Fort Myers Fishing Reports

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Expect the Unexpected. I had a few nice surprises and one shocking let down. The first surprise was the comback of the tarpon fishing this late in Pine Island Sound and Marco Island. We are catching between 3 and 10 tarpon per day in Pine Island S more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Variety Spices Up Fishing Greetings, The one thing that is constant and consistent lately is change. Changing conditions, water quality, bait, have kept me on my toes every day. Fish one pattern today does not mean anything tomorrow morning. Tha more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Catch of a Lifetime! This past Friday I got a nice 5.3 pound baby girl. It was quite a surprise being that my wife was not due to have our first child until August 11th. She was small but in perfect health and everything is fine with both of them. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Vacation Greetings, Have you ever wondered what a fishing guide does on vacation? Right! We go fishing. My lovely wife, two daughters with husbands, grandson, mother, father, aunt and uncle all headed for Marathon, Florida with our boats his pas more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fish Bite / Storms Blow Greetings, Weather plays such a big factor in fishing its amazing. Weather is likely the major factor other than maybe preparation in our success. Weather lately has been the major factor on my mind when preparing my plan more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook Feista! Again snook fishing has had to take up the slack of tarpon fishing. High winds coupled with a low number of tarpon this year made tarpon fishing almost impossible for most of my charters this week. That was ok for most because snook more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Time Fishing Report Greetings Fishing Friends, Recent weather patterns have made me be ready for anything. I guess I should say, weather reports. The forecast for our area have been off the mark, and preparation for a trip b more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Time! Finally Like I said in my last report, I am going to start fishing for tarpon at night. Tarpon are most night feeders and when the fishing gets tuff I go back to my roots. The nights are more comfortable and hook-ups are more common. more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish the wrecks! Wreck fishing has been the keys to most of my good days lately. Offshore wrecks are still holding grouper, jewfish, kings and bonito. Nearshore wrecks are holding snook, trout, cobia, grouper and jewfish. Spanish mackerel are mixe more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tarpon Fever and King Mackerel Greetings, I spent every day this week except one tarpon fishing. Ranging far and wide the schools are here but moving around. Lots of time looking, but when found they are eating so its worth the effort for more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers