Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Featherstone

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

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

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Tuna & Tarpon Greetings, This week of great weather was tailor made for sight fishing. We spent three days out there with fly rods chasing little tunny's (false albacore) and blackfin tuna around. What a mind blowing time that is, they have amaz more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Great Weather, Great Fishing Greetings; You can sum up the weather and fishing this week as chamber of commerce perfect. Calm seas, pretty days combined with good fishing came right on top of our Easter week anglers. I did not do any inshore fis more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - The King Is Back Greetings; I can report that fishing is good but, boy- O- boy these El Nino years keep me guessing on what is going to happen next. Weather, and fish migrations are not on a normal track. During a typical year I can usually pred more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Big Boys Back In Town! Greetings; Mother nature sent us some great weather last week and the fish responded. Large schools of bait have migrated into the area with the rising water temperatures. Permit, kings, cudas, spanish, and tarpon are all more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring Arrives! Greetings; With water temperatures steadily on the rise our hopes of pelagic's like kingfish rise each day. The bait migration into the area has started. A few kings, permit, and even a sailfish have been hooked this past more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

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

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

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