A fine mixed bag today and a great family to enjoy it. Hunter, Patrick and Phillip joined me today out of the Plantation on Crystal River for a day of bending the rod. I had a nice "much needed" weekend off to rest up for another long stretch and today, I was ready to go get them. Targeting some red fish on the outer keys on the outgoing tide started our day and the young boys each caught a keeper before the water dropped out - and then headed offshore. The shallow rocks were on fire with plenty of snapper, grunts, small gags and four nice keeper flounder kept us busy through out the day. A fun time and I thank you all for the great trip. Here's Hunter with one of our beautiful Crystal River flounder.. Capt. Dan
Good news offshore anglers, I just received an email from NOAA fisheries and they extended the red grouper season to Oct.4th. This year the season was to close on Sept. 16th, but based upon updated landings; the season is extended. Red grouper action has been excellent in 30ft-45ft of water. Good fishing.. Capt. Dan
Today was a day that you dream about and thankfully it was my day. I filmed an upcoming show with my great friend Capt. Bill Miller for the World Fishing Network and we found the gags. We fished the shallow rocks and caught some heavy weight gags and some other surprises. The show will air some time in 2015, so stay tuned and I "KNOW" you'll enjoy it.... Capt. Dan
A fine day on the water off Crystal River today with Bill and Kerry. These gentlemen did very well landing some fine shallow water grouper fishing the 10ft range, and there were some really quality sized gags. While in between the grouper bites, the snapper and grunts kept us busy as well with non stop action. Live shrimp on Hank Brown jig heads were the baits of choice. To wrap up the day, the guys had a fine catch of trout drifting the spotty bottom in the 7ft depth range. A great day and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan