Fort Myers Fishing Reports

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

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

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Mixed Bag Greetings; Fishing offshore has been a mixed bag this past week. The good news is if you go out looking for a bent rod you have a very good chance of finding it. There has been a lull in the tarpon fishery in the inshore stage t more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon or Snook? You'll have to choose. Most of my time for the next month or so will be spent around the Ft Myers to Boca Grande area tarpon fishing. We have also seen a resurgence of large tarpon out of Marco Island since my last report. Als more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Times Greetings; Fishing in general has been very good for most anything we chased the last two weeks. As normal for me this time of year most of my time has been spent chasing silver kings in the Gulf. Action has been consistent and prod more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Bustin Loose! If you have been reading all the bad reports for the past three weeks, then this report makes up for all of those. The winds calmed down, the temperature rose to the upper 80’s and the fishing turned on like it hasn’t in quite a whi more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - If you didn't get to fish in April, Now is the time! I think the past three weeks have been the windiest that I have seen in a few years. We have had Northeast winds at 15-20 knots since April 17th. East winds don’t tend to affect bait that m more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Season Arrives Greetings; The majority of my time lately has been in pursuit of the might silver king. (Tarpon). With them are the normal gazillion sharks to keep me busy re-rigging and my anglers busy pumping and reeling while we more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish On! I’m sorry about not getting the fishing reports updated each week but computer time has been limited to checking my e-mail about every three days or so. I have been fishing mostly out of the Marco-10,000 Islands area so I haven’t been aro more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings; Hey there Mr. Weather Man, THANK YOU. Spring weather and rising water temperatures have combined with some calm seas to make fishing pretty good lately. On the offshore front the snapper fishing is top notch. King mackerel are abundant, more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers