A quick red fish bite this morning for John and Brian, but the keeper trout were non existent. We left from Pete's Pier Marina just before 9am, ran out to the keys and fish on! The guys caught a nice pair of slot sized red fish in a matter of minutes and I said lets go find some trout (so I thought). We tried several places inshore and caught plenty of under slot trout, but I was cursed and couldn't produce a keeper today. The winds finally calmed around noon but by then, it was time to head in from our 1/2 day charter. I thank you guys for all your hard work and we'll find those trout next time. Here's Brian with his first red fish... Capt. Dan
Some day's are better than others, but today sure was a tough one. Mark joined me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and leaving the dock, the West breeze was already greeting us. We ran out the back way down the salt river to avoid as much chop as possible. Once we reached the open gulf, I knew that running offshore to where the majority of the fish are was not going to happen. So, we made the best of it and began drifting the shallow flats picking up a handful of keeper trout. The bite was quite slow and really only a few short trout were caught as well. The few trout we did catch were on bourbon Lil Johns and glow DOA jerk baits. We had a good time even though the catch was down and I'll look forward to fishing with you again in the near future... Capt. Dan
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We were off to the deep grass patches on today's charter with Chris on board, and we did fine. I picked up Chris at his home on the Crystal River and we tried a few places in hopes of finding a tarpon this morning, but no signs for us today. With no tarpon showing themselves, we throttled down and ran offshore. Loaded with bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns on hand, we targeted the spotty bottom grass patches in 10ft of water to find our trout. We had a lot of variety of species including, red and gag grouper, sea bass, sheepshead, lady fish, sharks etc... to keep us busy. We called it a day just after 2pm and I thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan
A very special couple of days with one of my mentors that helped me get going in the business, Capt. Mike Locklear and we had a blast. Mike is retired and moved out of the area, but is always excited to spend some time on his old home waters. We've had this trip planned for quite a while and Mike loves to chase these tarpon as much as I do. We checked some of his old stomping grounds, some of mine and today, we were able to get one to cooperate. We took turns throwing the fly and luckily I was up and able to connect. A wonderful fight, some great pictures and we watched her swim away. I thank you Mike for a fun couple of days and here's yours truly, in the heat of the battle... Capt. Dan
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