Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Boca Grande to Punta Gorda fishing report - The fishing and the weather the past two months has been really good. This has been the warmest winter I can remember. With the warm weather has been light winds which is unusual for winter. Snook: Snook are not usually a fish that I target during more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft Myers to Punta Gorda fishing report - Fishing wasn't better for me last week despite some red tide in Charlotte Harbor. I had a good day in Pine Island Sound using live sardines. We fished the day before a cold front and caught lots of snook up to 29 inches. We also coughs several keeper more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Boca Grande To Ft Myers Report - Fishing for snook has decent despite a very windy October. I'm still finding a few fish out near the barrier islands but the majority of the fish I've been catching have been well inland. Look for fish around creek mouth and points. I'm also catching more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft Myers to Boca Grande winter fishing report - Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I just got a reminder that its been over a year since my last fishing report. Sorry for the lack of reports. Its mostly due to the fact that I only target tarpon from April through the end of October and during that time more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fall fishing report for Ft Myers to Boca Grande - Sorry about the lack of fishing reports for the past 5 months. I have targeting tarpon since April and I don't usually write fishing reports during tarpon season. Even though the tarpon fishing is still pretty good, I'm now starting to target other s more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft Myers to Boca Grande fishing report for Spring 2013 - This spring has been cooler and windier than I like but you have to do the best you can with what you get. I spent most of March targeting redfish and have been mostly targeting tarpon since Easter. Tarpon started moving into the area in fishable more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fishing report - The past two months have been spent fishing redfish, speckled trout, and flounder. I've done quite a bit of duck hunting this season. The fishing for redfish has been decent with good numbers of reds hitting soft plastics and shrimp on the flats more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fall fishing report 11-19-2012 - My tarpon fishing ended on October 20th this season. That is a couple of weeks longer than most years. Over all, it was a good tarpon season. I stated catching tarpon on March 20th, which was a few weeks earlier than the previous year. With that said more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers To Boca Grande Tarpon Fishing Report - The tarpon migration started moving into our area in late Feburary but I didn't start targeting them until late March. The tarpon are running early this year just like all of the other species that we have. The fishing has been fantastic when the wea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande early spring fishing report 2012 - Spring has come early this year. Even when we get a cold front its not very cold. The last front only dropped the water temps down a couple of degrees. Normally after a front this time of year the bite slows down and the fish seek water water. Well t more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers