Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Gags in 43 feet; Trout Bayside - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine I fished in Estero Bay, in front of New Pass, with Steve and Jolissa Spitzer on Wednesday, the first day of September. We caught and released ladyfish and about twenty trout. We got one more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper, Snapper & Trout - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Estero Bay was my fishing grounds on Tuesday morning, 7/27, when I fished with Chris Polumbo and his young daughter, Miranda, along with Miranda's two friends, Bridget and Rachel. We caugh more...
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Trout-bite hot-SW FL-Bonita Beach - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Tim Reid fished near-shore with me, about ten miles off the beach Saturday morning, 7/17. Winds and seas, which were calm most of the week, had picked up quite a bit and seas were a litt more...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Yellowtail, Grouper, Hogfish & Kings - Pat Fitzgerald and his sons have fished with me for years. This year, the boys brought some friends along for a boat-load of six, including Pat, sons Jimmy and Tommy and friends, Matthew, Jacob, and Brandon. We headed out of New Pass Thursday morning more...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Mostly Offshore - No oil—No spoil Our Beaches are Clean—Our Waters Pristine Mike Mercer and friend, Bill, were hoping to hook some big fish when they fished offshore with me Tuesday morning, 6/15. They got lucky: Between them, they caught and carefully released more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Summer Fishing Heating Up-Kings Here! - First of all, our hearts go out to our fellow fisherman and all the residents of the Gulf coast who have been impacted by the BP oil spill. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you, and we feel fortunate to have escaped this crisis on our shores more...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Near-shore recent trips report - Wednesday morning, 4/28, I fished Estero Bay with Paul Martz and Christian LeClerc. We caught a 23-inch Spanish mackerel, released short snapper, and were bemoaning the slow action when, all of a sudden, two lines began bending, and we reeled in two more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Mostly Bay with a bit of Gulf mixed in - Tuesday, 4/13, the wind was howling through the tree-lines of Estero Bay, where I fished the backwaters with Richard Kostrcewa and his son, Stephan. We used live shrimp to catch and release nine sheepshead, a mangrove snapper and two crevalle jacks. more...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good Action Inshore & Offshore - Tuesday, 3/30, seas were rough offshore and I ended up re-booking my planned gulf trip with a trio of ladies who wanted to fish the bay. Karen Taylor, son Evan Taylor, and Evan's grandmother, Kate Collins, fished with live shrimp and caught six keepe more...
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Good catches inshore & to 20 miles offshore - Tuesday morning, 3/16, the trout bite was nothing like it had been the day before. I fished with Mark McCarthy, his father-in-law, Richie Jenkins, and friend Matt. Richie caught the only trout of the morning, measuring 15 inches. We released ladyfish more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach