Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Mackeral, Shark, Permi & Pompano - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Memorial Day Monday, I had planned to fish all day offshore with repeat customers, Mack Wilson and John French. But the winds followed the NOAA prediction and increased all morning, gust more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: 30lb. Permit, Cobia, and Goliaths to 425 lbs - After a few days off the water, with high winds and seas persisting into mid-week, I got back offshore on Friday morning, 5/20, with long-time customer Casey Miller. This time, Casey was in town for a wedding, and he invited the groom and friends to more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach:150 lb shark, keeper grouper, lanes, flounder - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 5/2, was another one of those breezy day, but the wind direction made it possible to at least get my party of four out to the reefs. Long-time customers Dennis & Jamie Riddell b more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: 8 lb. Red Grouper & More - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 4/18, I headed offshore with longtime customer, Peter Kenney, his son, David, and friends, Bernie and John. We fished about 22 miles west of New Pass with live shrimp. The catch more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper, Snapper, Kingfish & More - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday morning, 4/4, I fished the near-shore reefs off Bonita Beach with Tim and Stephanie Cobb and their two children, Spencer and Sydney. We were fishing just ahead of a weather-front more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Nice Trout & Redfish Inshore and Good Table-fare Offshore-Bonita - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 3/21, I fished central Estero Bay with long-time customers Joe Goodall and his son, Alex. Eleven-year-old Alex has been fishing with me every year since he was just over two yea more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Near-Shore Report - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 3/7, I fished with (I kid you not) Dave Hanson! After we laughed about captain and client having exactly the same name, Dave introduced me to the rest of his angling party, whic more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good Action-Lots of Hogfish! - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 2/21, Don Kennis, his dad, Doug, and his twelve-year-old son, Bradley, fished a catch-and-release trip with me about 18 miles west of New Pass. We released a hogfish, thirty man more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Finally Fishing weather on the Horizon! - The week of 2/7 was not very angler-friendly. There were rough seas and gusty winds offshore and low-tide conditions in the bay, as consecutive weather fronts moved through our area. I finally got to fish in the bay on Friday, 2/11 but it was a chill more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snapper fill grouper void; Trout inshore - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Monday, 1/24, seas were calmer and I took advantage of those conditions to head out to two spots, one 28 miles west of New Pass and one 36 miles out, to fish in about 65 feet with long- more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach