Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon are Early! Book your trip NOW! I just finished my totals for February which is not generally one of the best fishing months. Out of Ft Myers my charters averaged just over 31 fish per day. Out of Marco Island we averaged just over more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Feels Like Spring! After a full week last week I got a break with only a couple of trips this week. The fishing is still very unpredictable out of Marco Island. Every day presents a different challenge, but all in all most of my trips have had som more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - On Again!.......Off Again. I’ve had all kinds of stuff going on since my report last week. I fished both sides of the state this week and scored well each time but not good enough to call the fishing excellent. The fishing is starting to show sig more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Season is getting Close! Just Seven Weeks to Go! February isn’t known as one of the best fishing months in Southwest Florida but even a bad month in our area still offers some very good fishing. The famous tarpon, snook and sharks may not b more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Sailfish Season! After a very busy Christmas and early January the charter business has slowed. Most of my bookings have been for April-June tarpon fishing trips. By the way, if you are interested in an April tarpon fishing trip call to reserv more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Mixed Bag The past nine days have been warmer than the average temperature for January. The two weeks after Christmas was colder than the average temperature. These wide fluctuations in temperature have confused the fish and anglers. While more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - I'm getting used to the cold. So are the Fish! There was ice on my boat twice last week! All of ya’ll from up north, don’t tell me it doesn’t get cold in Florida. Our inshore barracuda and snapper took a pretty good hit. But I haven’t seen more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's Still Cold! Fish the Backcountry. First of all, I’m sorry about the delay in the report. I don’t have much of an excuse because I haven’t been fishing all that much due to the windy and or cold weather. I’ve been getting in two or three days more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon, Kings and Snook Last Week! This week Cold! Presently, we are in the midst of a hard cold front so all bets are off after today. Last week however, was a different story. After Thanksgiving we had two weeks of above average temperature more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Water Temps drop. Blues, Jacks and Grouper top catches. I didn’t get out last week very much after a busy week around Thanksgiving. The weather wasn’t very good at times and I’ve been battling a serious chest cold. I did more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers