Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon and Permit! Tarpon and permit were the stars of the show last week before the winds and cold moved in on us. Warm spring like weather and light winds combined to produce the best catches of the year so far off Marco Island. Since then howev more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Reds, Trout, Sharks! The reds ,trout and sharks went off in Pine Island Sound this past week. We caught alomost record numbers of trout and reds on all but one day since my last report. Snook were mixed in as well but the bite has been a littl more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's Inshore Slam Time! We had inshore slams everyday this week and fishing in general is started to bust loose. Breezy warm weather has warmed the water temps and fish have started to come out of hiding in both Pine Island Sound and the 10,000 Is more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Specks and reds! The fishing the past few weeks has been much of the same. Lots of specks mixed in with some redfish. One thing that has changed is that the fish are moving around alot. One day we'll catch 40-60 trout on a flat and the next day w more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Water Trout and Reds Since my last report the weather has turned extremely cold for our area. This is not abnormal for this time of year though. This is when my little 17 tunnel hull flats boat comes into it's own. I have been using this boa more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon and Permit? Yes, that's Correct. Believe it. We have been catching tarpon and permit in January this year. The two weeks of 80 degree weather moved the tarpon inshore and the permit weren't far behind. We hooked tarpon over 100 pounds on ev more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tailing reds and Duck Hunting Report Tis the season for hunting, both on the water and off. Most of the fishing that I have been doing is sightfishing in shallow water for tailing redfish snook and trout and sheephead. On days when I haven't b more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Winds of Change Cold winds from the north have started the cange from fall to winter. Water temps have dropped about 8 degrees in the last two weeks and fish are on the move. Snook, redfish, trout, mackerel, bluefish and grouper were on the catchi more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Inshore Slam! Inshore slams of snook, redfish and trout are about as easy as it gets right now. Grande Slams which consists of catching a tarpon aren't as easy but if you look long enough that is a possibility also. Since my last, report things ha more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fall Frenzy! The fishing the past few weeks has been fast and furious. Nearshore, mackerel, bluefish, bonito, and jack crevelle are keeping everyone busy. Inshore, snook, redfish, trout, snapper and jacks are feeding well. The large passes are als more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers