Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Featherstone

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Mixed Bag Greetings; Fishing offshore has been a mixed bag this past week. The good news is if you go out looking for a bent rod you have a very good chance of finding it. There has been a lull in the tarpon fishery in the inshore stage t more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Times Greetings; Fishing in general has been very good for most anything we chased the last two weeks. As normal for me this time of year most of my time has been spent chasing silver kings in the Gulf. Action has been consistent and prod more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Season Arrives Greetings; The majority of my time lately has been in pursuit of the might silver king. (Tarpon). With them are the normal gazillion sharks to keep me busy re-rigging and my anglers busy pumping and reeling while we more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings; Hey there Mr. Weather Man, THANK YOU. Spring weather and rising water temperatures have combined with some calm seas to make fishing pretty good lately. On the offshore front the snapper fishing is top notch. King mackerel are abundant, more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fishing Heats Up When Seas Are Down Greetings; Well fishing fans let me say this spring sure has been interesting out in the gulf. The good news is we caught our first tarpon of the year, we are catching some great permit, king mackerel, more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings; I spent three days this week putting my web site back together. Due to my computer knowledge being limited, and my learning curve about publishing my site I managed to loose all my pictures and mess up most of the links. It all started b more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Warming Trend Improves Fishing Greetings; Well we sure had some great days of fishing last week. Perfect Chamber of Commerce weather, warming water, and light wind, blended for perfect fishing conditions. On the inshore stage we found spanish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fishing Improves Greetings; Its been very busy lately. First of all I want to thank all that attended the Florida Sportsman Fishing Show seminar's. It was great to meet so many people with a passion for fishing. Secondly we fished our fir more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring Has Arrived! (Maybe) Greetings; Well fishing friends I am hoping that it is not premature to say that spring has sprung. Our water temperatures have climbed ten degrees in the last week. Bait schools are migrating into our area also. Thi more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern Greetings; Boy is sure is nice to leave the house and only need a light jacket again. Hopefully this warmer air temperature will start to warm the Gulf up a bit. This should improve the over all fishing scenario. Fish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers