Fort Myers Fishing Reports

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Sheepshead Predominate Inside & Out - Another windy week began on Monday, 3/24. I fished in Estero Bay with Joe Goodall and seven-year-old son, Alex, Dave Bixby and Fred Irish. Alex has fished with me every year since he was about three years old, and he has turned out to be a full-fledg more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Near Shore / Backcountry - Greetings, Fishing the near shore areas on and around the artifical reefs systems has been very productive the last few weeks. Variety has been great. Fishing the water column top to bottom has been key to sucess. Live baits suspended under a kite more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Wind less wind (25-35 daily) things could get Muy Caliente - OK, I'm droppin' a little international flavor on ya but so what. The fishing is SW FL is moving towards hot (next week), Hotter (week 1-2 of April), and hottest (from April 21 to May 25th). How do I know? Because I am getting a little older and a lo more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

How's Fishing?The Answer,My Friend, is Blowing in the Wind-SWFL - High winds were the theme on Monday, 3/17 so I stayed close in at the artificial reefs with Jay and Ellen Andreoletti. Still, we had three to four foot seas and it was choppy for the duration of our trip. We had a good morning of fishing, though, wit more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Redfish bite is hot despite high winds in Charlotte Harbor - Despite high winds for the past two weeks the redfish bite has been excellent with catches of redfish up to 16lbs daily. High east and NE winds push water out of the bays and rivers and the low tides are making finding large schools of redfish ea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Surf's Up! - NOAA has spoken and there will be no more fishing this weekend, so I might as well post the report for this week. Monday, 3/3, the winds were starting to kick up the seas again ahead of the next cold front so I fished near-shore with Rellan Monson, h more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Bonita Beach: shark, goliaths, mangs & lanes, sheepshead, snook - Monday, 2/25, I fished with Mike and Lee Conneally, son Clint and Clint's girlfriend, Anna. We fished the reefs off Bonita beach in calm seas, which was a pleasant change from the rough waters of last week. Using live shrimp, we caught five large she more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: hogfish, grouper, snapper, sheepshead & monster goliaths I fished on a windy morning in Estero Bay Monday, 2/18, with Chuck and Steve Nebes. We worked our live shrimp along the channel from Wiggins Pass to Barefoot Beach on a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - At Miami Boat Show and Honda Marine Catelog shoot after that. Returning to SW FL after The Keys on 2/23/2008. Sorry for the lack of reports but I'm not going to make up BS to satisfy your thirst for good scoop. GiddyUp more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW Fl-Bonita Beach: grouper & snapper bite hot offshore; sheepshead inside and outside, trout and whiting inshore Monday, 2/11, the winds were blowing in the early morning but without the strength they gathered late on in the day. Predictions we more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers