Estero Bay Fishing Reports

Get ready for the good months! - Redfish are still biting even on this weeks full moon tides. Redfishing was good this week with plenty of slot and below slot fish caught this week. Anglers that got out earlier in the morning had the best chance at it. The snook bite this week was g more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay: Redfish - Snook - Trout - Tarpon - With afternoon and evening showers becoming a normal part of our weather pattern in Southwest Florida, fishing has been better than ever this summer. Fresh rainwater has been cooling down the backwaters and turning the backbay bite on. Schools of red more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Fish are biting - Redfishing continues to be great during August. Anglers have been catching nice fish both in the backcountry and along the pass shorelines. Snook are moving in and out from the beaches to the backwater so fishing passes continues to be good. Most sno more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - 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 thru Pine Island - Redfish are in full swing and fish have been caught in all sizes. Throwing artificial lures early in the mornings, proved to be a fun thing to do this week. Top water and swim baits worked best along mangroves and blow downs as long as the anglers co more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay: Grand Slam - Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to get on the water with Shelby Ramsey with FlatsHQ. We decided to take his Hells Bay Whipray and look for some tarpon. This trip gave me the opportunity to get on the front of the boat and fish. With only a fe more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

A Change of Scenery - My best friend has been wanting to come down from Tampa to go fishing for quite sometime. The last time we fished down here, which was years ago, it was in Estero Bay. So for this trip I asked him to meet me in Matlacha. Needless to say, we had anoth more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

Estero Bay: Tarpon - Snook - Redfish - The fishing in Estero Bay continues to get better every day. With evening showers making their way into Southwest Florida's weather pattern, the mornings for fishing have been cool and crisp. The heavy rainfall also means that there is an abundant so more...
Capt. Joe Angius - 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

Rain is a good thing - As more summer rains continue to fall, redfish remained giddy. Fishing the early mornings allowed anglers a chance to stay dry and put out spreads for reds. Redfish up to the 32 inch mark continued to feed both in open water and along mangrove shorel more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay