Fort Myers Fishing Reports

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

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 are on the slid more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Almost, But no Cigar. This week all of my focus was on Charlotte Harbor tarpon. I ran all three trips out of Punta Gorda. I was hoping to find some large schools of adult tarpon feeding on ladyfish and sardines in the mouth of the Peace and more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Nothing special.........Just Solid. We didn’t break any personal records this week, but the fishing was very good. Its not the busy season but I’m getting a few trips in per week in both Marco Island and Charlotte Harbor. Snook have been the main more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Opportunity Fish Last week I had trouble finding the tarpon in Charlotte Harbor. This week we found them right in the middle of the harbor in the deep drifts. I haven’t done much fishing around for different types of species lately. This mainly be more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish Early............or Late? The tarpon are playing hide and seek and they are winning. Last week I ran all over Charlotte Harbor looking for tarpon but couldn’t score on the two days I fished that far north. We have hit the slow season for char more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Get Scorched!......by Tarpon and the Sun. These are the dog days of summer and the fishing is as hot as the weather. There are a couple of ways to beat the heat and have some of the best fishing of the summer. The first is to fish late or ear more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers