Bonita Beach Fishing Reports

Good Start to a New Year of Fishing - Monday, 12/29, I fished in 44 feet off Naples with Tom Wolf and sons, Jordan and Patrick, and friend, Chris Coriddi. Using live shrimp, Tom caught a nice 23 inch keeper red grouper. We released lots of gag and red grouper shorts, which provided stead more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Offshore & Inshore Recent Catch Report - Monday, 12/15, on a cloudy morning in Estero Bay, I dodged a few rain sprinkles and fished with H.O. Brownback and Steve Aggunt. We did pretty well using live shrimp and caught five keeper-sheepshead to 16 inches and four keeper-mangrove snapper. We more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Weather Tricky but Fishing Good - Another weather-front came through the area Sunday night, once again kicking up winds and seas. But, despite some choppy conditions, the fishing was good offshore Tuesday morning. I fished with Bill Story, Marvin Giescke and friends, Doc, Dave and Be more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

True Black Grouper & Good Fishing This Week - A weather-front came through on Monday, 12/1, brought some rain, and left us with high winds and very rough seas. So Tuesday, Erwin and Millie Matusiak traded their offshore fishing plans for some backwater fishing in Estero Bay. We fished the shorel more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Nice Gag Grouper; Snapper and Sheepshead Inside & Outside - Monday, 11/24, I fished with Jerry and Barb Rudan, from Wisconsin. They have been fishing with me for years and were looking forward to some good eating-fish. We managed that with two keeper gag grouper at 23 inches and 24 inches, eleven keeper mangr more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Macks, Mangs & Muttons Offshore; Big Bay Sheepies - Lynn Harned, Davis Jenkins, Bruce Welsh and Bob Wogtowicz had planned an offshore trip with me for Wednesday, 11/19, but a cold front that dropped temps to the lowest of the season that morning, accompanied by high winds and building seas, caused us more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Kingfish, Yellowtail, Muttons, Mangs, Sheepies & Reds - Monday morning, 11/10, I fished with Brad Hayes and his six-year-old son, Cameron in central Estero Bay, using live shrimp. We caught seven redfish, one of which was a keeper, and four sheepshead, including one keeper. We released the smaller reds an more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Mangs & Muttons, Red grouper, Mackerel, Sheepshead & Snook - Wednesday, 11/5, I fished with live shrimp in 37 feet out of New Pass with Bill & Chris Henry and friends. Seas were pretty calm at 1-2 feet most of the morning, though it was a little sloppy about the time we headed in, with a brisk N, NE wind blowi more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Pompano, flounder, sheepshead and snapper - Wednesday, 10/23, I fished the Bonita reefs with David Koenigsmark and Hubert Wright. Seas were predicted to build and we knew heading much further out than the reefs wasn't likely to be too comfortable. The guys had just this day to fish, so we deci more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Snapperfest gulfside & good bay fishing too - Wednesday, 10/8, I fished the backwaters of central Estero Bay, along the mangrove shoreline, with Henry & Lois Wilson and friend, Harold Fleming. We used live shrimp to catch and release five redfish to 17 ½ inches, two snook, 22 inches and 24 inche more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach