2008-01-09 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Tarpon hit hard by record cold front
We saw record numbers of snook and baby tarpon dead in Pine Island Sound and in the upper areas of the 10,000 Islands. We had low in the upper 20's and high in the low 50's for two days straigh more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-12-15 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of Trout, Kingfish and even Tarpon!
I fished four days this past week and the fishing for trout, kingfish and tarpon was out of sight. The fishing for redfish was way off even though the tides were perfect for catching tailing redfish. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-11-21 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Charlotte Harbor Feast or Famine Fishing Report
I fished a couple of days after the cold front and the fishing was really tough. We caught a handfull of trout and a couple of oversized redfish. Since then the fishing has really picked up. The pa more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-10-30 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tropical Storm puts a damper on the fishing
For the past five days we have had very breezy weather and now we have rain and its down right windy. This has pretty much erased some pretty good fishing that we were having. Before the weather ca more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-09-17 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - It's still tarpon season!
It's over halfway through September and we're still catching tarpon. Not that that's unusual because we catch some tarpon every Septmeber. But this year I've been able to target strictly tarpon every single day the enti more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-08-18 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon, Snook and Snapper
There are three species of fish that have been biting good in our area. Everything else has been slow. The good news is that the three give anglers of all skill levels a shot at some good fishing.
For the most skilled more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-07-31 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Best Tarpon fishing of the season.
This pst week was the best tarpon fisihng of the season. Yes, that includes the fishing from May and June. Good tarpon in mid to late summer is no seceret for those in the know and do their homework. Post spaw more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-07-10 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lazy summer days
This time of year my days are pretty slow. The long hours of running two trips a day for tarpon during May and June are over and I'm back to working half or full-days when I can get a trip. Even though the bookings are slow the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-06-04 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of wind, lots of tarpon
So Far this season has had a lot of wind and a lot of tarpon. We had 13 days in a row of east wind at 10-20 knots last month and we got beat up on many of our trips but other that the fishing has been solid. We' more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |
2007-05-16 12:00 AM
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Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Come and Get'em! Tarpon, that is.
Each year I totally devote the months of May and June to tarpon fishing and this year the fishing has been great. We've had to endure some pretty harsh conditions but the fishing has been good enough to hook at more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers |