November 11, 2014 Report

Local angler Richard wanted to bend some rods and catch some fish on his fly rod. We were limited with the areas we could fish courtesy of a 20MPH NW wind but there is always some place to fish in Biscayne Bay. There were tons of pilchards on the grass flats and a few throws of the cast net and we had all the bait we needed. Fishing an area that I like during this time of year we live baited and caught an assortment of fish including small amberjacks, always a treat inshore. Some of the highlights was Richard catching a number of fish on bait and on fly including his fish amberjack ever, first snappers on fly and big mangrove snappers. All in all Richard caught about 8 different species, all while hiding from the wind. Not a bad day!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

November 4, 2014 Report

Dane and his friend took a few hours off from meetings and boarded in over 20 MPH winds. We ducked from the wind all morning and caught some mackerel, lady fish, bluefish, and briefly hooked a tarpon. By the time we got back to the dock the wind was increasing so it turns out we timed the trip perfectly. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409

October 30, 2014 AM & PM Reports

AM Report Alain and his two sons were aboard again for a 3/4 day of shark fishing. The morning started off with a bang with them catching a number of large ladyfish, jacks, bluefish and barracuda, some of which I kept alive for shark bait. Zipping down to the flats we staked out and see a big shark in 3' of water with fins exposed cruising for an early morning meal. We staked out, butterflied the ladyfish and used the barracuda for bait. Not long after one of the rods goes off and a big shark is on! About 80 yards or more into the initial run the hook comes free and he is off. The rest of the trip found us trying to feed sharks but they refused every bait we pitched them. As we worked off the flat we found a school of about 10 3' lemon sharks and no matter what bait we tossed them they would either spook or ignore. Geeze!

PM Report Picking up Jack for an afternoon trip we worked several different areas before settling into a tarpon spot I have been fishing lately. We immediately see a few tarpon roll and we pitch live baits to them. Five minutes later we see one flash behind the boat and Jacks rod doubles over, a tarpon jumps and we are off to the races. Fourty five minutes into the fight we almost have him beat on 10lb class tackle but he makes a mad dash for the nearby bridge. In spite of our best efforts he wraps us in a piling and we fear the worst. Deciding to break him off I move the boat to the opposite piling and he comes off and swims into open water! Sigh! Not knowing what condition the braided line and leader is in we play him gently and finally get him to the boat. A miraculous ending to an exiting afternoon trip for both Jack and I! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 29, 2014 Report

Paul and his friend Bob were aboard today enjoying another breathtakingly gorgeous fall day. The morning started with them catching ladyfish, bluefish and jacks on light outfits. Moving on to trout we caught a few and then moved off to the flats. Staking out we waited for bonefish to move in with the incoming tide and had a few move in but they would spook before we could get off a cast. We finished the day shark fishing and having several big sharks come in to our slick but wanted nothing to do with our baits including one lemon shark in the 300lb range that swam 50' from the skiff, into our chum, swam over our baits and kept on swimming. Rather odd shark behavior! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 28, 2014 Report

David was back again and we started early fishing before sun up. Going back to the same area where I have been finding snook, we found tons of bait but the snook were scattered and not as aggressive as the previous trips. Not wanting to waste the live bait we had, the finger channels were next and there David caught, mutton snapper, BIG yellowtail snapper, grouper and one fish we couldn't get to the boat as it spit the hook after a 5 minute drag scorching fight. We ended the day shark fishing but we saw only one.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 27, 2014 Report

Today from France came Alain and his two boys to fish Biscayne Bay after 10 years of not visiting our waters. We spent the day fishing a variety of areas using different techniques and caught high flying lady fish, trout, snapper, and bluefish. Tarpon fishing was slow and we had 6 big sharks move in close to the boat but stayed too far from the boat for a cast.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com

October 26, 2014 Report

N.E. fishing guide Jason climbed aboard and we spent the day looking for bonefish, permit and tarpon. Today was certainly a very slow day. Although we worked hard the entire trip, bonefishing was slow. Poling some bonefish flats we found tarpon that are usually around this time of year and had numerous shots at them on fly. We had two eat the fly but they spit the fly before Jason could strip strike them. One of the takes was awesome and classic tarpon. Jason cast the fly about 6' in front of the lead fish, let the fly sink and then gave it a long steady strip just a few feet from the tarpon. The fish immediately zeroed in on the fly, swam over and inhaled in just 20' from the boat in 2' of clear water. Just awesome!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com