Thanks for coming to our web site. I am Captain Rick Featherstone. I have been fishing and guiding local waters for 26 years deep sea fishing. I love to take kids of all ages out to catch fish they have never caught or even seen before. Helping a angler to a personal best, or biggest fish they have ever caught is a great thrill for me. As I head west into the gulf of Mexico each morning I still get the same thrill as I did the first time. There is something special about being out there. Guiding is a job, but it isn't. Its a special gift to be able to share with others the nature & beauty this area has to offer. There is room for beginners or experts aboard my boat. We offer light tackle sport fishing charters using, conventional, spin, plug, or fly equipment. I am a fishing nut and fishing is my passion. I don't fish for the money even though it pays the bills. I just love fishing. I'm the easiest guy to get along with and I will go the extra mile for you. No matter what we are after be it just bending rods for the kids, or that special fish of a lifetime, its always a good time for me.

Family's & first time anglers are great fun to take out. I have not gotten far from my roots so when they see the sights and sounds for the first time I get to experience that feeling again myself. I love toss the cast net for Live Bait, add in a hundred shrimp or so and we have the have the recipe for a fun filled day. Maybe is just a camera and some sunset pictures of birds, or maybe its drifting the calm backwater or working offshore over a wreck. What ever your desire, we can tailor the trip to you. I have two daughters and a grand son "Dylan" that love to fish, and love lots of "bites" so I know how to do that well.

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I love to go with experienced anglers to try our luck at light tackle or fly fishing for big, elusive Tarpon, Permit, Snook, Cobia, Tuna, or King Mackerel. Live baiting, wreck fishing, or working a Tarpon pod along the beach, maybe its casting to a school of 200 Permit is my idea of a good time! If you want to learn about the tides, migrations, weather & how it all fits together with our fishing, I am happy to share my knowledge with you about deep sea fishing.

My enthusiasm for the outdoors and love of fishing will make YOUR day on the water special with Magic Hook Charters. Whether its tossing my cast net for a live well full of pilchards for a day of family fun, or tossing a hand tied fly at permit, tarpon or cuda, I am sure you will have and exciting and enjoyable day on the water with me. I have fished from Costa Rica to Alaska including Hawaii along the way, but nothing holds the variety and year long fishing season as South West Florida. Fishing from Boca Grande to Marco Island we cover it all!

My boat, in my never to be humble opinion is the perfect rig for fishing our area. Its a sleek, Fast, 29'6" SeaVee center console. Twin 225 Outboard engines, T-Top (shade), custom rigged with the very latest of all the fishing features you can pack into it, plus a few! Modern electronics include Color GPS Map, Radar, VHF ship to shore radio, graphing bottom machine (fish finder), EPIRB, & cell phone. These electronics are more than convenience and aids in fishing. They add a great amount of safety to our charters. She holds 250 gallons of gas so our imagination is our only limit. Her live well is 60 gallons. The hull is the perfect combination of soft ride and stable at anchor or drifting that SeaVee is famous for. Plenty of seating room and shade. This is the only boat I have ever ran that feels and fishes bigger than it really is when its gets a bit sloppy offshore. Her draft is still shallow enough so that we can work the canals, beaches, passes, and some of the backwater areas if we want to.

I own all top of the line equipment that is well maintained in excellent condition. When you hook your trophy fish, you will know you are using the best equipment rigged with the best line, leader, & hooks money can buy! I go to great lengths to have the best bait possible. We use lots of Live Bait, but also troll, drift, sight cast, or anchor depending on conditions.

Our fishing area covers from Sanibel island, Fort Myers Florida to Naples including all the waters around Fort Myers Florida. My specialty is offshore fishing. This can be from the beach out to where ever the action is. Fishing around Fort Myers Florida is always fun. Depending on season I love to target giant tarpon average weight one hundred pounds and reaching two hundred. Kingfish, Permit, Barracudas, Cobia, & Sharks, Tuna, make for pictures that last a lifetime. Family's love the non stop reef & wreck fishing for grouper & snapper. Inshore trout, ladyfish, or pompano can make for and action filled day. Your charter will include fishing license, bait, tackle, a cooler full of ice, & fish cleaning, and bagging. Local tradition requires that you bring your lunch & beverage. I will provide the maximum effort to make your day fun and successful. I encourage catch and release fishing.

All Offshore trips are not created equal! On our charters you will be traveling to wrecks, or bottom structure that are rarely fished. We will have LOTS of chum, the BEST bait, equipment, top of the line tackle, and effort on my part to put you on quality fish. Our Tarpon trips are REAL tarpon fishing adventures. I know where the fish are, how they act, what to expect next. I know all of the local tarpon hunters on the water and we keep in contact via radio and cell phone to keep us in the best action of the day. Each trip is rigged and ready with four line classes of tackle for what ever shows up.

Our charters are strictly custom. You get me, the boat and all the gear to yourself. Its your trip we can do it your way! My desire is that you have and exciting day and a good time on the water. If that involves hitting the beach for a swim then that is what happens. If the wind comes up, we go where its calm, YOU choose. If you are a serious angler and want and intense, light tackle adventure, then lets GO! Every charter offers unique chances to see nature and experience things that will imprint your memory with visions that last a lifetime. There is no better quality time with family or friends than fishing in such a great area from Marco to Boca Grande.

Deep Sea fishing in Calm water and big fish!

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