Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported, “Monday morning, 9/9, I fished Estero Bay with Steve Landy and Bob Bastuba. Using live shrimp, the guys caught two keeper redfish, one 21 inches long and one 24 ½ inches long. They released a couple of crevalle jacks, some mangrove snapper shorts, and a 14-inch snook.
Friday-the-thirteenth turned out lucky for Scott Saveraid and friends, Dave Howell, Dave Carris, and Mark Kilmer, who wanted to have some fun on a catch-and-release trip, hoping for some goliath grouper action. The group caught three goliaths, one sixty pounds, two 80 pounds and one 100 pounds. All of those bit Spanish mackerels. The rest of our catches bit on live shrimp, and included two cobia at 26 and 27 inches, six 13-14 inch mangrove snapper, and a brace of 20-inch Spanish mackerel. We took some photos and video and released all."
Angler Bruce Epstein with a 26-inch red grouper, one of two red grouper keepers caught on pinfish on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
Angler Brian Lucas with a 25 1/2-inch redfish, one of two nice red keepers caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.