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2016-01-01
3:51 PM
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Red grouper Re-opens Today! Big Sheepies Too! - Friday morning, 12/18/15, just ahead of a cold front that was about to bring rain to the area, I headed into the backwaters of Estero Bay with the Lang family--Reese and Kara and their two young children, Nicholas, and Brooklyn. The Langs did not min more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-12-17
1:38 PM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Great Grouper & Snapper Fishing! - After a rainy Monday that caused us to cancel their trip that day, Erwin and Millie Metusiak, who have fished with me yearly for many years, fished Estero Bay's backwaters with me Tuesday, 12/8/15. Winds were strong, so we fished around the islands, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-11-28
2:43 PM
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Winds & Seas Tricky, but Fishing Good - Sara Liegel had arranged an offshore fishing trip for herself, her husband Ryan, her parents, Wyon and Mary-Jo Wiegratz, and her brother, Nathan, for Tuesday, 11/17/15. But, the winds and seas began building over the preceding weekend and, by Tuesday more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-11-14
1:48 PM
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Red grouper know it's safe to bite now! - After several weeks off the water, with a week-long family reunion to attend, and some rainy weather once back home, I finally got offshore fishing on Friday, 11/6/15, when I headed out to fish twelve to twenty-two miles west of New Pass with Glen H more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-10-18
11:22 AM
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Reds, Snook, Cobia, Shark, Grouper & Snapper - Season is gearing up for a busy fishing calendar around here, that is, if weather will cooperate.
Thursday morning, 9/24/15, I fished Estero Bay's backwaters, around the Horseshoe Keys, with Tennessee bass fisherman, Rick Dann. It took rick a litt more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-09-21
12:18 PM
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Nice Redfish Ishore; Red Grouper Offshore - Labor Day, 9/7/15, I had a morning backwater trip scheduled with Dave Schwanke, his daughter Kaline, and Kaline''s boyfriend, Tommy. But, when I awoke to get ready for that trip, I heard thunder rolling in the distance. Radar confirmed a mess of thun more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-08-14
1:23 PM
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Red & Black Drum Inshore; grouper & Snapper Offshore - Monday morning, 8/3/15, I headed twenty-two miles offshore with Ron Sticha and his son, Noah. They had planned to go last Thursday, but that day was rained out, so we rescheduled, hoping to beat the PM showers predicted for Monday. Seas would have be more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-07-31
3:05 PM
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Rain, rain, go away--got some snapper anyway - Been trying to fish around the rain lately…
Monday morning, 7/20, I headed offshore, 22 miles west of New Pass, with Patrick and Jessica Goodman and friends Ally Janson and Blake Cissell. The group used live shrimp and bait-fish to catch a nice va more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-07-18
2:02 PM
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Super-Snook Bites Two Hooks! - Joe George and his two sons, Eric and Brad, fished 23 miles west of New Pass with me on Monday morning, 7/6. The catch-of-the-morning was a 27-inch red grouper, which bit a baitfish. The guys also caught a dozen keeper-sized lane snapper, which they more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2015-07-04
2:44 PM
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Great variety offshore & nice reds inshore - Evan Hamilton, Arly Smart, and Arly's son, Justice, fished 22 miles west of New Pass with me in calm seas on Monday morning, 6/22/15. The guys used live shrimp to catch a 24-inch keeper red grouper, along with twenty keeper lane snapper, a keeper man more...
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