Day three with Mike and the man is on fire! We were back in Homestead with perfect conditions (which included over cast skies and zero wind) and off we went to fish for bonefish. The bonefishing on the outgoing tide was surprisingly slow with only a few schools showing up for our sight seeing pleasure. With that slow I took Mike to a creek I like for snook and as soon as we got there we see a tarpon roll. Nice! I set up Mike with a good angle to cast to the tarpon and he made a few pinpoint casts until the fish saw his fly. Then, a silver flash, the line comes tight and there's tarpon 3' in the air. Yes! After a bunch of jumps and some give and take Mike had his first tarpon in the boat. Not long after another tarpon rolls and the process repeats itself except this time the tarpon won after the 4th jump. Once the incoming tide started the bonefish and tarpon started to move but it was tough getting a fly to them as they were either just out of casting distance or staying deep and they would blow out as we moved over them. But, Mike did get some shots at another tarpon that ate twice but missed getting hooked twice. That's tarpon for you!
Capt. Mo Estevez
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