Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Good Stuff! The fishing the past two weeks can only be described as Good Stuff. We set a new personal record for jumped tarpon on September 24th and the rest of the fishing has been almost as good as it gets. All the areas that I fish are produc more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Busy Fishin ! So far the month of September has been busy. In fact, all of the fall month are known for action filled days. The months of September, October and November are the months where baitfish along with all the fish that feed on them move more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon continue to Sizzle! A few months ago I proclaimed that the tarpon season of 2003 was the worst on record. Well, the past eight weeks have made me eat my words. We are continuing to see tarpon fishing that will rival the fishing anywhere in more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon are still Hot! This week I spent most of my time fishing Pine Island Sound and Charlotte Harbor. The weather has been somewhat unstable but we have been able to get in most days by dodging the T-storms. Tarpon, snook and redfish are still m more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Go for a Slam! Grand slams have been common the past two weeks. If you aren't familar with the inshore slam it consists of catching a tarpon, snook and redfish in the same day. All three species have been available in Charlotte Harbor and Pine I more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Expect the Unexpected. I had a few nice surprises and one shocking let down. The first surprise was the comback of the tarpon fishing this late in Pine Island Sound and Marco Island. We are catching between 3 and 10 tarpon per day in Pine Island S more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Catch of a Lifetime! This past Friday I got a nice 5.3 pound baby girl. It was quite a surprise being that my wife was not due to have our first child until August 11th. She was small but in perfect health and everything is fine with both of them. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook Feista! Again snook fishing has had to take up the slack of tarpon fishing. High winds coupled with a low number of tarpon this year made tarpon fishing almost impossible for most of my charters this week. That was ok for most because snook more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Time! Finally Like I said in my last report, I am going to start fishing for tarpon at night. Tarpon are most night feeders and when the fishing gets tuff I go back to my roots. The nights are more comfortable and hook-ups are more common. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish the wrecks! Wreck fishing has been the keys to most of my good days lately. Offshore wrecks are still holding grouper, jewfish, kings and bonito. Nearshore wrecks are holding snook, trout, cobia, grouper and jewfish. Spanish mackerel are mixe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers