Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Spanish, snapper & a hogfish: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 28 inch kingfish, caught on a recent offshore trip. With rain on the radar Monday and Tuesday mornings, 6/20 and 6/21, I cancelled my fishing plans for those days. We more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's been a fantastic tarpon season! The hot spot the entire month of June was Boca Grande Pass. If the tarpon wern't in the pass itself then they wern't far away. Most days consisted of jigs the pass in the morning and running the beaches and o more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Yellowtail, mangs, mackerel, redfish & snook: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 26 3/4 inch redfish, caught on live shrimp, on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. I returned from some time off to fish Wednesday about 17 miles w more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Golaith Wars! Greetings, Summer pattern is in full swing now. After our first tropical system of the season dropped several inches of rain the Gulf is now tanic acid stained on the outgoing tides. In the passes and along the beach snook fishin more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Soggy week The rain was coming down as we pulled up to catch bait for this trip.I was wondering to myself that these guys must be some hard core fisherman to want to go in this rain.After 4 throws of the net the live well was filled to the rim wit more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - The Tarpon fishing has been as good as it gets. The Redfish are all over Pine Island Sound. As a bonus, the Snook fishing is on fire but Snook are always easy to catch when you can't keep them. Big Tripletail can be found on remaining crab pot marker more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Redfish, permit, yellowtail, kings, amberjack, goliaths: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished central Estero Bay Monday, around the oyster bars. We had a good success with live shrimp, and caught three keeper-sized redfish, two at 24 inches (see photo a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Big Fish Come Home Greetings, To describe fishing lately I would have to just say, “Take your pick”. It’s all good in the Gulf right now. The main show is Tarpon. Lots of big fish are in the area and we are after them almost every d more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 10 lb. gag, Spanish, lanes & a hog: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown is of a 28 inch gag caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished Monday about 17 miles west of New Pass, with live shrimp. We caught twenty nice lane snapper, some Spanish ma more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Break Out The Big Guns! First of all, I'm sorry for not keeping up with my reports this season. I've been running double trips lately and by the time I get the boat cleaned up it's well after 10 PM. This time of year most of my time is more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers