Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

Nice Redfish Action; Snapper, Flounder, Spanish - The first part of the week brought lots of rain, and not just the familiar afternoon thunderstorms; it rained early mornings, into late evenings. It was mid-week before I got out fishing. Wednesday, 8/13, I fished Estero Bay with Robert & Roberta Dul more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Reefs-27 inch Gag & Nice Snapper; Bay Reds - Monday morning brought rain and I had to delay by about an hour and a half my fishing excursion with Deitnar and Andrea Binkowska, daughter Anna-Lena and young son, David. The Binkowskas were visiting from Germany and one thing David definitely wante more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Big Fun for Little Girls with Ladyfish - After a little time away in the relatively cool N.C. mountains, I resumed fishing this Saturday, 7/26. I fished 14 to 17 miles west of New Pass with Marty Kimball and his three young daughters, Haley, Cheyeynne and Michaela. The girls had a lot of fu more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Good Bite: Inshore & Offshore Report - Estero Bay offered a pretty good variety of fish for us on Monday morning, 6/30, when I fished with Jason and Callie Eubanks, Don Cruz and Paul Odele. We used live shrimp to catch a keeper sheepshead, a 21 inch keeper redfish and a bunch of keeper-si more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Good Action Offshore - Fishing Saturday morning, 6/21, about 17 miles out of New Pass with Dan Slavenburg and friend, Ryan, we cast live shrimp to catch eight keeper mangrove snapper and a dozen whitebone porgies to 15 inches. We released lots of smaller mangs, short red g more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Inshore Yields Good Variety-Mostly Porgies & Yellowtail Gulfside - Monday, 6/16, I fished central Estero Bay with Scott Heiss, his brother, Steve Heiss, their dad, Jerry Heiss, and Scott's ten-year-old son, Nicholas. We had a good morning of fishing with live shrimp along the tree lines. Nicholas caught the biggest more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Hogfish, Yellowtail Mangrove Snapper & Sharks Offshore-Bay Reds - In celebration of Harry's birthday, brothers Grant and Harry Kurtz, along with friends Joe and Thais Allen, fished with me Monday morning, 6/9,seventeen miles west of New Pass. The Spanish mackerel bite was strong and we free-lined shrimp for those, more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Tortugas Tales and Goliaths at Bonita Beach Reefs - I left Sunday morning, 6/1, for Key West, where six of us spent the night before taking off for the Tortugas on a boat we chartered. For once, I was the charter's customer rather than the captain. Fishing that area has always been on my list of thing more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Good Variety Offshore; Snook & Reds Inshore; Tortugas-Bound! - On a catch-and-release trip to the artificial reefs off Bonita Beach on Tuesday, 5/27, long-time customers Pat Fitzgerald and sons, Jimmy, Tommy and Peter, along with friend, Brendon, caught a smorgasbord of fish on live shrimp. We had steady action more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach

Reds are Best Bet Inshore with Keeper Gags & Snapper - Monday morning, 5/19, I fished with Casey Serumba and friends in Estero Bay. We caught a couple of keeper snapper and released smaller snapper, a sheepshead and a snook. Casey had one nice red hooked but his drag was too loose, and once the red ran u more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Bonita Beach