Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Friday morning, 10/11, I fished 22 miles offshore with Roberto Russi, his father-in-law, John, and friend, Bill. We used a grunt to land a nice, 25 ½-inch red grouper, and we also had something big cut 100-pound, braided line, so that might have been a bigger grouper! The guys used live shrimp to catch a 14-inch hogfish, a 13-inch yellowtail snapper, a 13-inch lane snapper, a 15-inch mangrove snapper, a half-dozen keeper porkfish, and five whitebone porgies. All in all, it was a good morning of fishing, with seas of two-to-three feet, and no rain! Looks like dry season is finally here.


Angler Colby Dunovan with a 24 1/2-inch redfish, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.


Saturday morning, 10/12, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with Jim Jambor, Jim Burton, and Herb Lethert. The redfish liked our live shrimp, and the guys caught two keepers, 24 inches and 25 ½ inches. The rest of our catches were mostly throw-backs, including a half dozen mangrove snapper shorts, five short sheepshead, and three stingrays about 3 pounds each. We did catch one keeper mangrove snapper to add to the fish box."


Angler Patrick Legge with an 18-inch sheepshead, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.