Capt Mo's Fishing Reports

Sunday, February 28, 2016

February 26, 2016 Report

People from MD are always really nice and today was no exception with John and Sarah. We began our morning looking for tarpon and finding none until the last half of the trip. Once the tide turned the tarpon showed up and they were stacked deep. Numerous drifts resulted in a few different species but the last drift resulted in a tarpon hook up, a searing run and then a break off after John worked the fish in spite of having a sailboat run over the line and the fish. URGH! Nice work John!

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 25, 2016 Report

Launching my skiff at BlackPoint Marina in Homestead on my way to pick up clients at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo an hours run away didn't seem like a good idea at the time, the wind blowing 25 knots out of the NW. Having clients waiting I had no choice and made the long run in the nasty chop, staying as close to the shoreline as possible. Upon arriving at the ORC, Kathy and her husband climbed aboard and we sped off to the oceanside of Elliot Key where we could find some fish and hide from the wind. Staking out we had a couple of schools of bonefish move through, hooked two sharks and fought a big stingray that gobbled a shrimp meant for bonefish. It was a nice trip after all and the run back was surprisingly smooth courtesy of a strong low tide.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 23, 2016 Report

Day two of John fly fishing with me and today reminded me not to complain as I launched my skiff in steady 20 plus MPH winds into a frothy and rough Biscayne Bay. Since I had an afternoon trip I decided to launch from Coconut Grove and make a long run down to South Biscayne Bay to fish the creeks for snook and bonefish. The run down was sloppy but we made it into my favorite creeks. Fishing the leeward side of keys John caught a couple of barracudas on fly but the snook were MIA with the exception of the occasional pop as they fed deep into the mangroves, the water level being higher than expected courtesy of the hard SE wind that pounded the shoreline all night. (It wasn't supposed to be this windy!) Another creek had a 30" snook sitting on a mud flat and when John was about to make a cast to the perfectly presented snook, two pelicans flew low and over the snook and spooked it. URGH! We ended the day catching a few ladyfish and being visited by a manatee curious to our activity with her two calfs resting close to the mangrove shoreline. I cancelled my afternoon trip because of the weather.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

February 22, 2016 Report AM & PM Report (Video!)

AM Report John from Boston jumped aboard with fly rod in hand and the first place we went was to look for tarpon. The silver king were there, in big numbers but we missed the two bites we got. With steady 18 MPH winds we got blown off the tarpon spot so that was that. Moving on to the bonefish flats we found a few fish but no hook ups and fishing was slow all around. We're fishing again tomorrow so the pressure is on me to get John some fish. PM Report John from the U.K. was my afternoon charter and the wind was still blowing a steady 15-18 MPH. Fishing a leeward flat produced no bones but some shots at sharks and barracudas. The wind dropped a bit and off we went to a small wreck where John was able to catch snapper, barracuda and grouper on fly. No big groupers around today but the fishing was definitely a bit better in the afternoon.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 21, 2016 Report

In Miami for a conference, Scott and John joined me for a day on the water. The hunt began for tarpon and while I was marking a bunch of them, they had lock jaw. On the bonefish flats, fishing was tough due to steady overcast skies so we moved off to do something else. Using artificial lures Scott lost a couple of nice fish but redeemed himself with grouper and snapper on lures while John quickly gained ground in the numbers category.

Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

February 20, 2016 Report

Avery and Victoria from N.Y. fish with me every time they get down to Miami but today Avery brought his friends Vosco and John. The fishing was slow today but Avery and John were able to connect with some nice snappers and rainbow runners. With the wind blowing almost 20 MPH from the east it was a matter of time before our current spot would get too rough and as soon as the tide turned it definitely got rougher and we spent the rest of the trip looking for fish. Capt. Mo Estevez www.MiamiBoneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing

January 18, 2016 Report (Video!)

With the Miami Boat Show being over, boat traffic was tolerable today for Bob and Drew. Fishing was good today and we didn't have to move from our first spot. Bob hooked and lost a really nice fish and then Drew had the hot hand releasing a nice spinner shark and several other fish. Bob was hot on his heels releasing a bigger spinner shark and losing another nice fish that broke us off on the bottom. There was a thick school of tarpon stacked up deep but they refused to eat anything we threw at them. I don't like it when they do that!