Fishing Reports by Capt. Dave Hanson

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Finally a keeper gag grouper! Goliath battles and snapper too. Friday, 8/31, I fished an outgoing tide in Estero Bay around Wiggins Pass with Tom and Marsha Lynch. We caught a few keeper mangrove snapper to 12 inches and rele more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: 24 pound cobia, goliaths, snapper, Spanish mackerel I fished 17 miles out of New Pass on Thursday, 8/23, with Paul Fenwick, Pamela Harden, Chris Dicon, John Priddy and Jackie Myers. We caught seven keeper mangrove snapper, a more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Inshore & near-shore report Monday morning, 8/13, I fished Estero Bay, down toward Wiggins Pass, with Kevin Deacy and George Romita. George had a big redfish hooked, but it started to run, and he tried to keep it from running more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: Nice Snapper bite, seven Hogfish, Spanish mackerel and Goliath battles Monday, 8/6, I fished the reefs off New Pass in 28 feet with Roger Meier and his children, Phillip, Vanessa and Melanie. We caught nine keeper mangrove s more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Nice reds! Bonita Beach, SW FL Tuesday morning, 7/31, brought some threatening skies, but the rain looked like it was fairly light on radar and was making its way south from Cape Coral. Lou Dellorco and family decided to give it a go at the near-s more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snapper, Spanish, Trout, Flounder & Goliaths Greg and Terry Carns and their sons Mike, twelve, and Danny, nine, were scheduled to fish with me on Monday, but Monday morning brought thunderstorms and severe weather. Fortunatel more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Goalies vs Goliaths, Snapper & Storms: Bonita Beach, SW FL Canadians Jason Booker, Bill Dawson, Brett Carpenter and Matt Richard, in town for the roller hockey tournament, fished with me Tuesday, 7/17, twenty miles out of New Pass. We caught and more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - S.W. FL.-Bonita Beach: Inshore & near-shore report Monday morning, I fished in 30 feet off Bonita Beach with Steve Theobold, Linda Miller, Buzz Moore and Steve Hanson. Fishing was decent when the tide was running good, and we caught keeper mangr more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - Bonita beach, SW FL: Flounder, snapper, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel Estero Bay was slow-going Monday morning when I fished with Don Hudson. We released an 18 inch snook, caught keeper mangrove snapper and sheepshead, and released lots of small more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: Redfish, bluefish (appropriate for 4th of July), hogfish, Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, black drum, flounder, sheepshead Monday, Robert Annan and sons Matthew and Brad fished in 38 feet, about 18 miles out of New Pass. more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers