Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Hoover

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Back To Business For those of us in Collier County, Hurricane Charley is nothing more than a bitter memory. For those of you who are still suffering, our hearts here go out to you. Hurricane Frances is out there as I type and it is not looking more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Tropical Brew The days grow longer as summer presses on. The temperatures are rising too. That is why most of the guides and local anglers are getting an early start. Early morning hours and late afternoons have been the best times to satiate that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - The Heat Is On It’s hot. I’m not just talking about the summer heat either. The fishing has been spectacular these past few weeks. The beaches and point around islands have been choked with small scaled sardines, Spanish sardines and threadfin more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Lighten Up These past few weeks have been just what the doctor ordered. There have been no 25 mph winds to contend with and for once it is nice to have a string of days where you can fish where you want instead of where you have to. The best part more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Slam Action In spite of heavy winds,this past week of fishing has been fabulous. I would have to say that the snook have provided the majority of the action for most anglers. There was a strong showing of redfish too. There are a few large tar more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Like A lion Yes I know that it has been a long time since my last report. I have to admit that March was a bit depressing. Winds bowled us all of over on a daily basis. Most guides were grumpy and kept asking, “ When is it going to end?” Well, more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Over The Hump “The trick is to give your wrist a small snap, just enough to get the jig to hop on the bottom”, I said. We were using tube jigs tipped with shrimp. They are a small piece of surgical tubing slid onto quarter or three eighth ounc more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Tactics Although these last few weeks have been rather mild, January can be one of the coldest months of the year in Southwest Florida. It will drive the large tarpon out of our area. Snook will head to unknown parts of the backcountry. At more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Whirl Winter is definitely here. This past week the winds were stiff, the skies were gloomy at times, and the water temperature took another plunge. There were some pleasant breaks in the weather throughout the week as well. Plenty of f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fall Finale October ended with a bang. Double digit days of snook and redfish were had by most. We had back to back cold fronts pass through in the last week and a half. Rain blew in with them. Oddly enough, most of us were able to pull off at lea more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island