15 MPH Trout....
Another windy one on the big pond and it was a steady 15mph South wind all day. Scotty and Greg were my team and they did really well. We jigged in the 8ft range with MirrOlure Lil' Johns and found a fine limit of trout. The tide wasn't really good for much on the inside, so we called it a day with a fine catch... Capt. Dan
Crystal River Releasing Snook...
The rain got us today, but we had some fun before we got wet. I had the Weeks family on board and they had a ball. We started the trip putting a couple nice trout on ice and quality fish as well. I knew we didn't have a bunch of time before the weather hit us, so there was enough tide to run inshore and let the team all catch there first snook. The snook action was great and everyone caught a couple. The rain chased us in and we had a fun one. I thank you all and here's Em with her first snook... Capt. Dan
Breezy Trout...
A breezy one out there for Chuck and Rena and we did well on the trout. The tide was a weak one today so for sure fire action, I said lets do the trout plan. Well, it worked out really well and we had a limit by 11am using Lil' Johns. I did make a stop inshore and Rena caught her first snook, but just not enough tide movement to get the red fish going. I thank you both and great catch... Capt. Dan
Last day Snook...
Well today was my last day of the spring 2021 snook season as I have to do treatment tomorrow and the season ends Friday. Terry and Corey were my guest and a fine catch was had. Offshore trout filled out our morning and they were fired up. Lots of action with under sized fish, plus some real quality keepers. On the inside, the snook bite was superb and they kept us busy for the afternoon. I thank you both and everyone for a very successful snook season.... Capt. Dan. I'll be back on the water next week.
Triple Limit...
We sealed the deal on the big three today for our inshore slam of trout, red fish and snook. Brian and Corey were my team and they did really well. A nice trout limit began our day and on the inside, we found our reds and snooks. The red fish were on and we caught and released about 6 nice slot fish to wrap up our slam. I thank you both and great job... Capt. Dan
Monday Trout & Snook...
A great start to the week with the Sans team on board. Tony, Steve and Ray did well as we stared the day jigging up some trout. Watermelon colored Lil' johns did the job on the trout and we soon enough headed back inshore for a couple snook. The snook were a little tricky today and it definitely took some work to get them going. We did though and everyone has a snook dinner. A great day and I thank you all... Capt. Dan
Hot Homosassa...
A couple good days in Homosassa with the West party and for breezy conditions we did well. Thursday and Friday both consisted of some tough fishing, but my teams did great. We did well on trout and each trip produced a keeper snook. A fine shore lunch was included by myself and fellow guides Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, John Hamilton and Mike Baize. We always fish as a great team and I thank you all... Capt. Dan
Crystal River Trout and Reds...
A post front day with Shane and Randy and we did well considering the tough conditions. Gusty NE winds didn't allow for much water to come in, but we made the best of it. Some nice trout started out trip, but Shane requested redfish on the half shell for dinner; so I changed gears and we found some nice ones. I pulled up to one point and on the East side, we boated a nice limit of upper slot reds on shrimp on a jig head. A couple try's for snook, but no takers and we called it a day. I thank you both and here's Shane with a perfect upper slot red.... Capt. Dan
Whopper Snook....
Big snook of the season for the Short family on board and Jeanne landed a whopper. Today's trip was good as we had a nice mix of trout, snook and a red fish. The highlight though, was Jeanne doing a heck of a job turning and landing a snook of a lifetime. She kept it out of the mangroves and when we put her on the scale, it read 22lbs and over 40". A true trophy and I thank you all for the great day... Capt. Dan
The Boys...
A little blowy on the big pond today and it made fishing a bit tough. I had the "boys," Lauren, Larry and Big Fish Bob on board from the Villages and they always make me proud. We had a couple keeper trout and released a bunch for the morning hours. Once again we headed inshore as the tide turned and found a snook a man and called it a day. You guys are always a blast and I thank you all... Capt. Dan