Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Late Cold Front threw us a Curve. It's back to Normal Now! A rare cold front for this time of year blew us off the water for a few days last week but everything is back to normal now and we are enjoying good fishing in both the 10,000 Islands and more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon to the North! Snook to the South! The past two weeks have been dominated by tarpon fishing out of Pine Island Sound and snook fishing out of the 10,000 Islands. This pattern sould remain though out the summer. My best tarpon fishing this more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Summer species keep anglers working. The temperatures are in the low 90's and the water is in the low 80's already. This means that the fishing is goinig to be in a summer pattern. Snook will start biting early and late and tarpon will start d more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fishing has been Excellent! I finally took a day off and came back home to get some things done and get some rest. As most of you know, I have living down in Everglades National Park running charters out of the 10,000 Islands and Marco Island for more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon, Snook, Redfish and more! The tarpon fishing was great until high winds made the offshore waters of the 10,000 Islands mud. March was producing good numbers of tarpon over 100 pounds every day up until April 6th when the weather went to cra more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's get Busy! It's the time of the year when everything gets busy. The Month of April is just around the corner, which is the time of year when I start fishing seven days a week until the middle of June. The fish are starting to get busy also. T more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Pompano and Trout and a Permit! Last week was textbook winter fishing. Trout, pompano and ladyfish were the main catches along with a few snapper, whiting and a permit. Small jigs and lures are the preferred baits and for best results, tip them wi more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Front Fishing. Sight fishing is still the most attractive prospect this week. Last week we found excellent numbers of snook and redfish in the shallow backcountry of Charlotte Harbor. Cold fronts have been coming through on a regular bas more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Sight fishing! If you have been following the reports then you know that I had a serious knee injury about a month ago. I figured I would be out 4-6 weeks. I am happy to say that I have been fishing for the past two weeks. The only thing that I ha more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's go trout fishing! As most of you know I haven’t been on the water for three weeks due to a busted knee. It is slowly recovering and I am actually off the crutches. I am going to try to get out and do some trout fishing this weekend. Th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers