Making Memories March 12, 2021

 I had Ray and his boy Manny again today as Manny has been getting the itch to go fishing.  The goal was tarpon and we did our tarpon hunting finding some fish in one of their spots but they had thinned out quite a bit.  While tarpon fishing Manny and Ray caught a bunch of snappers and a few jacks.  We changed it up and they caught snook with Manny catching his first snook.  We wrapped it up on a bridge fishing the out going tide where Ray hooked a big 100 plus pound tarpon that broke off.  

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His and Hers March 6, 2021

 Charlie and Olivia from Texas represented their state well today as we caught their first snook and lost a big tarpon on my morning trip.  After finding a school of tarpon and setting up on them, Charlie and Olivia were patient and it paid off but we lost the tarpon to some pilings.  With Olivia being the fly fisher in the boat she was able to land a jack and a mackerel on fly.  Cool! 

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Spectacular Day Today! March 5, 2021

 I had Kevin today for a full day.  We had tried to fish a few months ago but I was booked up but today was our day.  Being tarpon season we started tarpon fishing and Kevin hooked four fish and landed two nice tarpon a 120lber and a manageable 60lber.  What a blast watching Kevin hook and fight tarpon! Then we moved off to bonefishing where there were plenty of shots but they were being extra finicky today.  When I was almost about to give up a fish moves in, Kevin makes a good cast and the fish is on!  The day ended with Kevin catching a few mutton snappers including one for dinner.  Wow, what a day!

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Tough Two Trips Today March 3, 2021

 WOW!  After today I just want to go home and hide.  My morning trip was with Meredith, Michael and Elena from N.J. and it started rough with for some reason them showing up at the wrong marina an hour away.  Then the wind kept getting worst but we fished in the lee all trip long.  Bonefishing was at the top of the list but although we saw a good number of fish we didn't hook any.  From there we fished an inlet where they caught some fish including barracudas but not what I was hoping for.  

With the wind getting worst Brett, Cameron and Daniel jumped aboard for my afternoon trip.  Again we bonefished but didn't see any this time although Cameron had fun fighting a big stingray.  Then we moved off to a few more spots in the lee of the nasty wind but the fishing was shut down. 

Time to recover......

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This was a special one March 2, 2021

 Two trips again today, man it's been cranking!  My morning trip was with Jim and the goal was to show him around the bay areas he can fish on his own in his 32' center console.  It's tarpon season so I located a some fish and we set up on them.  The first bite was a solid hook up on a tarpon about 140lbs that jumped several times right towards us and then screamed off before jumping again and spitting the hook.  Well, that was an adrenaline rush!  The second bite was solid but the hook never set properly.  Then the third and last bite that was subtle and we never saw the rod bend.  Geeze!  Ok, off to other areas like finger channels and jetties that proved to be slow.  I really wanted Jim to get his tarpon! 

My afternoon trip was definitely incredible.  I had regular client Maria and her friend Cory.  Cory recently got over a major health issue and it was an honor to have her aboard to enjoy an afternoon on the water.  Maria is a a fly angler and a good one but I still tried to keep her out of the 20 MPH winds.  When that didn't work I had no choice but to put her in the teeth of the wind.  But, Maria is awesome and didn't flinch continuing to make pin point accurate casts.  My goal was to get Maria a snook on fly but it wouldn't be easy with the wind, dirty water and well, it's snook.  The first three casts I made for Cory on bait got bites and the third one stuck allowing Cory to catch her first snook.  I stopped and let the spot rest for Maria.  I proved tough.  Finally Maria hooked a few hard fighting jacks and the pressure subsided a bit.  Maria then tells me she knows me well and knew I felt a huge relief.  She was right!  As the fish on fly started to get good she sets on a good fish and a nice fight later a snook comes to the side of the boat.  YES!!!  I uttered words I shouldn't and once we got it in the landing net there were many screams, hugs, more screams, high fives and more hugs.  This was awesome!  Mission accomplished!  I can sleep tonight!

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Two awesome trips on Sunday March 1, 2021

 I have to admit, I don't like running two trips on Sundays in Biscayne Bay due to all the boat traffic but I was booked in the morning with Jessica and Kyle when regular local client George called for Sunday and I couldn't say no.  Jessica and Kyle wanted to catch anything so we tried a few spots that were uninspiring.  This is when I decided to look for tarpon as it's the very beginning of tarpon season for us in Miami.  Well, it went well!  I located some schools and we set up on them, deployed the baits and had them work them a certain way.  Ha, the tarpon cooperated and they hooked four big fish!  Jessica hooked the first and after about 20 minutes the tarpon got us around some structure we couldn't avoid and broke us off.  Two more tarpon hooked and lost later, Kyle hooks the fourth one on one of the light rods.  Ouch!  Two hours later and my afternoon clients waiting at the dock they decided they would break off the fish and call it a day.  

Patient George and his two boys Patrick and Evan finally jumped on the skiff and we were off.  I took them to the same spot and the tarpon were still there.  However, they had lock jaw, probably due to all the boat traffic at this point.  Instead of tarpon, big ladyfish moved in and the boys had their hands full with big, jumping ladyfish.  They caught a ton of them and had a blast before we called it a day.  

Whew, I'm tired! 

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This is how to wrap up the month! February 28, 2021

It's been an all out blitz at work with tons of charters and lots of catches so it was fitting that I wrap up this month with Andrew, Bart and their friend Andre.  I've fished with these two guys before and the last time we did they thought they were dying when we got caught in a storm.  Today there would be no storms just lots of wind.  The plan?  Hit the creeks and fish for snook.  Neither of them had caught snook before and Andrew broke the ice with a nice fish he caught on a hard plastic.  Bart followed up with a snook on a soft plastic and Andrew added to the total with another one.  Andre caught a few fish but not snook but the list over all could've been longer as the guys missed a few bites and lost a nice snook that shook its head and spit the lure.  

Capt. Mo Estevez 

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