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Winter certainly has arrived! Our weekly cold fronts has just dropped more 40 degree nights upon us. Make sure you dress in layers when outdoors this time of year as the daytime will still warm up quite a bite. Water temps have fell into the sixties this week, but will gradually ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Tuesday morning, 12/4/18, just ahead of a cold front due to arrive in the afternoon, I fished 20 miles west of New Pass with Ralph Marino, Bud Mulchy, and their friends, Ed and John. The guys used squid and cut-bait to ...

Inshore:

Winter conditions have been mild so far in December. We have had a few cold days, but overall it has been very good weather. We can expect our weekly cold fronts to move through and cool things down for a few days. Water temps have been in the mid seventies ...

December Fishing Forecast:

Here it is December already and the Holidays are almost upon us. Where has this year gone? I must say 2018 has been another great year for fishing all along the Treasure Coast. Both inshore and offshore have provided anglers with many ...

For starters, let me begin with an apology for not posting many reports in October and November. It’s not because I haven’t wanted to fish. It’s because I couldn’t. You see on October 22nd I had an accident at home while working on my house. Although I only fell eight feet ...

We have had our first cool fronts of the season lowering the water temperatures to the low 70’s, north winds play a big part in the water temps dropping early in the season as cooler water from further north is pushed down Florida's coast. Fishing patterns change as the water ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Friday morning, 11/23, I fished the backwaters of southern Estero Bay with Tom and Alice Hart, and their son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Liz Hart. The family used live shrimp to catch fifteen sheepshead, including four ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Sunday morning, 11/11, I fished the backwaters of southern Estero Bay with Jacob Robins. We used live shrimp to catch eleven sheepshead to 13 inches, and released a half-dozen mangrove snapper shorts.


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As a Florida native I can’t begin to count all of the outstanding fishing adventures I’ve experienced on the Indian River Lagoon Coast of Florida in November. We’re truly blessed by the opportunity to experience the natural side of such a magnificent resource, and blessed am ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Friday, 11/9, I fished 28 miles offshore with long-time customer, Mike Connealy. We used squid and cut bait to catch and release seven blacknose sharks, all about 40 inches, a 24-inch king mackerel, seven red grouper shorts, ...

FishbusterCharters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Thursday, 11/1, I fished the backwaters ofsouthern Estero Bay on a catch-and-release trip with Dave Mercer, MikeStanbrough, Rod Knudson, and Danny Yanecek. The guys used live shrimp on a goodtide to catch and release twenty ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "On Wednesday, 10/24, I fished offshore again, this time with Patrick Keane and three of his friends. The guys were in town for business, and managed to squeeze in a morning of catch-and-release fishing 22 miles west of ...

We are already getting east breezes off the ocean early in Autumn 2018,this starts the process of clearing the water in the Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon Backcountry after a long Florida summer with the usual cloudy warm water. Easterly winds push in more clear ocean water ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "I fished offshore for the first time in many weeks on Friday, 10/19/18, when I headed out to various spots out to 26 miles from New Pass with father and son, Daniel and Josh Koppy. The bite was kind of slow, but at least ...

Inshore:

It's still hot and muggy out with the rains slowing down as fall arrives on the Treasure Coast. Expect more of the same conditions the rest of the month. Water temps have dropped to the low eighties on the river. The mullet run continues this week and ...