Marco Island Fishing Reports

Redfish and Tarpon - Fishing just keeps getting better as Spring progresses. The water temperature keeps creeping into the desired range and baitfish is starting to move into the small bays and coves. Snook are starting to come out of the woodwork in the south Marco are more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook, redfish, tarpon - Fishing this past week has been excellent. Snook are coming out of the woodwork in a big way as winter loses its grip in Southwest Florida. I have been starting my mornings by deep dropping cut shrimp for sheepshead, whiting, black drum, and redf more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish and more Redfish - Fishing this past week has been excellent. I consider this the winter mode still. Water temperatures have been hovering around the 70 degree mark give or take. I have been starting my mornings deep dropping chunks of shrimp over hard bottm. We hav more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish - Even though we had back-to-back cold fronts this week, I had some very successful fishing trips. Sheepshead, black drum, redfish, and trout have been providing steady action all week. Most of us have been concentrating on the deeper runoffs and ri more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish Galore - Winter fishing has been excellent these past few weeks. Sheepshead, redfish, and trout have all been in the mix. I have been fishing in the deeper runs around south Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands. We have been using cut shrimp with a sp more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish Everywhere - Fishing this past week has been excellent. Redfish are everywhere and the water has turned clear in the Marco and Ten Thousand Islands areas. Low tides this week have made sight fishing reign supreme. Live bait, jigs, shrimp, and flies are all wor more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook,Redfish,Permit! - Fishing this past week has been excellent. There is bait everywhere and the fish have been following it and gorging themselves in preparation for winter. I had a super week fishing for snook and everything else that bites. Snook have been around t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook, Redfish, and Tarpon - I know that it has been awhile. I did the Port Antonio International Marlin Tournament in Jamaica. My mom lives there and we do that tourney every year. We won our division this year with 2 marlin releases. I have spent the better part of the last t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Redfish - There is a hint of fall in the air. The mornings are just a bit cooler. The water temperature is in the low eighties. Baitfish are starting their migration. The beach is choked with schools of small baitfish. Everywhere you go you can see mackerel bu more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Snook, Mackerel, Redfish - Fishing this past month has been sporadic. Prior to the tropical depression that passed through Florida, the fishing was red hot. Small schools of redfish came into the area an d provided some good action. The snook were very happy and all was well. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island