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With Capt. Scott Hughes

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This page illustrates some of the fine fishing in Southwest Florida for tarpon, snook, redfish and a host of other fish species. Most are from guided fishing charters but a few are from my own fishing trips. Check out my homepage for fishing charter information. 

This redfish came from deep in the backcountry of Charlotte Harbor. (January fun fishing )

We caught this nice sailfish just offshore of Jupiter. (June fun fishing)

This Punta Gorda tarpon was well over 100 pounds. (March fishing charter)

This 17 pound jack crevelle  put up quite a battle on 20-pound test. (March fishing charter)

a nice slot sized snook in Southwest Florida. (April fishing charter)

Sharks like this spinner shark are common catches while charter fishing in the spring. ( Pine Island Shark Fishing, April fishing charter)

These 15-18 pound king mackerel were caught off Boca Grande during their spring migration. They make another run in the fall. (Charlotte Harbor fishing charter)

This 40-inch snook hit a live sardine. (Punta Gorda, June fishing charter)

We catch small tarpon like this 25 pounder on plugs in the summer. (Punta Gorda, June fun fishing)

"Beach Tarpon" off Sanibel. We catch tarpon along the beaches from May until as late as October sometimes. (July tarpon fishing charter)

Mahi Mahi on fly. This 6 pounder hit about 3 miles offshore. (Jupiter, July fun fishing)

Another sailfish that we caught this summer. This one hit a free lined sardine off Juno Beach. (July fun fishing)

  Fishing for tarpon in Charlotte Harbor is a blast! Alan Biller captured this great shot of a late season tarpon in Charlotte Harbor. This one hit a 5-inch plastic lure. (August tarpon fishing charter, Punta Gorda)

Alan also got in on the action with this 34-inch, 13-pound snook. ( Pine Island, August snook fishing charter)

Kirk Zucal shows off a nice keeper snook. (Punta Gorda, April snook fishing charter)

Adam Zucal with a pair of spanish mackerel caught on topwater lures. (Punta Gorda, April fishing charter)

Big redfish like this one are a hand full to get out from under heavy mangrove cover. (September flats fishing charter)

More redfish that were caught out of the Charlotte Harbor mangrove shorelines.      (September fishing charter)

A double header on two nice redfish off the beach of Captiva Island. (September fishing charter)

We found these 20 and 16 pound redfish in a school in Charlotte Harbor (Pine Island, October fishing charter)

This 23 pound redfish was part of the school also. (Pine Island, October fishing charter)

The Zucal family came back in November for some more hot fishing action with these big school redfish. (Punta Gorda, November fishing charter)

Triple Header! 3 of about 60 school size redfish we caught that day. (Punta Gorda, November fishing charter)

Low tide fishing in the backcountry of Southwest Florida. (December fishing charter)

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