He needs to take up a new hobby May 26, 2021

 It's always interesting to me how things work out sometimes.  Today I had Anthony and Christina from N.Y. and if there was a theme to the trip and their attitude to catching fish was "we're on vacation, we don't give a crap."  They were relaxed from the moment they jumped in the boat and well, that relaxed me too.  I took them to the first spot of the morning and Christina quickly outfished Anthony catching jacks, snappers, losing a snook or two and more.  Then that spot slowed down so we hit the finger channels where it started off a bit slow but as the tide began to slow down the fishing picked up.  Hmmm, that's weird.  Anyway, they were on fire catching nice yellow jacks on every cast and mixing in a few snappers and other species along the way.  Then it happened!  A school of permit popped up behind the boat and were cruising on the surface for all the world to see.  I pointed them out to Anthony and a perfect cast later he was on!   We saw the permit come up and eat, it was awesome!  After a careful fight, we landed the permit and got a good release.  Then Anthony asked me, "So why was that a big deal?"  LOL  I had to explain it.  Time for him, to pick a new hobby. 

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This is much better! May 24, 2021

 Finally the winds died down and the conditions were great as Kevin and his son Noah boarded my skiff.  They wanted to bend the rods and catch different species so we did just that.  We started off at a shallow ship wreck where they caught a bunch of species including snappers, jacks, and more but the highlight was a big, massive barracuda that kept eating out fish and Noah landed when I rigged him up for it.  Wow, what a 'cuda!  Before the trip was over I took them bonefishing where Kevin caught his first bonefish.  Yes!  

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Why do we do this? May 22, 2021

 That's a good question.  I had a few days off due to 25-30 MPH winds which is highly unusual in May but I got a call from Dan to fish on Saturday.  He told me he was in Islamorada and all his guides cancelled on him due to wind and so he called me.  I warned him about the wind and how tough it would be but he was in and well, so was I.  Dan and his son Hayden met up with me in Homestead and we made the best of crossing the bay to the oceanside flats.  We bonefished for a while and landed a few big mojaras and lost a nice big bonefish.  We ended the half day trip fishing for sharks where they hooked and landed one.  It was definitely slow but not surprising considering the conditions. 

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More crushed bucket lists!!! May 18, 2021

More wind today and actually even more wind than yesterday as Steve and his daughter Katie jumped aboard. We were facing 20 to 25 mile an hour winds all morning long and although the tarpon would not cooperate I was able to take them to an area out of the wind where they had a blast catching nice drag peeling jacks, big mangrove snappers and a few nice mutton snappers. The big highlight today was Steve catching his 1st snook. Then he told me he had never caught bonefish before. Wait, what?  Oh, let's go for it!  I looked at my watch and realised I had a small window to try to get his 1st bonefish in the boat. Well as it turns out we hit that spot just right and just a few minutes in the Steve was tight to a solid 8 pound fish that was burning up the drag. After numerous long runs I scooped up the big bonefish, Steve got his glory pictures and we headed back with a solid day of fishing. Congrats Steve!

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Bucket List Crushed May 17, 2021

We've had some very unusual weather this May so far and both my weekend trips were rescheduled due to high winds so I was glad to be back on the water with Austin this morning. Conditions were still tough with plenty of wind and limited places to fish in order to target bonefish, tarpon and permit that Austin was looking for. Thankfully it didn't take long for Austin to hook a big tarpon just a few minutes into the trip but unfortunately it got us around a piling and broke us off. We really needed redemption and soon after the rod doubled over and Austin was on to a nice permit. After the pictures and healthy release we were both ecstatic at accomplishing a big part of his goal today. We changed it up as the wind kept increasing and Austin was able to land his 1st snook plus he caught a bunch of jacks including solid stud jack that gave him a great fight. This was definitely a good day and got some bucket list fish crossed off! 

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Father/Son team May 14, 2021

Ned was on vacation in Miami and wanted to go fishing with his son Will. These were great guys and they really wanted some bonefish so off we went. We actually had really good conditions but poor visibility so I took them to a spot that I really like for bonefish and waited. Unfortunately, we only saw one come in and after that with the trip almost halfway over we decided to change gears and do something else. Something else consisted of losing a few snook but overall keeping the rods bet with nice jacks and some other species that were a blast the catch.

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Big Girl! May 13, 2021

I hadn't fish with Erich in a couple of years so we met up today and he really wanted to catch a big fish but with slick calm conditions I couldn't help but take him bonefishing. There were quite a few schools moving and he had some solid shots that I thought were guaranteed hookups but the schools of bonefish didn't locate his bait so we left heartbroken, well mainly me. We moved off to a ship wreck where Erich caught a bunch of fish including a few that we kept for shark fishing. With bait in hand we hit the flats immediately hooked up a 7' lemon shark that gave him an epic battle. After the release it was time to call it a day and run back with the mission of big fish accomplished. 

 Capt. Mo Estevez

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