• South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

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  • Captain Dave Hanson is a native of southwest Florida. He has been fishing local waters since childhood, and has been fishing professionally for over fifteen years. He is Coast Guard licensed, and is a member in good standing of the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce. He has been quoted and featured in several national fishing magazines, and he also appears weekly in the fishing reports sections of the local paper.

  • South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

    "Monday, 3/16/15, I headed offshore nineteen miles west of newPass with frequent angler, Mike Connealy and his friend, Roger. The guys usedlive shrimp to catch and release lots of red grouper shorts to 18 inches, lotsof mangrove snapper shorts, and lots of blue runners. As for keepers, theyboxed nine lane snapper to 12 inches, a 13-inch mangrove snapper, and a fewgrunts.




    Tuesday, 3/17, frequent customers, Ron Musick and EddieAlfonso, fished offshore with me, 19 miles from New Pass, where they used liveshrimp to catch a 20-inch keeper red grouper, fourteen keeper lane snapper, a13-inch mangrove snapper, a 16-inch sheepshead, a 15-inch porgy, and seventeengrunts to 14 inches.




    Wednesday, 3/18, I fished in central Estero Bay'sbackwaters with Dean Bitter, his son, Andrew, and his daughter, Sarah. Thefamily used live shrimp to catch and release three sheepshead shorts and aten-pound stingray. They boxed an 18 1/2-inch redfish and a 17-inch whiting.



    StuartNorris, who has fished with me each March for many years, brought his son,Buzz, along to fish twenty miles west of New Pass on Thursday, 3/19. The guyshad a good morning of fishing, using live shrimp. They caught three kingmackerel to 31 inches, twenty lane snapper keepers to 13 inches, and a fewgrunts. They released a 17-inch red grouper short.

    JimMcGrath, son Steve, and family friend, Bill Crockett, fished twenty miles westof New Pass with me Friday morning, 3/20. The lane snapper were biting well onshrimp, and we caught 40 keeper-sized lanes to 13 inches. The guys also caughtthree king mackerel, ranging 28 inches to 32 inches. They released a redgrouper short, a few short porgies, and blue runners.

    Saturdaymorning, 3/21, long-time customers Robin Latham and Chris Welch fished with me,20 miles west of New Pass. Robin and Chris typically fish inshore but, withvery low tides in the bay and calm seas offshore, I recommended they try thegulf this trip, which proved to be productive, especially for snapper. Wecaught twenty-five lane snapper to 15 inches, along with a 25-inch kingfish andthree keeper porgies, including two at 15 inches, all on live shrimp. The guysreleased four red grouper shorts, all 17-to-18 inches."
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