• South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

    Fishbuster Charters
    (239) 947-1688 http://fishbustercharters.com/Index.html fishbuster@comcast.net
  • 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

    Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Monday, 3/14, I had planned to fish but received a last minute cancellation that did not allow me enough time to re-book the day with another interested party. Fortunately, these situations occur only rarely.

    Tuesday, 3/15, I headed offshore 30 miles with frequent customer, Ron Musick, along with his friends, Eddie Alfonso, Dick Arnett, and Kevin. Eddie caught a 23-inch red grouper on a baitfish, and the guys used live shrimp to land twenty porgies, a few grunts, and a half-dozen keeper lane snapper. They also caught five mangrove snapper, but only one of those was slot-size at 13 inches. The fish box was plenty full, however, and it was a great day of fishing in calm seas.

    Wednesday, 3/16, I headed offshore twenty miles with Lee Larsen and friends, Bud, Pete, and Dick. The guys used live shrimp to catch four sheepshead to 16 ½ inches, a 14-inch hogfish, three keeper porkfish, five porgies, a mess of grunts, and one keeper mangrove snapper. They released a just-short triggerfish at 13 7/8 inches, along with four red grouper shorts.

    I spent St. Patrick’s Day morning fishing the backwaters with Paul Damphousse and family. The bite was on the slow side in lower Hickory Bay, but the guys caught two keeper sheepshead to 15 inches, and released five smaller ones. They also released a redfish short, and got broken off once by something unknown.

    Friday morning, 3/18, I fished in lower Hickory Bay on a catch-and-release, inshore trip with Russ Miller, his friend Bill griffin, and Bill’s three young children, Avery, Alex, and Billy. The kids had a good time using live shrimp to catch and release four sheepshead to 14 inches, a 17-inch redfish, and an 18-inch snook.

    Saturday morning, 3/19, Reese Lang took his seven-year-old son, Nicholas, fishing with me in the backwaters of lower Hickory Bay. Nicholas had a great time reeling in four keeper sheepshead to 19 inches. He hooked a big redfish too, had quite a few fun runs with that, and nearly got it to the boat on his kiddie-pole before it broke the line. He also released a stingray. All in all, there was plenty of action, adventure and fish to bring home for dinner."



    1.) Angler Mike McCarthy with a 17-inch porgy, caught on shrimp 22 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.


    2.) Angler Steve Davis with an 18-inch mutton snapper, caught on shrimp 22 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.
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