So much for the 40% chance of rain today and we got soaked. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today fishing the Scott party with my good friends Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, Clay Shidler and Jonathan Hamilton. Riland, Chip and Bill were with me for the day and with a good morning incoming tide, we found some red fish. The action was very good on the outer points using free lined live shrimp and we had a double digit day. The guys caught some nice lower slot red fish and then we had to run from the rain storms the rest of the day. All the other boats did good as well and I thank the entire group for the fun time... Capt. Dan
A beautiful day with great clients and friends. Mishel & Earl joined me once again out of Crystal River for fish catching day. Grouper was on the menu and we anchored up on one of my favorite shallow ledges in 12ft of water and sent down the baits. The bite was on immediately and in short order we put a couple fine gags in the box, a couple break offs and a pair of fun size cobia. I could feel it was time to give trolling a try, so we ran out a few more miles and put out the plugs. Mishel caught a fine pair of a gag grouper to top off their limit and on the way back to shore; she added a hefty 34" red fish to end the day. A great time as always and I thank you both again... Capt. Dan
It's not to often I get a cancellation, but I did for today's charter and I had the chance to fish with some good friends and do some grouper digging. You would think I would have a bunch of fish in the freezer being a full time guide, but believe it or not - I was down to two fillets. So, for a fun day, I was able to do a grocery run with my great long time friends Randy and Gary and catch some goodies. For today's trip, we fished some shallow rocks for mangrove snapper and also ran to the 30ft range for the grouper. Both locations fished very well and we did encounter many more short red grouper today, but still several nice keepers to go along with them. It was a fun day with some good laughs and bent rods - I thank you both again for the great day... Capt. Dan
Not a ripple on the gulf today and it made for a smooth ride running offshore. Rick, Tim and Mario were with me for another Crystal River charter and we headed to the grouper grounds. A quick stop on the flats to fill the well with pin fish and our next stop was anchoring down on the grouper. The team sent down a combination of pin fish and cut thread fin herring and the bite was on. Doubles and triples, and in just an hour, the guys had their limit. I looked at my watch and it was 10:30am. Wow, what a bite and what a day! Thank you all for a fun couple of days and congratulations on two great days of fishing... Capt. Dan