Making lemonade out of lemons April 8, 2022

Jane and Travis are the nicest people you can find and they are from Michigan.  Travis is a guide back home and they were on vacation and of course wanted to fish.  Today was the first of two days of fishing with me and the conditions today were tough.  The wind kept howling about 20 MPH and more and the visibility wasn't great so we threw flies for snook and bonefish but nothing on fly although Jane was throwing soft plastics and she had a couple of good pops from snook but they missed the hook.  I ran way south to try new scenery and chummed for bonefish only producing a bonnet head shark.  Ok, time running out.  I got a mojara we had caught and used it for shark bait and they both sightcasted nice lemon sharks on light medium rods.  That was a cool way to wrap up the day and make something out of nothing.  

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Laughing all the way!!! April 7, 2022

Man I love fishing with life long friends Luis and Francisco from the Dominican Republic.  These guys are the funniest human beings you will find and then add fishing and it's non stop laughs.  I laughed so hard today I was crying!  They also brought Alvaro, Francisco's 10 year old son who was a pleasure to fish with.  I was once again very windy so we kept to the shoreline and had a blast bending rods and watching Alvaro stay on fish.  The first fish of the day was a big 20lb barracuda that ate Francisco's lure but after a long fight he lost it next to the boat.  Man, the ripping was fast and furious from Luis from that moment on.  The guys caught tons of ladyfish, jacks and a few bluefish to add to the list.  Oh, and the big barracuda Francisco lost.  LOL

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Fishing and a boat tour April, 5, 2022

Two trips at the same time?  Yes, yes indeed.  Rachel was on boat to fish while Susan was on board to enjoy a boat ride.  Very cool!  Rachel can throw a fly and well Susan did a great job of cheering her on, watching everything play out and offer some gentle critique at times.  So funny!  It was pretty windy out of the north but we found some cover were Rachel was able to hook a bonefish on fly but it rushed the boat and it came off.  The good thing is that she watched the whole thing unfold.  After that we threw some flies for snook but scored when we switched to spinning gear and soft plastics catching snook and a nice barracuda.  I wrapped it up fishing mullet muds but they were void of predators plus it was rather rough due to the hard wind.  

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The Mullet Muds April 3, 2021

Well, today I had Andrew and his son Chase and we were on the hunt for anything that would bend the rod.  The snook weren't cooperating and a few other spots weren't great so I headed out on the hunt for mullet muds.  Well, I found them and although they weren't on fire like they have been and should be, there were fish in them.  Chase put on a clinic catching bluefish, jacks, runners and a big jack on lures while his dad lagged behind.  It was the funniest thing as they would swap rods and Chase would still be on fire.  They kid is fishy! 

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Not a bad consolation prize April 2, 2022

The snook is Florida's most popular saltwater gamefish and catching snook is always fun and a big deal.  Well, today I had local angler Neil and his wife Jill on board for some bonefishing.  Conditions were just about perfect and will all the flats boats launching early in the morning I was in a panic to get to the perfect spot under these conditions.  To my amazement there was no one poling the perfect spot, ha!  I got on the pole and Neil and Jill proceeded to have about a dozen shots at bonefish, mostly big fish including some giant tailers in 12" on water.  Well, in spite of our best efforts and some good casts that should have yielded some bones, the conditions changed and the fishing slowed.  But, with it being the north bound mullet migration I knew there were other options and they began in still very shallow water as pelicans dove onto panicked schools of mullet from above and snook ambushed from below.  I rigged them up with some artificial lures and worked a stretch that typically produces.  Well, it didn't disappoint and Neil got his first snook of the morning.  Jill landed three barracudas and Neil got another snook before we moved off.  On the way to a bonefish flat I found a mullet mud and had them cast lures and Neil tied in to a really nice jack, bluefish and a couple of blue runners.  We wrapped it up bonefish but only saw a couple.  It was a gorgeous day and this 6 hour trip felt like a three hour trip thanks to this great and fun couple.  

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Crazy guys! April 1, 2022

KIt never fails, I always work on April Fool's Day and I always seem to do well.  When I had looked at the tide the night before I was all excited and then 5am came around.  I got up, grab my phone and there was a text "the three boat trip start is pushed back from 7am to 9:30am."  What?  All my April Fool's hopes and dreams dashed!  Oh well, back to sleep and then at the rampo by 9:30am.  The two guys I had on board were great, Scott and Will.  It was 6 guys that wanted to fish, drink beer and stay close together.  While the other boats ran south I ran to a tarpon spot and quickly hooked a nice 80lb tarpon that came off on the first jump.  Dang it!  Then as the activity slowed I moved over to the now grouper hole and the guys caught some small groupers and lane snappers before we got the call, "come over here so we can hang out".  Well the trip ended at a sand bar so the guys could enjoy the 80 degree water temps and called it a day.  Very cool trip and it seemed I was more into catching fish than the crew.  LOL

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Father and Son March 30, 2022

I had Pat and Pat today who don't usually fish much but wanted to hang out and spend some father/son time.  I took them to a tarpon spot where they were hanging out but just hanging out, we didn't get any bites in the short time we fished them and then changed it up.  We went to a "tarpon hole" where they usually stack up and they were MIA for a bit but in the meantime I marked a bunch of fish on the Raymarine and just had the guys drop a shrimp on jig and within seconds they were getting bites with three or four red grouper in the boat before we could blink.  The fishing then changed to tarpon rolling so I drifted and set two baits back hoping for a bite.  In the meantime they kept jigging the bottom and catching a few more species but the trigger fish invaded and we had to leave as they were devouring out shrimp without hooking up.  We wrapped it up at a bridge where we missed a bite by something, I don't know what before we called it a day.  

  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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