March 24, 2016 Report (Tarpon video!)

Ohio high school seniors Frank and Holden boarded my skiff at 6am and off we went in search of tarpon. Based on conditions and the past few days I believed our best bet at tarpon would come at first light. On our first drift one of the rods goes down and Frank is on to a 130lb tarpon high jumping in the dark! Fourty five minutes later and now in daylight we got the release on Franks first tarpon. Changing spots we targeted sea trout for their dinner but Frank hooks an estimated 180lb tarpon on bonefish tackle! Chasing the fish all over creation it finally cut us off on a bridge about a mile away after a 25 minute fight. URGH! The trip ended with the guys taking home some fresh seatrout dinner and some great videos!

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

March 23, 2016 Report

Today I was fishing with David again on his boat and two of his friends Mark and James. We started at noon and the conditions were again limiting with a hard east wind blowing 20-25 MPH. Finding a few tarpon we gave it a few drifts but no takers. Hitting another 2 spots also proved fruitless and then we gave the port of Miami a quick look, boy was it brutal! There were 5 foot rollers were it is usually calm and although David’s 32’ Intrepid easily handled the waves, it was definitely not comfortable to fish in. After a nice cruise we called it a day Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

March 22, 2016 Report (Tarpon Video!)

This was the trip that almost didn't happen. With yesterday's slow fishing, tough conditions and forecast for similar conditions I told Kerry today would not be a good day. However, he was much more optimistic than I was and decided to give it a try. I am so glad he did! Fly fishing, Kerry landed number of trout, Lady Fish, Blue Fish and hooked and fought 100 pound tarpon for about 10 minutes until the fish spit the fly on the second jump. We ended the trip locating another big group of Tarpon but they had no intentions on eating this time around. As I told him during the trip I'm so glad he decided to go through with it because today was definitely a solid day!

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

March 21, 2016 Report

What a brutal day this trip was. Today I was fishing aboard me friend and client David's 32 foot Intrepid. What a machine! So far every time we have fished on this boat we have landed tarpon but today conditions were definitely tough. With a hard northwest wind blowing 20-25 miles an hour and gusting higher we fished a number of different locations with little success so after 4 hours we called it a day, licked our wounds and headed back to the marina. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

March 19, 2016 Report

Local transplant John and his cousin from SC Lou boarded this morning for a full day on the water.   John's been living in South Florida for 6 months now and hadn't seen Miami from the water so it was a great experience for him.   Tarpon fishing remained slow with zero fish in spot one and a few in spot two and with increasing winds and rough conditions we headed for the refuge of the shallows.  Using artificial lures they caught a bunch of trout with Lou catching the biggest of the day.   We decided to cut the trip short due to the high winds and dirty water that had slowed fishing.  But,  it's Miami and you never know what will happen next.   As we fished the port of Miami we witnessed a fire rescue boat save someone in the water that was drifting out to sea and with the strong tide,  rough surf and high boat traffic it didn't look good for the person!  

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

March 17, 2016 Report

Dave is an avocado farmer from California and a great day. On our half day trip today we searched for tarpon and finding quite a few threw flies, shrimp, crabs and lures at them to no avail. Not wanting to waste time on picky fish we fished deeper with jigs and Dave caught an aquariums worth of species including grouper, snapper, trigger fish, big hog fish, big jack crevalle and a grunt. Using the live grunt as bait for spinner sharks we had one come up twice to it but not eat it. What? A few drifts and marking them on the machine I decided to use the 7lb jack Dave caught as live bait and in no time he was on! Unfortunately we got back the now headless jack but no shark. We kept using the dead jack for bait and it kept getting smaller with eat bite but the sharks would spit the bait before the hook could sink it. On one occasion we got back the chunk of jack after a bite and noticed the bite was 1/4 inch short of the hook. URGH! One of the sharks Dave hooked was about 100lbs and jumped 6 feet in the air 30' from the boat! Dave ended up hooking 7 sharks and landing zero. Lots of action with no releases. See you next year Dave!

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

March 16, 2016 Report Unbelievable! (Video)

This morning Tom and his son Matt jumped aboard my skiff since they were down on vacation for spring break from New York. Repeating yesterday's game plan we started off with tarpon fishing and Tom hooked a fish that may have very well been a tarpon but ended up breaking off. After catching a number of different species such as two different species of grouper, several species of Snapper and others we used some of the fish we caught as live bait for spinner sharks again. Today was even better than yesterday and we ended up hooking 7 to 9 sharks landing two and watching a number of them free jump and spin 6 feet in the air. Matt was on the rod when one of our live baits got crushed by a shark in front of us hooking up, peeling off line at a blistering pace then spitting the bait.  Another group of sharks moved in within moments and ate the now half dead bait.   This process repeated itself 4 times until finally a big 200 pound bull shark showed up, gobbled it just 15 feet from us and the race was on.  Fifty minutes later Matt released a huge 200 pound bull shark and got quite a workout. Hooking three or four more sharks including a doubleheader we ended the day with Tom hooking up and after a prolonged fight watching his 5-foot spinner shark get eaten next to the boat by a 300-plus pound bull shark. What an amazing sight and what an amazing day!

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