April 30, 2020 Report

After a fun day on the water with my family yesterday, I was back to work today with local angler Nick. The conditions today were not as forecasted with high winds and cloudy skies. Nevertheless, I took Nick to a spot out of the wind and had shots at schools of bonefish and some single fish as well. As the tide kept dropping the schools became more obvious and then we switched spots when the action slowed. At the next spot Nick caught a couple of barracudas on fly and we called it a day after our last spot didn't produce. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

April 29, 2020 Covid 19 Report

Wow, I can honestly tell you that just like you guys, I've never experienced anything like this total closure of our country. As you can tell from my reports, my last charter was on March 17th and I've been home locked up ever since. Today was the first day the boat ramps reopened and I have to admit, I was excited to head out and get back to work. With the boat and us sitting around for 6 weeks I decided to take my family fishing and we had a blast with very little boat traffic and great fishing. I wanted to go bonefishing but my fiance wanted fresh fish to eat so we went fishing for dinner. Well, the fishing was solid and while my daughter and step-daughter caught a few fish and then decided to get a tan, Jeanny was hard core and kept fishing. She went through 7 dozen baits and caught plenty more on lures including a nice tasty grouper we had to release. I got home with plenty of fish to clean including mangrove snapper, porgies, yellow jacks and released a ton more. I have to admit, today felt good being back on the boat. Now I just need clients! LOL

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

March 17, 2020 Report

It's here, the cancellations. I'm averaging one cancellation a day due to the corona virus but Brad and Sam would not be deterred. The bulk of the morning was spent looking for tarpon and we finally found them. Investing about an hour yielded one strike on artificial, but nothing on fly or bait and no hook ups. With great visibility we went bonefishing on fly but it was slow. This is frustrating, I really want these guys to do well! The day wrapped up on a ship wreck and there they began to catch rod bending species including a grouper by Sam. It was a nice way to end an otherwise slow day on the flats.

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

March 16, 2020 Report

I continue to hold my breath with the corona virus as the country stops traveling and most of my business is traveling clients. But, thank God I've stayed really busy for now, waiting for the bottom to fall and work to come to a stop as tourism stops in Miami. Well, that tomorrow. I'll focus on today with Karla and 13 year old Kory who had never been salt water fishing. Man what a nice trip as Kory is now hooked on slat water fishing courtesy of some hot action and about a half dozen new species under his belt. Kory and Karla caught mangrove snapper, look downs, jacks, yellow tail snapper, lost three black tip sharks and more. It was great and they smoked through 7 dozen baits before we knew it!

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

March 15, 2020 Report

This was such a cool trip with Mary and her son Charlie. I can tell she really loves her son and is his biggest cheerleader so armed with fly rods we hit the bay. First we went looking for tarpon, and they were every where and feeding. However, the fly seemed to be a second thought to them and switching to artificials didn't make a difference. Knowing they just wanted to catch anything on fly we gave up our best good effort on tarpon and started catching fish. They were taking the fly today much but Charlie didn't land a couple of fish on fly, snapper and runners, but Mary was the big story. She decided to go with artificial lures and tore it up! By the time Charlie switched to lures and bait, Mary had already smoked him. Even using lures and bait, she had the hot hand today and caught a few grouper on lures, snapper, yellow jacks and more. Way to go Mary!

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

March 12-14, 2020 Report

I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike again for three days. Last time we fished Mike hooked three bonefish on fly and landed two plus a few other species. The goal for the three days was to keep things interesting and catching different species on fly. Since we had really calm conditions for bonefishing we started the first two mornings bonefishing. I noticed a pattern over these three days, the fishing got increasingly challenging. The first morning Mike had plenty of shots at bonefish but they were acting strange, staying close to the bottom even in really shallow water and then caught almost a dozen grouper on fly plus yellow jacks, snapper and more. The other days the bonefshing got slower and the fishibg in general got slower although the second day was still pretty good. All in all it was great fishing with Mike again and he picked up a few more species to add to his list. Great job Mike!

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

March 11, 2020 Report

What a blast today with Bob and his son as we took a full day to fish and laugh. I spent a few hours looking for tarpon and then switched off as there were a few around but it was tough fishing. We bounced around different spots and ended the day on a spot that held a bunch of rod bending species including grouper. Great weather and conditions and the winds weren't bad at all for being March. I just need the tarpon to start cooperating.

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