If you're a fisherman, you either love the full moon tides or don't. I personally like them for red fishing, but grouper can be a bit tough with the large volume of water moving. However, the bite usually gets good though on the slack periods. Today Clell and Lee joined me for the day and we were able to troll up a quick keeper gag, before we hit the keys for red fish. The red fishing was good today and we did have to work for the keepers we had. Lots and lots of under slot fish kept us busy and it's always nice to see our up and coming red fish in good numbers. A great day with you both as always, and look forward to seeing you next time... Capt. Dan
The trout bite was not happening for us today with only one keeper, but the red fish and grouper were on. Bart, Jim and Richard were with me for the day and what a fun day. We tried drifting for trout for a couple hours off the keys, however they did not want to cooperate. The red fish on the other hand were awesome. The team caught double digit red fish and free lined live shrimp were the baits of the day. To end the trip, the seas calmed and we trolled up a pair of fine gags to take back to Pete's Pier. Thank you all for the great day and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan
The weather forecast was a bit off today and the seas were definitely not 2ft or less. However, Brad and Aaron joined me for the day and we targeted some shallow water grouper on some near shore locations. The south winds have pushed the floating grass back to the North off Crystal River which made trolling just about impossible. We did catch one fish right away on a clean drag, but the rest of our charter we bottom fished. A a team we turned a couple keepers, several short gags and released five cobia. Cut thread fin herring were the baits of the day and thank you guys for your patience and "sea legs". Here's Brad and Aaron with some fine Crystal River grouper... Capt. Dan
Today was our annual Capital City Bank trip headed up by Capt. Jim long and myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Jonathan Hamilton, William Toney and Don Chancey were the guides. I had Ray, Alley and Joe on board for the day and once again we ran south to catch some trout for our noon shore lunch. The trout bite was fair and all the boats averaged 1/2 a dozen keepers before the lunch departure. With plenty of fish in the cooler, we pulled up to the Suarez house at Hell's gate and prepared an awesome feast. Fried fish, bacon, gator meat, hush puppies, Cole slaw and beans - it was fantastic. Another great trip was had by all and I thank you all for the great time. Here's a picture of one of our shore lunch specials... Capt. Dan