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nice lane snapper, big black drum: Bonita Beach, SW FL

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nice lane snapper, big black drum: Bonita Beach, SW FL

Postby fishbuster » Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:10 pm

I fished Monday in about 35 feet out of New Pass with live shrimp. We hooked up on something big for the first time in a couple of weeks—turned out to be a 45 pound black drum (photo included). We also caught keeper mangrove snapper, porkfish and grunts, and released gag shorts.

Fishing Tuesday in 45 feet out of New Pass, we caught keeper mangrove snapper, porgies, grunts, and released small grouper. There was barely any tide movement, and fishing was a little slow, with lots of bites from smaller fish.

I fished Wednesday, in 35 to 45 feet out of New Pass, with live shrimp. We caught a nice mess of lane snapper, grunts, and keeper sheepshead. There was some light red tide to the south and west off Naples, but no dead fish around.

I fished Thursday, about 19 miles west of New Pass, in a new spot I scouted out earlier this week. We cleaned up on nice lane snapper—thirty of them about 13 inches, and caught four nice-sized porgies and fifteen big grunts. We released lots of gags to 18 inches, red grouper to fourteen inches, and lane snapper that we just did not need.

A rainy weather front predicted to come through overnight on Friday arrived early Friday morning, which cancelled Friday’s offshore plans.

Saturday, I fished central Estero Bay. We released whiting and snook to 20 inches, and caught a 17 inch sheepshead.

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Captain Dave Hanson
Fishbuster Charters, Inc.
Bonita Beach, FL
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