Marco Island Fishing Reports

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Increasing Numbers As predicted, fishing continued to improve this past week. The morning shift enjoyed a strong incoming tide. There is an increasing amount of bait flowing into the Marco and Ten Thousand Islands areas. It is a mixture of small t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Increaing The Numbers As predicted, fishing continued to improve this past week. The morning shift enjoyed a strong incoming tide. There is an increasing amount of bait flowing into the Marco and Ten Thousand Islands areas. It is a mixture of smal more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Cooler Mornings The early bird gets the worm. That cliché couldn’t be truer when it comes to fishing in August. The afternoons have been unbearably hot so most of the guides including myself have been only running half-day trips in the morning. We more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Gettin' Fishy Fishing remained steady as Chantal breezed by us early this week. We experienced some rain as a feeder band went over Florida. Chantal may spawn some tropical weather for us as the week progresses, but I think that the next week of f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Hot, Hot, Hot Aside from being unbearably hot in the afternoon, the weather was kind to us this past week. Fishing perked up as a result. We closed the week with the RedSnook tournament and the numbers of fish caught reached a new record. The thre more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fresh Water Washdown Barry breezed by us this week and dumped more rain over most of south Florida. If you were out fishing this past week, it wasn’t hard to tell that there is a lot of fresh water pouring into the Marco and Ten Thousand islands a more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fire And Rain If you have been out boating around Marco and the Ten thousand Islands, you certainly noticed the effect of the fresh water influx. The color of the water changes at every turn. I think that fresh water coupled with the high temperat more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Rainy Days By all accounts, we spent most of the past week sneaking in morning trips due to the rain. That is just as well as it has been getting very hot in the afternoon. A large frontal system bounced back and forth over the peninsula of Florid more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Weather And Issues The weather has tamed down today and that might give anglers a much needed break. We have been crying for rain and we have sure received our fair share of it this past week. There was a tropical depression looming over south Flo more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer Splendor Fishing remained consistent this past week. Anglers and guides found bait along the beach. You had to be selective, as most of the sardines are smaller. There have been plenty of threadfin pods near shore if big baits are what you’ more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island