Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Nothing exciting, but at least the red tide is gone...Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 4 1/2 pound pompano, caught on live shrimp in Estero Bay last Saturday. I fished last Monday, 10/10, in Estero Bay, around the Wiggins Pa more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Pompano, redfish, sheepshead: Ft. Myers Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 19 inch redfish, caught on live shrimp in Estero Bay. I fished Saturday, for the first time since the last week of September. We had planned to fish the gul more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Red Tide, Stinch, Stink, and Decomposing Fish (Millions) are just some of the issues here in SW FL. My 6HR Charter yesterday (9/27/05) turned into a full refund 2HR Charter. We saw millions of dead fish and we all began to have respiratory troubles. more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Fishing ain't easy these days: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 22 inch redfish, caught on a backwater trip, before red tide hit the bay. I fished Friday, hoping the swells from Hurricane Rita effects had subsided, but it wa more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Mackerel Migration Usually this time of year I am still targeting tarpon but this year the late season tarpon have been a little slow so I have been taking advantage of the large schools of spanish mackerel that are feeding outside of the pass more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Water Cools, Bait Migration Starts Greetings, With water temps cooling a bit bait is starting to show along the coast in numbers. This means the predators are not far behind. Near shore there are tarpon to be found. If you are dedicated and l more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Hot fishing Hi folks,long time since my last report.My computer went down.I am now back and ready to go.Fishing has been hot for snook,redfish,and trout.Todays trip with some disabled veterans that Lee County Professional Guides Assoiation does e more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - By the time I return from La (leaving today 9/6/05) the early goings of the fall migration South brings promise for Cobia, Kingfish, and Tarpon. I'll be back on 9/15/05. As for the Labor Day fishing report in and around Pine Island, there are vari more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - All kinds of snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 70 pound goliath grouper, released on a recent offshore trip. I fished Thursday, after the swells from Hurricane Katrina’s effects had subsided. Fishing in 40 feet out of New more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Grouper Grab Greetings, This weeks report is about one trip. I was invited to fish the Grouper Grab aboard Chris Thomas’s Holdemhook. It’s a Fountain 34. Its triple engines let us run at sixty miles per hour. What a machine! We fished sixty to n more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers