Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - In searching for a proper opening, I have good news and bad news. As my last report was noting but bad news, first the good news. Most of the millions of Dead Fish have decomposed. Sightings of dead fish are therefore the exception not the rule. Now more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: redfish, mackerel, lane snapper Virginia Stafford, her sister Carol, and her grandsons Mac and William, fished Monday with me in Estero Bay, toward Wiggins Pass. We used live shrimp to catch a 20 inch redfish and keeper sheep more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - OK. I took considerable Flack over my last fishing report. Another Guide said GiddyUp, it is too negative. You are killing fishing in Ft. Myers. The following is my revised report. Yesterday (July 27, 2006)I gave my charter away to Capt. Davi more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, shark I fished Monday with John Maliszewski and friend, Joe, in 30 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp and dead shiners, free-lining for Spanish mackerel, and we caught thirty keeper more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - NOW HERE THIS! IF YOUR PLANS INCLUDE SW FL PLS CANCEL THEM AND OPT FOR A VACATION ANYWHERE BUT THE FT. MYERS AREA. HELL, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I WOULD RATHER BE IN BEIRUT OR TEXAS THAN IN SW FL. OUR RED TIDE SITUATION COULD ONLY BE DESCROBED AS HORR more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - STAY AWAY FROM SW FL! OUR REDTIDE IS THE WORST IN 60 YEARS. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE WATERS OF SW FL LOOK LIKE BEIRUT. IF MY FELLOW GUIDES BLACKBALL ME FOR THIS REPORT, GOD BLESS THEM. I WOULD NOT WISH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON OSAMA BIN LADEN. I WILL NOT D more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: African pompano, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper, lane snapper, goliath grouper, lemon shark, Spanish mackerel & stubborn tarpon I headed out about 65 miles with Gregg Bedell on his boat Monday, to fish the Stoney Point wrec more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - As the Spring/early Summer Tarpon Season comes to a close, 2006 will go down as one of the best but as one of the most diabolical. Professional Guides share one common bond. How we feel about ourselves after a fishing trip is of the greatest importan more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: 41 inch kingfish, shark, bonito, snapper & Spanish Fishing in 45 feet out of New Pass Monday with the Patrick Smith party, we used live shrimp and shiners to catch keeper mangrove snapper and Spanish mackerel to 28 inches. We more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: Spanish & snapper I fished with live shrimp and cut-bait in 35 feet out of New Pass Tuesday with Mike Sokol, wife Ann, and the Sokol children, Michelle, Michael, Phillip and Brian. We caught Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers