Fishing Reports by Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - For the first time in my career as a Professional Saltwater Fishing Guide, a decision was made to write a newspaper story about a very special day of tarpon fishing. An epic battle between UK visitor to Sanibel, Jonathan and Jane Tibbles, resulted in more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - As previously mentioned, wind has played absolute havoc with SW FL fishing. For March and April, how about 9 days out of 61 of wind 14MPH or less. For the first 8 days of May, the pattern has not changed. So much for the weather report but as you kno more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Fishing in SW FL is On Fire! Nature has way of protecting her innocent. Wind. How windy has it been? How about these numbers. From March 1, 2007 to April 30th there have been 9 fishing days with wind LESS THAN 15MPH. 9 freakin days in 2 months. more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Now here this! The fishing in SW FL is enfuego. So many Cubans are landing on our beach hence my Spanish on fire description. How many are invading our shores? How about this. Would you believe I caught and released 2 at Pace's Reef dragging Yo-Z more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - March is such a TOUGH WIND MONTH in SW FL. If we have 9 days of wind less than 10KTS, it would be a shock. The waters are warming and if you can catch a LOW PRESSURE FRONT DISPLACING A HIGH PRESSURE FRONT, this would define FARTING IN SILK If you d more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - The Local Action is heating up. Redfish, Trout, and even some Tarpon are starting to show in pretty good numbers. Some Pompano are being scored by other Guides but not this one. And it SO TICKS ME OFF! Let check out the latest scoop. And my Scoop do more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - Tarpon in Feb? You betcha. This is the good news. Maybe these Poons are some kind of early freaks but GiddyUp Fishing Charters have jumped two and landed two. All 4 fish hooked were like a nun in a whore house. But such is the lure of fishing in SW more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - OK: Every swingin' angler is giving me grits over my last report. Do I just say Kiss my Grits and move on? Let me say this. When things are hot, I'm going to tell you. When think suck, I'll ask for a plumber's friend. When we are ass deep in Red Al more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - SW FL has been invaded by a tremendous strain of Red Algae. We have a mess on our hands because this stuff is everywhere. More to follow: more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Fishing Report - Bonita Springs to Captiva - March winds are here in January. Big Trout in Pine Island Sound have been as difficult to find as women with real teeth on Pine Island. Redfish are doing there thing under the bushes. I like the sound of that so GiddyUp! Big Trout? You have to g more...
Capt. John GiddyUp-Bunch - Fort Myers