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2023-04-26 8:05 PM
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It's that time of year !!! - April has been action packed with snook , tarpon , redfish and sea trout in abundance . Naples and Marco Island inshore fishing always fires at this time of year & we have been taking full advantage of it. Live bait (pilchards )have been prevalent a more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Marco Island |
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2023-04-12 9:41 PM
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Hot bite in the islands - The inshore Snook bite is red hot around the Naples and Marco island areas . I have been concentrating on the outside island and beaches . These areas have been holding snook , sea trout , tarpon , jacks , snapper and redfish . This week out going more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Marco Island |
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2023-03-23 3:53 PM
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Hot snook bite - The Naples and Marco island inshore fishing continues to produce some great light tackle fishing . In these
areas bait is key to having a stellar day on the water .
I start off every morning with hunt for live bait(pilchards, threadfin herring more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Naples |
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2023-03-01 6:02 PM
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Great inshore action - The inshore fishing has been a mixed bag of Fun !!!! My favorite part of fishing around the Naples and Marco Island area is the variety of species of fish that we can catch on any given day. Snook are always top on my hit list but we also have redfis more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Marco Island |
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2023-02-22 9:18 PM
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South FL Winter snook N - Finally getting some warm weather back into south Fl and this has the fishing fired up ! The Naples and Marco Island fishing has remained steady. During my trips I'm not catching big numbers of snook but the ones we are hooking up with have been re more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Naples |
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2023-02-08 7:52 PM
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Winter snook N - We have been seeing some great temperatures in the Naples and Marco Island areas . When our weather stabilizes & temps increase the fishing action gets red hot . I am still finding some really nice snook on the outside points and shorelines that hav more...
Capt. Tim Daugherty - Marco Island |
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2023-01-26 11:14 AM
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Short Report for January, 2023 - The first fishing excursion of the New Year was on Monday, 1/2/23, when I fished offshore, in spots 17 to 25 miles west of New Pass, with Jay Johnston, his son and daughter-in-law, Tim and Amy, and their nine-year-old son, Merritt. The family used sq more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2022-12-30 1:02 PM
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Fishbuster Charters December Wrap-up - I ventured out 19 miles west of New Pass on Tuesday, 12/6, on a sight-seeing/exploratory/ occasional fishing trip with Erwin and Millie Metusiak. The Metusiaks have gone out with me for years, but always in the bay (inshore.) Since my bay boat remain more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2022-11-26 2:03 PM
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Hurricane Ian, Aftermath - Hurricane Ian blasted through our area on September 28th, with fury we have never seen in past storms. Its surge of 7.5 feet here in our location, wiped out nearly everything, and did damage to both of our boats. The inshore (bay) boat remains in the more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |
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2022-09-02 12:27 PM
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Fishbuster Charters-A few fun August trips - Nick and Hillary Madsen and their two young daughters, Kelly and Scarlett, fished a catch-and-release trip in southern Estero Bay's backwaters with me on Tuesday, 8/2. Using live shrimp, the family released a 20-inch barracuda, an18-inch redfish, six more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach |