Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Sheepies and trout in the shallow bay; rough offshore-cold fronts-A tough week of fishing in Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper, caught last month on an offshore trip. I was looking forward to some calm se more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 35 pound black drum: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a the 35 pound black drum we caught offshore this past Monday. Monday, I fished in 32 feet out of New Pass. Fishing was a little slow at first--we caught and released some more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - 25 lb. jack, snapper, more wind: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a unusually large (for this area) cravalle jack, weighing 25 lbs., caught this past Wednesday in Estero Bay. Tuesday, fishing 17 miles out of New Pass, in 40 f more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Lots of wind, then snapper at week's end: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper, caught last week on an offshore trip. Weather did not cooperate with the full week of fishing I had planned. After a very gusty more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Great week of fishing-gags, snapper: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 23 1/2 inch gag grouper, caught on a recent offshore trip, on a live shrimp. After a rough and windy weekend, I got back offshore on Monday, 1/9, and fished in more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Keeper gag, limits of snapper: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo at right is of a 34 inch king mackerel, our first king of the season, caught on an offshore trip Christmas Eve. Monday’s seas were predicted to be two to three feet, and I headed offs more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Kings are here! cobia, lots of lanes, mangs, trout: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 inch gag grouper, caught on an offshore trip, mid-December. Saturday, 12/24, we got into some king mackerel, fishing in about 40 feet ou more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepies prevail bayside; nice mangs offshore: Bonita beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 26 1/2 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip in Estero Bay. Monday, 12/19, it was overcast, and a lot colder than the temperature more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Big sheepshead, keeper redfish, pompano, mangs bayside: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 17 inch sheepshead, caught on a recent backwater trip. I fished Thursday, casting around oyster bars and holes in Estero Bay, with live more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - keeper redfish bayside; keeper gag offshore: Bonita Beach, SW FL The photo shown at right is of a 23 inch gag grouper and a 15 inch mangrove snapper, caught on a recent offshore trip. Monday I fished Estero Bay. We fished an incoming tide, bai more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers