We had some tough conditions today as Andrew, Bart, and Andres jumped on the boat. We had and East wind blowing 20 miles an hour that kept the Bay frothy and the water churned up. However I took them to a couple of snook spots that were out of the wind and the guys did pretty well catching snook plus some barracudas and a few other fish plus we missed some snook bites and lost a couple along the way. We were using artificals all morning but I had bought 10 dozen shrimp which I kept in my well just in case. Well, wouldn't you know it, they all died again! Nothing has changed in my well, water temp or anything else. The only thing I can think is that shrimp are beat up from the commercial fishermen catching them and they don't last long. I've seen it happen before. Well, there goes $50 down the drain!    Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing |
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Tough conditions were overcome today February 27, 2021
He strikes again! February 26, 2021
Kevin was back on board today with his son Zach for full day of fishing. I can tell you the fishing was really slow today but it started off good with Kevin landing a really nice snook. He has a habit of doing that every time he travels down to Miami and fishes with me. We bonefished for a few hours and didn't see any so we decided to call the trip short after all the shrimp mysteriously died in my live well and we could not find any pilchards.
Capt. Mo Estevez
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Tough day today February 25, 2021
I had another half day today this time out of Key Biscayne with Max and Micah. We fished for bone fish for a while saw 4-5 fish but it was definitely slow since for some reason there was very little current although we were supposed to be in the peak of the tide. We changed it up and fished a bunch of other places picking up some fish here and there but it was definitely slow. At the last spot Micah hooked what I am certain was a big bone fish but it broke off after a few long runs. we wrapped it up after finding a few tarpon that disappeared as quickly as they appeared. Capt. Mo Estevez www.miamiboneFishing.com 786-853-1409 Follow me on Instagram @MiamiBoneFishing |
Some guys score on the first try February 24, 2021
Today was a fun trip with Rick from Homestead where I live, Sean from Texas and Scotty from Arkansas. The guys just wanted to catch anything and have a good time so we started off at a shallow shipwreck where they caught a bunch of snappers. Once the tide was right we went over to a bone fish flat where Sean got his 1st bone fish and Rick got a shark. We wrapped up the half day trip on another flat shark fishing where Scotty got a big barracuda and the other two guys got some more sharks. These guys were a ton of fun to fish with and absolutely hilarious!
Capt. Mo Estevez
www.miamiboneFishing.com
786-853-1409
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Missed Opportunities February 23, 2021
We started it off with beautiful conditions today as Pat really wanted to get his 1st bone fish and had the opportunity to fish with his dad Rich. We worked some areas along the shoreline that were slick calm and could see some fish moving through. After having several shots Pat made a great cast to a group of fish waking right towards us. The fish move towards his shrimp we saw a big swirl thinking he was on but unfortunately moved off completely missing the shrimp. What a heartbreak. We found a few more fish along the way but storms started to roll in and after getting wet a few times we were close to the end of the trip and headed back trying to out run yet another storm.
Capt. Mo Estevez
www.miamiboneFishing.com
786-853-1409
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Sunday, February 21, 2021
Another two "fer" February 19, 2021
Another double today with my morning trip being with Jan and Candace from Atlanta. These were great people and so good to hang out with them. This was a mix of fishing, sight seeing and hanging out. Even still Jan caught ladyfish, three species of snapper, three species of jacks and in the end he said he caught more fish than he ever has in his life. Nice! We did have to cut it short by about 20 minutes to avoid a rain storm that was headed right for us.
In the afternoon I had regular client Brad on board and his daughter Madelyn. I hadn't seen Madelyn since she was 9 and now she is 15, time flies! This was such a fun trip! Brad always likes to fly fish but with 25 MPH winds it was be almost impossible. So, jig and shrimp would make it really fun and productive. Madelyn had the fish of the trip with a nice grouper and Brad got a cool african pompano. When the dust settled they had caught about 13 different species and had a ton of fish to the boat. Awesome! Now it's time to relax for the next two days as we have 20-30 MPH winds.
Capt. Mo Estevez
www.MiamiBonefishing.com
786-853-1409
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Making it work February 18, 2021
Sometimes things work out and sometimes they don't. I was working with 20 plus MPH winds again today as Steve jumped aboard my skiff. He wanted to fly fish but that wouldn't work today so we fished live shrimp instead and got to work. At the first spot Steve lost a nice snook and then got two as we missed a few more bites. With the fishing slowing down we made a move to a bonefish spot that would work since it was just outside the wind but as we got to the spot there was already a boat working it. No worries. Steve and I fished the last spot of the trip in the teeth of the wind but an area that was calm and he quickly got another snook and a some yellow jacks. Congrats Steve on your first snook!
Capt. Mo Estevez
www.MiamiBonefishing.com
786-853-1409
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