Naples, Ft. Myers, and Bonita Beach

July 7th, 2009

Fishing Report

Fishbuster Charters’ Captain Dave Hanson reported, “A low pressure system that hung over our area for several days was still in effect Monday, 6/29, when I fished a windy Estero Bay with Bill Maybrook and friend, Andy. We missed the rains and were able to catch six keeper mangrove snapper on shrimp. We released nine smaller snapper, two snook to 16 inches and four sheepshead that were just short of keeper size.

The weather remained pretty unstable most of last week, with rains likely both morning and afternoon. Seas in the gulf remained rough. After Monday's trip, the next time I got out fishing was Friday morning, 7/3, in Estero Bay, where I fished with Paul Rosenberg and Cory Knight. We did well, using shrimp to catch three keeper trout to 18 ½ inches, a keeper sheepshead and four keeper mangrove snapper to 13 inches. We released about fifteen smaller trout and crevalle jacks.

Angler Bill Henry with a four-pound crevalle jack, caught on shrimp and released in Estero Bay on a recent inshore Fishbuster Charter. Although jacks are not good table-fare, they put up a great fight and are fun to catch

Angler Ryan Shick with a 15 inch hogfish, caught on shrimp on a recent offshore Fishbuster Charter