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2005-11-09 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-11-04 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-10-21 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-10-18 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-10-18 12:00 AM
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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.
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Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2005-10-14 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-10-08 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-09-28 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-09-24 12:00 AM
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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 |
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2005-09-09 12:00 AM
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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 |