The Highs and Lows April 8-10, 2023

Over the last few days there hasn't been much to report other than unusually slow fishing and some weird weather.  On Saturday the 8th regular client Paul and his boys were with for in the morning for shark fishing and we lost one shark.  It was tough fishing on what is usually almost guaranteed.  The Saturday afternoon was with Chris for bonefish on fly and we found some mudding bonefish but after those shots it was a dead zone.  

However, on Monday Keith was on board for a half day and he landed his first bonefish, what a thrill!  It's been tough fishing lately but there have been some silver linings.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Way too crazy a pattern April 4-7, 2023

This was a weird week.  I had Thursday off in order to have the boat get some much needed service but Tuesday through Friday were pretty odd with fishing really tough to nail down a pattern.  So Tuesday Joe and I fly fished for bonefish and the incoming tide was dead but the fish we saw and shots we had were all on the outgoing tide.  We had a shot at permit and a few mudding and cruising bonefish, it wasn't super slow but it wasn't great.  I was waiting for the moon phase to be just right and these bonefish gorge before their spawn but it wasn't today.  But, you know when that big feed before the spawn was?  The day after on Wednesday when Chris and his son fished with me and went 11 for 13 on bonefish, lost a snook and then missed a bonefish eat on fly.  Wow!  Then, Friday rolls around with Joe again and it was dead zone, all over the place.  Incoming, outgoing, shallow, deep, it didn't matter, it was one of those tough days when you just can't buy a fish.  Where were all the bonefish not spawning this month? Just crazy! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Chloe just beat you! April 3, 2023

I had Raymond and his two girls this morning, 13 year old twins Chloe and Jaime.  They wanted to catch a lot of different fish and we did just that.  The girls caught innumerable numbers of snappers, jacks, barracudas and more but the fishing was on and off.  We would get to a spot, it was great and after a little bit it would shut down.  Well, anyway, with enough fish in the boat and 45 minutes left I told them the tide was right for bonefish and they were game.  Here we staked off and waited for the schools to swim through and cast at them.  The first school moved through and we hooked up but the fish spit the hook.  Not so on the second school where Chloe hooked up and landed her first bonefish.  So cool! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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New Start April 2, 2023

Father/son team Bill and Dakota were aboard today form some bonefishing for their first time.  We've had some weird ups and downs lately so I was holding my breath but not long into the trip we start to see schools of bonefish swimming through and first up was Bill who made a good cast in front of the school.  Bill did his part and then the bonefish did their part, kid of.  Bill hooked up and then the bonefish immediately spit the hook three feet into what looked like a long run.  Ouch!  A few schools later we found a school tailing in 14" of ultra calm water slowly moving to the left and Dakota made a perfect cast without spooking the school and was rewarded by a solid hook up, long runs and his first bonefish.  Way to go Dakota!  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Wrapping it up March 27-31, 2023

The last few days I've been booked for a wide variety of trips, everything from bonefish on fly to just catching whatever is biting.  Fishing with local client Alec on Monday we focused on snook and sharks and it was generally slow with the sharks behaving out of sorts refusing to eat fresh fish chunks on the flats.  Wednesday and Thursday we were once again targeting whatever was biting on spin and fly with varying degrees of success but the yellow jacks saving the day.  On the last trip of he month I fished with Chris for bonefish on fly and spin and the conditions were pretty tough with a steady 20 MPH wind but Chris did get his first bonefish during our trip before we decided to head it and call it early as the conditions deteriorated.  It's been a really busy month but it's been a fun one! 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Sunday in and out March 26, 2023

I was really trying to take Sunday off to get some rest and avoid the weekend craziness but Eric called looking to take his daughter Emily fishing and it was hard to say no.  OK, we meet up at 7am and head out to a finger channel that has been really productive.  Somehow, no one was around so it was nice and relaxing.  Well, not that relaxing since this channel has been holding tons of big hard fighting yellow jacks with 200-300lb bull sharks constantly trying to eat them when we hook up.  I warned them this would be hand to hand combat and used 4000 size reels with locked drags and handed it to them.  I explained what to do and it wasn't long before they started hooking up and doing a madman race to get the fish to the boat before the bull sharks would eat them 10 feet from the boat.  Eric and Emily did a great job in spite of us losing 2 to sharks, not bad at all.  With time running out we gave bonefishing 30 minutes before heading in.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Saturday Double March 25, 2023

I try not to run two trips on the weekends as they are stressful due to high boat traffic and too many people out on the water but there is always a work around.  My morning trip was with Gerard and Bennet.  Bennet is 11 and Gerard wanted him to catch some fish and have a good time.  We started early and the boat traffic was low so we were able to fish close to the marina and Bennet capitalized catching a bunch of snappers, jacks, porgies and a total of about 6 different species.  

In the afternoon I had Mike and Beth and the boat traffic and wind were starting to make things interesting.  Mike wanted big fish so we headed south, way south and fished the flats for sharks.  Man this worked out!  Right away we had lemon sharks in 2 feet of clear water all around us and Mike quickly hooked up and landed a nice lemon shark.  Not long after Beth hooked up and had some fun with a bigger lemon shark in the 100lb range until Mike took over and we got the pics.  We finished off the trip looking for snook but the weekend conditions were too much for those snook.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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