Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Exit. Tripletail Return. Reds Rebound! The past two weeks have produced some great catches even when the weather wasn’t great. Early last week we were still hooking good numbers of tarpon during their fall migration south to the Flor more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Last Gasp for Silver Kings! The weather has been good. The bait has been easy and the snook, redfish and trout fishing are very good. I could spend a lot of time talking about these things, but what’s the point. WE ARE KICKING THE TARPO more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Backcountry Fishing saves the day for Offshore Plans. Gusty winds have kept most of the anglers that I know off balance. High winds make the water get muddy off Marco Island and the winds don’t help any when you are trying to hunt tai more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - More of the Same........Fishing is Good! Fishing this week was more of the same. Redfish and snook were the main targets and they didn’t disappoint any of our anglers. From the flats of Charlotte Harbor to the north to the 10,000 Islan more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Everglades Pot Luck! Cool less humid air has made fishing very comfortable. This coupled with shorter days makes an all day fishing trip worth while. This is typical fall fishing. Something is going to bend your rod all day long if you keep an ope more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Reds are coming! Generally the fishing this time of year is very good. This year is no exception, but I have had some days that would give the best anglers headaches. Two hurricanes that skirted the West Coast have turned the water muddy and sca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - A Little Bit of Everything! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last report for Marco Island. I’ll try to make it up with this report. We are in a transition period between summer and fall. The summer species like snook and tarpon more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - A Little Bit of Everything! It’s been a couple of weeks since my last report for Marco Island. I’ll try to make it up with this report. We are in a transition period between summer and fall. The summer species like snook and tarpon are on the slid more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Almost, But no Cigar. This week all of my focus was on Charlotte Harbor tarpon. I ran all three trips out of Punta Gorda. I was hoping to find some large schools of adult tarpon feeding on ladyfish and sardines in the mouth of the Peace and more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Nothing special.........Just Solid. We didn’t break any personal records this week, but the fishing was very good. Its not the busy season but I’m getting a few trips in per week in both Marco Island and Charlotte Harbor. Snook have been the main more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers