Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Hoover

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Big Chill Up until the latest cold front, fishing was superb. Bait was still plentiful and the fish were willing. Tides were perfect for those who were into the fly or just plain sight fishing game. Small to slot snook were just about anywhere t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Non Stop I almost hate to say anything. After the remnants of the last front went through, the weather was absolutely perfect. Cool mornings, light winds, and blue skies dominated the week. Bait was easy and so was the fishing. Snook fishing was more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - The Howling It has been very windy with occasional rain throughout this past week. In spite of all that, fishing has been very good. Tides were low due to the full moon that we had, but I started and ended my trips accordingly. I was able to fi more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Right The fall transition is upon us. Water temperatures have been declining to the perfect zone. This will mark the fall migration where just about anything may happen. Snook, redfish, trout, and even a few large tarpon become predictable. T more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - No Brainer Fishing has been excellent these past few weeks. Scaled sardines, threadfin herring, glass minnows, and finger mullet have been getting blasted during the morning hours by snook, redfish and tarpon. By mid day, the clouds form over the more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Spring Break Cold fronts and heavy winds have been keeping us on our toes. Some of us have been lucky enough to score live bait by throwing nets in deep water. There have been some impressive days in the past few weeks. Water temperatures barely more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Bonus The weather in Southwest Florida has been for the most part, unseasonably gracious to us. So has the fishing. This time of year, we start concentrating on trout, sheepshead, ladyfish and the occasional redfish and snook. Normally w more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fall Flush Fishing these past few weeks has been very productive. The fall bait migration started a few weeks ago. There was a mix of scaled sardines, threadfin herring, and hordes of Spanish sardines from the beach to near shore. That means that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Run For Cover October is always one of the best times of the year to fish in the Marco Island and Ten Thousand Islands areas. The fall baitfish migration has been disrupted in the past month due to unsettled weather in the Gulf. Red Tide has been more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Narrow Miss Fishing up to the advent of Hurricane Katrina had been fair to excellent. Bait was starting to come to the beaches of the Marco island area. We were starting to see bait come into the secluded coves of the Ten Thousand islands as well. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island