Fishing Reports by Capt. Jon Fetter

Estero Bay Report - The seatrout are really starting to make their way to the winter hangouts and are feeding on shrimp tipped jig heads or shrimp under popping corks. Anglers can work the deeper areas with the jig heads while the shallow grass flats in 3-5 feet can be more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - The wind combined with the low water this past week made the fishing a little tougher in and around Estero Bay. The best chances for redfish were up around the oyster bars and mangroves on higher water using shrimp tipped jig heads. Cut ladyfish on more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay report - The fishing this past week offered anglers plenty of options. The backbay bite was pretty good with redfish, seatrout, sheepshead, and snook. Shrimp tipped jig heads worked best for the sheep's and redfish around the oyster bars and mangrove island more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report week of October 19th - This past week the fishing in and around Estero Bay was very good with both size and variety. The redfish bite is steady around the oyster bars and mangrove islands on moving water. Shrimp tipped jig heads and shrimp under floats seemed to work bes more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - The fishing has started to get into the fall pattern and this means hungry fish. The redfish are feeding on just about anything from artificial top water plugs to cut ladyfish. Anglers looking for these spot tails should fish the oyster bars and su more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - Anglers best bet this past week was the nearshore reefs. Trolling these rock piles produced good numbers of spanish mackerel up to 28 inches. Silver spoons seemed to work best. There were also plenty of birds which helped locate the small bait pods more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report September 1st - Anlgers looking for the best opportunities were out early taking advantage of the cooler air temps. The redfish bite seemed to be better around the mangroves islands and oyster bars on the higher water. Cut ladyfish, pinfish under floats, or even s more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - There we some really good tides this past week that allowed anglers to stay in their favorite shallow spots a little longer and chase the redfish. They have been hanging out around the oyster bars and mangroves on higher water. Free lining pinfish, more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - All the rain has cooled the water temps in the bay and the bite has been very good. The best action seems to be early in the mourning around the oyster bars and mangroves on higher water. Free lining pinfish, shrimp tipped jig heads, or even cut pi more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - This past week the snook were feeding around the floating docks and mangrove shorelines near the passes. Free lined whitebait on 3/0 circle hooks works fine, but anglers might want to beef up their leader to 40-50lb. There have been some very large f more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay