Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tropical Storm puts a damper on the fishing For the past five days we have had very breezy weather and now we have rain and its down right windy. This has pretty much erased some pretty good fishing that we were having. Before the weather ca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY! This is a Redfish alert for South Matlacha Pass (Power Lines)and Snook alert for Tarpon Bay. And speaking of Tarpon, never has there been a greater opportunity to catch a tarpon from the beach in SW FL. This is something this more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: King mackerel to 20 pounds, bonito, nice red grouper, mutton snapper, yellowtail Saturday morning, 10/20, with the radar looking not too favorable, I warned the Kinsel family that it could be a wet morning in Estero Bay. But more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Fishing in SW FL has been outstanding BUT my buddy and fellow Captain, David Dean, recently spotted a giant strain of RED TIDE. Capt David was prefishing for a King Mack Tournament. On their way back from Naples to Ft Myers, the strain stretched for more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: keeper red grouper, yellowtail, mangrove snapper, Spanish mackerel, goliath grouper, shark, snook & redfish I fished with Shalom and Mendel New, Avroham, Mendel and Aryeh Wvensch and Mendel Pinson on Friday, 10/11. We headed more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Pine Island Sound is being invaded my Monster Trout! Big Trout. Normally, under the large schools of bait, await Ladyfish. We fished the bait schools yesterday and not once did we score a Ladyfish and we were trying. As you all know, cut Ladyfish are more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall Fishing Greetings, Fall fishing is in full swing and our bait migration is looking very good. Like our summer water quality, our fall water quality remains very good. Our near shore fishing has been excellent lately. Spanish mackerel a more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita beach: bull shark, goliaths, hogfish, Spanish mackerel, lane snapper & mangrove snapper With peak slow-season upon us in southwest Florida, fishing trips have been scarcer this month. I was looking forward to two days of fishing thi more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Most species are sucking down most baits at this time in SW FL. You name it, it's out there (except Cobia). Tripletail have started to show but who can afford to run for them. Gas at all the Marina? $3.65 per gallon. I will spare you my opinion of more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Fishing Report - Naples, Ft. Myers, Bonita Beach & Estero Bay - SW FL-Bonita Beach: snapper smorgasbord, hogfish, 'cuda This week was a good one for snapper of all varieties. Terry Mooney, Mike Franklin, Bob Myers and Jim Schultz fished with me Monday in 45 feet straight out of New Pass. We did well with sna more...
Capt. Dave Hanson - Fort Myers