Packer fans spotted fishing on Sanibel Island

Steve and his wife, Bonnie, are from Wisconsin and Green Bay Packer fans (I am too).
They both caught some large Redfish, but Steve (who is normally unlucky in fishing) caught the largest which was about 12-14 lbs.
Go Pack Go!!!

Captiva Island Redfish

Jason Cox from Alabama caught numerous fish including this nice Redfish using a weedless jig on a artificial shrimp. This was a late afternoon fishing trip off a Captiva Island. The tide was very low and the winds were very high.

Redfish fishing on Sanibel Island

Tim Anderson and his son Matt, both from Minnesota, caught 17 Redfish on a Sanibel Island fishing charter with Capt Paul Hobby. They were using artificial lures including top water lures. Although Tim and Matt are seasoned anglers, many other redfish and a few snook were hooked but not landed. That is usually the case when fishing for redfish with top water lures.

Black Drum

Howie Schwartz of Naperville IL, caught this 27 pound Black Drum while fishing for Snook on his Fort Myers fishing charter with Capt Paul Hobby. We were casting Root beer colored DOA Terroreyz lures in a creek located in Pine Island Sound. Howie also caught a couple small snook while fly fishing in this same creek.

DOA Cal lure + 10 lb line = 18 lb Snook

September can be a little slow in the fishing charter business so I took my son Spencer out fishing. We left the Punta Rassa boat ramp and headed straight to the north end of Sanibel Island. Spencer caught this huge snook using 10 lb test power pro line and a DOA Cal lure on a 1/8 ounce jig head. We estimated the weight to be approximately 18 lbs as it was 40 inches in length. He caught more Snook that day but this was by far the biggest.

Sanibel Flats Redfish

Carter Smith and his good friend Gus caught about 20 redfish on yesterday's Sanibel Island fishing charter. All of the fish were caught using artificial lures and all were released to be caught again by someone else. Some small trout and one snook were also caught. The size of the redfish ranged from 24 to 27 inches. At one point, Carter caught a redfish on four consecutive cast.

Capt Paul Hobby

Awesome Redfish Catch - Sanibel Island

This slot sized Red stopped by the boat today to pose for a few photos with my anglers on their Sanibel Island fishing charter.