Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall Fishing Is In Full Swing Greetings; Well, with the wind laying down and the days getting shorter our fall fishing season is in full swing. Migrating glass minnows and thread herring have kept the pelagic predators that follow them i more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Last Gasp for Silver Kings! The weather has been good. The bait has been easy and the snook, redfish and trout fishing are very good. I could spend a lot of time talking about these things, but what’s the point. WE ARE KICKING THE TARPO more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Backcountry Fishing saves the day for Offshore Plans. Gusty winds have kept most of the anglers that I know off balance. High winds make the water get muddy off Marco Island and the winds don’t help any when you are trying to hunt tai more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings; Fishing lately has been done between blow days. The days when the sea was pretty sporty out there found me near shore or at the dock. We were lucky to get a couple of days offshore that were nice. The rest of the days were spent working more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - More of the Same........Fishing is Good! Fishing this week was more of the same. Redfish and snook were the main targets and they didn’t disappoint any of our anglers. From the flats of Charlotte Harbor to the north to the 10,000 Islan more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Everglades Pot Luck! Cool less humid air has made fishing very comfortable. This coupled with shorter days makes an all day fishing trip worth while. This is typical fall fishing. Something is going to bend your rod all day long if you keep an ope more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings; Well sports fans the good news is that the fishing has been fantastic. That said, as I write this it pouring rain and has been most of the night last night. This can slow the inshore fishing considerably. The good news again is that offs more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Reds are coming! Generally the fishing this time of year is very good. This year is no exception, but I have had some days that would give the best anglers headaches. Two hurricanes that skirted the West Coast have turned the water muddy and sca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - A Little Bit of Everything! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last report for Marco Island. I’ll try to make it up with this report. We are in a transition period between summer and fall. The summer species like snook and tarpon more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall Fishing Requires Choices Greetings, Fishing South West Florida lately has been hard in a manner of speaking. The fish are here in force. The problem has been choosing what to fish for as several species and places are showing good action no more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers