February 28, 2016 Report

I had two trips today but had to reschedule my morning trip due to wind so George was able to fish in the morning instead and off we went. We fished two tarpon spots finding a few 60-80 lbers at the 2nd spot but couldn't get them to eat a fly. Making a long run down to the flats we set up and waited for the tide to turn. Once it did the fishing remained slow. As I poled off the flat here comes a school of bonefish and George takes a few shots but it was tough to overcome the wind. Another school and a few more shots. yet another school and this time they come right to the boat, George lands the fly perfectly, strip, strip, the bonefish eats! The strike came a second too late and the bonefish spit out the fly and took off. OUCH! No worries, we're scheduled to fish all day tomorrow. George had never bonefished before and he piked it up rather quickly. Redemption awaits us tomorrow!

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

February 27, 2016 Report

Friend and client David brought his brother in law Charles today for a morning trip. The conditions limited us since it was blowing 20MPH and gusting higher and it proved to be slow. I marked some fish right off the bat and Charles landed a nice jack but the conditions got worst and it was time to hide from the increasing wind. Chumming for sharks proved fruitless and fishing a bit deep for bonefish was equally slow. We called it a day and licked our wounds on the way in. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 26, 2016 Report

People from MD are always really nice and today was no exception with John and Sarah. We began our morning looking for tarpon and finding none until the last half of the trip. Once the tide turned the tarpon showed up and they were stacked deep. Numerous drifts resulted in a few different species but the last drift resulted in a tarpon hook up, a searing run and then a break off after John worked the fish in spite of having a sailboat run over the line and the fish. URGH! Nice work John!

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

February 25, 2016 Report

Launching my skiff at BlackPoint Marina in Homestead on my way to pick up clients at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo an hours run away didn't seem like a good idea at the time, the wind blowing 25 knots out of the NW. Having clients waiting I had no choice and made the long run in the nasty chop, staying as close to the shoreline as possible. Upon arriving at the ORC, Kathy and her husband climbed aboard and we sped off to the oceanside of Elliot Key where we could find some fish and hide from the wind. Staking out we had a couple of schools of bonefish move through, hooked two sharks and fought a big stingray that gobbled a shrimp meant for bonefish. It was a nice trip after all and the run back was surprisingly smooth courtesy of a strong low tide.

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

February 23, 2016 Report

Day two of John fly fishing with me and today reminded me not to complain as I launched my skiff in steady 20 plus MPH winds into a frothy and rough Biscayne Bay. Since I had an afternoon trip I decided to launch from Coconut Grove and make a long run down to South Biscayne Bay to fish the creeks for snook and bonefish. The run down was sloppy but we made it into my favorite creeks. Fishing the leeward side of keys John caught a couple of barracudas on fly but the snook were MIA with the exception of the occasional pop as they fed deep into the mangroves, the water level being higher than expected courtesy of the hard SE wind that pounded the shoreline all night. (It wasn't supposed to be this windy!) Another creek had a 30" snook sitting on a mud flat and when John was about to make a cast to the perfectly presented snook, two pelicans flew low and over the snook and spooked it. URGH! We ended the day catching a few ladyfish and being visited by a manatee curious to our activity with her two calfs resting close to the mangrove shoreline. I cancelled my afternoon trip because of the weather.

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

February 22, 2016 Report AM & PM Report (Video!)

AM Report John from Boston jumped aboard with fly rod in hand and the first place we went was to look for tarpon. The silver king were there, in big numbers but we missed the two bites we got. With steady 18 MPH winds we got blown off the tarpon spot so that was that. Moving on to the bonefish flats we found a few fish but no hook ups and fishing was slow all around. We're fishing again tomorrow so the pressure is on me to get John some fish. PM Report John from the U.K. was my afternoon charter and the wind was still blowing a steady 15-18 MPH. Fishing a leeward flat produced no bones but some shots at sharks and barracudas. The wind dropped a bit and off we went to a small wreck where John was able to catch snapper, barracuda and grouper on fly. No big groupers around today but the fishing was definitely a bit better in the afternoon.

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

February 21, 2016 Report

In Miami for a conference, Scott and John joined me for a day on the water. The hunt began for tarpon and while I was marking a bunch of them, they had lock jaw. On the bonefish flats, fishing was tough due to steady overcast skies so we moved off to do something else. Using artificial lures Scott lost a couple of nice fish but redeemed himself with grouper and snapper on lures while John quickly gained ground in the numbers category.

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