Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Grouper Grab Greetings, This weeks report is about one trip. I was invited to fish the Grouper Grab aboard Chris Thomas’s Holdemhook. It’s a Fountain 34. Its triple engines let us run at sixty miles per hour. What a machine! We fished sixty to n more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Black Grouper! Gag, Goliaths, Spanish & Snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL I fished Monday, 8/15, in 35 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp to catch keeper Spanish mackerel and mangrove snapper. We also caught some jack cravalle and blue runners more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Vermilion, yellowtail, lanes, mackerel, sharks, goliath: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 40 pound goliath grouper, released on a recent offshore trip. I fished Monday, out of New Pass. We began in a spot about 41 miles off more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - With Gasoline headed towards $100.00 per gallon, I've decided to get to know the area in and around St. James City (Pine Island) intimately. My fantasy would be to take some Saudi Shieks fishing. Shark Fishing! Here's the latest scoop on Fishing in more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sumertime Fun Greetings, Summer pattern is in full swing in Southwest Florida. We are catching lots of fish every day and almost every day it’s been something new. Versatility is the key and is ready to change it up to keep action in high gear. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Red grouper, goliaths, snapper, redfish: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a pair of mangrove snapper, caught on an offshore trip. I fished Monday offshore. We used live shrimp to catch keeper mangrove and lane snapper, and som more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goliaths, shark, Spanish & snapper: Bonita Beach-gulf-SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 21 inch red grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished offshore Monday, in 45 feet out of New Pass. We caught keeper mangrove, yellowtail, and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Reds, snook, sheepshead, trout bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished in Estero Bay Tuesday, in the area of Wiggins Pass. We used frozen shrimp, and caught two redfish, including one keeper at 18 ½ inches, three sand bream, keeper sheepshead and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - From the best spring Tarpon season in years to a summer filled with early hurricanes, record rainfall, and the Big O releasing dark and nasty water. Our grasses are being destroyed, the Tarpon have pulled a Hank Snow, and I don't know jackcrap abou more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Keeper red grouper, goliaths, yellowtail, mangs, redfish: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Tuesday in 45 feet out of New Pass. Shrimp were in short supply, after the st more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers