Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Tuesday, 2/4/14, I headed out 35 miles from New Pass to fish with frequent customers, Ron Musick, Eddie Alfonso, and **** Arnett. We used live shrimp to catch four snapper—one huge lane snapper at 19 inches and three mangrove ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday, 1/27, after several days of cancelled offshore trips and only a couple of tide-worthy inshore trips, we finally saw some nice offshore conditions. Winds were calm, seas were smooth, and temps were climbing back ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday, 1/20/14, was the first day in about two weeks that was suitable for offshore fishing. Successive, relentless weather fronts had forced me off the water for about a week, then into the backwaters for the next week ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday morning, 1/13, with winds still blowing pretty strong, Elliot Russell and friends Kurt and Greg Bowman (father and son) had to decide whether to brave what could be some sloppy seas offshore, or to opt for fishing ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday morning, 12/23, the winds were much calmer, though predicted to increase late in the day and into Tuesday. Frank Barry, his daughter, Becky Rivera and her two sons, Zach and Tim, joined by friend, Emily Suma, took ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Tuesday morning, 12/17, seas were rough at the outset, with winds having blown hard all weekend and into the early hours of Tuesday. Seas calmed down as the morning progressed, and I fished the near-shore reefs off Bonita ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday, 12/9, I fished inshore in Estero Bay with long-time customers, Erwin and Millie Metusiak. The couple boxed six nice sheepshead to 17 inches, and released five smaller ones. They also released short black drum, a ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Monday, 11/25, high winds and rough seas cancelled out my planned offshore fishing trip. It was the beginning of a week of rough weather, including seas of up to 14 feet offshore. I was able to fish in the backwaters on ...

I fished offshore with long-time customers Kari Vilamaa, George Dyer, and Paul Kikendall. We were one day ahead of a cold front that was predicted to bring strong winds and seas of six to eight feet offshore, but we had calm conditions all day, and we were able to fish in various ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"It was a good while before I fished again, given lots of wind and rough seas offshore, along with our typical lull in activity at the end of October, just prior to busy season’s commencing. I fished a very windy Monday ...

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported,"Bob and Jo-Ellen Exby fished 18 miles offshore with me on Tuesday, 10/22, just ahead of a cool-front due in the next day. The day began calm, and seas of one-foot were predicted by NOAA, but we had two-to-three foot seas ...