Fishing Reports by Capt. Van Hubbard

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - great fishing now! 5-8-06web Fishing is fantastic! I am sorry it’s been so long but we have been catching fish. We closed out the snook season with some great catching. Our last trip on Friday the 28th was the best of the year. More slot fi more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - staying fishy but it's not easy. Every day is a new day. Each day is so different then the one before this year. We get good fish one place and they disappear the next. Kingfish are around most days but challenging some. We had two nice 15 a more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - We enjoyed beautiful weather and fair fishing. Sporadic had fishing this week. Hard northeasterly winds brought cooler waters onto our local beaches. At first the king and Spanish mackerel came ashore and ate us up. Tuesday our first larg more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - great fishing now! Short and sweet but good fishing needs to be reported. Last week we had great weather and very good catching to go with great fishing. Water color is beautiful. No rain is dry on the land but nice on the water. No runoff i more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - nice thank you note. Note from a new client/ friend that fished Saturday. We enjoyed a nice bottle of wine with a snook diner while both his UCLA and my U.of Fla. Won their games. Sorry, not really for the UCLA loss at the National Championship more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Spring fishing is here! Report for 4-2-06 Fishing and weather were great this past week. Plenty of fish and baitfish have moved into our area. Snook are improving daily with a slot fish or two, plus some trout and reds to make our “Grande more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - we had some nice fish this week. Action was hot before this front. We enjoyed some good fishing on the two days the winds let us out last week. Weather is always a factor but this was one big chilly blow. It’s still blowing Sunday as I put thi more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Spring and good fishing. 3-19-06web Warm weather and good fishing! It’s Spring Time and the fish are biting much better. Baitfish showed up last week and both fish and fisherman are glad to have em. Fishing has kept me too busy to catch up h more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - It felt like spring this week. Finally the fish are starting to bite. Weather co-operated this week and the fish responded wonderfully. We are not into the red hot spring bite but the snook are moving. There is no white bait yet so we are usi more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Fishing is fine and getting better with spring approaching. Web for 2-8-06 Experience is fine but you cannot beat fishing luck. On a recent trip to catch a few pompano for our guest fresh fish dinner Harry Perau showed me how it was done. Har more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande