Fishing Reports by Capt. Van Hubbard

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - fishing is fair and will improve when the winds back off. Some nice snook but the wind has slowed us down. Mike Trask of Port Charlotte and Nova Scotia brought his son and his girl friend out on Monday. We found plenty of fish but the snook we more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Boca Grande Spring snook action picks up. Snook and reds are biting; Spring is here. March 28th. Sorry to be out so long but I had some surgery on my hand and was off the water awhile. Everything is healing fine and I started back to fishing more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Some big snook and redfish are starting to bite. A few big snook and reds to get things started. Happy Leap Year. Our fishing is improving every week. We got some big reds, all over sized, and two whopper snook a 16 and 25 pounder last weekend. more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Fine fishing but it just gets better. 2-6-04. Things will change soon; fishing is just fine but not like it will be next month. Our fishing around Englewood and Charlotte Harbor is fine. We have some nice trout, sheepshead, reds, and plenty of more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Happy New Years we have a year of good fishing to look forward to. Happy New Year; we have a lot of fishing to look forward to. I missed you to but I needed a few weeks break. Fishing was great in the fair weather during the Holidays. We had more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Busy helping Santa but fishing again soon. 12-19-03 Busy with Christmas and fishing again soon. It’s been cold and windy most of the time so we are busy helping Santa. We did slip out a few times and look for cobia and tripletail. There are more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - We are thankful for our good fishing and health. 12-01-03 Thanksgiving has passed and we were blessed with great fishing. We only had one poor catching day last week and it was not bad just slow compared to our other catches. The good news more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Redfish for Thanksgiving. 11-24-03 Looks like redfish for Thanksgiving. We found some snook today but the reds bite so good the snook could not get to the baits. Bob and Clair Johnson from Houston, Tx. Wanted a relaxing day fishing and got more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - Great weather a great king fishing. 11-13-03 The winds finally blew me back to the beach. The kingfish have kept us busy this last week. A few cobia and tripletail are showing up to. It’s been hard to stay on the fish as they move around fo more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande

Boca Grande and Charlotte Harbor - The kings are here, the weather is great, don't wait. 11-7-03 I’m not too busy to go fishing, just to busy catching fish to write. Sorry I’ve neglected our fishing reports. The fishing has been very good. We are still getting some nice snoo more...
Capt. Van Hubbard - Boca Grande