Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - The Blackwater Tarpon Return! I have spent the past two weeks fishing the brackish waters of Charlotte Harbor chasing my favorite fish the blackwater tarpon. We have hooking at least one tarpon over 100-pounds almost every day for the past two w more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - In Shore & Offshore, the fish are biting! I've been in a truck almost as much as I've been on the water for the past three weeks. Most of my fishing has been in the Ft Myers area but I have also been chartering out of Jupiter on the east coa more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tropical Depression cleans the slate. Before the last four days of rain and high winds from the southwest the snook fishing was very good and the tarpon fishing wasn't bad either. The slate is now clean and everyone must go out and figure out new more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - 237 pound tarpon sets a Blackwater Charter Record! Let's get to the tarpon story. Most of my tarpon fishing has been targeting beach tarpon off the barrier islands from Ft Myers north to Boca Grande Pass. This morning we hooked a very special tarp more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

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