Dave Hanson

I fished the backwaters in Estero Bay Saturday, with Jay Bridges and his dad, Charlie Bridges. We fished the tree lines toward Wiggins Pass, on an outgoing tide, using live shrimp. We caught our limit of redfish, two at 23 inches each, and released two others that were just short of keeper size. We also released a bunch of sheepshead at 11 to 11 ½ inches, just short of their 12 inch legal size.

The photo shown is of angler Jerry Shafren, with a 20 inch redfish, caught on a recent backwater trip.

Fish Species: redfish, sheepshead
Bait Used: live shrimp
Tackle Used: light spinning
Method Used: bottom fishing-tree lines
Water Depth: 1-3 feet
Water Temperature: 82
Wind Direction: S-SW
Wind Speed: 5-10 knots
20 inch redfish on live shrimp-Estero Bay, SW FL
20 inch redfish on live shrimp-Estero Bay, SW FL


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Dave Hanson

About The Author: Captain Dave Hanson

Company: Fish Buster Charters

Area Reporting: Bonita Beach

Bio: 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 featured in several national fishing magazines, and he also appears weekly in the fishing reports sections of the Bonita, Ft. Myers, Ft. Myers Beach, and Naples, FL newspapers.

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