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Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay
Capt. Dave Hanson
April 9, 2005
Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report
3 keeper gags, snapper, sheepshead, trout: Bonita beach, SW FL
It was still rough early Monday morning, after a windy weekend, but it calmed down as the morning progressed. We used live shrimp at the Bonita reefs to catch mangrove snapper to 14 inches, triggerfish, grunts, jack cravalle, and a 15 inch trout. We released gag grouper shorts.
Fishing Tuesday was worth the rough seas, twenty miles out of New Pass. We caught three keeper gag grouper, at 23 inches, 24 inches, and 28 inches, using blue runners and pinfish for bait (see photo below). We also caught sheepshead to 14 inches and seven keeper lane snapper on live shrimp.
It was very windy on Thursday, when I fished central Estero Bay. We caught two trout, one 17 ¾ inches and one 18 inches. We also caught three sheepshead ranging 13 to 14 inches, and one sand bream, all on live shrimp.
Friday was rainy and rough, following some heavy storms that moved through the area Thursday night, in advance of a cold front. I remained in port. On Saturday, I in the back-bay, toward Wiggins Pass. We caught keeper mangrove snapper and sheepshead on live shrimp, and had a line cut once by something bigger.
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