Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Trout, Sheepshead, Pompano; Hog & Mangrove Snapper After the rain, winds and chill of Monday, Tuesday morning offered my first opportunity to go fishing. I fished the oyster bars of Estero Bay with Bill Gardner and his sons J more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Action! Greetings, The cold fronts we have been having as of late has kept water temps dropping. When that happens our winter fish become my prime targets. Winds and heavy seas have kept us close, but action fill our days none the less. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - SW FL has been invaded by a tremendous strain of Red Algae. We have a mess on our hands because this stuff is everywhere. More to follow: more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: 26 inch gag grouper, 17 inch mangrove snappers, Spanish mackerel, bonito Monday, 1/29, another cold front that passed through the area kicked up seas offshore to 6-8 feet, and I had to cancel my offshore trip. By Tuesday, sea more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Reds, sheephead and bass No, I'm not catching bass in saltwater but I am cathing bass. Bass fishing in the Everglades is still very good if you can get to the best fihing grounds. The water is down and the fish have been concentrated in the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: sheepshead bay and gulfside, nice mangrove snapper to 17 inches, redfish, Spanish mackerel Saturday morning, 1/20, when I headed offshore with Chris & Yvette Worthington, their young sons Hunter and Peyton, and Yvette’s pare more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - March winds are here in January. Big Trout in Pine Island Sound have been as difficult to find as women with real teeth on Pine Island. Redfish are doing there thing under the bushes. I like the sound of that so GiddyUp! Big Trout? You have to g more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Keeper Gag Grouper to 26 inches, Sheepshead, Snapper, Mackerel Sure enough, as predicted, the four foot seas were calming over the course of the day Monday to two foot. I fished about 28 miles out of New Pass with Andy Ungar, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - El Nino winter Usually we have two months of pretty cool weather during winter. Lows in the upper 40's and highs in the mid 60's are common. This makes our water temps in January and Feburary around 65 degrees. With the water in the 60's th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: mangrove snapper to 18 1/2 inches, hog, amber jack, Spanish mackerel Saturday, 1/6, I fished in 38 feet out of New Pass with Dean Stanton and son, Dean, Jr. The bite was kind of slow, but we caught some keeper (14 inch) mangr more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers