Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported, "Christina Tinucci, her mom, Andrea Tinnuci, and Christina’s boyfriend, Sean O’Malley, fished the south end of Estero Bay’s backwaters with me on Wednesday morning, 11/16. The group caught eight black drum ranging in size from 15 inches to 27 inches. They kept seven of the smaller ones, which are good to eat, and released the larger ones, along with five sheepshead shorts. Christina also landed a nice, 26-inch redfish. Everything bit on live shrimp.

Seas offshore were rougher than predicted on Thursday morning, 11/17, when I headed out 20 miles west of New Pass to fish with Chris and Debbie Ledley, Bill Conklin, and friends, Mike and Bill. It calmed down some a little later in the day, and the group used squid to catch a 21-inch, keeper red grouper, along with fifteen keeper lane snapper and a dozen grunts. A goliath grouper that was in excess of 200 pounds provided an exhausting and fun battle, when it bit on a pinfish."

Young angler Gavin Knudson with a 31-inch black drum, one of ten nice black drum he and his family caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.


Angler Kirsten Bailey with a 16-inch sheepshead, caught on shrimp in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter.