Fishing Reports by Capt. Matt Hoover

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Bonus The weather in Southwest Florida has been for the most part, unseasonably gracious to us. So has the fishing. This time of year, we start concentrating on trout, sheepshead, ladyfish and the occasional redfish and snook. Normally w more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Fall Flush Fishing these past few weeks has been very productive. The fall bait migration started a few weeks ago. There was a mix of scaled sardines, threadfin herring, and hordes of Spanish sardines from the beach to near shore. That means that more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Run For Cover October is always one of the best times of the year to fish in the Marco Island and Ten Thousand Islands areas. The fall baitfish migration has been disrupted in the past month due to unsettled weather in the Gulf. Red Tide has been more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Narrow Miss Fishing up to the advent of Hurricane Katrina had been fair to excellent. Bait was starting to come to the beaches of the Marco island area. We were starting to see bait come into the secluded coves of the Ten Thousand islands as well. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Bonefish Break I decided to do some fishing for myself this past week with my father. We went to Gargill creek in Andros, Bahamas for some bonefishing. We stayed at a new unknown lodge right on the flats side called Andros Bay Cottage. The accommo more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - The Heat Hot summer mornings are my favorite. The catching end of the fishing business has been excellent for the past few weeks. Jigs, plugs, live bait, and flies have all had their place. Catching live bait in our area has been tough. We keep more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Breathless It has been one long tough spring. I can’t remember a windier season. My anglers have been tough and slugged it out with me thick and thin. I have been working non stop since February so I can’t complain. It also explains why my rep more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Stick n Jab All of us guides are working our fingers to the bone. We are in the middle of our season right now and we are really earning it. We have been taking one two punches right and left here in Florida with the wicked fronts that have been r more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Wake Up Call The water temperature climbed to as high as seventy two this past week. That meant that it was time to start catching bait and get down to some serious bush whacking. Everyone knew that we had another large front on the way. more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island

Report for Naples, Marco Island and the Ten Thousand Islands - Winter Options The action heated up this past week as water temperatures approached seventy degrees. Bait started to gather along the beaches of Marco and it actually became worthwhile to use it. I started out my mornings deep dropping with shri more...
Capt. Matt Hoover - Marco Island