After a couple of are days off I was back to work with Jordan looking for bonefish and permit and I have to tell you we struggled. We found some fish and had a few shots but it was definitely not what I expected today. Part of the issue was the shear number of boats out there as there seemed to be a boat on every flat I wanted to fish.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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The weather here in Miami has been so unpredictable lately, nothing like our typical summer pattern that's for sure and this morning was no exception. Mike and Wade are such great guys and were in Miami for the singular mission of fishing as much as possible. With the weather so unstable I decided to stay close to the marina and it paid off. Mike caught about 8 different species and Wade was not far behind as we looked for tarpon. Then, I hear "I got him!" and Wade was on to something that was smoking the reel! Mike asked me what it was but I chose to not say a thing, just in case, but I was pretty sure I knew what Wade had hooked. After a number of blistering runs and significant pressure on the fish, up came a big permit. YES!!! I love permit! We got the pics, the release and then it was a moment to bask in the glory. I ended the trip looking for tarpon to no avail only finding three by a bridge. Wow, what a fish, what a morning and thankfully the weather right over us held up while it was going south quick all around us.
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I had the day off yesterday thanks to hurricane Elsa but more importantly I hope all our fellow Floridians on the west coast are safe as the storm rolls past them. With the weather cleared here in Miami I got back to work with a great family from Kazakhstan, Oscar, Madina and they're super cute 6 year old Thalia. Oscar didn't care what we targeted so we fished all over the place but the fishing was really slow, no snook, no tarpon, no lady fish, snappers. This was starting to suck. After catching a small snapper I decided we needed to go all in and bonefish. Well it didn't take long before Oscar hooked up and got his first bonefish. Nice! I felt better and can sleep well tonight. That was a close call!
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I know things happen for a reason and that was the theme today as this trip almost didn't happen due to tropical storm Elsa. Valentyn had booked me about a week ago and wanted his 12 year old son Ivan to catch a big fish but there is hurricane Elsa that was supposed to make a mess of things on Monday so we cancelled. Then Monday morning I wake up and the day is nice. What?! I called Valentyn and we were back on. The first spot was awesome with plenty of fun lady fish eating everything in sight but the highlight was Ivan catching a big permit on his own! I marked them on my Raymarine, baited Ivan up and told him what to do and then the hook up! After a long tough fight and some coaching, Ivan had his big permit in the boat. Wow! We then fished a different spot for sharks and we quickly went 2 for 3 before having to race back to the marina out running the first Elsa related cell. Today was awesome!
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Ellis wanted to fish today and boy were the ramps busy! We had to start at 6:30am in order to ensure I could launch the skiff before the marinas got full, plus I wanted to hit some areas before anyone else did. I got to the marina at 5:30am and waited for Ellis for an hour but at least I was on the water. We tried to bonefish and there were tons of fish around but after a few shots the wind kicked up that fishing was over. Changing gears we moved on and Ellis caught a bunch of snappers and runner on lures and then quickly got three sharks before we called it a day.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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Wow, what a morning and how frustrating! I had Duncan and his dad John on board again today and conditions couldn't be any more perfect. Calm winds, the water like glass and tons of fish around to throw a fly to. As I poled them through the permit zone in to the area where there are typically a lot of bonefish we couldn't actually get to the bonefish for all the permit around, There were schools of permit everywhere but things just didn't work out. The bonefish situation was similar with no lack of shots or fish to throw at. This will haunt me.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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Today I fished with Eunice and his son and because it was pretty breezy I didn't want to cross the Bay and beat them up so we tried a couple of different areas for bonefish and snook but it was pretty slow although while we were snook fishing the guys did miss a few bites from snook on artificials. I was really hoping to get them some bonefish but the bonefish won today.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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