Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Good fishing resumes after close call with Dennis We dodged a bullet with hurricane Dennis and the good fishing picked up right where it left off with the exception of tarpon. They probably aren't very far away and tommorrow I'll go out and st more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's been a fantastic tarpon season! The hot spot the entire month of June was Boca Grande Pass. If the tarpon wern't in the pass itself then they wern't far away. Most days consisted of jigs the pass in the morning and running the beaches and o more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Break Out The Big Guns! First of all, I'm sorry for not keeping up with my reports this season. I've been running double trips lately and by the time I get the boat cleaned up it's well after 10 PM. This time of year most of my time is more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Grand Slam Time! It took a while this year but the tarpon are finally here in fishable numbers thoughout our region. I have been finding good numbers of tarpon from Everglades City to Boca Grande. We had success with cut bait, live herring and sof more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - We're getting there So far this has been a frustrating tarpon season. The tarpon moved in the middle of March and then left when a hard cold front blew in a bunch of muddy water. For the past three weeks we have been waiting for the water more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Spring Fishing is Heating Up! This report is going to be short and sweet. I've been running 6-7 days a week and have had very little time or energy for working on a computer. Snook: are on fire right now. They are migrating out to the beaches an more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook are on the move! The snook fishing really picked up this week after a few days of warmer weather. We caught a few larger snook in the Marco Island area and bunches of smaller snook In Pine Island Sound. Lots of trout, redfish and jack crevel more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Flats Fishing The flats are the best thing going on in Southwest Florida right now. We have been enjoying some of the best winter trout fishing in some time. Most days have producing 40-70 fish up to 5 pounds. There are three distinct places to ca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Shallow Water Sightfishing Winter in Southwest Florida brings some of the lowest tides of the year. Couple that with a hard north or east wind and you'll see almost as much dry ground as water in some places. These low tides make for some exc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's time to go trout fishing! I don't usually target trout for most of the year, but this is one of the times of year that I actually look forward to catching them. All trout fishing has been catch and release for the past two months and snoo more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers