Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"We were stuck in an early-day rain pattern for days, with lots of moisture hanging over the gulf, until it dried out some on the weekend. The next trip I had was Wednesday, 10/2, and it was supposed to be an offshore trip with Bill and Michelle Severns. Seas were predicted to be about two feet, but as we approached the near-shore reefs, we could see that the further out we ventured, the rougher it would be. We decided to use our live shrimp near-shore and, even there at the reefs five to six miles off the beach, seas were pretty rough. Fishing was tough, but the couple caught a bunch of mangrove snapper, including three keepers. The y also released a lot of lane snapper shorts, but managed one keeper lane. They released gag grouper shorts, crevalle jacks and Spanish mackerel too.


Saturday morning, 10/5, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with Clement and Evelyn Wong and Peter and Miranda Tai. The guys each caught keeper redfish, one 18 ½ inches and one 19 ½ inches. The group also released some sheepshead, along with a ten-pound stingray."


Angler Mike Epstein with a 27-inch red grouper, caught on a pinfish on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.



Angler Colleen Dunovan with a 23-inch snook, caught on shrimp and released in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.