August 3, 2016 Report

I love fishing with kids and today was one of those days. Marc and his 2 boys 20 year old Alex and 13 year old Wyatt jumped aboard for a half day of fishing in order to celebrate Wyatt's 13th birthday today. We fished two spots and at the first spot Alex landed a cool black tip shark and although there were plenty of Tarpon around we could not get a bite. We moved on to the second and last spot of the day where immediately Wyatt hooked a 60 pound Tarpon that burned up the drag and gave him an awesome jump just 30 feet from the boat. Unfortunately the jump resulted in a pulled hook and the tarpon swam free. However, in order to make up for that Wyatt caught two big jacks that gave him quite a workout and we got a few more bites from fish that were too clever to get hooked. Happy birthday Wyatt!

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

August 1, 2016 Report

Today was definitely a tough day as local offshore angler Carlos jumped aboard for a half-day of scouting out this part of the bay that he wants to take his girlfriend fishing to. We had a steady 15 to 20 mile-an-hour wind and he really wanted to see how my Hewes would perform under these conditions as well as to check out the fishery but today were definitely not the conditions we needed to show him exactly what this part of Biscayne Bay is all about. We began early morning under overcast skies fishing some creeks for Snook on topwater plugs. The snook were there as we had 5 or 6 of them blow up on our top waters but never got hooked. Finally we had a big blow up and hook up but unfortunately it only lasted a few seconds before it shook free and swim away. The rest of the two and a half hours we spent fishing different spots for species like sea trout and snapper but the fishing was extremely slow as the water started to get dirty andn the wind continued to increase. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

July 31, 2016 (Video!)

Thirteen year old twins Jake and Adam wanted sharks and barracuda. They thought it'd be fun they said, let's catch one they said! Well, they did, and the sore arms will come later. Gary and his two boys are from Miami and they fish with me a few times a year so off we went before school starts. The barracuda fishing was slow (weird!) but the shark fishing was not. Right off the bat Adam hooks a black tip that we sight casted and watched eat the live bait right in front of us. Unfortunately the hook pulled. A bit later one of the rods goes off and Adam gets a nice 5 footer to the boat. These boys have an intense rivalry and Jake was feeling the pressure. Now Jake is up to bat and a bit later a big 6 footer charges the bait and is off to the races. Fourty minutes into the fight the hook pulls again on Jake. Oh, oh! Moments later another one swims by, I cast and drop the bait in front of it, he swims up and eats and I set the hook. Jake is on again and after a nice run the hook pulls again! What's up with that? We change flats to catch the last of the tide and a few more big sharks move in but ignore our baits. Right as I'm about to call it a day another big shark comes in and ignores our live bait but eats the dead bait and Jake is on! Twenty minutes later he gets a 6 footer to the boat and the pressure is off Jake. Poor Adam, he thought he had the day won with the biggest shark of the day and in the 4th quarter with 8 seconds left Jake scores on a hail mary and steals the victory. Until next time boys!

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

July 29, 2016 Report (Video)

Regular client Alec boarded this morning and off we went in our search for snook. In spite of our best efforts no snook came aboard. The next spot was for big jacks and snook but no one was home. Tarpon proved to be better but we missed the first bite as a nice tarpon sky rocketed in the air attempting to eat Alec's bait startling both of us. The fish came back and ate the bait the second time but came off a few moments later. In the process, Alec landed two black tip sharks that were all over our tarpon baits. Running down to the flats, the first flat provided a great shot at a school of waking bonefish in super shallow water but no hook up in spite of Alec's good cast. A couple of flats later we had another shot at a big school of bonefish but the cast was off just a few feet and the school spooked. The last spot flat of the day provided another shot at two BIG bonefish in the 10-12lb range but we couldn't get a good angle on them. In desperation I told Alec to cast and he did but the fish bones were at a bad angle and spooked. The day ended with Alec hooking a few barraudas and landing one and hooking a nice bull shark on the flats.

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

July 28, 2016 Report

Nick from the U.K. had never fished saltwater before and was looking to land his first bonefish. The first spot of the morning provided a few schools of bones but they stayed just out of casting range. The next flat provided two big schools of bonefish in the 8lb range but we couldn't connect because Nick's prescription sunglasses weren't polarized and it was hard for him to spot the fish. At the last flat we had another couple of shots at big bones and a school of mudding bonefish. Nick was great to fish with and he'll be back, with polarized sunglasses.

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

July 23, 2016 Report

Today was a tough morning. Mike and Jeff from Naples boarded in order to target bonefish and permit. Conditions could not have been better so I had high hopes for today. The first three spots yielded one school of waking bonefish in the distance and not much else. Spot four provided two shots at permit but no takers. Spot five proved to be the last spot of the day where we saw two bones but too close to the boat. There was hardly any life on the flats today so we called it a day at four hours. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

July 21, 2016 Report

Tony and Rob are childhood friends and jumped aboard to get some fishing in. The morning started slow but piked up in the afternoon where our baits were being destroyed the moment they hit the water. Running out of baits they kept the action going on lures. These were great guys and a blast to fish with.

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