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2003-02-13
12:00 AM
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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 |
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2003-01-30
12:00 AM
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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 |
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2003-01-27
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Reef Fishing Heats Up Cold Water
Greetings;
All of my fishing now is worked around the twice weekly cold fronts passing through. Some are strong, others are less significant, but all affect how and where we fish. Depending on where the last fron more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2003-01-22
12:00 AM
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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 |
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2003-01-11
12:00 AM
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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 |
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2003-01-08
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Happy New Year!
Greetings;
It was great to see all of my Christmas anglers return. One of the great things about guiding is you get to meet wonderful people and they become friends over the years. Fishing over this holiday season was very more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-12-23
12:00 AM
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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 |
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2002-12-14
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Big Red Is HERE!
Greetings;
In between some challenging weather we have had some really great fishing on our waters lately. Water temperatures have cooled into the high sixty's. As much as I hated to see the kingfish move south of our range, I w more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-12-04
12:00 AM
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Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern's In Effect
Greetings;
With the commencement of steady cold fronts our water temperature in the gulf has fallen at a steady pace for three weeks to about sixty seven degrees as of yesterday. With that falling temperature sloppy se more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers |
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2002-12-02
12:00 AM
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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 |
