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2010-04-13
10:16 AM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good Action Inshore & Offshore - Tuesday, 3/30, seas were rough offshore and I ended up re-booking my planned gulf trip with a trio of ladies who wanted to fish the bay. Karen Taylor, son Evan Taylor, and Evan's grandmother, Kate Collins, fished with live shrimp and caught six keepe more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-03-30
11:21 AM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good catches inshore & to 20 miles offshore - Tuesday morning, 3/16, the trout bite was nothing like it had been the day before. I fished with Mark McCarthy, his father-in-law, Richie Jenkins, and friend Matt. Richie caught the only trout of the morning, measuring 15 inches. We released ladyfish more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-03-16
12:25 PM
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Bonita Beach 28-Inch Gag Released Plus Snappers, Sheeps & Hogs - Wednesday morning, 3/3, was chilly and windy but my brave party of three lady-anglers, Alene Haug, her mother, Carrie and friend, Connie, decided to give the backwaters a try anyway. We caught and released sheepshead until the ladies decided they'd h more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-03-02
11:51 AM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snpper, Sheeps, Hogs, Grouper & Trout Biting - Tuesday morning, 2/16, after a gorgeous day offshore on Monday, seas were back to their usual for this winter—rough, with small craft advisories issued. Brad Urlaub and family traded their offshore fishing plans for a morning of bay fishing. We used more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-02-16
12:58 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: 9lb Mang! Nice Grouper, Hogs, Trout & Sheeps - On Wednesday, 2/3, after watching the rain for the two preceding days, I finally got out fishing. Seas were still rough offshore so I fished Estero Bay's backwaters with Bob Graham, daughter, Jenn Ness, her husband, Ryan Ness, and their adorable litt more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-02-02
1:12 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Snapper, Hogfish-Nice ones! - Wednesday, 1/20, seas laid down nicely and I had a great morning of fishing with Rick and Ann McGrath and Orlando and Susan Ferrer. We headed out of New Pass to 43 feet and fished with live shrimp. We did well with grouper and snapper, and caught two more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-01-18
12:21 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: brrrrrrr but a few good catches - The cold temperatures of last weekend persisted into this week, but Alene Haug, her daughter, Emma, and family member, John, were brave enough to fish Estero Bay with me on a very cold, windy late morning trip on Tuesday. We used live shrimp to catch more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2010-01-02
12:31 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Reefs close out 2009 - Tuesday, 12/15, I fished Estero Bay with Alene Haug, Kalee McCarthur and Jeff Sailors. We caught eighteen sheepshead, four of which were keeper-size to 18 ˝ inches. Kalee released a 17-inch sheepshead, and we also released small mangrove snapper, cre more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2009-12-14
11:20 AM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Grouper & Snapper & Redfish - I had planned to fish everyday of Thanksgiving week, but by Wednesday, 11/24, it was raining in advance of a cold front that kicked up seas to 5-7 feet offshore on Friday. The next time I got to fish, after Tuesday, was on Saturday morning, 11/28, an more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2009-11-25
1:14 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Keeper Grouper & Kings Best Recent Catches - John Landis and Bud King had one day to fish before heading back north, and they had hoped for a day offshore. But, with the remnants of the weather stirred up by Tropical Storm Ida meeting an approaching cold-front, the Gulf was out of the question more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
