Marco Island Fishing Reports

redfish, redfish, redfish - Fishing has been excellent. Redfish are everywhere and the bait is coming down the beaches and making its way into the islands. Double digit days with redfish are for the most part a no brainer. Live bait, jigs, flies, and lures are all taking their more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish, snook, and tarpon - Fishing this past couple of weeks has been excellent. Redfish, snook, trout, and a few tarpon have been keeping anglers busy. I have been catching smaller bait along the beaches and a few small bays in the islands. Because the bait is small, I have more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Big Snook - Fishing this past month has been excellent. Snook, redfish, and tarpon have been keeping us busy. There have been some large snook roaming around the Marco and 10,000 Islands this past month. Most of the bait that I have been able to get is large an more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Tarpon - Fishing this past month has been demanding to excellent. By that I mean that we have had several cold fronts come through Florida. Yes, they are the same ones that have been causing floods and tornados elsewhere. The heavy winds can make fishing diff more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish and Tarpon - Fishing just keeps getting better as Spring progresses. The water temperature keeps creeping into the desired range and baitfish is starting to move into the small bays and coves. Snook are starting to come out of the woodwork in the south Marco are more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook, redfish, tarpon - Fishing this past week has been excellent. Snook are coming out of the woodwork in a big way as winter loses its grip in Southwest Florida. I have been starting my mornings by deep dropping cut shrimp for sheepshead, whiting, black drum, and redf more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish and more Redfish - Fishing this past week has been excellent. I consider this the winter mode still. Water temperatures have been hovering around the 70 degree mark give or take. I have been starting my mornings deep dropping chunks of shrimp over hard bottm. We hav more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish - Even though we had back-to-back cold fronts this week, I had some very successful fishing trips. Sheepshead, black drum, redfish, and trout have been providing steady action all week. Most of us have been concentrating on the deeper runoffs and ri more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish Galore - Winter fishing has been excellent these past few weeks. Sheepshead, redfish, and trout have all been in the mix. I have been fishing in the deeper runs around south Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands. We have been using cut shrimp with a sp more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish Everywhere - Fishing this past week has been excellent. Redfish are everywhere and the water has turned clear in the Marco and Ten Thousand Islands areas. Low tides this week have made sight fishing reign supreme. Live bait, jigs, shrimp, and flies are all wor more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island