Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - King Salmon are biting off the beaches! Just messin'with ya but everything else certainly seems to be. There is good news and bad news regarding bait to catch big fish. The Good News. Bait is everywhere. The Bad News. It is Pee Wee Herman in size. (W more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - his week brought all the winds and high seas that we were lucky to have missed for most of last month. In addition to the rough seas offshore, there were dead low tides in Estero Bay. I cancelled all my trips through Wednesday. On Thursday, Dan Mac more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Kings gulfside; flounder, sheepies, reds, jack bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday, I fished with Lee Larsen, Bud Glancer, and friend Mary, about 5 miles out of New Pass. We used live shrimp, and chummed with some pre-mixed chum, as well as som more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - SW FLorida has all the usual suspects in town except Silver Kings. The Big Boys were here 10 days ago when the water tempts hit 78 but pulled a Hank Snow when the cold front dropped tempts to 65. We are now at 72. The following is the Truth, the w more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 52 inch king topped the scales:L Bonita Beach, SW FL After a windy weekend, seas calmed down quite a bit on Monday, 3/28. I fished five and a half miles out of New Pass, with Ryan Startz and Jim Schrader, along with Jim’s sons, nine year old Kan more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring means Kings! Greetings, It’s a great time to be fishing offshore here in S.W. Florida. Sure we are still getting some rough weather but the good news is that our water has warmed up and our spring fishing is in full swing. Yes, all the pl more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - More nice kings, Spanish, mangrove snapper, lane snapper, sheepshead: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished about five miles out of New Pass Monday with Richard Heimlich and Jeff Kirk. Seas were about four foot most of the morning, but it was worth it. U more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 22 lb. king mackerel, 100+ lb. nurse shark, sheepshead: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 21 inch trout, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. I fished the north end of Estero Bay Monday. We used live shrimp to cat more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Monday, 3/6, seas were supposed to be calm, with a cold front not due to rough things up until late at night. Fishing in 30 feet out of New Pass, we had mostly 3 foot seas all morning. We caught four keeper sheepshead to 16 inches, a large triggerfis more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - The baitfish migration is here and the snook are feeding! The temps hit the mid to high 80's this week and the snook went on a feeding frenzy. We mainly used artificial lures even though the schools of sardines moved onto the flats. We caught more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers