May 11, 2020 Everglades Report (Hilarious Video)

Some people just have that "juju" and my fiance Jeanny has that "juju". On another day off we went down the road to Everglades National Park with her niece and her husband. Valentina and Sandy hadn't fished before and they were really excited, I was too, I love this place. The first few spots were slow but once the tide bottomed out ot was on! Jeanny landed a big trout and refused to take a picture with it while it was alive (see attached hilarious video) while the rest stayed busy losing a few nice fish and catching small sharks and jacks. Then a few spots later the tide started coming in and they caught redfish, snook, sharks and more. However, Jeanny caught a nice redfish and a big snook which means....she got a "Grand Slam"! Sandy and Valentina also caught snook and redfish during a frantic non stop window of about an hour where fishing was on fire. I couldn't help it and I grabbed a bonefish rod with a Mirodine and hooked fish on almost every cast resulting in a grand slam of my own with snook, redfish and trout. Just like that the wind cranked up to about 25 MPH within 45 seconds so we called it a day and headed home reveling in grand slam glory.

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

May 9, 2020 Report (Redfish Video)

Guides day off trip today, I guess since I was still asleep when I agreed to it. I called my buddy Mike around 10am in order to swing by his house and he tells me he was on his way to Flamingo in the Everglades on a solo fishing trip and asked if I wanted to come along. I said yes, confused and half asleep. Within 40 minutes I met him at the visitors center and we were off. It was awesome, I hadn't seen Mike in about 10 years and it was so great to catch up. Along the way we caught about 15 or so redfish and snook before calling it a day after three hours. What a cool trip and it was great to see my friend again.

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

May 8, 2020 AM & PM Reports

AM Report I had Gonzalve, his 6 year old awesome Sebastian and his brother Charles. There were two goals this morning, target and keep Sebastian busy catching fish. Tough job in 4 hours but there was a chance. The couple of spots that had been holding tarpon were empty this morning but I found another group of fish and after a bit the bait got crushed and the line ripped across the surface but my angler couldn't come tight fast enough and the hook came free. Urgh! Then we turned our attention to Sebastian and it was on! On almost every cast the guys hooked up with jacks crushing whatever was thrown at them and Charles got a nice grouper along the way. 11am came quicker than we thought and it was time to drop them off. PM Trip Mike is a local angler and we hadn't fished in about 4 years but he was back today with his 10 year old daughter Isabella that was celebrating her 10th birthday. I took them to the spot that was on fire in the morning but it was dead. After a long run I took them to the flats where they caught barracudas and sharks plus some jacks before the trip was over. What a cool trip and Isabella was awesome as she fought her shark and barracuda with just a bit of help from dad.

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

May 4, 2020 AM & PM Report

AM Report The morning trip was with Sam and Greg and they wanted to bend the rod and have a good time. Being tarpon season my first stop was for tarpon fishing. I located a ton of big fish in the 120 plus pound range and missed a bite on bait and one of the guys missed two bites throwing artificials. When the tide turned I changed it up and they caught jacks and snappers but I wanted something bigger so we hit another spot. There they caught yellow jacks on lures but missed or lost big yellow jacks and 30lb jacks. Ouch! The last spot produced snappers on almost every cast as we ended the day on a high note and full of laughs.

PM Report I love fishing with Kivi and he brought his friend Charlie with him as we social distanced our way to a shallow wreck to catch them some dinner. The first wreck was Ok but the second one was better as we hooked a hammer head shark in 6 feet of water that ate the live 2lb jack we fed it. It was amazing as we were able to see everything unfold in before our eyes. Eventually the T head broke us off as the line frayed on the head. Then we landed a big nurse shark and wrapped up the day in a channel where they finished off their goal of fresh fish dinner with yellow jacks, mangrove snapper and porgies. Yum!

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

May 2, 2020 Report

Today is Saturday and what a surprise I had at the boat ramp. It was all smooth Wednesday and Thursday at the ramp but I had gotten word that Friday was crazy so I prepared for this. Arriving at the marina at 5:35am for my 7am charter, I was faced with a mile long line of boats waiting to get into the marina which is usually open 24 hours but due to Covid 19 they now open at 6am. The process of getting in took 2 hours but by 7:30am Ben and I were on idling out of the marina. We tarpon fished a but but it was slow so we focused on catching versus fishing. Well, that went well. Ben caught a ton of jacks and then I took him to another spot for sharks. At the shark spot Ben kept rolling but no sharks around. Then it happened, a big splash, a bent rod and a screaming drag. Yes, a shark ate the live 2 lb jack! After a 30 minute fight what came to the boat was the largest jack caught on my boat at around 45 pounds. Unfortunately, my photo skills failed me here and the jack looks smaller. We headed back with big smiles under beautiful skies!

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

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