July 18, 2016 Report

This afternoon Brian and his friend boarded for an afternoon of fishing. The goal was shark fishing and so we hit a spot to catch bait. With bait aught we headed to our first flat that proved unproductive. The second flat was the same with us missing two bites from sharks that were very spooky. The last spot was close to the marina and it was vacant of sharks. Tough day. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

July 14, 2016 Report (Snook!)

Jim and Nancy dropped off their boys Cole and Calan this morning and the boys and I were off. The wind was sportier than is typical in July but that makes the heat much more comfortable so off we went to our first spot of the day. After getting set up it didn't take long for one of the rods to doubles over and Calan is on to a nice snook. After a few quick pics and a release the second rod doubles over and Cole is on his snook. Again, a few pics and a healthy release and mr snook is on his way home. About 10 minutes later another rod goes off and Calan loses his snook to a shark. A few minutes later the same happens to Cole, his snook got sharked. These were big bull sharks in the 6' range eating our snook 20' from the boat. We missed a few more snook bites and Calan landed a BIG mangrove snapper before we changed spots. I took them to a tarpon spot that held small to medium tarpon and after we set up and the tarpon start to roll around us a group of summer campers invaded the area and stayed within 50' of the boat screaming and jumping off their paddle boards. URGH! Needless to say, we moved! The next two spots were dead but the last spots produced nice jacks, snappers and we missed another snook bite. Not a bad day on the bay today!

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

July 12, 2016 Report (Snook, Video!)

Joey is also a local angler and we've fished plenty of times before and today we just needed one spot. Using artificial lures he caught a barracuda but no other bites so we switched to live bait. That was the ticket! Almost immediately he hooked a huge snook that broke him off at the end of the fight. Urgh! Minutes later he hooked another one that he landed. Again, a few minutes later the permit rod goes off but it was a healthy jack. Again, moments later he hooks another snook but this one got demolished by a big bull shark right next to the boat as the snook was jumping trying to get away from the shark. After the shark showed up the action died off and it was time to head in. Really solid morning with a great guy!

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

July 9, 2016 Report

Will is a local angler and has fished with me before. The goal was catching dinner with his buddy Spence but I wanted to add a big shark to the equation since they have been thick. We fished three spots with only one producing. They caught mutton snapper, bar jacks, trigger fish and had two big bites on the shark rods but no hook ups. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

July 6, 2016 Report

This was a cool trip. Pierre is from France but owns a fishing lodge in Panama PanaFishing.com and wanted to get some fishing in before flying out. At the first spot I was marking sharks but couldn't get a bite, weird! At the second spot we hit the flats where Pierre had some shots at bonefish and small sharks releasing one shark. Our trip ended with Pierre catching two nice mutton snappers that we targeted on artificial lures. Check out his site, it's very cool!

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

July 5, 2016 Report (After the smoke cleared)

Before boarding their flight back to Brazil, brothers Harold and Diogo wanted to do some shark fishing so off we went.  The first bait got nailed and 30 minutes later Diogo had a nice 100lber to the boat.  Then, we waited and waited but once the tide was right it blew up!  The sharks were coming in fast and furious with Harold hooking 5 sharks in less than an hour and a half losing all off them except the last one.  One of the ones he lost jumped 6' in the air!  We left them biting and scooted back to the marina by 11 am.  Very cool morning with very cool guys!

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

July 4, 2016 Report (Fishing Fireworks)

My trip this morning was with Alfonso from Mexico, his son Juan Pablo and J.P.'s friend Santiago.  The morning was slower than I would have liked but we still caught trout, snapper, trigger fish and a mutton snapper.  Juan Pablo wanted to catch his first shark but they weren't feeding with the trying incoming tide.  I decided to fish a free spots in order for the tide to slow some.  Once that tide slowed we gave shark fishing another shot and it went off!  We needed just a few minutes and both rods went off with a double header on drag burning sharks.  Thirty minutes later we had two releases and time to go home.  What a way to end out morning! 

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