I worked two days out of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo and both days were great with great guys. The guys on both trips wanted to shark fish and that we did with them hooking about 4-5 sharks per trip and landing most of them. On day two the guys hooked the "shark slam", lemon sharks, nurse sharks, bonnet head sharks and black tip sharks. Dang!
Capt. Mo Estevez
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This morning David boarded with his two boys and all we needed was one spot to keep the kids busy. Setting up on a wreck inside the bay I had to use frozen shrimp due to a shrimp shortage and it didn't matter. The kids were on from the first cast catching snappers, blue runners, trigger fish and fighting a 30lb barracuda for about 10 minutes before the hook came free. The boys were stoked never having caught so many fish. Nice!
Capt. Mo Estevez
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I was out of Key Biscayne today and had Tom on board to bend rods. We did just that catching a number of species but focusing on sharks where they kept him busy.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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I had Michael on board today with fly rod in hand for a bonefish on fly half day. Michael hadn't touched his fly rod in a few years but he quickly shook the rust off and starting making some really good casts. We had some shots and eventually I found a huge school of bonefish mudding and feeding like crazy before heading offshore to spawn. Michael made a great cast, strip, strip, on! As the bonefish ran he got Michael around a coral head and off he went with our fly and hopes. Ouch! Once the tide turned it got real slow before we headed in.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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Alex and his buddies jumped in the boat and they just wanted to fish for anything in saltwater as they are from Minnesota and hadn't fished in salt water. Bad news was there was no live bait in any bait shop in Homestead as we had terrible weather for a couple of days before hand preventing the shrimpers from going out. Hmmm, ok no problem. With some frozen mullet we target sharks where the guys got a couple and lost a few and then it happened. Under glass calm conditions and a great tide the bonefish started to tail and mud right next to the boat. I couldn't resist so I rigged up a new penny colored Z Mann shrimp on a split shot weight and made a cast, twitch, twitch, bump, bump. The bonefish hit it and missed. Dang it. I made another cast and repeated the process but this time I got a solid hit and handed the rod off to the closest guy next to me. A few minutes later they had their first bonefish. Nice!!!!! We wrapped it up on a shallow ship wrecked where they hooked a 30lb barracuda but lost it to a pulled hook.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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After a cancellation and a day off I was back on the water again today with Chrissy who booked me for her dad and mom to spend a half day on the water for his birthday tomorrow. She originally wanted tarpon as her dad Bob (with one "O", LOL) really wanted tarpon but I explained the tarpon situation and they were cool chasing bonefish and permit instead. We started early at 6:30AM out of Homestead and took advantage of the lower stages of the tide. Man there were fish everywhere, bones and permit! After a number of shots things quieted down and we tried to fish a couple of spots but there were skiffs close enough to them that I couldn't fish them so off we went somewhere else. Eventually I saw one of the skiffs leave and hit the exact spot where I knew there would be bonefish cruising. Well, well, well not long after we set up I hear Bob say "Oh, I got a hit!" I look and see the rod bend and the reel singing. Several long runs and a bit of drama as the bonefish tried to get under the boat, later we landed a nice 9lb bonefish just before we were going to head back. Wow, nice work Bob and happy birthday!
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Capt. Mo Estevez
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Scott fly down from north Florida for two days of bonefish and permit fishing. The boat traffic at the marina was insane being Memorial Day weekend but once on the water it was surprisingly quiet as we focused on bonefish and permit. Day one was insane with Scott going 7 for 9 on bonefish before taking a break and encouraging me to make a few casts which I did and quickly landed a bonefish as well. Day two we focused on permit and while it started quite the permit finally woke up at the end of the incoming tide and Scott had a ton of shots before the breeze kicked up and ended that fishing. We went back to bonefishing which we did about 15 minutes worth before having to high tail it back to the marina before a significant storm got the best of us.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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