Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold Water Trout and Reds Since my last report the weather has turned extremely cold for our area. This is not abnormal for this time of year though. This is when my little 17 tunnel hull flats boat comes into it's own. I have been using this boa more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon and Permit? Yes, that's Correct. Believe it. We have been catching tarpon and permit in January this year. The two weeks of 80 degree weather moved the tarpon inshore and the permit weren't far behind. We hooked tarpon over 100 pounds on ev more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tailing reds and Duck Hunting Report Tis the season for hunting, both on the water and off. Most of the fishing that I have been doing is sightfishing in shallow water for tailing redfish snook and trout and sheephead. On days when I haven't b more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Winds of Change Cold winds from the north have started the cange from fall to winter. Water temps have dropped about 8 degrees in the last two weeks and fish are on the move. Snook, redfish, trout, mackerel, bluefish and grouper were on the catchi more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Inshore Slam! Inshore slams of snook, redfish and trout are about as easy as it gets right now. Grande Slams which consists of catching a tarpon aren't as easy but if you look long enough that is a possibility also. Since my last, report things ha more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fall Frenzy! The fishing the past few weeks has been fast and furious. Nearshore, mackerel, bluefish, bonito, and jack crevelle are keeping everyone busy. Inshore, snook, redfish, trout, snapper and jacks are feeding well. The large passes are als more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

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