Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Right on Cue! As expected the fishing exploded this month. It is a little known fact that October is probably the best fishing month in the 10,000 Islands. We have been having a blast catching good numbers of tarpon, snook, redfish, king mackerel, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Feeding Frenzy! Tarpon, Sharks, Jacks and more! For those of you who follow my reports, I have been predicting an explosion of fish activity this fall. To put it bluntly, it's here. We are experiencing some of the best tarpon fishing of the year a more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Jack's Attack! We managed to get in a few trips in between the hurracanes Isadore and Lilly this week. When the seas finally subsided, the bait was easy but most of the week 4-6 ft swells kept most of us hiding deep into the backcountry more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Backcountry Light Tackle Action! The winds of hurracane Isadore forced anglers to focus their fishing efforts in the protection of the everglades backcountry. The fishing was generally good with catches of snook, redfish, snapper, grouper, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Get Ready! Now is the time to get prepared for the fall fishing explosion. Fall is my favorite time of year to fish because the weather is good almost all the time and you can catch everything that swims. Snook, redfish, tarpon, trout, tripletail, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Get prepared! Now is the time to get prepared for the fall fishing explosion. Fall is my favorite time of year to fish because the weather is good almost all the time and you can catch everything that swims. Snook, redfish, tarpon, trout, tripleta more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Snapper fishing is hot The most consistent catches over the past two weeks have been snook and snapper. I spent four days fishing out of the 10,000 Islands and five days fishing in Charlotte Harbor since my last report. The winds have ma more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Excellent Fishing Continues ! The past two weeks produced good catches almost every day. The only days that we didn't catch much were the days that I didn't fish. Tarpon fishing is getting hot in the Pine Island area and snook and mangrove snapper more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - The Blackwater Tarpon Return! I have spent the past two weeks fishing the brackish waters of Charlotte Harbor chasing my favorite fish the blackwater tarpon. We have hooking at least one tarpon over 100-pounds almost every day for the past two w more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - In Shore & Offshore, the fish are biting! I've been in a truck almost as much as I've been on the water for the past three weeks. Most of my fishing has been in the Ft Myers area but I have also been chartering out of Jupiter on the east coa more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers