Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Featherstone

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Summer is Here Greetings, Well summer has arrived in full force. The good news with the hot afternoons is hot fishing to get us motivated to get out there early. Along the beach and on the near shore reefs there is good snook action. Beach s more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Summer Pattern Big Fish Greetings, Our summer pattern is starting to kick into full swing. Warm calm mornings and afternoon thunderstorms. It also means that tarpon are along the beaches, snook are on the beach and over offshore structures, lo more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Action! Greetings, The cold fronts we have been having as of late has kept water temps dropping. When that happens our winter fish become my prime targets. Winds and heavy seas have kept us close, but action fill our days none the less. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings, The warm weather as of late has kept water temps higher than normal. With that our baitfish schools have stayed close and in large numbers. Near shore on the artificial reefs Sheepshead have started to show up. Bull Redfish are in the ar more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Greetings, Greetings, With the good water quality and thick bait local fishing has been very good lately. Near shore sheepshead, Bull Redfish, and False Albacore have been thick. The sheepshead have responded well to shrimp on head knocker rigs. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Fall !Fishing Heats Up Greetings, Greetings, Fall fishing is in full swing here in Southwest Florida. Spanish Mackerel, Tarpon, Kingfish, and Bull Redfish have all come to visit over the last two weeks. Artificial reefs are holding Spanish more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Early Fall Brings Action Greetings, Its late summer but the fishing tells me its actually early fall. Baits like Blue Runners have started showing up and a Kingfish, Tarpon, Blackfin and Spanish mackerel are here. Not in the big numbers like n more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Bimini, Bahamas Greetings, After two years of canceled trips due to named storms, my wife and I aboard the Magic Hook finally made it to Bimini this past weekend. We were part of a group of boats at the Bimini Big Game Club. We were fishing in more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring Fling In Full Swing! Greetings, These are the fun reports to write for sure. What’s even more fun is the variety of fish in our area right now. The spring bait run is in full swing. Our water quality is excellent. That combination more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Spring means Kings! Greetings, It’s a great time to be fishing offshore here in S.W. Florida. Sure we are still getting some rough weather but the good news is that our water has warmed up and our spring fishing is in full swing. Yes, all the pl more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers