Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - More Wind.......More Tarpon The unpredictable windy weather has made fishing a very difficult task most of the week. Southwest winds at 15-20 knots have made the water muddy and made fishing for tarpon on the outside impossible. Never the less, we more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of Wind, Lots of Tarpon! The wind has been really hammering us this week. March is usually very windy and I guess I was starting to get spoiled. The Ft Myers area wasn’t affected as much as Marco but the tarpon aren’t in the sound yet either, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's Get Ready to Rumble! From Marco Island to Ft Myers live bait fishing is the order of the day. Large schools of thread herring and scaled sardines are moving up the coast. Small baits will be near the coast or in the bays and the larger bai more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Big Jacks Provide Plenty Hard Fighting ! The one thing I can say about March is that the wind is always going to blow. The past two weeks have been typical of this pattern. However, the overall fishing has been pretty good in the Ft My more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Bait's Here, Life is Good! It’s officially spring when a front comes through and it doesn’t affect fishing very much. Bait is everywhere from Marco Island to Ft Myers. This means the fish are about to be here also. Large schools are holding in th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Nows the Time to Learn to Flyfish! This week produced plenty of action from Marco Island and the Ft Myers area. I fished the first half of the week out of Marco and the last half out of Punta Rassa. We found plenty of fish feeding but the catches more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of Redtide, but Fishing Improving Patches of redtide still exist around Cape Romano south to the mudhole and out a few miles. Its made breathing a little difficult for anglers but the fishing has been steadily improving. Some good sardin more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - WEATHER IMPROVING, FISHING SHOULD FOLLOW ! Marco Island The weather finally turned toward spring this week after almost three weeks of cold, and windy conditions. The problem is that its been cold for so long that the water will need at lea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Marco Island If your looking for some fun fishing and some good eating its available during this cold month of Feburary. Trout is still the top choice on the flats and pompano are on the shoals in Cape Romano. The cold temperatures have moved the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - High winds and some red tide hampered the fishing this week. However, there is always a place to fish in southwest Florida. Marco Island produced some pretty fair trout fishing in the backcountry and pompano on the shoals. Fish for the trout in the d more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers