Bonita Beach Florida Fishing Reports

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Bonito, Goliaths, Kings, Spanish, S by Dave Hanson (6/12/2009)
Good fishing if you can stand the heat this week. It is slow season here but I fished 3 times this aweek and did well with a variety of species.

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice Muttons Offshore; Trout Inshore by Dave Hanson (6/05/2009)
Bay and Gulf yielded pretty nice catches this week, especially mutton snapper and trout.

Backwater Reds, Trout & Shark; Yellowtail & Muttons Offshore by Dave Hanson (5/23/2009)
Inshore fishing was very good for trout and redfish this week. When seas subsided, i got offshore for yellowtail and mutton snapper.

Kings, Shark & Snapper by Dave Hanson (5/16/2009)
I fished offshore mostly, with one day inshore. Kingfish and shark were the largest catches this week.

400 lb. goliath whips two of us! by Dave Hanson (5/09/2009)
Seas calmed this week and fishing was good both inshore and offshore.

Kingfish in 42 feet by Dave Hanson (5/02/2009)
The winds and seas cancelled out my trips at the beginning of the week, but wednesday began a calming trend. Kings showed up in 38-42 feet and we had good action for snapper and grouper.

Red Grouper, All Kinds of Snapper, Goliath-Wrestling by Dave Hanson (4/25/2009)
Lots of wind and high seas forced two cancellations this week, but the rest of the time was productive, with all varieties of snapper, plus grouper and porgies.

Nice Red Bayside; Nice Gag Gulfside by Dave Hanson (4/18/2009)
The winds just won't stop this season...I got one day calm enough to head out. The rest of the week was spent inshore and near-shore. Fishing was variable, depending upon tides and wind direction.

These are the times that try Captains' souls... by Dave Hanson (4/11/2009)
Winds howled most of the week and conditions were far from ideal, but we made the most of what we had.

Estero Bay & Bonita Beach Reefs by Dave Hanson (4/04/2009)
Winds made it tough this week, but a combination of inshore trips and near-shore trips turned out pretty well.

Inshore & reef report by Dave Hanson (3/28/2009)
We had to stay inshore or near-shore this week, due to high winds and seas. But tides were good in the bay and fishing was pretty good there and at the near-shore reefs.

Kings, Mangs, Sheepies, Porgies, Pompano & Trout by Dave Hanson (3/22/2009)
Nice-sixed mangrove snapper, mixed with some mackerel, sheepshead and porgies, made for good fishing offshore. Sheepshead predominated in the backwaters, with pompano and trout mixed in.

Calm seas-Hogfish, Sheepshead & Snapper by Dave Hanson (3/14/2009)
Calm seas all week long...and good sized catches with good variety.

March in Like a Lion; Plenty of Sheep by Dave Hanson (3/07/2009)
Sheepshead fishing was great inside and offshore. The bay was also good for trout, pompano and redfish.

Bonito, Grouper, Snapper & sheepshead ( Inshore & Off) by Dave Hanson (2/28/2009)
Sheepshead were good sized both bayside and gulfside this week. And the snapper bite remains good, along with a few grouper, bonito and porgies.

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Snapper, Sheepshead, Hogfish & Porgies (the new grouper) by Dave Hanson (2/21/2009)
Good snapper bite this week and some nice-sized porgies offshore--lots of short groupers to release. Sheepshead are biting well inside and outside, and we released a redfish and a couple snook inside too.

Red & Scamp Grouper, Hogfish, Snapper by Dave Hanson (2/14/2009)
Fishing ofshore was great this week, with calm seas and a good snapper and grouper bite.

Cryin' Over gags; settling for Sheepshead, Snapper & Trout by Dave Hanson (2/08/2009)
Consecutive cold fronts brought rough conditions and I cancelled three of six scheduled trips this week. We caught two nice gag grouper close in, but had to release those due to new regs...onthe bright side, snapper and sheepshead remained strong, and a trout and snook catch (released also) helped spiced up the week.

Snapperfest by Dave Hanson (1/30/2009)
The snapper bite was hot in depths of 45 to 7o feet this week...until the cold-front came to spoil the fun.

Snapper, Sheepshead, Hogfish & Rough Weather by Dave Hanson (1/24/2009)
We actually saw fronst down here in SW FL this week...and those cold fronts also brought some rough marine conditions. When able to get out, the snapper bite was good for nice sized mangs and lanes. Trout was the main fare inshore.

28 Inch Gag Best Catch & Big Snapper by Dave Hanson (1/10/2009)
Fishing was great this week on the days that the winds and seas behaved. A 28 inch gag grouper topped the list, but mangrove snapper to 18 inches were abundant too.

Good Start to a New Year of Fishing by Dave Hanson (1/03/2009)
Fishing was good this week offshore, though seas were a little rough a couple of days, after a smooth-as-glass beginning to the week on Monday. Grouper, snapper, mackerel and more were abundant in offshore waters.

SW FL-BonitaBeach:Offshore& nshore Recent Catch Report by Dave Hanson (12/27/2008)
The bay was good until the winds sucked the water dry and made for shallow, muddy conditions. offshore has been good when the winds and seas are calm enough.

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Weather Tricky but Fishing Good by Dave Hanson (12/13/2008)
The beginning of the week brought some excellent fishing, but conditions deteriorated as the cold fronts moved through later in the week.

SW FL-Bonita Beach: True Black Grouper & Good Fishing this Week by Dave Hanson (12/07/2008)
Grouper, snapper and sheepshead were all biting like crazy this week.

SW FL-Bonita Beach: Nice gags, snapper & sheepshead by Dave Hanson (11/29/2008)
We got a couple keeper gag grouper offshore this week. The big sheepshead still predominate inshore.

Macks, Mangs & Muttons Offshore; Big Bay Sheepies by Dave Hanson (11/22/2008)
High winds most of this week, but the fishing was good one calm day offshore and also good for sheepeshead in wind-sheltered areas of the backwaters.

Kingfish, Yellowtail, Muttons, Mangs, Sheepies & Reds by Dave Hanson (11/15/2008)
We got some nice yellowtail and mutton snapper this week offshore, along with a 3-foot king mackerel. Inshore produced nice sheepshead and some reds.

Mangs & Muttons, red Grouper, Mackerel, Sheepshead & Snook by Dave Hanson (11/08/2008)
Fishing offshore was good for several species, with calm seas most of the week. Inside, the large winter-time sheepshead are starting to appear.

Pompano, snapper, sheepshead & flounder by Dave Hanson (11/01/2008)
Windy condition have made offshore fishing impossible, but the near-shore reefs and inland waters have offered some decent catches.

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