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Winter 2020 is here with chilly water, regular “Florida” cold fronts coming through followed by north and west winds lowering our water levels and making the water nice and clear. East Central Florida winter conditions range from mild to chilly, during mild periods fish are ...

The past week offered a whirlwind of weather, extreme winds made for less traffic on the water and the bite was on.


The snook bite has been fantastic cooler water temperatures have snook schooling up along structure and channel edges. Daiwa DR minnow and ...

January Fishing Forecast

Hard to believe that another year has arrived! Happy New Year! January should provide anglers with lots of exciting action this year. Fishing in deeper water will provide you with better results on most days. Working your lures and ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday, 12/30, I fished 18 to 20 miles west of New Pass with Teresa Schmidt, her boyfriend, Tim Garling, Tim’s son, Carter, Teresa’s parents, Mark and Elizabeth Venturin, and family friend, Braden Welleral. The group used ...

Happy New Year! New year new adventures, the inshore fishing has been stellar for snook and tarpon the past week.


Snook fishing has been great around structure docks, seawalls, bridges and mangrove shorelines. Artificial lures like DOA C.A.L. 3” shad tail ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, “There were several days of high winds and seas as the Christmas holiday neared, and conditions weren’t too good for fishing anywhere. Mitchell Manz and family had to reschedule their gulf trip from 12/23 to 12/27, in order ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Engle Merz and sons Max and Matt, who fished with me last Wednesday well offshore, decided to do a near-shore trip on Monday, 12/16, in search of some Spanish mackerel. We fished in spots that were between three and five ...

The fishing on Okeechobee has been really good and Its just starting! I have been catching several good fish on artificial. So, the angler who doesn’t like shiner fishing can expect to do well here on Okeechobee Lake. Of course, the fish are not on every blade of grass in the ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Wednesday, 12/11, I fished 6 miles west of New Pass with Engle Merz and his sons, Matt and Max. The family used squid and cut-bait to catch and release thirty-one red grouper to 18 inches, an18-inch gag grouper, and two ...

December Fishing Forecast


This year has flown by! Here it is December already and the Holidays are almost upon us. Both inshore and offshore fishing have provided anglers with many great fishing adventures. We managed the hurricane season with some luck. ...

It’s snowing up in Boston, people are stuck inside, and we’re sitting here drifting the tide.


Every morning as the sun is rising, I take a moment to collect my thoughts. I’m always grateful for the favorable climate nature provides for us in Central Florida. ...

The day after Thanksgiving, 11/29, I fished the backwaters of southern Estero Bay with Dianne Hogler and her seventeen-year-old son, Ryan. They used live shrimp to catch twenty sheepshead, including four keepers that were all around 13 inches. They released four redfish to 17 ...

November is the transition month leaving our short fall behind us moving towards a Florida winter fishing pattern, however it has been a mild autumn so far with water temperatures still pretty warm, extending fall fishing. Baitfish schools still in the area, schools of migratory ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "I headed offshore on Monday, 11/18, with Bruce Epstein, David Polsky, Kent Kurzer, and Howie Siegal, to fish about 20 miles west of New Pass, using squid and cut-bait. The guys had good action all morning, and released ...

Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Mike Connealy, a long-time, seasonal customer, fished his first trip of this season with me on Tuesday, November 12th. We headed out 35 miles from New Pass, where we fished mostly with squid, but also a few shrimp. We ...