Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Hoover

Winter Fishing - Fishing these past few weeks has been tricky to say the least. I have been getting a few trips in between back to back cold fronts. These cold fronts have kept the water temperature hovering around sixty degrees which is just a bit too cool for the g more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Winter Fishing Good Inspite Of Cold Spell - Fishing the aftermath of the worst cold spell in my 34 years here has not been as bad as I expected. It will take some time to determine how bad the snook kill really was. I have been seeing pods of snook and there are lots of them under the lights h more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Late Snook Action - This past week, fishing was excellent. Catching live bait was easy. With the water temperatures reaching as high as eighty degrees, all the backcountry players were ready and willing. Of course, a major cold front has almost all but passed through more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Macks,Jacks,and Hookin Snook - These past few weeks we have been dodging our first serious cold fronts. We have a new one bearing down on us as I type. With water temperatures bouncing like a yo yo, there have been good days and slow days. But the overall picture has been pretty g more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fall snook and redfish - Fishing these past few weeks has been very good. Snook and redfish are at just about every turn. I have been catching them in the front, middle islands, and even in the back bays. Live bait, lures, jigs, and flies have all been taking their fair more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fall Snook Action - Fishing this past week was fair to excellent. The morning hours and late afternoons were the best. Temperatures soared during the mid day and there were places that I found where the water temperature reached 92 degrees. The beaches are slam cover more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Beach snook and tarpon - It feels good to be home. I have been to New Mexico for the last month. We then drove back to Florida and made a stop in the New Smyrna Beach area. The Indian River and Mosquito Lagoon area are beautiful. I got back on the water and have seen that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Hot Snook - It doesn't get any hotter than it has been in the last couple of weeks. I found some water temperatures in the islands as high as 92 degrees. Still, slick calm conditions in the morning can produce some excellent fishing. Live bait, jigs, and top wat more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

rough weather - Winds with gust up to thirty out of the west southwest have been nonstop for almost two weeks. That makes catching live bait in our area all but impossible. Needless to say, fishing has been difficult in the last two weeks. Most of us have been th more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook,redfish,tarpon - The winds have finally tamed down these past few weeks and the snook fishing has definitely heated up. Redfish, trout, and the occasional tarpon will round out the day. It has been a blustery spring and we are happy to see the dog days of summer a more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island