Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Hoover

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Plenty To Do The effects of winter are finally here. Water temperatures have dipped to the mid sixties. Fronts have been passing through Florida at regular intervals. In fact it is raining as I type. It’s not all bad news. There have been fish to more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Just Like Spring We had another beautiful week of weather. Many days were in the high seventies to lower eighties. The last couple of fronts slid to the north of us and left the weather pleasant. Fish were cooperating as well. I have been catchi more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Mixed Bag This past week proved to be interesting. The Marco and Ten Thousand Island areas are teetering on the brink of seasonal change. Although the cooler season has been mild overall, there have still been enough water temperature fluctuations more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Steady Action This past week the sun popped out and the fishing perked up in a big way. By the end of the week, afternoon water temperatures reached seventy degrees. I had my clients throwing shrimp with a split shot in the deeper runs of Marco more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

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