Bonita Beach Fishing Reports

Grouper, Snapper, Shark & More - Ryan Hall, Matt Hoffman, Greg Wetzel, and Tom Brackmann headed 25 miles offshore with me on Monday, 6/8, hoping to catch some grouper. The guys did well, catching twenty-eight red grouper in all, three of which were keepers at 24 inches each. Those l more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Lots of Action Offshore & Inshore - Monday morning, 5/18, Mike and Casey Calvert fished a catch-and-release trip with me in Estero Bay's Mound Key area, using live shrimp for bait. The couple caught and released a good variety of fish, some of which were would-be keepers. The couple re more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Grouper bite on! - Stormy weather began setting in on Monday, 4/27, with lots of moisture over the gulf. By the time Tuesday rolled around, there were scattered showers over much of the area, but Mike Boden and I managed a morning of bay fishing, with just a few drizzl more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Bottom Fishing Yields Good Variety - Monday, 4/13/15, seas were predicted to be two feet or less, but NOAA definitely underestimated those. I fished with long-time customers Clement and Evelyn Wong, along with their son, Nathan and daughter-in-law, Joy. Seas were three feet or more, abo more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Crazy hot snapper bite! - Monday morning, 3/30, after a windy weekend, seas had calmed down to two-to-three feet, and I headed twenty miles offshore with Paul Kikendall and friends, Greg, Rick and Tom. The guys did very well snapper-fishing with live shrimp, and caught forty more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Kingfish are here! Grouper, Snapper,Redfish Too-Bonita Beach, FL - Monday, 3/16/15, I headed offshore nineteen miles west of new Pass with frequent angler, Mike Connealy and his friend, Roger. The guys used live shrimp to catch and release lots of red grouper shorts to 18 inches, lots of mangrove snapper shorts, and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Grouper, Snapper, Porgies, Drum, Sheepshead - Monday, 3/2/15, I headed offshore in calm seas—what a treat that was, after a couple of battling or surrendering to windy, rough conditions. Long-time customers, Jim McGrath and Bill Crockett had a good morning of fishing 22 to 25 miles west of New P more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Fishing good when conditions allow - Monday, 2/16/15, I fished the backwaters of lower Hickory Bay with Patrick Gartland, his dad, Tom Gartland, and friend, Chris Ladtke. The guys used live shrimp to catch four nice sheepshead to 16 inches. They released four redfish shorts in the 17-to more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Challenging coditions, big prgies, lanes & more - Monday, 2/2/15, brought a cold front, right on the heels of a previous front. It was raining by early in the day, and winds and seas kicked up to small craft advisory levels—not a happy way to begin a new month of fishing! Tuesday, 2/3, brought an more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Shark, Grouper, lots of rough seas - Monday, 1/19/15, predictions for 15-knot winds and seas of two to three feet were just wrong! The wind blew 20 to 25 knots and seas were four-feet-plus at times, 18 miles west of New Pass, where I fished with David Bloomfield, David Price, and David more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach