September 8, 2015 Report

Client and friend David sweet talked his wife into coming this morning so she can catch her first shark. We stopped off at a spot to catch live bait for shark fishing and the weather immediately began to deteriorate. After catching bait along with a number of short mutton snappers we headed to the flats. Thirty minutes into our shark fishing the lighting began to intensify and the storms started to encircle us so we had to cut it short and head back in. Bummer! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

September 5, 2015 AM & PM Reports

AM Report Kurt is a local regular client of mine and I always enjoy fishing with him and his kids. Today however, the kids were out of town and his girlfriend Annie joined him. We aught a few trout at our first spot but it proved to be slower than I would have liked. Taking them to another spot we missed a few nice bites from snook, landed a few fish for dinner and lost a couple more bruisers to the rocky bottom below. At our last spot the fish were in thick on the shallow wreck and the action was immediate. They landed a few more fish for dinner and cancelled the dinner plans they had for the night. Cool!

PM Report Locals Eric, his daughter Margaret and her husband Josh jumped aboard for my afternoon trip and off to the flats we headed to avoid the Saturday Labor Day boat traffic as well as the storm brewing over the area we were going to fish initially. The flats had activity despite the high water, the calm windless conditions working in our favor. Eric and Josh had a few shots at a permit cruising right towards us and then a BIG school of bonefish that came right at us. With the storm now intensifying towards our west, north and south we took the safe route and began shark fishing while waiting to see if the storm would clear. Unfortunately, 10 minutes into shark fishing we made the call to head in a few minutes early to avoid the massive lighting activity starting to move towards the marina. We made it just in time with only a few sprinkles to deal with. The weather has been crazy the last few days. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

September 3, 2015 Night Report

At 8:30pm William, Mike and Spence jumped aboard for some night fishing. Waiting for the tide to turn in order to fish for tarpon, we hit a few flats using artificial lures. There was tons of bait on the flats and Spence lost a couple of nice fish on one of the flats. Once the tie turned we went to a nearby bridge and that was the last spot we would need to fish. Around the shadow line of the bridge you could see a few tarpon busting bait and schools of mullet being harassed by other predators. While we never hooked a tarpon, we had plenty of action by high flying ladyfish on several different lures. The night was just perfect, no wind and in the high 70's. Couple that with fish taking drag and the gorgeous Miami skyline and it was a great night with a bunch of great guys! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

September 1, 2015 Report

Today I had Ian, Setanya and Greg on board for a half day of fishing the bay. While Ian is a regular angler, Setanya and Greg had never fished before but it didn't take long for them to get the job done. After a quick lesson and a few tips they were off to a great start. Ian began with the hot hand and landed a few trout in short order but not long after Setanya was quickly on the board with her first trout. It took a bit but Greg landed his and I could breathe a sigh of relief. We ended the trip with Sentanya having landed the most fish and proving that girls out fish boys!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 28, 2015 Report (Sharkfest!)

Ken jumped aboard again today and while I was excited at the weather report which called for slick calm conditions and the prospect of fishing for permit like we did on Saturday arriving at the marina proved different. It was still dark and the flags were moving pretty good so the breeze just axed our early morning permit aspirations. No fear, a back up plan is always available, we'll snook fishing instead. Working one of my favorite snook shorelines Ken tosses the top water lure against the shoreline and starts to work it back. Just a few feet away from the shoreline it gets slammed by a nice snook, it jumps and makes a run for the mangroves. Stopping him short the snook starts to come to the boat and right at the boat it spits the hook. Ouch! We had a few more snook strikes but the action quieted as the sun got brighter. Shark fishing was next and they were all over the place, it was common to have 3-4 5'-6' sharks around the boat. Ken hooked one 5' plus and landed him a number of long runs later. In the meantime sharks were still all around the boat and one of them got brave and ate the butterflied barracuda we were using for chum right off our bow, 3 feet from the boat! Great, our chum is gone and just like that the chum and the sharks were gone but not before hooking a 4 footer on lighter tackle but it spit the hook. The day ended bonefishing where Ken had several shots at bonefish but they were spookier than usual and would spook before they got over our baits.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 25, 2015 Report (Guides Day Off Adventure, Flats Boat in the Stream!)

On my day off local angler Joey and I decided to move off the flats and into a bit deeper water. Armed with lures and a sense of adventure we launched my flats boat and headed offshore. Arriving in 800' of water and finding some weed lines the second weed line paid off with the quarry we sought, mahi mahi (dolphin as we call them in Miami). I really wanted to catch dolphin on fly but as we hooked fish and left them in the water none of their companions would follow them to the boat leaving me without targets to throw a fly at. At the end of our 2 1/2 hour trip we had hooked 6-8 fish and kept two for dinner. Very cool morning!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

August 22, 2015 Report

Ken is a regular client of mine from VA and is in town on vacation for a week so we headed out today with his friend Steve. Today was one of those days. Starting at first light my intent was to target permit in slick calm water and we did. Ken and Steve had over a dozen and a half shots within the span of 2 hours, it was insane! The permit were cruising on the surface, floating and tailing. If a permit does it, they were doing it! Shot after shot and no hook ups. They even had shots at a school of tailing permit, laid the cast out perfectly and waited. The school moves over the live crab and they spook when 99% of the times that scenario results in a hook up. When the permit fishing slowed we got into several schools of tailing redfish and still perfect casts were ignored. Moving on and licking our wounds we shifted to bonefish and small sharks moved in instead. Finally we targeted big mutton snapper and Steve hooks up to a nice 8-10 lb mutton that I saw eat on the surface. After a nice fight and several screaming runs later the fish is close to the boat and spits the hook! Really? Sometimes you just have to shake your head. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing