March 6, 2020 Report

Repeat clients Jim and his son Jack had booked me for this morning and it was a juggling act since I had four charters for today but one was rescheduled for weather, one was cancelled and the other couldn't fish from Homestead where I was working today. The forecast called for light winds from the west, shifting and increasing to the north west. This means perfect conditions for bonefish out of Homestead so off we went. As soon as we hit the water I noticed the wind was from the south so I was expecting the shift before the coming cold front to happen any moment now. First spot we had some shots at bonefish but withing 15 minutes it started to rain. We moved way off to the east and fished a wreck and while Jack caught big blue runners, the storm we tried to out run hit us and it was a complete white out for about 15 minutes. These guys are tough and jack kept catching fish through the storm. Once it cleared, it got nice but now the wind was honking out of the west so we went to another bonefish spot in the lee of the wind and had some shots but then the fishing died off and we called it a day early before the real nasty wind began.

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

March 5, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report This morning I had Sal, his friend Nico and Sal's mom Anna aboard for tarpon bonefish and permit. I went back to the same spot from yesterday and the tarpon were THICK! With slick calm water and the weather getting warmer by the hour we set up on rolling, finning, laid up tarpon and went to work. Using two live baits and several artificial lures they stood no chance, I thought. We worked those fish for 4 hours and got one bite on the artificial which the big tarpon missed. With time running out I took the boys to several spots where they caught jacks and snappers before calling it a day. Oh, wait I almost forgot. Nico, yes Nico, lost a massive snook and a few other really nice fish. What's up with the Nico? LOL

PM Report I really was on the fence with my afternoon trip, should I try to find redemption with tarpon from my morning trip or just go catch fish? I asked Butch, who brought along his wife Pepa and her sister Marisol from Chile and he said he just wanted to catch fish. Ok, so I took them to a finger channel and that is all we needed. The live well was cleaned out 3 hours later going through almost 100 baits and catching snapper, jack crevalle, horse eye jacks, yellow jacks, big progies, chubs and losing a nice black tip that devoured a fish Butch had on. So cool! They took home some fish for dinner and we called it early since they had gotten their fill of hot action!

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

March 4, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report My morning was day two with David and Marcia and with the air temperature rising the water temps were now 73 degrees. After checking out a few spots we hit the mother load of tarpon in a calm warmer spot. They were all over the place rolling, finning, floating and occasionally eating something. The last 45 minutes of the trip was dedicated to these fish as David cast a fly and drifted a live bait for them. Well, no bites!!!! URGH!!! PM Report My after trip was with Hasaan, Noah and Sammy. These guys fish with me every year and the goal is always to keep the little kids busy. So, I took them to a finger channel and the boys wore themselves out. Then, we went back to the morning tarpon spot and they were still there but thinning out as the tide began to slack. We did get a bite but the fish never got hooked. Come on!

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

March 3, 2020 Report

I had David and Marcia aboard today to fly fish for tarpon. Uh, oh! Water temps were now 70 degrees so we hunted for tarpon all over the place finding just one small school of resident fish. David did want to change it up so we did and we fished a finger channel that has been producing a bunch of different species and that was the ticket. There David caught snappers, jacks, yellow jacks, runners and more on spinning gear. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

March 2, 2020 Report

After a day off and the cold still sitting over us I bundled up and met Rob at the marina this morning. We've fished together before and it's always great spending time on the boat with him. I couldn't help myself so I hunted for tarpon and after not finding any with the water temperatures in the high 60's it was time to change it up. When the dust settled Rob had caught snook, jacks, snapper and a few nice fish that we lost.

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

February 29, 2020 Report

Well, it's still cold and night time temperatures continue to keep the water temps lower than I would like. Regular client Brad and I headed off to catch different species on fly and spin but I really wanted him to catch bonefish on fly. I fished all over creation and they were MIA and so were the tarpon but the shallow ship wrecks saved the day and that was a ton of fun. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 28, 2020 Report

Man what a blast with these three today, Dick, Pete and Ellen! They were referred to me by a client and they just wanted to hang out, catch some fish and have a few laughs. Well, we did just that. I had plenty of bait but we ran out towards the end of the trip because it was on! The main culprits were jacks and snappers but I mixed in some tarpon fishing as well. I hadn't laughed this hard in a while and that made me feel a bit better about the slow tarpon fishing and cold water temps. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing