Marco Island, Ft. Myers & Boca Grande

Reds, sheephead and bass No, I'm not catching bass in saltwater but I am cathing bass. Bass fishing in the Everglades is still very good if you can get to the best fihing grounds. The water is down and the fish have been concentrated in the canals. These fish are not used to fishing pressure so they'll eat almost anything. I usually use soft plastic flukes or Texas rigged plastic worms. In the saltwater, I'm mostly tareting redfish and speckled trout. The trout fishing is not as good as years past but is good enough to get a limit or two. Fishing for smaller redfish has been the bulk of my fishing the past few months. I have been using a variety of soft plastic lures including tubes, flukes, shad tails and shrimp. I've located a number of pockets that have been holding decent sized snook which is uncommon for the area that i've been fishing. They have been hitting a soft plastic "goby" lure. The forecast for the next few weeks should be similar. Most of February is fishing for redfish, specks and snook. Bigger redfish should become more common as the water warms near the end of this month. Snook fishing will get much better as the baitfish start to show up on the flats. Good Luck, Capt. Scott Hughes Blackwater Charters 941-628-4247 cell