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

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Anticipation The weather has been superb this past week. The bait is showing up by the bushel. Fishing is improving with every day. We are catching an unprecedented mixed bag. Yet I am still on the edge of my seat. It’s like all the clo more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Bait's Here, Life is Good! It’s officially spring when a front comes through and it doesn’t affect fishing very much. Bait is everywhere from Marco Island to Ft Myers. This means the fish are about to be here also. Large schools are holding in th more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Warming Trend This past week was just what the doctor ordered. There was plenty of sunshine and the water temperature perked up quite nicely. The fish get real happy during a warming trend. Plenty of bait started showing up and we were able t more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Nows the Time to Learn to Flyfish! This week produced plenty of action from Marco Island and the Ft Myers area. I fished the first half of the week out of Marco and the last half out of Punta Rassa. We found plenty of fish feeding but the catches more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Whiplash This past week started out with promise. The air was warm and the water temperature was on the rise. As the week progressed, a front came through and left cold descending air in its wake. It was like my German shepherd Cody passin more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - Lots of Redtide, but Fishing Improving Patches of redtide still exist around Cape Romano south to the mudhole and out a few miles. Its made breathing a little difficult for anglers but the fishing has been steadily improving. Some good sardin more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers

Fishing Report for Pine Island Sound to Sarasota Bay, Florida - FISHING REPORT FOR PINE ISLAND SOUND FOR THE WEEK ENDING 2/19/00 by Capt. Butch Rickey I closed my report last week with the bad news of my wife's cancer. I want to open the report this week with a sincere thank you to all of you who have tak more...
Capt. Butch Rickey - Pine Island Sound

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Spring Preview There was a welcome break in the weather this last week. It was a sign of things to come. I wouldn’t put the woolies away just yet. Old Man Winter is quite capable of giving us a shot drawn from the ankles in the fifteent more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - IF WE PUT MORE INTO FISH MANAGEMENT WE'LL GET MORE FROM FISHING. The Englewood Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) chapter has F&W Commission's (just re-elected) Chairwomen Julie Morris scheduled for their 17 Feb. meeting at the Lemon Bay Envir more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande - WEATHER IMPROVING, FISHING SHOULD FOLLOW ! Marco Island The weather finally turned toward spring this week after almost three weeks of cold, and windy conditions. The problem is that its been cold for so long that the water will need at lea more...
Capt. Scott Hughes - Fort Myers