Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nearshore in 25 Knots; Redfish in the Bay - Ron Musick and Eddie Alfonso fished with me Monday, 4/28, when we were hoping to beat the weather front predicted to arrive late Monday night. We had originally planned to fish on Tuesday but we rescheduled once we heard the forecast. Seas were predi more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: A Little Boy and a Big Fish - Monday, 4/21, I headed out from New Pass to 43 feet with Bill Story and friends. We caught a keeper hogfish, released a smaller one of those, and caught grunts, porgies and porkfish. A couple of the guys had good-sized gags hooked, but lost them in t more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Shark Battles, Yellowtail & More - Monday, 4/14, I fished Estero Bay in the area of Wiggins Pass, with Court Newman, Joe Desiata and John Curtis. Joe caught a keeper redfish at 19 inches. John caught a 13 inch sheepshead and the trio also caught a couple of keeper mangrove snapper, al more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

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

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

How's Fishing?The Answer,My Friend, is Blowing in the Wind-SWFL - High winds were the theme on Monday, 3/17 so I stayed close in at the artificial reefs with Jay and Ellen Andreoletti. Still, we had three to four foot seas and it was choppy for the duration of our trip. We had a good morning of fishing, though, wit more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Surf's Up! - NOAA has spoken and there will be no more fishing this weekend, so I might as well post the report for this week. Monday, 3/3, the winds were starting to kick up the seas again ahead of the next cold front so I fished near-shore with Rellan Monson, h more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Bonita Beach: shark, goliaths, mangs & lanes, sheepshead, snook - Monday, 2/25, I fished with Mike and Lee Conneally, son Clint and Clint's girlfriend, Anna. We fished the reefs off Bonita beach in calm seas, which was a pleasant change from the rough waters of last week. Using live shrimp, we caught five large she more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, grouper, snapper, sheepshead & monster goliaths I fished on a windy morning in Estero Bay Monday, 2/18, with Chuck and Steve Nebes. We worked our live shrimp along the channel from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach on a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers