Fishing Reports by Capt. Rick Featherstone

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Permit Arrive! 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 and is ready to change it up to keep act more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Patters / Hot Fishing Greetings, Thanks to everyone that read these reports over 2004, I thank you personally. 2004 was one for the record books in many ways. This was the best year on record for Magic Hook. Even with the storms, and the more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Winter Pattern Prouduce Lots of Action Greetings, Our winter pattern is in full swing now. With water temperatures in the mid sixty’s and regular cold fronts passing through our winter fishing is solid. Its this time of year that we focus on num more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Team Gottim'ON goes to the SKA Nationals! SKA Nats 2004 What a trip. Team Gottim’ On, MJ, Mark, Brittany, Liz and I loaded up and left Ft. Myers at 5:30 AM Sunday with the Venture 34 in tow. Fourteen hours later we unloaded in Biloxi MS at the more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - SKA Nationals 2004 What a trip. Team Gottim’ On, MJ, Mark, Brittany, Liz and I loaded up and left Ft. Myers at 5:30 AM Sunday with the Venture 34 in tow. Fourteen hours later we unloaded in Biloxi MS at the Imperial Palace. Next morning we launc more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Smoker Kings Arrive Greetings, We are leaving tomorrow morning for Biloxi MS to compete in the SKA Nationals as part of Team Gottim’ ON. Fishing is very good right now. Smoker kingfish are in the area. We caught several yesterday wit more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - The Man In the Grey Suit! Greetings, I just love this time of year when the big decision of the day is what to fish for! The fall pelagic run is in mid migration making it really fun to be on the water. Little boats, big boats and even k more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Lots of Action! Its fly rod time! Greetings, If you want to catch a fish, now is the time. We worked a variety of targets this week and found good success at them all. From Spanish mackerel and bluefish, bull redfish, snook, and a few tarpon nea more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Back In Action! Greetings, Hey fishing friends I have good news. The sky’s are clear, the Gulf is calm and I just had two great days offshore. Even better I have a real CATCHING report! We fished twenty five to thirty five miles out both days more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers

Ft. Myers - Offshore - Sky's are clear! Greetings, Okay four storms came and left, but the skys are clear now! Another hurricane and another miss by hurricane Jeanie this weekend was thankfully just a day to stay indoors here. The wind and rain over the weekend more...
Capt. Rick Featherstone - Fort Myers