Double Today May 2, 2023

My morning trip was with repeat client Steve and Steve can fish and he can throw a fly.  We started the morning looking for permit on fly with unusually high water but there was zero wind.  These conditions made it possible to see schools of permit cruising and tailing with Steve getting a few good shots at them but permit will be permit.  We changed it up to bonefishing but the high water made it tough for the balance of the trip.  

My afternoon trip was with Alec and his friend from Rhode Island.  Alec wanted to take it easy and not bonefish so we hit the flats for sharks and the guys landed three sharks and we lost another 3 big lemon sharks.  It was a better trip in the afternoon with the falling water today.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Seeing Ghosts May 1, 2023

Fernando was referred to me by a client I fished with over 5 years ago.  Wow, that was cool!  So, the goal was fly fishing and Fernando shook off the rust pretty early on and landed a few bonefish within the first few hours of our full day trip.  As the tide changed we ran south looking for migrating mullet muds in order to throw flies at a number of different predators that work the mullet schools but they weren't down south.  Then I ran east and found a bunch of mullet muds but oddly enough none of them were being crushed by big jacks, tarpon, sharks, lady fish and more.  We wrapped it up having a few shots at bonefish in really skinny water before heading back.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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Bonefish April 29, 2023

Jeff had originally booked me for two boats but the guys on the second boat couldn't make it so it was just me with Jeff and his friend.  Thankfully Jeff was cool enough to give me plenty of heads up so the other guide could fill that day.  Anyway, off we went and fished for bonefish where he landed a nice bonefish but the fishing was definitely slower today.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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After a 2 year break April 28, 2023

It's been two years since Paul fished in Biscayne bay and I was glad he chose me as his guide for our full day trip.  The target species was bonefish and permit so we went for bonefish first under prefect conditions.  Not long into the morning Paul had 7 bonefish under his belt on his own spin tackle before we decided to look for permit now that we had great visibility.  It took about 20 minutes to cross the bay to the oceanside flat I wanted to fish for permit and it took about that long for storm cells to start to form.  Come on!  Anyway, with limited visibility Paul had a shot at a big permit so we were pumped.  Except, there was a huge storm to our north building towards the marina threatening to close us out and then lighting began to crackle.  Hmmm, we looked at each other and decided to head back early and fish 6 hours instead.  We had a heck of a morning and made the right decision to barely beat that really nasty storm.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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The Half Day that took two days April 25/26, 2023

How does that even happen?  Well, it starts with Dan and Bryce jumping aboard and then all hell breaking loose on the day we were fishing.  We got 2 hours in before storms and lighting ran us off the water but not before Bryce got a solid 10 pound bonefish out of it.  He hooked up right as the storm cells were forming so his timing was great and then we sped off to the marina to try and wait it out.  We waited for a while and all indications were this storm was going to take a while so we called it a day.  Since I was off tomorrow we decided to fish two hours the following morning. 

The following morning (today) was absolutely perfect in every way...except there was little to no tidal movement anywhere we went.  You know that this means?  Slow fishing.  In the process of me stressing out for two hours Dan got a bite but didn't hook up.  Yikes!  I decided to give the guys a bit extra time to see if we can get Dan his first bonefish but there was nothing moving.  Once again, right before I tell the guys it's time to head in a school moves through and Dan hooks and lands a nice 8lb bonefish.  Whew, that took years off my life!  

Congrats guys and thanks for sticking it out.  

Capt. Mo Estevez

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It's all a matter of timing April 22, 2023

Chester and I have fished plenty before and he brought his friend Mike along this time and man I was really hoping for a decent day because it has been tough.  The morning started with us looking for small tarpon to catch on top water lures.  I found some right where they should be but they were tough to convince to eat a plastic.  After fishing a few more spots for tarpon and snook and drawing blanks it was time to bonefish.  Once we started our bonefish hunt it was slow, really slow but eventually a schooled popped up and Mike got his first bonefish. Whew, that's a relief.  Now it's Chester's turn.  Chester really wanted to catch his first permit since he had already caught bonefish with me before but that looked like a tall order on a day like today.  I had just told him I tend to see permit in this area in the summer time when a school moved in and ate his live shrimp. Oh my Lord!!!!!  It was awesome and it happened moments before I told the guys we had to start heading in.  What timing Chester!!!!

Capt. Mo Estevez

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The Grind has Begun :( April 21, 2023

I saw this coming as the new moon stayed at around 0-2% for far too long.  What this means is that fishing generally becomes tough for pretty much almost all species and this was proven today.  My morning trip was with Jordan and we went straight to fish for fun yellow jacks on light tackle.  We got there, hooked up almost immediately and then there was silence.  We moved around a lot looking for fish and settled on fishing for bonefish as everything else was slow.  Again, it was a grind but Jordan got his first bonefish, albeit a small 2 pounder, but it slipped back into the water before we could get a pic.  

My afternoon trip was a 6 boat trip I organized and I had Seth and George aboard.  Seth really wanted bonefish while George was here for the relaxation.  The first flat of the trip was great with a few schools of mudding bonefish but the casts were off just enough to have the bones miss the live shrimp.  While we were poling George caught a cool bonnet head shark.  OK, off to another spot and George was on pretty quickly to his first bonefish.  Yes!  It took a bit but Seth hooked up to a nice bone that eventually came off during one of the long runs.  Almost right before we called it a day Seth hooked up and landed his first bonefish.  I won't get into the details but this meant the world to Seth and of course to me as well.

Capt. Mo Estevez

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