Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Nice sheepshead bayside; nice mangs & lanes offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday brought rain, high winds and seas, in advance of a cold front, and I was forced to remain in port. Tuesday was very windy, and it was tough anchoring in the bay, bu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Windy trip The wind was howling as I pulled up to the dock to pick up my clients.After picking up my clients we took off for what would turn out to be a very bumpy ride.I was thinking this crazy to be on the water on a day like this.But we tried o more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Cuda got the gag--left us lanes, mangs, yellowtail & sheepies: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished Monday, at a drop-off about 26 miles out of new Pass. We caught s more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goliaths and Lane Snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 60 pound goliath grouper, caught on a blue runner, and released on an offshore trip last week. I fished Monday in 30 feet out of New Pass. We used live shrimp to catch a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Praise the Lord, Allah, Buddha, or whomever you might worship. Normal patterns of fishing have returned to SW FL! King Mackerel, Redfish, Snook, and Gag Grouper are ON FIRE. This is good news but not the best news. The BEST NEWS is what all these n more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Flats Slam! A little bit of warmer temperatures and calmer winds really turned up the action on the flats this week. We saw a resurgence of snook this week on the flats. I fished Exude plastic jerk baits on a 1/8 oz jigheads with excellent re more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Gulf & Bay Report: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 inch redfish, caught on live shrimp in Estero Bay, the Thursday before Hurricane Wilma. I fished Monday for the first time since the Thursday before Hurricane Wilma. With sti more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big snook, redfish, lanes, yellowtail, mangs: Bonita Beach, SW FL I had planned to fish a lot more this past week, but several folks cancelled trips because they had heard negative things about the impact of red tide. By the end of the week, Hu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Just when fishing starts to return to Pine Islaand Sound like old times, Hurricane Wilma has us in her crosshairs. Having gone to Biloxi and Pascagoula to assist in S&R after Katrina, it is my plan to say plenty of prayers tonight. Anyway, here's th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - October Redfishing! It is the season for for redfishing in Southwest Florida. There are to ways to target reds right now. YOu can fish schools of breeder reds from 10-20 pounds or you can sight fish singles that range from 4-8 pounds. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers