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

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR THE WEEK ENDING 3/18/00 This was the week of my wife's second surgery. I took three days off to be home with her, and had one cancellation. The result was that I only fished two days, and they were tough. Monday, my friend more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Wind And Fire Last Wednesday was a complete blowout. Many guides cancelled their trips and slept in. There were a few that went out and the reports that I got were not favorable. The wind blew a steady 20-mph and a fire in the Golden Gates Est more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Some good fishing has been hampered by high winds. Evidently I have been doing something wrong. The wind gods have been punishing us all month. This doesn’t mean we haven’t been catching fish it just means that it’s been a little uncomfortable ou more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Double Whammy Fishing this past week was like running the gauntlet in a fast paced movie. There were back to back fronts with intermittent reprieves in between. The wind was ferocious most of the week and you had to grab the calm moments when more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - More Wind.......More Tarpon The unpredictable windy weather has made fishing a very difficult task most of the week. Southwest winds at 15-20 knots have made the water muddy and made fishing for tarpon on the outside impossible. Never the less, we more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of Wind, Lots of Tarpon! The wind has been really hammering us this week. March is usually very windy and I guess I was starting to get spoiled. The Ft Myers area wasn’t affected as much as Marco but the tarpon aren’t in the sound yet either, more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Final Blow We had a super week. The weather was warm and the breezes were pleasant until the winds of the last front came through on Monday. Still, it’s hard to complain when you figure that it is the month of March. March is notorious f more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Let's Get Ready to Rumble! From Marco Island to Ft Myers live bait fishing is the order of the day. Large schools of thread herring and scaled sardines are moving up the coast. Small baits will be near the coast or in the bays and the larger bai more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Flawless Fishing This past week was as close to perfection as anyone could ask. The fishing was outstanding. There is still plenty of bait around. The water temperature is on the rise and all the players are showing up for the spring games. I more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Snook and Big Jacks Provide Plenty Hard Fighting ! The one thing I can say about March is that the wind is always going to blow. The past two weeks have been typical of this pattern. However, the overall fishing has been pretty good in the Ft My more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers