Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bay redfish and sheepshead; Reef snapper and Spanish--Too much wind! Bonita Beach, SW FL Ben Sampson and girlfriend Jill just wanted to catch fish Monday morning, 5/21, so we headed out in some fairly rough seas to the 5 mile reef. We caught tri more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - For the first time in my career as a Professional Saltwater Fishing Guide, a decision was made to write a newspaper story about a very special day of tarpon fishing. An epic battle between UK visitor to Sanibel, Jonathan and Jane Tibbles, resulted in more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Redfish, yellowtail & mangrove snapper, sheepshead, kingfish, amber jacks, bonito, mahi-sighting: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday, 5/14, the winds were blowing once again. I advised my anglers, Patrick and Natalie Smith, to fish the bay instead of he more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Come and Get'em! Tarpon, that is. Each year I totally devote the months of May and June to tarpon fishing and this year the fishing has been great. We've had to endure some pretty harsh conditions but the fishing has been good enough to hook at more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: rough seas, goliaths galore, 7 foot bull shark The calm winds and seas of last week didn’t hold too long. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday brought strong gusty winds and high seas, which caused me to reschedule my offshore angle more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - As previously mentioned, wind has played absolute havoc with SW FL fishing. For March and April, how about 9 days out of 61 of wind 14MPH or less. For the first 8 days of May, the pattern has not changed. So much for the weather report but as you kno more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Another blackfin tuna! Kingfish, shark, gag, snapper I was in port on Monday, but I fished Tuesday in 80 feet on a 265 heading out of New Pass with anglers Jim McCarthy and friend, Dan. We had one great day fishing. Baited wit more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Fishing in SW FL is On Fire! Nature has way of protecting her innocent. Wind. How windy has it been? How about these numbers. From March 1, 2007 to April 30th there have been 9 fishing days with wind LESS THAN 15MPH. 9 freakin days in 2 months. more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Giant tarpon, snook and school reds Tarpon have been here for a few weeks and with the recent good weather the fishing has really turned on. I have found fishable numbers of fish from Punta Gorda to the north and Pine Island to the south. Drifti more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: two 28 pound blackfin tuna made my day! Monday, 4/23, the seas were still rough, but a little calmer, and I fished with Sandy Hook, son Rusty, Rusty's young son Charlie, and a friend, Sam. Fishing in 33 feet out of New Pass more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers