Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Bimini, Bahamas Greetings, After two years of canceled trips due to named storms, my wife and I aboard the Magic Hook finally made it to Bimini this past weekend. We were part of a group of boats at the Bimini Big Game Club. We were fishing in more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: A bonefish in the bay??? I fished Estero Bay Wednesday with Frank Tota, Frank Witt, and friends, Joe and Jim. Strange as it might sound, we caught and released a seventeen inch bonefish. I have never seen, much less caught, a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Tarpon Season has been an Emotional Nightmare for me and countless other Professional Saltwater Guides. The 2006 has been Dr. Jekyl and Mr Hyde. When it is good, it is soooooo damn good but when it is bad it is kinda like going to a convent and a more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: yellowtail, goliaths, king, redfish Monday, I fished with live shrimp in 40 feet, 19 miles out of New Pass, with Ernie and Tim Moffet. We caught four keeper yellowtail snapper, and released three smaller ones. We also caught more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: redfish, trout, snapper, jack bayside Monday, I fished the west wall of Estero Bay with brothers Tom and Kevin Connolly. We used shiners to catch three redfish, two of which were keepers, and an 18 inch trout. We released a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - If a Major League Pitcher has a record of 20-2 he is an MVP and wins the Cy Young Award. If you are a Profeesional Fishing Guide and get sucked 2X, you feel like swimming out into the Gulf of Mexico and drowning yourself. At least I do anyway. This i more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: Spanish, Yellowtail, Lanes & Mangs...photo of goliath I fished Monday in 35 feet out of New Pass with father and son Dan and Eric Harper. Using live shrimp, we caught keeper Spanish mackerel, a nice yellowtail snapper, keepe more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: Gulf & Bay Report I fished Estero Bay with Terry Major and friends Monday. Fishing the points on the west side of the bay, behind the Hyatt, we released one snook and nine mangrove snapper, all caught on live shrimp. Wedn more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: kings, Spanish, reds, sheepies Monday, fishing in 30 feet out of New Pass, with Bob Pumford and Steve & Lorie Seibert, we caught three king mackerel, all 28-29 inches, keeper Spanish mackerel to 22 inches, mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Spring snook fishing The cold fronts are just about over now but fishing for this spring's snook fishing has been excellent.Clients have been landing some really nice snook.This week's largest snook was 31.The snook have been hitting live gr more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers