Fishbuster Charters' Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday, 9/19, Michael Arnero and his girlfriend, Karen Tirella, who had fished Estero Bay with me on Thursday, decided to do the same, this time joined by Michael’s brother, Mario. We did our best to fish the best tide, but the tide was not as favorable as it had been on Thursday, when we caught keeper redfish. The group ended up with four keeper mangrove snapper, and they released a dozen mang-shorts, along with a puffer fish, all of which bit on shrimp. We ventured aout a bit to fish along the beach for a while, and released two black-tip sharks, each about 3-foot long.



Four students visiting our area fished the backwaters with me on Thursday morning, 9/22. George Wecken, Peter Havander, and friends, Paul and Jacob, used live shrimp in Little Hickory Bay and also along Bonita Beach to catch a variety of fish. Catches included a 19-inch keeper redfish, a 17-inch keeper black drum, a flounder, and a whiting. George had either a big black drum or a sheepshead hooked a couple of times, but it popped the line just short of boating it. The guys released a two-foot bonnethead shark and a 2-pound stingray."


1.) Angler Bob March released this 200-pound goliath grouper, caught on a blue runner 17 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.


2.) Angler Scott Lackey with a 22-inch red grouper, caught on squid 23 miles west of New Pass on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter.