Double today March 22, 2023

My morning trip was with Steve and his friend and they just wanted to catch whatever was the best bet.  Best bet has been fishing the finger channels so I took them to one and bounced jigs with shrimp.  Pretty easy stuff and you never know what you'll catch but they got yellow jacks, snappers and porgy before we headed in.  It was a fun trip with plenty of action. 

My afternoon trip was with repeat client Burt and his two friends Dave and Howard.  By the time we headed out the wind was pretty stiff and the bay was chopped up.  Thankfully Burt wanted to fish close in and not cross the bay so we did just that.  Burt asked me what we were going to fish for and I said "Bonefish".  The last time we fished he caught his first bonefish in about 20 years so he was game.  It wasn't easy at first with the wind and the water starting to get a bit dirty, I started to feel the pressure.  Well, I made a move and fished a bit different flat and it paid off with Burt getting a solid bonefish, his largest to date and Dave getting his first one as well.  As for Howard, well we missed a few bites but he caught a barracuda and he was all smiles.  What a great group! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Tough two days March 20-21, 2023

Two days with Mike again and it was a rough start.  First, my poling platform cracked and needed to be rewelded, the sky was black and the rain would not let up.  In spite of all this Mike but 3-4 bonefish to eat his fly but only managed one to the boat.  As soon as the weather cleared just a bit the fishing died off.  What?  Really? We decided to end the trip at 4 hours so I could get the platform fixed and the fishing was dead anyway.  The second day we had great weather and the highlight was Mike getting a huge snook to eat his fly half way to the boat, put max pressure in order to prevent it from getting into the mangroves twice just to have the snook break him off by cutting the leader with his gill plate.  Ouch, that hurt!

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It's turning around March 19, 2023

It was great fishing with George again and we got to fish a full day today, a rare thing since he usually fishes 4 hours with his little boys.  I could tell the fishing was improving and as we bounced from spot to spot things were looking better with nice yellow jacks and other stuff.  When I saw the tide towards the end of he trip I told him we would bonefish the rest of the trip and as always, George was cool with it.  I'm glad we did!  Pretty early in George lands a stud 12lb bonefish, then a 10, an 8, a few 9's, it was crazy!  In the end George went 6-7 all on big fish.  Wow! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Hail Mary. March 18, 2023

Mike booked a trip for his son Antonio who was in town for spring break and wanted to get his first bonefish on fly.  Antonio has only been fly fishing for a couple of months but after a few tips he was making some pretty solid casts.  The whole trip was pretty slow, I can't stand this moon phase, and we worked.  At the last spot I had high hopes that diminished by the minute.  Right when I was about to tell Antonio we had to head back I saw a flash.  I pointed it out, he made a cast and missed, then another cast and missed then another cast and he dropped the fly right in the school and he was on!  A long fight later and two runs getting deep into the backing, Antonio had his first bonefish on fly, a nice one too.  Congrats Antonio! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Close Call March 17, 2023

Today I fished with Andrew and his friend for bonefish on fly.  It was slow, very slow, no fish no eats and then I decided to make a long run and change the scenery.  The wind was pretty tough so I hid behind a key I like on the outgoing tide and waited for the bones to pour through.  They didn't but one did and Andrew nailed it on the cast and set and got one on.  As he was fighting his fish a shark came in after the bonefish and with the bone almost next to the boat Andrew made the right call to break it off and save the bonefish.  Good call and that was the trip.  Pretty slow.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Another Double March 15, 2023

Another two trips today out of Key Biscayne and I had Lenny and Bri as my morning clients.  Lenny is the son of a long time client of mine but we hadn't fished together before until today.  They were both great with Lenny not fishing often and Bri having never fished before.  Well, we took it easy and they caught a bunch of snappers, jack crevalles, yellow jacks and Bri landed a shark.  They were thrilled, Bri said it was super fun and Lenny was awesome to fish with.  

My afternoon trip was with Mike and I wanted to change it up from my morning trip.  I took Mike to an area for snook and tarpon and he caught a couple of snook, had four tarpon bites, hooked, two, lost both of them and landed a huge jack crevalle.  We did everything we could on those tarpon but they would not stay on the hook, so frustrating.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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The two extremes March 14, 2023

 I had two trips today with both being the opposite ends of the fishing spectrum.  In the morning I had Blake and his father in law Craig and Blake wanted to fly fish for tarpon.  I looked high and low around Key Biscayne, usually the epicenter of spring tarpon season, and they were MIA.  This season is starting off like the last few years, slow and disappointing.  Anyway, I took them to a spot where there are usually some snook around and smaller tarpon.  Switching gears, I had Blake cast to some snook structure while Craig tossed a bait behind the boat.  On the second cast Craig hooks a smaller tarpon but it came off after the first jump.  Wow!  As expected, eventually Blake caught his first snook on fly and Craig caught his first snook while the tarpon moved through for a while and Blake took a bunch of shots but the tarpon passed on the fly, not a shocker.  

In the afternoon I had long time client Josh and his two boys, Will and Joshua.  They wanted a cool fun afternoon on the water catching anything and so we did.  We caught a bunch of snappers and hooked two black tip sharks before calling it a day.  It was great to see Josh and Will again and meeting Joshua for the first time.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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