Definitely not grouper weather for the next couple of days, so for plan B; it's trout time. A hard NE wind is going to be here for a couple days and make it difficult to go offshore. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club fishing the Smith party with my great friends Capts. Rick Spratt, Mark Zorn and William Toney and despite the terrible wind, the trout bite was awesome. We all targeted the shallow flats just off the keys with DOA deadly combo rigs and did well. We basically made long drifts and picked up a couple keepers each drift. The conditions eventually got to us just after 1pm, and we all called it a day. Here's part of the teams catch and we thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan
Two great days fishing the Euart party out of the Homosassa fishing club with the Captains teams of Zorn, Toney, Long and Spratt. The trout action was quite good in the kelp patches in 3ft of water off Homosassa Bay and glow DOA jerk baits did the trick. I did pick up a couple grouper on Saturday casting plugs on the shallow rocks and even had one rip the hooks right out of a Rapala f18 right next to the boat. Sunday was another good trout day and we wrapped up the afternoon with a fine Homosassa Shore Lunch. Always a great trip and we look froward to seeing you next time... Capt. Dan
White caps on the big pond again today with Joe and Joanne on board and the team had some fun tackling grouper. It was quite choppy reaching the mouth of Crystal Bay, so we stayed inside and worked some shallow ledges in the 6ft to 8ft range. We put out a spread of thread fin herring and produced a beautiful 19lb gag in 7ft of water. The winds calmed enough to run to 12ft and we anchored on one of my favorite spots. Well, the big ones got the best of us, but Joanne did turn a hefty nurse shark which was a great tug of war to wrap up the day. I thank you both as always for the great time and I look forward to seeing you all again very soon... Capt. Dan
The last two days the grouper have been a bit tough and I've definitely been working for the ones we've got. I had the Bennett team on board today and we hung in there and had a good catch. The water clarity has gone down hill lately with the West wind, which makes trolling not to favorable. So, bottom fishing has been the plan and live pin fish have been producing the bites. I moved around to various ledges today and picked up a couple here and there to fill out the day. There was quite a bit of slow time between bites, but we toughed it out. Thank you all as always for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan