next to the boat, took some pictures and let him go. The weather was tough but the fishing was good and these guys were troopers.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 14, 2014 Report

Ed and Jeff from Chicago boarded for a 6 hour trip to see what Biscayne Bay was all about. With an early start, the snook were on fire again today along the shoreline by the marina. It was incredible! What was more incredible is that we didn't hook any in spite some good casts and snook feeding frenzies. It's always a double edged sword since the snook, usually ones and twos are blasting big schools of bait, are frenzied but the sheer number of baits makes it easy for your bait to disappear and they miss it. Today was one of those days. Moving on Ed and Jeff caught mutton snappers, a grouper and then off to the flats. It was windy enough to make bonefishing tough so we opted for sharks and Ed had his hands full. Hooking into one of the smaller sharks that were around, his 6 footer, 200lb lemon shark took the bait and rocketed off 200 yards off the reel before I could get the chum bag in and the push pole out of the bottom. Fifty minutes later Ed had the beast to the boat and a few pictures later we broke him off to fight another day. It was a great way to end the day!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 13, 2014 Report

A lot was at stake today, Kent was celebrating his 40th birthday with his wife Stacey and two brothers all the way from Texas and I wanted to make sure they had a great day. There were two boats today and the second boat had his brothers. Loser buys dinner and you don't want to be the boat that loses on a brotherly wager like that! The day started slow with not much going on in spite of my best efforts and a 25MPH east wind. Kent wanted to try the flats and the flats were surprisingly clean so we staked out and looked for sharks. Kent got one on quickly and released a nice 4' lemon. The day ended with a bang as we released a solid 6 footer close to 200lb shark that took an hour to bring to the boat after peeling over 100 yards of line on the initial run! Happy Birthday Kent! Oh, he wasn't buying dinner that night!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 12, 2014 Report

Local angler Alec had fished with me before and wanted to take advantage of some down time so we headed out early. The snook action was unbelievable! Snook, jacks, barracuda and snappers were busting bait at an incredible pace! You could see snook jumping out of the water as they fed on the bait schools. There were thousands of pilchards also where you could here them hitting the bottom of the boat in the 14" water we were in. Cast netting pilchards and mullet, we tossed both to the snook and hooked two but lost them both, including one well over 30". We also had several bites but no hook ups. As the sun grew brighter the bite stopped and we headed to the finger channels where Alec caught mutton snappers, BIG yellow tail snappers and grouper. It was a blast the the early morning action still has is both reminiscing!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 11, 2014 Report

Regular client David was back aboard for a half day around Key Biscayne. The goal was to get into fish while avoiding the 20MPH winds that was chopping up the bay ans well as getting in before the Columbus Day craziness started. Staying close to the marina the action was fast courtesy of jacks, bluefish, and a couple of snook that took swipes at his lures. No tarpon were around today but mackerel and bluefish are starting to move and that is great news! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com