I had repeat client Chris and he was ready for some fishing action. We looked for tarpon and then switched off to just catching fish. I tried for snook and Chris caught a jack instead and well, it was game on with an assortment of species including jack crevalles, yellow jacks, mangrove snappers and small grouper.
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Joe has fished with me before and today he came with his 80 year old priest "Father T". Man I want to be like T at 80 years old with high energy, strong and full of life! They didn't really care what they caught but with good conditions for bonefish we tried that first where T missed two bonefish takes but I couldn't blame him for it, one spit the hook upon the initial take and the second was a hook up and then it was off just as fast. After this I took them to bend the rods at a few shipwrecks but there were only small fish around. Hmmm, it's funny how things work. I was going to take them way south to another wreck and something told me to take them to a nearby channel that has produced for mne as of late. I power poled down and had T cast jig and shrimp. Ha, it was fish on every cast including big mangrove snappers, yellow jacks and then the prize. T hooked a nice bonefish that was working the channel edge and after a long fight cut him off on the rocky edge. Dang! I owe you a bonefish T!
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When I got to the marina this morning before Grant and his friend jumped aboard I launched the skiff, turned on my Raymarine and saw the water temps at 72 degrees. Yes! Armed with flyrods we fished one spot on our 4 hour trip and that's all we needed. The bonefish woke up and were all over the place. They were acting extra spooky but the guys had tons of shots and had a number of them track the fly and not eat, even after changing flies a few times. That's how it goes sometimes but the guys had a great time and at least the fish are back. Here are a couple of pics of bonefish waking right at us in slick clam conditions. It was like this the whole trip!
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Urgh, that is how I would describe my day with Maria today. The water temps were about the same so I expected the fish to have acclimated but that was not the case. It was a dead zone everywhere we fished. I decided to end the trip early and call it day. Maria was in agreement and now I head home with my head hanging low. This sucked!
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I had Maria onboard today and she is always awesome to fish with and a really good fly fisher woman. The plan today was really just to catch whatever species would eat a fly but I was concerned with the low water temps in the mid 60's. Well, my concern was erased when I took her to the second spot of the trip and there were a bunch of jacks around but the fishing was not on fire as it should've been for this time of year, again, because of the water temps.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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It's funny how things work out sometimes. I had two trips scheduled for tomorrow Saturday but Joe, my morning trip, called and asked if we could fish Friday, today, instead. I guess he saw the weather forecast of temperatures in the 30's and winds upwards of 30 MPH. So off we went on Friday morning with his friend Vinnie. The water temps were back at 70 and the morning was extremely foggy to the point we were limited on where we could go so we stayed close to the marina and went bonefishing. This is where Vinnie when bonefishing for the first time and he got his first bonefish. Yes!!!! The rare fog usually burns off in the first hour but not today, it actually got thicker throughout at the morning at times. During my trip with Joe and Vinnie, Jon calls me asking what time to meet today. "Huh, I can today but we're scheduled for tomorrow." Turns out he had his dates mixed up and the trip was supposed to be today. No problem. I wrapped up my trip with Joe and Vinnie catching snappers, although small, on every cast.
As soon as I dropped off Joe and Vinnie, Jon and Stefan jump aboard and we're off with the fog now cleared but the skies overcast. Jon was on spin and Stefan on fly and we struck out on bonefish but then they told me they would be happy catching anything. Cool! I took them to a wreck, set up and watched Jon catch yellow jacks, big blue runners, snappers and a few big mystery fish while the fish ignored Stefan's fly, they don't usually. Once Stefan picked up a spinning rod it was on as all fish were caught on lures and they took home plenty to eat.
By the evening and the following day the weather was horrible so the schedule change worked out.
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Man it's been cold with the latest cold front being unusually cold and driving down the water temps to the low 60's, not good! Along for the ride today was Steve and his son. They wanted to try for bonefish so I took them to a shallow point I like and try to work the deeper edge where there should be slightly warmer water but I warned them it would be tough. Well, they went 0-2 on bonefish during our morning trip and landed a bonnet head shark. It wasn't what I would have liked but at least they hooked two nice bones in spite of the blistering cold water temps.
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