Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Featherstone

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Nearshore Action Makes It Fun Greetings, Fishing in Southwest Florida is always interesting especially offshore. We are catching fish every day and almost every day it’s been something new. Versatility is the key we just stay ready to change it more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Chammber Weather Permited! Greetings, One bit of noteworthy news. We have added a boat to our charter business. I am thrilled to announce that my son in law Capt. Jim Schnering has joined the Magic Hook team. Capt. Jim is running the boat that m more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Big Fish Out Far! Greetings, On the nice days we are really catching some great fish right now! On the sloppy days we are working very hard for it. In general, the key phrase would be action. On our Four Hour charters working on the more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern Emerging Greetings, First let me apologize for the long delay. Wilma caused us some problems with our computer system. In general fishing is tough since that last cold front, but we are catching plenty of fish on our more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Water Cools, Bait Migration Starts Greetings, With water temps cooling a bit bait is starting to show along the coast in numbers. This means the predators are not far behind. Near shore there are tarpon to be found. If you are dedicated and l more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Grouper Grab Greetings, This weeks report is about one trip. I was invited to fish the Grouper Grab aboard Chris Thomas’s Holdemhook. It’s a Fountain 34. Its triple engines let us run at sixty miles per hour. What a machine! We fished sixty to n more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sumertime Fun Greetings, Summer pattern is in full swing in Southwest Florida. We are catching lots of fish every day and almost every day it’s been something new. Versatility is the key and is ready to change it up to keep action in high gear. more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Golaith Wars! Greetings, Summer pattern is in full swing now. After our first tropical system of the season dropped several inches of rain the Gulf is now tanic acid stained on the outgoing tides. In the passes and along the beach snook fishin more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Big Fish Come Home Greetings, To describe fishing lately I would have to just say, “Take your pick”. It’s all good in the Gulf right now. The main show is Tarpon. Lots of big fish are in the area and we are after them almost every d more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - The Arrival! Greetings, Things are really heating up in South West Florida. Water temperatures have risen from a cool sixty-eight to an almost balmy seventy-five in two weeks. We have seen a dramatic change in action as well and it’s going to ge more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers