Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Windy and Unpredictable - For as long as I've been in Florida, never have I seen the Tarpon bite so difficult to predict. OK, if you are saying or thinking Same on GiddyUp, never positive, never a glowing report like all the other guides, always the same old BS news. I'm tir more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Boca Grande to Ft Myers tarpon fishing - The past three weeks have been mostly spent hunting tarpon. It has been an excellent season so far. We have not had a day yet this month that we have not put at least two tarpon in the air. I am running two trips a day most of the time and we're more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Hot/Cold/Hot/Cold/Hot/Hot/Cold/Cold - Another F-Cold front move through here today. Our weather has redefined Yo-yo. It is Tarpon Season and I am slammed. Pls allow me to cut straight through all the perfume and as always, deliver to you, the whole truth and nada but the truth. Tarpon more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

F-Huge Water Temp Change continues to disappoint - My last fishing report was one on the more encouraging of 2008. In comes a fhuge (new word) cold front and water temps go from 80 to 63. Another weak front came through this AM. Bait was a bitch to find today and I didn't see a TARPON all day. By the more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Tarpon, Redfish and Snook action from Boca to Ft Myers - The fishing was excellent every day last week. This week may take a little more work since we have another cold front moving in on us today. I spent most of the week tarpon fishing and ended it by winging it for snook and redfish on the flats. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Kings, Porgies,Snapper, and Blue Runners Everywhere! - Monday, 4/7, after a stormy night, seas were unsettled and it was pretty rough fishing with Tom Conrad, teenaged grandson Phil Conrad and Phil's friend, Peter Walspra. It was tough finding anything worthwhile to catch, with blue runners dominating th more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

SWFL-Bonita Beach: Kings Finally, Shark,Hogs,Grouper,Good Action - Monday morning, 3/31, the old familiar wind was back after a relatively calm weekend. With easterly winds it was still calm enough to fish near-shore at the artificial reefs. I did that with Brian and Marcia Wilson, daughters Nicole, ten, and Allison more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Charlotte Harbor Redfish and Kingfish - The majority of the last two weeks was spent running Charlotte Harbor and just off the beaches from Redfish Pass to Boca Grande. We have been looking for tarpon and kingfish for the most part. We have been hitting the kingfish with pretty good s more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Sheepshead Predominate Inside & Out - Another windy week began on Monday, 3/24. I fished in Estero Bay with Joe Goodall and seven-year-old son, Alex, Dave Bixby and Fred Irish. Alex has fished with me every year since he was about three years old, and he has turned out to be a full-fledg more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Near Shore / Backcountry - Greetings, Fishing the near shore areas on and around the artifical reefs systems has been very productive the last few weeks. Variety has been great. Fishing the water column top to bottom has been key to sucess. Live baits suspended under a kite more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers