• South West Florida Fishing Report - FL

    Fishbuster Charters
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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

    Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hansonreported, "Monday,3/26, was supposed to be the only calmest day offshore this week, but WaltBarney and family faced some three-to-four-foot seas with me when we headed out20 miles from New Pass. We stayed out a little longer to allow for a littlecalming of the seas for our trip back in. Fishing was a little slow too, butthe family boxed a dozen keeper lane snapper, five 12-inch porgies, and a dozengrunts, all caught on squid and cut-bait. Two of the larger fish hooked werepursued and eaten by either a shark or a goliath grouper before we could boatthem.

    James Ferris and his friend, Matt, fished southern Estero Bay’s backwaterswith me on another windy morning Tuesday, 3/27. They used live shrimp to landfour keeper sheepshead to 16 inches and a 14–inch whiting. They released sevensmaller sheepshead, along with twenty mangrove snapper shorts.

    Fishing inshore again insouthern Estero Bay on Wednesday morning, 3/28, this time with Tom Gartland,his daughter, Erin Vollmer, and his three grandchildren, Buzz, Gus and EloiseVollmer, we used live shrimp to catch and release three black drum, fifteensheepshead shorts, and twenty-five mangrove snapper shorts. Buzz also landed anice, 17-inch pompano.

    Winds were strong again onThursday, 3/29, when I fished a catch-and-release trip in southern Estero Bay’sbackwaters with Angelo Difeo, his son, Justin, his brother-in-law, Bill, andhis nephew, Landon. The boys used live shrimp to catch a dozen sheepshead to 14inches, along with two dozen mangrove snapper shorts and a three-poundstingray.

    Seas were slightly calmer thanthey had been for many days, but still far from calm, when I headed out 24miles west of New Pass with three dads and three sons on Friday, 3/30.Long-time customer, Rusty Hook, was joined by his son, Jeremy, and two of hisbrothers-in-law, Ryan and Matt, with their sons, Russ and Emmett, respectively.Cut-bait and squid worked well to lure the lane snappers, and the guys boxedeighteen keepers. They added three grunts to the box, and they released a dozenred grouper shorts to 18 inches.

    Seas were just a little calmeron Saturday, 3/31, when I fished 19 to 22 miles offshore with Brett Wacker andfamily members, Jerry, Scott, Jack, Thomas, and Tripp. The guys used squid andcut-bait to box two dozen keeper lane snapper and grunts, and they released adozen red grouper shorts, along with a 14-inch triggerfish."



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