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Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay
Capt. Dave Hanson
February 25, 2006
Fort Myers - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mostly sheepshead and some tripletail: Bonita Beach, SW FL
The photo shown at rigght is of the 7 pound tripletail caught this past Friday on an ofshore trip.
I fished Monday, 2/20, in 34 feet out of New Pass. We caught a 15 inch black drum, five keeper sheepshead, all about 15 inches, and released smaller sheepshead and grouper shorts.
Tuesday, fishing in 26 feet out of New Pass, we did well with sheepshead. We kept thirteen of them to 19 inches, and released about 40 shorter ones. We also got a 13 inch mangrove snapper, all on shrimp.
Fishing out of New Pass Wednesday, we caught three nice sheepshead to 17 inches, grunts, and porkfish. We released small snapper and grouper. We had an eight year old angler on board, who was sure proud of his 17 inch sheepshead, and gladly posed with it!
Fishing a catch & release trip, in 30 feet out of New Pass Thursday, the sheepshead were even bigger than they were earlier this week. We released six of them to 19 ¼ inches, along with triggerfish to 14 inches, using live shrimp.
I fished Friday in 30 feet out of New Pass. We caught a 20 inch, seven pound tripletail on a crab trap buoy, using live shrimp (see photo). We also caught some nice sheepshead to 19 inches, and four keeper lane snapper.
We feared some rough conditions Saturday, with forecasts calling for small craft advisories preceding the arrival of a cold front. It was moderately choppy in the morning, with three foot seas, but it calmed to two foot in the afternoon, before it started building once again. We caught eight keeper sheepshead , average size of 16 inches, along with some grunts, fishing the reefs and also some limestone bottom, in 35 feet.
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