Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Great week of fishing-gags, snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 1/2 inch gag grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip, on a live shrimp. After a rough and windy weekend, I got back offshore on Monday, 1/9, and fished in more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Keeper gag, limits of snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 34 inch king mackerel, our first king of the season, caught on an offshore trip Christmas Eve. Monday’s seas were predicted to be two to three feet, and I headed offs more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - 2006! 05' was here an outtahere. The Red Tide from Aug/Sept has caused more damage than I ever expected. Grouper Trolling has produced NADA for everyone. Where I scored limits last year has not even produced a short this year. So, let's take a look more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Kings are here! cobia, lots of lanes, mangs, trout: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 inch gag grouper, caught on an offshore trip, mid-December. Saturday, 12/24, we got into some king mackerel, fishing in about 40 feet ou more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepies prevail bayside; nice mangs offshore: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 1/2 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. Monday, 12/19, it was overcast, and a lot colder than the temperature more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepshead, keeper redfish, pompano, mangs bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Thursday, casting around oyster bars and holes in Estero Bay, with live more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Filming a new adventure of Light Tackle Angler Capt. John Follweiler out of Pineland, Fl I wish to PROMISE you a great TV Show. As a matter of fact, the four hours we spent on the water was enough to do 2 TV Shows! Oversize everything, including Th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - keeper redfish bayside; keeper gag offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper and a 15 inch mangrove snapper, caught on a recent offshore trip. Monday I fished Estero Bay. We fished an incoming tide, bai more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Lanes, mangs, sheepshead, cobia: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 50 pound goliath grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip. We didn’t get much of a reprieve from rough weather, as another front kicked up the winds and seas more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern Emerging Greetings, First let me apologize for the long delay. Wilma caused us some problems with our computer system. In general fishing is tough since that last cold front, but we are catching plenty of fish on our more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers