Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Redfish, sheepshead, kingfish, goliath: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished Estero Bay with C.B. Fisher, his seven year old daughter, Cayla, and Cayla's grandfather, Frank Graves on Monday. Shrimp were in short supply in the morning, so I cast for silv more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - his week brought all the winds and high seas that we were lucky to have missed for most of last month. In addition to the rough seas offshore, there were dead low tides in Estero Bay. I cancelled all my trips through Wednesday. On Thursday, Dan Mac more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Kings gulfside; flounder, sheepies, reds, jack bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL Monday, I fished with Lee Larsen, Bud Glancer, and friend Mary, about 5 miles out of New Pass. We used live shrimp, and chummed with some pre-mixed chum, as well as som more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 52 inch king topped the scales:L Bonita Beach, SW FL After a windy weekend, seas calmed down quite a bit on Monday, 3/28. I fished five and a half miles out of New Pass, with Ryan Startz and Jim Schrader, along with Jim’s sons, nine year old Kan more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - More nice kings, Spanish, mangrove snapper, lane snapper, sheepshead: Bonita Beach, SW FL I fished about five miles out of New Pass Monday with Richard Heimlich and Jeff Kirk. Seas were about four foot most of the morning, but it was worth it. U more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 22 lb. king mackerel, 100+ lb. nurse shark, sheepshead: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 21 inch trout, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. I fished the north end of Estero Bay Monday. We used live shrimp to cat more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Monday, 3/6, seas were supposed to be calm, with a cold front not due to rough things up until late at night. Fishing in 30 feet out of New Pass, we had mostly 3 foot seas all morning. We caught four keeper sheepshead to 16 inches, a large triggerfis more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 51 inch kingfish, 28 inch gag, sheepshead, pompano, trout: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown is of a 51 inch, 29 pound kingfish, caught on an offshore trip this past Wednesday. A cold front came through on Sunday, dropping air and water tempe more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 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, fiv more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Snapper, sheepies, a tripletail-slightly better bite this week: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a pair of gag grouper, caught on an offshore trip last month. Sunday and Monday this week remained rough offshore, not to mentio more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers