February 7-14, 2024

 After a crazy and insane day bone fishing the erst of the week was with Scott in the morning and Mike in the afternoon of 2/7 and then Mike the rest of the week.  The rest of the week proved really slow for us as we had a hard time finding bonefish and tarpon in Biscayne Bay.  On the last day Mike and I fished, Friday, we went to the Everglades wherein proved to be really slow, heck there weren't even any sharks in Florida bay, how crazy is that!  We relaunched to fish the inside of the Everglades and it as still pretty slow with Mike landing a nice trout on fly and his friend Snow releasing three small lemon sharks we sought as a desperate attempt to bend the rods.  Things improved back in Biscayne Bay over the weekend as I fished with Mike and Ian on Saturday and Pam and her son Nathaniel on Sunday.  On these trips we looked to catch whatever would bend the rod and we found jacks of all sorts, snappers and more breaking the slow curse of the prior week.  The balance of the week was a with Tyrone from South Africa and local angler and client Alec.  We had a blast these last two days with Tyrone catching a number of species including yellow jacks and landing 4 sharks on the flats.  Alec wrapped up the week with nice grouper on soft plastics and monster yellow jacks plus a number of different species we were targeting for a state contest he is fishing.   Well, I'm glad the fishing heated up and I'm off to fish another week.  Stay tuned!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Incredible Day! February 1-6, 2024

This week I've been dealing with cold and windy conditions.  The average night time temperature has been 48 degrees and it's been blowing about 20 MPH.  Yes, tough conditions but the fish have to eat and clients want to fish so here we go!

The first couple off days of the month I had Peter and Matthew and for a mixed bag over these two days.  With Peter, we fished the finger channels and rocked the yellow jacks and snappers but struck out on bonefish.  At one point Peter was hooking fish on almost every cast after we figured out they were staying in a specific corner of the channel.  With Matthew we found a bunch of medium sized tarpon and threw flies like crazy at the rolling fish but never got a bite.  That's normal for tarpon buy the way.  Then the wind laid down and I fished with repeat client David.  What a morning with slick calm conditions, no wind and toons of bonefish feeding and moving in the chilly 68 degree water temperatures.  After numerous shots at finicky bonefish David hooked three and landed two.  Nice!  

I end this report fishing with Kent and Alex from Texas under some really tough conditions for two days.  Day one it rained on us 4 out of the 8 hours but Kent got a solid slob of a bonefish and then we took plenty of shots on fly at lemon sharks and Alex lost one on spin after the shark spit the hook.  Then we had Tuesday the 6th.  What brutal conditions with 20-25 MPH winds gusting to 30 MPH.  But, these guys are crazy and I am down to fish any weather condition so we fished a full day trip.  The first spot was dead and then we fished the other only spot we could fish and thankfully this is a mixed bag spot with a surprise built in.  The guys started to fish as we could see huge waves crashing over the distant sand bars.  One after another the fish starting coming to the boat, yellow jacks, jack crevasse, smaller mutton snappers and then a solid hook up and a screaming drag.  I knew what it was but I stayed quite until we saw silver come to the boat, bonefish!  This was just the beginning as the riots stayed bent, drags kept screaming and 18 bonefish were landed out of 20 hooked.  What?!  What a day!!!!  This was incredible and the guys were more than happy.  As for me, I was ecstatic!  Definitely a new record for me best two 16 bonefish trips I've had in the past.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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January 18-31, 2024 Report

The end of January saw the weather clear up a bit and we had clearer skies but still persistent windy conditions.  But, the fish still have to eat ad they did.  Most of the trips I had during this time were trips to just catch fish and have a good time and we did.  One trip with Walt and Jack was especially windy but we crossed the bay and absolutely killed it with big yellow jacks, snappers and more.  At one point it wa fish on every cast for about an hour. Nice! My month ended with Steve for two days and we were fly fishing for bonefish, tarpon, snook, etc...  Day one was slow with only a small snook accounted for but day two was much better.  right off the bat early morning Steve had a number of shots at tailing bonefish and cruising bonefish in super shallow calm water, not an easy task!  We ended the day with tons of shots at mudding bonefish and a nice bonefish released on fly. Way to go Steve!  It's been a god month and I expect it to remain solid in February. Stay warm! 

 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Tough Weather But Still Good January 8-17, 2024 Report

Our Miami "winter" continues to throw some tough weather our way but the fishing continues to stay consistently good and definitely fishable.  This week I had Chris on one day and then Tony, Michael and Tony's son Andrew to wrapped up the week.   The goal on both trips was to catch whatever we could and did well on a number of different species including yellow jacks, jack crevalles, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper and more.  While we did try for snook and tarpon, it didn't work out but the other species more than made up for them. 

I wrapped up the week fishing with Paul and Ron and we stuck to fly fishing only.  Again, the weather looked threatening but it was actually pretty nice not being as hot as it's been down here.  Fishing a few wrecks in the bay they caught short mutton snappers and grouper on fly before we wrapped up the trip bone fishing.  It took a while but we finally found some fish and Paul hooked a nice bone that got him deep into the backing.  These were two great guys and a great way to wrap up the week.  We're expecting a cold front in the next day or two so there should be some nice weather coming our way.  

 Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Week Report January1-7, 2024

This has been a solid week with daily trips and weather work arounds.  It's been windy and cloudy in Miami for the most part this week but fishing has been solid.  Most of my trips this week have been with really cool clients that wanted to catch fish and not worry about targeting a specific species.  So, this week has been highlighted by tons of hard fighting jacks, sharks, look downs and a monster mutton snapper.  The beginning of the week was with Bob and Anna and we caught so many yellow jacks they decided to give something else a try as it was fish on every cast and these hard fighting fish will wear you out quick.  Later in the week I had Larry and his two kids and we caught fish at every spot we fished, mainly snappers and big blue runners before they decided to call it early as they had a great time and caught plenty of fish.  Friday I had repeat client Jordan and we had a blast catching tons of jacks on live shrimp, lures and top water.  It was so cool to watch these aggressive fish blow up top water lures.  We tried to look for bonefish but we didn't score.  Saturday I had two trips, a 6 hour trip with Subhi and his brother Zaid then a 4 hour trip with Trevor, Clark and Jared.  It was a really long day but both trips went really well with both trips catching tons of jacks and then sharks on the flats with Subhi landing a monster mutton snapper before we had to run back.  Sunday was the slowest day I had and it was with Travis and Brandon.  We were targeting bonefish and anything else.  With perfect conditions and slick calm wind the first bonefish spot was dead but a tarpon spot held some small tarpon and we were able to throw some flies at them.  Then Travis caught the first sea trout I've seen in Biscayne Bay in a while.  Cool!  At another spot we missed a few bonefish bites and as the weather worsted the rest of the trips a tale of running to places trying to make something happen to no avail.  Not the way I wanted to wrap up an otherwise awesome week but I guess we can't win them all.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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December 16-31, 2023 Report

All right finally the worst of the weather for this month was largely over and December 18 was the last day of the High winds and rain. The last two weeks of the December have been really, really good with just about anything we want to catch being caught. This second half of the month I was absolutely swamped with trips and I can't recall one trip that was slow with one surprising exception. The one exception was Scott and his son Logan, where we had absolutely perfect conditions for bonefish, tarpon, permit, snook and anything else you can imagine and yet it was an absolute wasteland with nothing around.  However, with that being the exception fishing has been on fire the second half of December. To emphasize this point, on December 29 I fished with repeat client Kevin and we did really well on a number of different species and wrapped it up landing a really nice bonefish as we targeted them for the last hour of the trip. And then to ring in the new year on December 31 I had David and Kevin, a different Kevin, and we got what they wanted, bonefish and mutton snappers. What an awesome second half of the month it's been! Happy new year, everyone! Capt.  Mo Estevez  786-853-1409 www.MiamiBonefishing.com Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBonefishing

December 1-15, 2023 Report

The first two weeks of December were pretty tough with almost daily 20 to 30 mile an hour winds, overcast skies and plenty of rain. In one stretch towards the end of the first half of December we got rain for almost 6 days in a row. However, in between the tough weather I was able to get out with some clients and it was actually better than you would have thought. Most of my trips in the first half of December were pretty cool trips just catching whatever would bite and it usually worked out with a variety of snappers and jacks and a few missed opportunities with snook and tarpon. I did have one trip with regular client Ted on fly and spin and it was a brutal eight hours of silence out in Biscayne Bay. I can't wait for this weather to revert back to the typical nice weather we get in December!

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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