Fishing Reports by Capt. Scott Hughes

Fort Myers to Boca Grande early spring fishing report 2012 - This year continues to be the warmest winter that I can remember. The water temps are in the 70's and the fish are acting like its already spring. Some sardines have already started moving in on the flats. I have also spotted tarpon in a number of ar more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fishing report for late January 2012 - The spring like weather continues and the fish are starting to think its spring as well. I actually don't like warm weather in the winter. I have been patterning redfish and speckled trout during the winter months for a long time and I have figured o more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fishing report for January 2012 - We finally received some cold weather this winter. The mercury dipped into the high 20's for a couple of days in early January and the fish responded after a few days of hibernation. The fishing for redfish and flounder really improved with the cold more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande Christmas Fishing Report - Its been unseasonably warm for the past month. It hasn't really hurt the fishing except for the flounder have pushed off the flats and more toward the gulf. Redfish and speckled trout fishing is still very good with double digit catches of both speci more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Winter fishing report, Fort Myers to Boca Grande, Fl - We have had a mild fall and winter so far this year. I am mostly targeting redfish, speckled trout and flounder with artificial lure in Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound because a batch of redtide put a damper on any offshoire fishing last more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fall fishing report - Redtide in the gulf from North Captiva to Engelwood during the second week of October squashed my offshore fishing this fall. I went out of Boca Grande Pass a few weeks ago found lots of dead gag and red grouper. I als found quite a few dead bull red more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers, Pine Island and Boca Grande fishing report - Its been two weeks now since I've been back to work. I tore the ACL in my left knee back in July and had surgury to repair it in August. I was off the water for a little over a month. The fist week back on the water was tough fishing. I found tarpon more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande fishing report - I'm just now getting back to light duty fishing. Its only been 5 weeks since my ACL surgury so I'm only fishing a few days a week. The first few days was tough. It takes some time to get the feels of what's going on out on the water. The first day th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fort Myers to Boca Grande August-September fishing report - On July 12th I tore my ACL and the medial meniscus in my left knee. I was pulling in my cast net and when i twisted to dump it in the livewell it popped. I went to the deck and when i was able to get up, the knee was locked at a 30 degree angle. July more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Southwest Florida Tarpon Fishing Report - The last spawn of 2011 occured last week during the week of the new moon. The fishing was excellent when you could find them. I found some large schools spawning a couple of days and we enjoyed some of the best fishing of the season. But for the more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers