Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Reds, sheephead and bass No, I'm not catching bass in saltwater but I am cathing bass. Bass fishing in the Everglades is still very good if you can get to the best fihing grounds. The water is down and the fish have been concentrated in the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita Beach, SW FL: sheepshead bay and gulfside, nice mangrove snapper to 17 inches, redfish, Spanish mackerel Saturday morning, 1/20, when I headed offshore with Chris & Yvette Worthington, their young sons Hunter and Peyton, and Yvette’s pare more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - March winds are here in January. Big Trout in Pine Island Sound have been as difficult to find as women with real teeth on Pine Island. Redfish are doing there thing under the bushes. I like the sound of that so GiddyUp! Big Trout? You have to g more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Keeper Gag Grouper to 26 inches, Sheepshead, Snapper, Mackerel Sure enough, as predicted, the four foot seas were calming over the course of the day Monday to two foot. I fished about 28 miles out of New Pass with Andy Ungar, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - El Nino winter Usually we have two months of pretty cool weather during winter. Lows in the upper 40's and highs in the mid 60's are common. This makes our water temps in January and Feburary around 65 degrees. With the water in the 60's th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: mangrove snapper to 18 1/2 inches, hog, amber jack, Spanish mackerel Saturday, 1/6, I fished in 38 feet out of New Pass with Dean Stanton and son, Dean, Jr. The bite was kind of slow, but we caught some keeper (14 inch) mangr more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Unseaasonable warm weather has everything all confused. Tarpon are rolling, trout are biting anything, sheepshead are ripping off baits, and redfish are on cut ladyfish like a cheap suit. Snook are out of season but are willing and able to rumble aro more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice mangrove snapper, a hogfish, Spanish mackerel and sheepshead After some family time to bring in the new year, I headed offshore again on Tuesday, Fishing with brothers Mark and Tony Kapala in 35 feet out of New Pass with more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Gag Grouper a bit larger this week--encouraging! Nice Mangrove Snapper and Sheepshead Tuesday after Christmas brought rain and high seas, and I had to cancel my offshore trip for that day. Wednesday was still rough offshore, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Rat Reds and Bull Reds Most of the flats action right revolves around redfish and trout. Trout usually dominate the scene but this winter has produced more reds than trout on just about every trip. I have been using soft plastics for the mo more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers