Regional Fishing Reports for:
Southwest Florida (Cape Sable to Boca Grande)

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - More Heat If you can’t handle the heat, stick to the morning shift. That’s sound advice. This is the time of year when you hear about people suffering from heat strokes. It’s a good idea to keep lots of fluid in your body no more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Fish Early............or Late? The tarpon are playing hide and seek and they are winning. Last week I ran all over Charlotte Harbor looking for tarpon but couldn’t score on the two days I fished that far north. We have hit the slow season for char more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Sauna Summer It has been a long time since I remember it being much hotter than it has been in the last few weeks. Some of the guys have complained about the wind that we had last week but it really kept things bearable on the water. Slow inco more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Get Scorched!......by Tarpon and the Sun. These are the dog days of summer and the fishing is as hot as the weather. There are a couple of ways to beat the heat and have some of the best fishing of the summer. The first is to fish late or ear more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Whatever Goes It was hot and breezy this past week. Winds were strong out of the west-southwest. That made catching bait along the beaches next to impossible. It didn’t really matter for the bait fisherman because there are finger mulle more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Slow Tides We are in between a new and a full moon. It is called a neep or nip tide. These types of tides are week and move slow. Certain times of the year will produce slower tides. If the tide moved any slower this past week, it would have more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Tarpon Rule! If you want to catch a tarpon then now is the time. We have seen a resurgence of excellent tarpon fishing in both the Marco Island area and in Charlotte Harbor. If your not into tarpon (by the way, there is something wrong you) there more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Bruiser Jacks take up the slack left from weaker tarpon fishing. I’m back from my honeymoon and in the full swing of fishing. I started fishing the day after I got back on the 28th of June and have been fishing almost every day since. I’m st more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Summer Blast This past week, mornings have been a hot and humid veil of tranquility. The throng of boat traffic is down considerably and you can actually get into the Ten Thousand Islands and here virtually nothing that is man made. It seems t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR PINE ISLAND SOUND FOR THE WEEK ENDING 6/24/00 It was a great week of snook fishing on the outside with lot of wonderful folks. It gets brutally hot out there this time of year, but the high speed action can make you forget your more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound