Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Offshore Report - Monday, 7/4, Tony Herring, son Jacob, friend, Josh Schneider, and Tony's two nephews celebrated the Fourth of July with a fishing trip offshore. We fished in 60 feet, using live shrimp and cut-bait. We caught a 13-inch keeper mangrove snapper at our more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SWFL-Bonita Beach:Goliath-Mania, Red Grouper, Kings, even a Mahi - Monday, 6/20, was a perfect day for offshore fishing, and I spent the day in the good company of Jamie Long, Tom O'Donoghue, Rich Shamer and Matt Booth. We fished about 36 miles west of New Pass in 70 feet, using live shrimp and bait-fish. We made ou more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Mackeral, Shark, Permi & Pompano - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Memorial Day Monday, I had planned to fish all day offshore with repeat customers, Mack Wilson and John French. But the winds followed the NOAA prediction and increased all morning, gust more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: 30lb. Permit, Cobia, and Goliaths to 425 lbs - After a few days off the water, with high winds and seas persisting into mid-week, I got back offshore on Friday morning, 5/20, with long-time customer Casey Miller. This time, Casey was in town for a wedding, and he invited the groom and friends to more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach:150 lb shark, keeper grouper, lanes, flounder - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 5/2, was another one of those breezy day, but the wind direction made it possible to at least get my party of four out to the reefs. Long-time customers Dennis & Jamie Riddell b more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: 8 lb. Red Grouper & More - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 4/18, I headed offshore with longtime customer, Peter Kenney, his son, David, and friends, Bernie and John. We fished about 22 miles west of New Pass with live shrimp. The catch more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Snapper, Kingfish & More - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday morning, 4/4, I fished the near-shore reefs off Bonita Beach with Tim and Stephanie Cobb and their two children, Spencer and Sydney. We were fishing just ahead of a weather-front more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Nice Trout & Redfish Inshore and Good Table-fare Offshore-Bonita - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 3/21, I fished central Estero Bay with long-time customers Joe Goodall and his son, Alex. Eleven-year-old Alex has been fishing with me every year since he was just over two yea more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Near-Shore Report - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 3/7, I fished with (I kid you not) Dave Hanson! After we laughed about captain and client having exactly the same name, Dave introduced me to the rest of his angling party, whic more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good Action-Lots of Hogfish! - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 2/21, Don Kennis, his dad, Doug, and his twelve-year-old son, Bradley, fished a catch-and-release trip with me about 18 miles west of New Pass. We released a hogfish, thirty man more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach