First trip of the year January 6, 2022

This is really crazy, we're already in 2022 and it feels like we skipped over 2020.  Any way, happy new year everyone!  Business and the fishing was on fire but as soon as the new year hit with the huge spikes in Covid infections and flight cancellations things got quite quick but not for regular client Alex, his dad Bert and their friend Karim.  I was looking for a good day today with Alex and it was good from the first cast.  I took them to a spot where there have been plenty of species within 50' of each other and they warmed up on jacks, small grouper, snappers and look downs.  As the spot started to sputter I took them to the finger channels where we caught the last of the tide and they caught plenty of yellow jack and snapper dinner.  Once the tide stopped and the fishing slowed I took them tarpon fishing but they were MIA so off we went to bonefish.  Dang, it started tough as we missed two solid bites and then lost two hooked fish.  However, towards the end Bert hooks up and caught his first bonefish in decades.  Awesome!  

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The Last Trip December 3, 2021

Last trip with Jeff, Will and Drew out of a three day trip today.  Taking advantage of the tide we looked for permit but they were MIA as were the bonefish.  Hmm, Drew usually catches bonefish with me but we've struck out the last two times.  However, they wanted to focus on catching fish to eat so we put the glory species aside and searched for dinner.  A spot we tend to fish together produced, big time!  At first it was pretty slow but I moved about 50 feet and man that was the trick.  Fish are weird how they can be a few feet away and you don't know it.  Well, I figured they wouldn't be too far away and the minor change paid off.  It was fish on every cast for all three catching big yellow jacks, mangrove snapper, mutton snappers, look downs and more.  They took plenty of fish back to the hotel and I wrapped up a great year on a high note with great clients/friends.  Happy new year everyone!  

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Max the fishing machine December 29, 2021

Richie is a boater while his 14 year old son is a hard core fisherman from AL (spoiled in the college football world!) so this trip was for Max and Max wanted bonefish.  I took them to a flat that has been producing and we got to work.  It started ugly with Max going 0 for 2 before Richie got his first bonefish.  Oh, oh.  After me feeling some stress because I really want Max to land one, losing one 2 feet from the boat doesn't count, I see Max set up and the reel sing.  Yes, wait, no yes, let's wait until he lands it.  Max did a great job fighting his fish and listening to me suggestions and then the silver bullet we all love slipped into the landing net.  YES!  Wanting to try something different I took them to a spot where they caught 5lb jacks on every cast and the bass fisherman in Max came out with the hook sets.  Congrats Max! 

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The Burgis December 28, 2021

They're back in town and back in the boat.  Jeff and his boys Drew the fishing maniac and Will jumped in and off we went.  We tried permit fishing but that was slow.  We tried tarpon fishing off the beach but the wind picked up pretty quickly and we had to high tail it back before it got too rough.  Then off to bonefishing and that was slow so we wrapped it up with constant action on jack crevalles.  

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Dang, heartbreak! December 27, 2021

 Doug and Rochelle have fished with me plenty before so we were at it on our annual fishing trip.  We started just bending rods on some wrecks to get Rochelle some action before bonefishing.  After catching some snappers and bluerunners the tide was right and off we went.  Getting to the flat we started our bonefishing and it was slow at first but then these bones started moving in and we missed a bite, then another school and we miss two bites on what could have been a double header.  Come on bonefish!  Then three big bones move in and Rochelle hooks up and the bonefish starts ripping line.  I could tell it was an 8-9lb fish but after the long run the bonefish started to settle down and the hook pulled.  Ouch!  I had a hard time sleeping tonight.  

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Tyler's Christmas Gift December 26, 2021

 Boy have I been busy but I took Christmas Eve and Christmas day off but I was back to work today.  Steve has fished with me a few times this year and his son Tyler joined him today.  After bending the rod a bit on snappers and the like we hit the flats when the tide was right.  Tyler hadn't caught a bonefish before so I was eager to get him one.  Well, just like his dad that seems to attract fish, Tyler got his first bonefish and then upgraded with a bigger one before the trip was over.  First try!  

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Incredible day! December 23, 2021

 Two more trips today and my morning trip was with Michelle and Jack.  The goal was to bonefish and then go catch anything else but boy was I concerned as the morning temps were in the low 50's and the water temps had dropped 3-5 degrees.  Spot one for bonefish was dead but spot two paid of with Jack getting his first bonefish.  The rest of the trip was downhill as the fishing never did recover and all I could produce for Michelle were two jacks.  This was tough and I was not looking forward to fishing my afternoon clients at this point.  But I remembered yesterday and how the fishing improved in the afternoon so all hope was not lost.  

As soon as I dropped off Michelle and Jack, Vera and Ed jumped aboard.  Hmm, they just wanted to catch anything so I changed it up and took advantage of the incoming tide and took them to an oceanside spot.  Man that was the ticket.  They wore themselves out on big 5-7 lb blue runners, yellow jacks and barracudas on almost every cast.  What a difference!  As the tide changed and started to go out the fishing slowed and I took them to a bonefish spot.  WOW, WOW, WOW!  We set up and had about 45 minutes left in the trip and the bonefishing was on fire and they landed 7 bonefish and hooked 8, including a double header!  The rods would not stop going off with bonefish coming to the boat every few minutes, it was incredible!  What a recovery from my morning trip and what a way to start to days off to celebrate Christmas.  Merry Christmas everyone! 

 

Capt. Mo Estevez

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