Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach, gulf & bay: snapper, red grouper, goliath grouper, Spanish mackerel, sheepshead, redfish & snook Winds and seas got in the way of a few fishing excursions the week before last, but I managed to get offshore once. I took Wendy more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fall fishing Usually fall is the best time of year to break out the artificial lures and catch a fish on every other cast but this fall has been anything but filled with action. We are catching a variety of species and many of them are bett more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - For Total Clarification, I offer the following. Inshore is defined as all waters on the East side of the Gulf of Mexico including Sounds, Bays, Passes, Rivers, Creeks, and Ditches. Nearshore is hereby defined as Those waters from the Gulf Bea more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, yellowtail snapper, scamp grouper I fished offshore Monday, just ahead of the weather front that was approaching our area. Seas were still fairly calm, at 2-3 feet, but the front line was encroaching, and predictions more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: snapper bite hot, shark, Spanish mackerel I headed offshore Thursday with Chuck and Sheila Peterson and teenage sons, C.J. and Andy. We fished with live shrimp in about 40 feet out of New Pass. We caught keeper mangrove snapp more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall !Fishing Heats Up Greetings, Greetings, Fall fishing is in full swing here in Southwest Florida. Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Kingfish, and Bull Redfish have all come to visit over the last two weeks. Artificial reefs are holding Spanish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: yellowtail, lanes, Spanish, sheepshead, sand bream Terry Mooney and friends fished with me Wednesday, in about 40 feet out of New Pass, using live shrimp. We caught five nice yellowtail snapper, four keeper lane snapper, seve more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Estero Bay-Bonita Beach: keeper reds, sheepshead I fished the backwaters in Estero Bay Saturday, with Jay Bridges and his dad, Charlie Bridges. We fished the tree lines toward Wiggins Pass, on an outgoing tide, using live shrimp. We caught more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - So here we are already into October. Amazing how it all just flys by. Capt. Kevin of Sea Claw Anchors (the best anchor made and the least lost)has informed me of a huge fish kill in and around Charlotte Harbor. If this Red Tide descends on Pine Isla more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Spanish mackerel & snapper After a couple of slow weeks, I finally got back offshore fishing on Saturday, with Scott Fandrich, brother Shon Fandrich, and friends Bill Fisher, Lonnie Stuber, and Mark Tullin. We fished with liv more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers