Dave Hanson

Tuesday, I fished in Estero Bay with Pat Cahil, girlfriend Debbie Szymski, and Debbie's uncle, Reno Bracci. We used live shrimp, fishing down toward Wiggins Pass, and caught three pompano and keeper sheepshead. We released smaller sheepshead.

Saturday, I finally got a little way offshore for the first time since the winds started blowing a week ago. I fished in 35 feet out of New Pass with Scott and Tina Fandrich and Dr. Omar Benitez. We caught keeper mangrove and lane snapper, triggerfish and grunts, and released a small goliath grouper and fifteen bluefish.

The photo shown is of father and son anglers Barry & Matt Wampler, with a 40 inch shark, released on a recent offshore trip.

Fish Species: pompano, sheepshead, snapper
Bait Used: live shrimp
Tackle Used: light spinning
Method Used: bottom fishing and tree lines-oyster bars bayside
Water Depth: to 35 feet
Water Temperature: 75
Wind Direction: S, SE
Wind Speed: 10 knots
40 inch shark, released offshore from Bonita Beach
40 inch shark, released offshore from Bonita Beach


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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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