The end of June 17-30, 2024

 The second half of June had some tough conditions that kept me at home and rescheduling trips thanks to 7 days of constant rain we had move across the area.  But, I was able to sneak in a few trips and the first one was with Bob armed with a fly rod.  I took Bob to an area out of the wind and we were able to find some schools of bonefish moving through but they stayed just out of casting range.  Towards the end of the trip we finally got a bonefish to eat his fly but a split second worth of hesitation was enough to allow the bone to spit the fly.  Ouch!  the next trip was with Drew and we had perfect summer conditions, finally!  We found tons of bones and permit in super calm water and Drew had tons of shots.  The first bonefish he landed this morning was a 12 pounder, wow!  The second bone was about 8 and then there were 3 more for a total of 6 bonefish hooked and five landed.  What a day!  I ended the month fishing with Brooke and her son just fishing finger channels and they had a blast catching all sorts of snappers and jacks on our half day trip.

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Wet Report June 9-16, 2024

This is a short report due to the weather we've been having.  I was scheduled to fish with Ron Monday through Friday but we rescheduled due to constant and severe rain the whole week and my Saturday trip was rescheduled as well du to rain.  But, Father's Day was better and I was able to get Jake and Tom out for a 6 hour trip.  The weather was threatening in the morning but it never did rain and it actually got nicer as the day progressed.  Well, they wanted to target bonefish and we fished a few spots away from the breeze and we found a few schools but no luck.  As the tide dropped we wear able to change tactics and we finally scored.  Tom was on fire and he was able to land four bonefish while Jake decided to wait until the last minute and land the biggest fish of the day with a bonefish in the solid 8lb class.  Way to go guys!  Happy Father's Day to everyone! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Sizzling Start June 1-8, 2024

Dang, if there was a way to start off the month of June this would be it.  It's been hot but that has been a side note in light of the awesome fishing we had so far this week.  I began the week with Amy, her son Henry and this friend Daniel out of Key Biscayne.  They were great to fish with and armed with shrimp on jigs, they started off hot with Daniel landing a massive jack that took 20 minutes to land.  The balance of the trip consisted of them catching snappers and smaller jacks.  

The following trip was with local angler Dan who wanted to catch his first big bonefish.  We got an early start and right away there were tailing bonefish all around us.  Ha, it turns out the first school of trailers coming at us, Dan made a perfect cast and Hooke dup.  Wow!  After a long run and a n awesome fight he landed his first big bonefish, on the first cast of the trip!!!!  We landed another bonefish shortly afterwards and had plenty more shots.  When the dust settled we had accomplished our mission and at the right time as the fishing died off after that.  It's about timing I guess.  

On to the following day with regular clients Arman, Josh and Benji.  What a trip!  We hit one spot and lever moved as it was solid fishing from the onset.  Although we landed a number of species including keeper mangrove snappers and nice jacks we lost way too many nice fish.  Josh had the hot hand and the curse as he must have lost 5-6 really nice fish that would burn up the drag and once they settled down the hook would pull or they would break us of on structure.  Ouch that hurt.  One fish we did see was a 40 lb jack that ate his bait next to the boat and then took off like a freight train.  We chased it but a few minutes into the fight the hook pulled.  That sucked! 

The last trip of the week was with Josh, John and Andrew for a full day of bone fishing.  Just like my trip with Dan, it was on fire early morning and then dead once the day progressed.  But, when it was hot it was hot!  The guys ended the morning flurry landing 5 bonefish, the first for John and Andrew.  But, it gets better.  John landed his first bonefish, a 12 pounder and a 6 pounder.  Wow, that's the way to do it.  Andrew got his first bonefish too, one being 10 lbs and the other at about 8lbs.  Man, these guys crushed it!  All these fish we caught sight fishing as they were tailing in super calm shallow water.  What a morning and what a week! 

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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What a way to end the month! May 24-31, 2024

What a way to end the month but it was not all good news at first.  My Saturday charter was with regular local client Barry and we were fishing out of Key Biscayne on Memorial Day weekend.  Not good.  But, he was there for a few nights and couldn't drive south so the plan was to meet him there and well that's when things went sideways.  With HUGE amounts of boat traffic at the marina, I arrived at 6:45AM only to find out the marina was already full and closed.  What?!  I had to tell Barry to reschedule and I drove an hour and a half back home.  Ouch!  My Sunday trip was also with a regular long time client, Alex and out of the same marina in Key Biscayne.  This time we started at 6:30AM and I launched out of Homestead at 5:30AM and ran by boat an hour north to Key Biscayne.  Everything went well after that but the marinas were already 3/4 full by 5:30Am.  Crazy!  Oh, back to fishing.  It was slow overall but Alex hooked and lost a tarpon and his buddy Kai caught a bunch of snappers and jacks.  I took Monday off and declined a few trips, my mental health s more important.  However, I had long time client Ken on board out of Homestead with his kids Gianna and Haram.  He wanted to make sure they caught a bunch of fish regardless of size so the kids caught endless snappers until they got bored.  At this point we target bonefish and were able to hook two and land one, nice!  My last trip of the month was Chris and his son Luke targeting bonefish.  It was on fire!  We had slick calm conditions, falling tide and great moon phase.  The end result was tons of shots at schools of bonefish coming in all directions.  We hooked four and landed two.  Not great odds but it was one of those mornings where landing bonefish was almost guaranteed.  That's what early morning bone fishing is like in the summer and it didn't disappoint.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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Long Report May 1-23, 2024

What's up everyone?  It's been a busy month so far so here is a catch up report of what's been going on in Miami/Biscayne Bay.  The first week of May started the way the April ended, on fire!  Joel and Paul were with me for the last day of our trip and we got into some super shallow, super calm big tailing bonefish action that had us going 3 for 4 on these big fish and had plenty more shots.  This was after fishing the finger channels and having a blast catching a variety of snappers and jacks in order to mix things up.  The following day I had Mark on board and we did well on bonefish again, in really calm conditions which is typical of May in Miami.  After a few days off and a mini well needed vacation I was back on the water with Brett and Kris out of the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo.  these guys were great and a ton of fun to fish with.  They caught a bunch of jacks, sight fished a few lemon sharks and we wrapped it up hooking 7 bonefish and landing 6.  What a day!  The following day I fleshed with Wes and he wanted to focus on snook since they don't have snook in Texas.  We got an early 6AM start and tossed top water lures for snook.  They were there and he caught a few nice fish before the trip ended at 10AM.  

The next day I fished with local client Barry and we focused on snook (who were MIA...go figure!) so we turned out attention to bonefish.  The flats were dead but at a certain point in the tide the bonefish went crazy and a school of about 100 fish were mudding.  It was an easy shot and Barry capitalized by landing a bonefish out of the school and ending what would have been a skunk trip.  

With a slow down in fishing I was concerned taking Neil and his wife out in the morning for bonefish but it worked out and there were plenty of smaller fish around and Neil was able to land his first bonefish.  The afternoon trip was with long time client Austin and it was a dud, the fishing was dead and only a few blow ups from snook on top water.  

Saturday found me fishing with Abe armed with a fly rod for bonefish.  Once again the fishing was a bit slow for bonefish so we turned out attention to permit and found one mudding and then several singles and doubles.  Abe had some shots but permit are permit.  At the right time in the tide I took him where I took Barry a few days prior and the bones were there like clock work.  A nice long accurate cast into a school of 100 bonefish and it took seconds for Abe to hook up and landing his first Biscayne Bay bonefish. It turned out to be a nice day.  

The balance of my trips through the 14 were mainly trips to just catch anything and we did just that but the yellow jacks weren't around in the big numbers they have been but snappers filled the void.  

The last four trips consisted of three with Chris and his friend Brian as we chased bonefish on fly and the last trip of this report was with Josh, Arman and Aria, all regular clients of mine.  Josh and the crew took home some fresh fish dinner and Chris and Brian did well on bonefish. For three days we chased bonefish on spin and fly and we caught bones on every trip.  Day one Brian landed one on spin, day two Chris landed two on fly and two on spin and the lat day was a half day which was epic is the calm conditions with tailing bonefish everywhere and we went 1 for three in the first hour.  Man was that fun!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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More Fire April 23-30, 2024 Report

Wow, wow, wow!  What a way to end the month!  These last 7 days have been solid with just a "slow" trip mixed in.  We begin this week's report with Richard from TX and he wanted to target tarpon and snook.  This is tarpon season right?  I ask because we searched high and low on the oceanside flats for tarpon in their usual migration routes and it was devoid of life.  After putting in too many hours into this we changed it up and targeted snook and bonefish.  Both were good and Richard had a number of snook blow up his top water but miss.  To dull the pain of missing so many snook, he caught some trout and well, bonefish.  Yes!  

The next day Richard and I focused on snook and this worked out with Richard landing his first snook and then another one to make up for the prior day.  

Having Sunday off, I was back to work on Monday with Tyler and Bill.  Tyler really wanted to target bonefish and permit so we focused on bonefish first and Bill got his first one.  Once the winds laid down a bit we hit some permit flats and found none, actually there wasn't much life on the flats as not only were permit MIA but so were sharks, rays and barracudas, all the signs of life we look for.  

I wrapped up the month with Joel and Paul who wanted to focus on just catching fish and having a good time.  With lures tied to 30lb florocarbon leader we hit the mangroves where Joel landed a nice snook and Paul lost a slob snook due to a spit hook.  Ouch!  Moving along the trip they caught sea trout, jacks and barracuda until the tide was right and I took them bone fishing.  I'm glad I did as the guys hooked 8 bonefish and landed 7, wow!  Great job guys!  Well, we're done with April and we ended strong.  Now we are on to May, one of my favorite months in Miami.  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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On Fire Report April 15-23, 2024

Well, what can I say, it's been good this week!  From bonefish to snook and everything in between.  The first two trips of the week was with Ben and his son Patrick and the following day with Ben and his other son Nick.  What two great trips!  Day one Ben and Patrick caught a bunch of trout, hooked a few snook and landed a few more. Patrick hooked a slob that almost got him tot he mangroves but he did a great job keeping his out and landing a great fish.  The following day we caught even more trout with Ben and Nick but no snook.  However, we did target bonefish on soft plastics and Ben hooked a nice bonefish that simply spit the hook deep into the second run.  Ouch! 

The following day I had Reggie and Audrey and they wanted lots of action and catching many species so we did just that in the finger channels and the highlight were some nice yellow jacks.  The following day I had two trips, Grant and Emma being my morning trip with Grant fly fishing and Emma spin fishing.  I took them to a snook spot where they caught a bunch of trout, go figure.  The next spot Grant had a big snook eat his fly but rush the boat and come off   We wrapped it up bone fishing where Emma landed her first.  My afternoon trip was with Mike ad his son Tyler and these guys were great.  they wanted big fish so we caught some jacks and hit the flats for sharks where they hooked a few nice lemon sharks and landed two lemons that had them working hard to bring those powerful lemons to the boat.  

Saturday I had Abe and his wife Amanda for a full day of fly fishing for bonefish.  The fishing was slow but I managed to get them 8-10 shots at bonefish but it didn't work out perfectly which is what is required to catch bonefish on fly.  Sunday I fished with Brian and his son Dennis again targeting snook and bonefish, neither of which cooperated but we caught a bunch of snappers in the finger channels and Brian lost a bonefish he hooked briefly.  

Monday found me taking Scott and Anna out for a combo fishing trip/tour of Biscayne National Park.  These folks were great and while I gave them a tour of the bay, took them snorkeling and had them walk around and bath in Boca Chita, they also caught a bunch of snappers and Anna got Hooke on fishing.  She decided no more snorkeling and she just wanted to get back to fishing.  Nice!

This report ends with Alec and I deciding to forgo our usual full day for a half day based on the weather reports of high winds and small craft advisories.  It started really nice actually and earlier than usual as we were fishing by 6:30AM throwing top waters for snook.  I saw a small tarpon roll, had Alec cast and a few seconds later he hooked the tarpon but it threw the hook on the first jump.  After to many swings and misses by snook he finally got one to stick and landed the first snook of the day as the wind started to pick up.  We fished along shoreline where he landed yet another snook, huh bigger this time, and a sea trout that kept hitting his top water.  With the wind getting to over 20MPH we decided to give bone fishing about 45 minutes and wouldn't you know it, he landed one.  Wow! What a four hour trip in increasingly tough conditions and what a way to end this weeks report.  This past week has been solid fishing and great weather.  I love it!  

Capt.  Mo Estevez 

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