Fishbuster Charters Captain Dave Hanson reported, "After Tropical Storm Elsa finally cleared our area, I fished in Estero Bay’s backwaters on Thursday morning, 7/8, with Jacob Siebert, Dave Mungo, and friend, Brandon. They used live shrimp to catch and release thirty-one mangrove snapper shorts and a half-dozen short sheepshead. They boxed a 24-inch black drum, the first of those I have seen in a good while.

John and Karen Weigle and their two young daughters, Sarah and Maria, fished southern Estero Bay’s backwaters Friday morning, 7/9. They used live shrimp to catch fifteen mangrove snapper, including one keeper, and also boxed a 14-inch permit."