Dave Hanson

After a couple of slow weeks, I finally got back offshore fishing on Saturday, with Scott Fandrich, brother Shon Fandrich, and friends Bill Fisher, Lonnie Stuber, and Mark Tullin. We fished with live shrimp, about 20 miles out of New Pass, and caught a good variety of fish, including keeper mangrove snapper, triggerfish, porgies, and Spanish mackerel to 25 inches. We released red grouper and mutton snapper shorts.

The photo shown is of angler Graham Connor, with a 5 pound goliath grouper, released on a recent offshore trip.

Fish Species: mackerel, mangrove snapper, mutton snapper, red grouper, triggerfish, porgies
Bait Used: live shrimp
Tackle Used: light spinning
Method Used: bottom fishing
Water Depth: 30-40 feet
Water Temperature: over 85
Wind Direction: S, SW
Wind Speed: 10-15 knots
5 lb. goliath grouper-released offshore
5 lb. goliath grouper-released offshore


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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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