Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepies prevail bayside; nice mangs offshore: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 1/2 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. Monday, 12/19, it was overcast, and a lot colder than the temperature more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepshead, keeper redfish, pompano, mangs bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Thursday, casting around oyster bars and holes in Estero Bay, with live more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Filming a new adventure of Light Tackle Angler Capt. John Follweiler out of Pineland, Fl I wish to PROMISE you a great TV Show. As a matter of fact, the four hours we spent on the water was enough to do 2 TV Shows! Oversize everything, including Th more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - keeper redfish bayside; keeper gag offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper and a 15 inch mangrove snapper, caught on a recent offshore trip. Monday I fished Estero Bay. We fished an incoming tide, bai more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Lanes, mangs, sheepshead, cobia: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 50 pound goliath grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip. We didn’t get much of a reprieve from rough weather, as another front kicked up the winds and seas more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern Emerging Greetings, First let me apologize for the long delay. Wilma caused us some problems with our computer system. In general fishing is tough since that last cold front, but we are catching plenty of fish on our more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Fronts run fish into the backcountry. We have begun to see frequent cold fronts push into our area. The fishing has been very good inbetween the fronts but if you try to go against Mother Nature your probably going to be dissapointed. As more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Nice sheepshead bayside; nice mangs & lanes offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday brought rain, high winds and seas, in advance of a cold front, and I was forced to remain in port. Tuesday was very windy, and it was tough anchoring in the bay, bu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Pine Island Sound, Charlotte Harbor & Matlacha Pass - Windy trip The wind was howling as I pulled up to the dock to pick up my clients.After picking up my clients we took off for what would turn out to be a very bumpy ride.I was thinking this crazy to be on the water on a day like this.But we tried o more...
Capt. Glenn Grimes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Cuda got the gag--left us lanes, mangs, yellowtail & sheepies: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent offshore trip. I fished Monday, at a drop-off about 26 miles out of new Pass. We caught s more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers