Fishing Reports by Capt. Greg Stamper

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

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 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 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

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

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

Snook ot Tarpon - Snook fishing continues to be great with both pilchards and threadfins getting their attention daily. Snook are now in their beach haunts fairly regularly as well as the pass mouths and docks with good current. Using 2/0 and 3/0 circle hooks and 30lb more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Winds made the bite soft - Fishing was good early in the week for redfish in Estero bay, however the bite was much tougher Sunday and Monday. Redfish were still being caught on the tides that had good moving water but Mother Nature had the winds pushing against the flow many t more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay

Redfish Bite Slow in Estero Bay, Trout Bite Is Hot - This week's front changed things up a bit with cloudy water in Estero Bay and wind that mixed up the tides. The redfish bite got tough just after the front, but it started to pick up again on Sunday. Cut baits and live shrimp thrown under the mangro more...
Capt. Greg Stamper - Estero Bay