16 Forum posts tagged with "smaller sheepshead"
Redfish, sheepshead, kingfish, goliath: Bonita Beach, SW FL
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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
Bonita Beach, SW FL: Spanish, Yellowtail, Lanes & Mangs
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I fished Monday in 35 feet out of New Pass with father and son Dan and Eric Harper. Using live shrimp, we caught keeper Spanish mackerel, a nice yellowtail snapper, keeper triggerfish, grunts and porkfish.
Daniel McAuliffe fished with me Tuesday morning at MAY Reef. We were chased in by a brief lightening storm about 11AM, but we caught plenty of fish before then. We caught ten keeper lane snap
SW FL- Bonita Beach: redfish, sheepshead, snapper, trout
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Monday brought cold temperatures and high seas. My anglers bundled up and we fished the bay, since the 8-12 foot seas expected through mid week will keep everyone close to shore. Bill and Nancy Stephens fished with me on an incoming tide in Estero Bay, along the channel toward Wiggins Pass. Using live shrimp, we caught a keeper sheepshead, five keeper mangrove snapper, and almost had a nice trout
SW Fl-Bonita Beach: pompano, sheepshead, snapper
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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 Scot
SW FL-Bonita Beach: flounder,reds,sheepies,triggers,goliath
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I fished on a very windy Monday, 12/4, in Estero Bay with John Hull and his dad, Bob. We fished several holes with live shrimp, and did pretty well with hook-ups and variety. We caught a keeper flounder, keeper pompano, three sand bream, two keeper redfish to 20 inches, and keeper sheepshead. We released short reds and ladyfish.
Art and Donna Johnson, Tom Satchall, and Tom’s mother, Mary Satcha
SW FL-Bonita Beach:26 inch gag grouper, 17 inch sn
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Captain Dave Hanson
Monday, 1/29, another cold front that passed through the area kicked up seas offshore to 6-8 feet, and I had to cancel my offshore trip. By Tuesday, seas were calmer, although there was still a 3-4 foot swell out there early, when I headed out to 40 feet with Bill Story, Bernie Didoro, and friends Tom, Jim, Dave and Mike. Armed with plenty of live shrimp, we caught three limits of mangrove snappe
SW FL-Bonita Beach: 26 inch gag grouper, 17 inch s
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Captain Dave Hanson
Monday, 1/29, another cold front that passed through the area kicked up seas offshore to 6-8 feet, and I had to cancel my offshore trip. By Tuesday, seas were calmer, although there was still a 3-4 foot swell out there early, when I headed out to 40 feet with Bill Story, Bernie Didoro, and friends Tom, Jim, Dave and Mike. Armed with plenty of live shrimp, we caught three limits of mangrove snappe
SW FL-Bonita Beach: Trout, Sheepshead, Pompano
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Captain Dave Hanson
After the rain, winds and chill of Monday, Tuesday morning offered my first opportunity to go fishing. I fished the oyster bars of Estero Bay with Bill Gardner and his sons Jamie and Brian. The tide was low, and it was still windy and cool early in the morning, with a slow bite early. The bite picked up toward mid-morning, when we caught three keeper sheepshead to 15 ½ inches, and a 16 ½ inch trou
SW FL-Bonita Beach: Trout, Sheepshead, Pompano
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After the rain, winds and chill of Monday, Tuesday morning offered my first opportunity to go fishing. I fished the oyster bars of Estero Bay with Bill Gardner and his sons Jamie and Brian. The tide was low, and it was still windy and cool early in the morning, with a slow bite early. The bite picked up toward mid-morning, when we caught three keeper sheepshead to 15 ½ inches, and a 16 ½ inch trou
30+lb black drum-Bonita Beach, SW FL
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Captain Dave Hanson
Last weekend’s chill persisted into Monday, 2/19. With temperatures in the thirties, and dead low tide in Estero Bay, I advised my scheduled bay anglers to bag their trip that day.
Tuesday, the seas finally calmed enough to allow an offshore excursion. I fished southwest of Sanibel in 33 feet with Lee Larsons, Bud Ganzer and Bob Wilkin. We caught ten keeper mangrove snapper to 15 inches, along
Sheepies everywhere! Spanish too-where\'s the kings
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Captain Dave Hanson
Monday, 3/12, I fished with Jon and Rebecca Marty and Rebecca’s parents, Larry and Diane, in 45-48 feet northwest of New Pass. We caught plenty of good eating fish for the group, using live shrimp to lure keeper sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, mangrove snapper, triggerfish, grunts and porgies.
Tuesday, I fished some different spots with Louis Wolfe and friends, in about 30 feet, off Wiggins Pass.
SW FL- Bonita Beach: redfish, sheepshead, goliath
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Captain Dave Hanson
I ended up fishing the bay last Saturday, 3/17, since the tides were still higher than expected, with the wind out of the north. My anglers, who had planned to fish offshore but were thwarted by 5-8 foot seas, decided to swap their gulf plans for a morning of fishing in Estero Bay. Leon Dargis, sons Kurt and Brett, and nine year old grandson Blake fished with me up toward New Pass. We had good suc
SW FL-Bonita Beach: 2 little kings-waiting for big
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I fished a catch and release trip in Estero Bay Monday, 3/26, with Leeds Hutchinson, son Bill, and grandsons Joe and Tim. We fished a slow incoming tide along the channel by New Pass, with live shrimp. We caught a keeper-sized redfish at 19 inches, two small snook, a few keeper-sized sheepshead and lots of smaller sheepshead, lady fish, and cravalle jacks.
Fishing Tuesday at the reefs off Sanib
5\' blacktip shark, lanes, yellowtail, mangs, sheep
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Monday, 4/9, seas were predicted at two to three feet offshore, but fishing even close-in at the reefs, it was much rougher than that, especially as the winds increased mid-morning. I fished with Carl and Susan baker, and daughter Anna. We caught a few keeper snapper and sheepshead, and released lots of smaller snapper, sheepshead, triggerfish and grouper. We also released lots of blue runners, an
SW FL-Bonita Beach: two 28 lb. blackfin tuna made
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Captain Dave Hanson
Monday, 4/23, the seas were still rough, but a little calmer, and I fished with Sandy Hook, son Rusty, Rusty's young son Charlie, and a friend, Sam. Fishing in 33 feet out of New Pass with shrimp, we caught ten keeper lane snapper, grunts and porgies, and released gag grouper shorts and blue runners.
Tuesday, I headed out on a 260 degree heading from New Pass with Ron Musick, Dick Arnell, Jus
Bay reds, sheepshead; reef spanish, snapper--too m
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Ben Sampson and girlfriend Jill just wanted to catch fish Monday morning, 5/21, so we headed out in some fairly rough seas to the 5 mile reef. We caught triggerfish and keeper mangrove snapper there, but it was pretty sloppy, and for everyone’s comfort, we moved in closer to MAY reef. We got into a lot of Spanish there, and kept seven of those, along with some lane snapper.
Tuesday, I fished Es
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