July 4, 2018 Report (Tarpon fireworks video!)

I was hesitant to work on the 4th of July because of the boating craziness but Sophie, Barrett and I hit the water at 6:30am and gave it a go. It was surprisingly quite and we took full advantage. Sophie lost a big snook, Barrett caught trout, jacks and oh, a Tarpon! It was his first tarpon ever and it was the main species we were targeting. He fought his fish like a pro and we experienced some great jumps and we even had a full house of spectators and were able to get off the water just as the mayhem began.

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

July 3, 2018 Report

Paul and his boy Thomas joined me for day two of our trip. This time we fished out of Homestead because the fishing around Key Biscayne had been slow. We fished a small ship wreck where they caught a bunch of fish, most of them small for Thomas. Then we hot the flats for sharks where we found some tarpon in really shallow water but they stayed out of range as we tried to follow them for a shot. The shark fishing was slow so we called it a day.

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

July 1, 2018 Report (Near disaster with trophy fish on, video)

What a way to start off the month with Randy and Michelle from Iowa on board. They wanted to catch sharks and then mix it up so we ran straight to the flats and avoided the Sunday crowds being completely alone on the pristine flats. Maybe 10 to 15 minutes after setting up Michelle's rod doubles over and she gets her first shark of the day being just the right size for her and getting some cool pictures and video out of it. We waited and had some nice big sharks come right in to the boat, the coolest thing was the really calm conditions so you can see their dorsal fins and wakes moving towards the boat. However, a few of them moved through and never ate our bait but one of them finally did and after a long fight Randy soaked in sweat landed a hundred plus pounder to complete the couples goal. We tried to fish barracudas but. We wrapped up the morning with Randy landing a very big mutton snapper! Congratulations guys! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 30th 2018 Report (Video)

Today I had the Taft family from Texas and being seven of them this was a two boat trip. The boys really wanted to catch a lot of fish but they also had shark on their minds so we took them to a spot where they got their fill of snapper and some runners which we turned into chum and bait on the flats. Once we got on the flats Philip let his daughter Lauren and grandson Phil take control and they had a blast hooking and landing a really nice lemon shark after losing the first two sharks we had hooked. Right as we were about to pull off the flat the rest of the family in the second boat hooked a shark and it was a storybook ending with last-minute heroics, lots of action, a great family having a great time and we could not have had a better day. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 29th 2018 Report (Tarpon video!)

Permit and permit on flying is what Guy and his son Zack wanted so we met up at Homestead at 6 a.m. and took advantage of a slick calm conditions in the early morning. The permit fishing proved to be slow but as we pushed in a little shallower the bone fishing was absolutely on fire with big schools of fish moving through and big tailing double-digit Bonefish making our hearts race. After a number of opportunities on fly the Bonefish proved to be a bit too tough so we changed it up and ran up to the Key Biscayne area. Once there we fished a couple of spots for tarpon. The last tarpon spot proved to be the ticket. As soon as Guy and Zach's bait hit the water the Tarpon absolutely clobbered them and Guy hooked up and enjoyed what I call silver rage for a while. He got a ton of jumps out of his fish and got him to the boat until the fish made one last dash and broke is off on some underwater structure. The coolest thing about this is that guy told me he was absolutely hooked on Tarpon and would definitely be back a couple times. That is music to my ears! Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 27th 2018 Report

I was working out of the Ocean Reef Club today and my guys Dave and Pryce wanted Bonefish on fly so off we went. We had great conditions, a great tide and great visibility but unfortunately with the exception of one school of mudding bonefish there were slim pickings out here today. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

June 26th 2018 Report

Paul and his little boy Thomas have fished with me before and today they jumped on the boat along with their friend Nick. We started off looking for snook but they were MIA so we turned our attention to Tarpon where Nick hooked one and we missed a couple of other bites but just as exciting was Thomas's monster jack and he caught proving little boys have big hearts. These guys are great and we had a great time and caught a bunch of fish but that big jack that Thomas caught was the highlight for me!

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