Estero Bay Fishing Reports

Ft Myers Beach thru Captiva - A week of rain brought South West Florida a much needed cool down and great fishing. Redfish showed up in big numbers from Ft Myers beach all the way through Pine Island sound. If you were willing to stand in the rain and tough it out, redfish up more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - This past week the snook were feeding around the floating docks and mangrove shorelines near the passes. Free lined whitebait on 3/0 circle hooks works fine, but anglers might want to beef up their leader to 40-50lb. There have been some very large f more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero thru Captiva - With water temperatures reaching 90 plus in the shallow back country waters, fishing has slowed down once the hot afternoons set in. Getting an early start has proved to give anglers their best shot at quality fish inshore. Snook fishing is still goo more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Summer is here - As the water temperatures continue to warm up and the dog days of summer set in getting an early start or fishing early evening has been key. Fishing with artificial baits this week early in the morning worked well as bait was sometimes hard to find more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - The passes and nearshore waters continue to be the place for anglers to go looking for action. Drifting shrimp tipped jig heads in the deeper water is producing snapper, whiting, and silver trout. The spotted seatrout, ladyfish, pompano, and small more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Estero thru Captiva - Snook continue to be found both along our beaches and in their backcountry haunts. Anglers this week were occasionally greeted by large packs of snook usually of similar size. Live baits such as thread fin herring or pilchards worked great on 3/0 cir more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay: Redfish - Snook - Tarpon - Fishing has remained consistent in Estero Bay. Now that the water temperatures have risen, fish have been most active early in the mornings. My bait of choice this month for redfish and snook have been pinfish. Later in the morning, when the sun come more...
Capt. Joe Angius - Estero Bay

snook fishings great - Snook fishing has been on fire all week, with the best bite being early in the morning or late afternoon. Snook up to 40 inches are being caught in both the backcountry as well as along our beaches. Tarpon are still hanging around and being caught on more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Estero Bay Report - With rising water temperatures and high tides the fishing was pretty tough this past week. Anglers looking for action should move to the passes and nearshore waters. There are plenty of snapper in the deeper water of the passes and shrimp tipped jig more...
Capt. Jon Fetter - Estero Bay

Last few weeks for Tarpon - Strong afternoon storms meant fishing early in the morning or late in the afternoon all week long. Tarpon fishing has still been good even with cloudy water nearshore. Fishing the early morning tides with threadfins or crabs continued to produce resu more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay