Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - With spring comes Wind! The good news is that spring like conditions are becoming more prevelent which means tarpon, snook and sharks are on the move. The bad news is that early spring is usually windy. This year seems to be just that. I fishe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Trout Anyone? Most of my fishing this week was split between Pine Island Sound and Marco Island. Fishing was good in both areas but trout fishing in Pine Island Sound is about as good as it gets. Half-day trips have been boating 60-70 and full-day more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold water but fishing is still good! 56 degree water temperatures have made fishing tough the past few weeks but overall the fishing is still very good. Don't expect to catch warm water species like snook and tarpon. But, if your not a snob about more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Beat of a Different Drum! If you want to catch some drum, come to the 10,000 Islands. We have been invaded with juvenile black and red drum. Some days we catch more reds and some days more blacks. Snook have also been consistent along with sheephe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Trout and Tunny! Trout and litle tunny made the head lines for us this week. The trout have been a staple for the past month but the tunny were a nice surprise. Usually they are offshore a good bit but this week they have been schooling in 14ft of more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Multi-species fishing is at it's best If you want to catch just about everything in the sea then this is the time of year to fish. The size isn't what it is in the spring or fall but you can't argue with numbers like we have been getting the past more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Cold winter makes fishing tough but excellent duck hunting. This year we are experiencing the coldest winter I have seen since I have been guiding. We haven't had a day over 79 degrees in 15 days. Usually the weather isn't this cold until mid more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Grand Slam! Fall in the 10,000 Islands is probably the easiest place to get a grand slam which consists of catching a tarpon, snook, and redfish in one trip. You can add the trout if you want,for he ultimate grand slam. For most of last month and more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Right on Cue! As expected the fishing exploded this month. It is a little known fact that October is probably the best fishing month in the 10,000 Islands. We have been having a blast catching good numbers of tarpon, snook, redfish, king mackerel, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Feeding Frenzy! Tarpon, Sharks, Jacks and more! For those of you who follow my reports, I have been predicting an explosion of fish activity this fall. To put it bluntly, it's here. We are experiencing some of the best tarpon fishing of the year a more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers