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2002-02-22
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Good Inshore Action
Greetings:
February normally centers around snapper fishing for me on day long trips. This has not been the case lately due to high winds and heavy seas. Instead we have found plenty of inshore action to keep us busy.
We ma more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-02-15
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Front Fishing.
Sight fishing is still the most attractive prospect this week. Last week we found excellent numbers of snook and redfish in the shallow backcountry of Charlotte Harbor. Cold fronts have been coming through on a regular bas more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2002-02-07
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Warm Weather, Calm Seas
Greetings:
As you read this, I sit home with the flu and the wind blowing 20+. That said, fishing has been very good to us lately.
After several warm, calm days out in the Gulf, I almost forgot it was still winter! Bait more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-02-05
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Sight fishing!
If you have been following the reports then you know that I had a serious knee injury about a month ago. I figured I would be out 4-6 weeks. I am happy to say that I have been fishing for the past two weeks. The only thing that I ha more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2002-01-25
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's go trout fishing!
As most of you know I haven’t been on the water for three weeks due to a busted knee. It is slowly recovering and I am actually off the crutches. I am going to try to get out and do some trout fishing this weekend. Th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2002-01-19
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Warming Trend Improves Offshore Fishing
Greetings:
The recent warming trend combined with a few pretty days has led us to some great days offshore this past week. We made the decision to re-power our Mako with a new engine, so our rides were a b more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-01-16
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Winter Report for 2002
A lot has happened since my last updated report. I went on vacation for three weeks and returned to very cold and rainy weather which pushed the tarpon and snook out of the country and I caught the flu while I was at more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
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2002-01-15
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Cold Weather
Greetings;
Well the weather has sure played a factor in our fishing lately. With the onset of several cold nights our water temps have dropped off sharply. With those cold fronts came some pretty stiff wind to deal with also more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-01-01
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Hot or Not
Greetings;
I hope this first report of the new year finds you happy and well. I ran several charters over the holidays.
Fishing in general was up and down but productive. Many good days with a few slow days mixed in. The more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2001-12-14
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - I've got a bite!
“I’ve got a bite!” was the quote of the week by one of my customers this week just after a 80-pound tarpon took his bait. I ran two trip out of the 10,000 Islands this week and we landed 11 of 22 tarpon we hooked with live baits. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
