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Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay
Capt. Dave Hanson
April 22, 2006
Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report
Redfish, sheepshead, kingfish, goliath: Bonita Beach, SW FL
I fished Estero Bay with C.B. Fisher, his seven year old daughter, Cayla, and Cayla's grandfather, Frank Graves on Monday. Shrimp were in short supply in the morning, so I cast for silver jinnies and ballyhoo, and we began at the oyster bars, where we caught a bluefish, and released some small fish. Once shrimp came in, we picked up some of those, and fished toward Wiggins Pass, where we caught two keeper redfish at 22 inches and 20 inches, lost another of those, and caught four keeper sheepshead. We released smaller sheepshead, a small snapper, and a 20 inch snook.
Tuesday, fishing 5 miles out of New Pass with Chris Polasic and fiancée, Muriel Taylor, we used live shrimp to catch three king mackerel to 32 inches, and triggerfish. We lost four big kings that broke the line.
I fished Estero Bay toward Wiggins Pass again on Wednesday, with Bob Titmas, Sr., son Bob, and grandson Jake. We caught two keeper redfish, a 4 pound cravalle jack, and we released small snapper, using live shrimp.
Bud Glancer and friend, Steve, fished in 30 feet, about five miles west of Wiggins Pass with me on Thursday. We caught three king mackerel to 30 inches, Spanish mackerel to 28 inches, mangrove snapper, sheepshead, triggerfish and grunts, all on live shrimp.
Friday, Jerry & Barbara Rudan fished with me, about 6 miles out of New Pass. We caught nine king mackerel to 29 inches, kept four of those, and released the rest. We also caught four keeper mangrove snapper. Seas started to build just before we headed in, with a storm front to the north, around Tampa.
Saturday, seas were 3-4 feet, but Mick Moritz and friends decided to give the artificial reefs a try. We used live shrimp to catch nine keeper lane snapper, and we released gag grouper shorts and blue runners. We used one of the blue runners as goliath bait, and caught a goliath grouper over 200 pounds, which Mick photographed and released.
The photo shown above is of a pair of kingfish caught on a recent offshore trip.
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