A fun crew on board today out of the Best Western resort on Crystal River and Bill and Brian joined me for the day. I picked the guys up from the dock at 8am and we made our way south, with a great incoming tide. We hit a couple red fish points to the south, found a keeper and a few under slot ones; before we ran offshore and jigged up some trout. I reached the 8ft depth range and worked the spotty bottom areas with MirrOlure Lil' Johns for our trout. While running home, I spotted a nice triple tail on a crab bouy, but the hooked pulled when I set it " my fault on that one".... A fun time with some great guys and I look forward to fishing with your group tomorrow... Capt. Dan
A fun group on board from the Villages and Phil, Jack and Bob go to experience fishing Crystal River for the first time. Some of the guys had never saltwater fished in our area, and it was a treat to show them around. To fish as much time as possible, we drifted the flats just off the Gomez rocks area and found some nice keeper trout. Root beer Lil' Johns were the baits of the day, but the bite wasn't hot and heavy. I had a great morning with you guys and enjoy the fresh trout fillets... Capt. Dan
It isn't very often I wish for wind, but we sure could have used a little today. Richard, Tommy and Adam were on board with me today out of Crystal River and we made our way back offshore. "NOT" a ripple on the big pond made it a bit tough to cover some water, but we moved around little by little and did well. Several trout, sea bass, grouper, flounder, sharks and lady fish filled out out drifts and we had plenty of action. Once again the root beer Lil' Johns did their job on 1/8th oz jig heads. We released another fine gag grouper and had a hefty cobia interested on a jerk bait, but wouldn't commit. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you in the future... Capt. Dan
Happy Cinco de Mayo, and what a great day it was. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club with my great friend Capt. Mark Zorn and we had the pleasure of fishing the Craft party. Calm seas and a light breeze made for ideal conditions drifting offshore to find some trout. We teamed up and drifted the spotty bottom areas West of Homosassa in the 8ft range and had some great action. Both boats had a fine limit of trout, several sea bass and even caught and released some keeper sized gags. Root beer MirrOlure Lil' Johns were the baits today and I can't thank you all enough for the great time. Here's the gang with today's catch... Capt. Dan