Redfish, sheepshead, kingfish, goliath: Bonita Beach, SW FL
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fishbusters
I fished Estero Bay with C.B. Fisher, his seven year old daughter, Cayla, and Cayla's grandfather, Frank Graves on Monday. Shrimp were in short supply in the morning, so I cast for silver jinnies and ballyhoo, and we began at the oyster bars, where we caught a bluefish, and released some small fish. Once shrimp came in, we picked up some of those, and fished toward Wiggins Pass, where we caught tw
SWFL-Bonita Beach: Goliaths & mangs
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fishbusters
After a pretty soggy Labor Day weekend, I headed offshore Tuesday with Larry Kavulich and friend, Bruce. There was still plenty of rain around, but we managed to skirt most of it, and seas were tolerable at about 3 foot. We used live shrimp and cut pinfish for bait, along with some blue runners for goliath bait, fishing in 40 feet out of New Pass. We released one goliath grouper that was just shy
