Bonita Beach Fishing Reports

SWFL-Bonita Beach:Red Grouper, Hogs, Shark, Redfish & Sheepshead - Bob and Jo-Ellen Exby fished 18 miles offshore with me on Tuesday, 10/22, just ahead of a cool-front due in the next day. The day began calm, and seas of one-foot were predicted by NOAA, but we had two-to-three foot seas most of the morning, as winds more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: 22-inch Hogfish! Red grouper & Snapper - Friday morning, 10/11, I fished 22 miles offshore with Roberto Russi, his father-in-law, John, and friend, Bill. We used a grunt to land a nice, 25 ½-inch red grouper, and we also had something big cut 100-pound, braided line, so that might have been more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & Near-shore Report-Reds! - Redfish have been the best bet around here lately, with trips scarce overall, and with favorable bay tides trumping some sloppy conditions offshore. Monday morning, 9/23/13, I fished the backwaters of Estero Bay with Doug Duncan, Eric Bastion, and Ra more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SWFL-Bonita Beach:September Backwater Trips & Goliath Adventure - Labor Day Monday, 9/2/13, I fished the backwaters of Estero Bay with Lee and Lauren Wehr and their friends, Brian and Debbie Lucas. The group had originally planned to fish offshore, but with lots of rain over the gulf, they decided it might be safer more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: August Grouper & Snapper Fishing Good - Monday morning, 8/12/13, father and son anglers Bruce and Mike Epstein fished with me 22 miles west of New Pass, where they used pinfish for grouper fishing and live shrimp for snappers. The guys did well, catching four keeper red grouper, one at 21 more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Fishing Awesome Offshore! - Tuesday morning, 7/30/13, I headed 22 miles off Naples with Brian Ritter and his daughter, Danni, joined by their friends Bill Sands and his daughter, Alissa. We used live shrimp to catch twenty keeper lane snapper along with one keeper yellowtail sn more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita beach: Nice Hogfish, Red Grouper, Gag, Snapper, Red - Bob O'Hara and grandson, Kevin, who had fished offshore with me on Friday, 7/12, fished again with me on Monday, 7/15. We headed offshore again, twenty miles from New Pass and had a fun fishing adventure, as well as bringing home some nice fish. The more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Grouper & Yellowtail Bite Hot! - Paul McConnell and family had planned to fish offshore with me on both Tuesday, 7/2/13 and Friday 7/5. We nixed Tuesday's trip, as our weather was stormy for four consecutive days, Sunday, 6/30 through Wednesday morning, 7/3. After that, the continua more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Stormy Conditions 1st Day of Gag Season - Well, anglers awaiting the re-opening of gag grouper season are disappointed here today, with 3-5 foot seas and stormy conditions…let's hope weather improves quickly! Chris & Jenny Phillips and their three teen-aged children, Emily, Bradley and Ry more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Red Grouper, Snapper, Cobia, Shark, Redfish, - I fished Saturday, 6/1, and I headed offshore about 36 miles west of New Pass to fish in 71 feet with Craig Daniels, Chip Lehman, and friends Bubba and Paul. We had a great day of fishing in good conditions. We used shrimp and squid to catch most eve more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach