A day for me to get creative on the grouper fishing, as it was howling pretty good right out of the West for some rough conditions. I had the Miller party on board out of the Plantation on Crystal River and grouper was on the menu. I was a bit worried with the rough conditions, so we took our time running to a depression I've caught some grouper trolling before. Well, as luck would have it; we anchored beautifully on the transition and sent down some live pin fish. The bite was really excellent and we went 4 for 11 on grouper bites, while hooking and loosing some hefty fish while doing so. The seas were rocking us around pretty good and to finish up the afternoon, we added a couple red fish to the day and were back at the Plantation just after 1pm. A very fun day and I thank you all for the great time... Capt. Dan
The weather didn't look the best for us this morning running out the Crystal River, so I had to stay inside and find some up close gags. Joe and Joanne were on board for their second grouper trip in two weeks and once again, grouper was on the menu. To be honest, I was really worried with the weather the way it was, so I made a quick 3 mile run to a shallow ledge and it was loaded. We went three for six on the first spot and moved a couple hundred yards down it, to find our fourth fish to get our limit. The white caps started rolling in and it got rough in a hurry. We spent the rest of the day inshore poking around and I thank you both for a great day... Capt. Dan
One of those special days today when the action was incredible and we had a ball. Myself and my great friend Capt. Clay Shidler fished the ladies team of 3 anglers on each boat out of the Plantation on Crystal River. Grouper was the main feature for today's trip and we fished the 12ft range off Crystal River. We anchored up on a low profile rock and the bite was on. Six beautiful grouper came on board using a combination of thread fin herring and live pin fish. A mix of mangrove snapper and grunts also kept us busy, before we ran inshore to hit the tide for the red fish. Back inside, the red fish action was terrific and today was just one of those very memorable days to be on the water. Thank you all for the outstanding time and I look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan
Not the day to go offshore grouper fishing, so for plan B we tackled the red fish. I had the Platz team on board again in hopes of running offshore, but with the storms the way they were hovering off the coast; we stayed inshore. I took the team jumping point to point and free lining live shrimp, we loaded up on the red fish. Beautiful slot sized reds came on board and even an over slot too. A great 1/2 day Crystal River charter and with a limit of red fish, we beat the storms in to call it a day. Thank you all for the fun time and I look forward to next year.. Capt. Dan