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2001-09-08
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Seeing Red!
The fishing in Charlotte Harbor is starting to move into a fall pattern. Redfish have taken over the top spot from the tarpon and snook are in season but catching a keeper has been anything but automatic.
The last two weeks have prod more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-08-23
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon, Cobia......Gar?
Well, I could sum up this week’s report like this. The tarpon are still here. The key word is “here”. The bite slowed this week for most of the anglers that I talked to. The couple of days that I got out we landed at le more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-08-18
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Summer Patterns Rule
Greetings;
Fishing off our coast has been very good lately. The weather has been hot and afternoon thunderstorms have been the rule. Following typical summer fishing patterns that I follow has produced some very nice catches more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2001-08-13
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Whale Thing!
My last three reports have been less than spectacular so we are going to make up for that this week. I usually spend most of August and September fish in and around Charlotte Harbor for tarpon and redfish. Two years ago the fishing w more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-07-30
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cool water and freshwater slow fishing.
Things should shape up next week!
Its been a few weeks since my last update to the reports so this report will cover from the 10,000 Islands to Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor and also the east coast more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-07-21
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Summer Pattern
Greetings;
Fishing in general has been good lately. When the weather has been stable in the typical summer pattern, bait gathers at the typical places and the fish feed well on the moving tides. If you happen to time your more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2001-07-07
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Summer Heat!
We are in the midst of summer here in South Florida. Temperatures are at or above 90 degrees every day and thunderstorms are common most afternoons. Tarpon fishing has been good but not as good as I have seen in past years. Snook fis more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-06-23
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook, Tarpon, Trout
I know its been almost three weeks since my last report but fishing almost every day is taking it out of me and getting on the computer feels like more work than throwing my 12ft cast net a dozen times. It’s been a strange few more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2001-06-20
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Summer Patterns
Greetings;
Our fishing seems to have pretty much moved into a summer pattern. I sprained my ankle and was slowed a bit but I have been out fishing and here is what we found.
On the offshore stage there are king mackerel still more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2001-06-10
12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Fever!
If you have been wondering what is going on in Southwest Florida, well its tarpon fishing. The last time I reported the tarpon were a little scarce and the bite was slow. Since then the fishing has been consistent and we have sc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
