SW FL-Bonita Beach: Estero Bay Report

[fishbuster]

I fished offshore most of this week and will be posting about those trips in the offshore forum. But I did spend two days this week in the backwaters of Estero Bay.

Wednesday, I fished with Alene Haug, her son, Scott Kempfort, her mother, Carrie, and friends Doug & Cathy. We used live shrimp on oyster-bottom and caught five keeper sheepshead to 16 ½ inches. We released smaller sheepshead and snapper.

I fished central Estero Bay Friday with Joe Burgert, son Max, and friend, Jim Gunz. We caught six keeper sheepshead to 16 inches, along with a keeper mangrove snapper, and we released a 17 ¾ inch redfish, just ¼ inch lacking for keeper-size. We also released smaller sheepshead and crevalle jack.