A stressful ride on the gulf today with extremely dense sea fog to contend with, but we had a good day. David and Ron were on board for the day and I must say thank you guys, for putting up with the wet conditions. The crew and I did made it offshore with some help from my stone crab buddies running the radar and we got on the sheepshead. The incoming tide bite was great and the sheepshead were biting real well. However, when it turned to go out, it was slow. We left the sheepshead and picked up a nice trout on the inside to end the day. I had a great with you both and lets hope for "drier" weather next time... Capt. Dan
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I'm so glad today's charter worked out. Ed and his daughter Emma were my guests today and after they had vehicle trouble this morning, we were able to save the afternoon. We made it off the dock at noon from Pete's Pier Marina and with a pretty good high tide, I made a quick stop to find a couple trout. The trout bite was great on DOA glow jerk baits and Ed caught a nice bonus red fish in the same area. The seas were like glass and our next stop were the sheepshead grounds. I hammered down until we hit the 20ft range and once we sent down our Blue Water Bait and Tackle live shrimp, the sheepshead were in a frenzy. They did great and ended the day with a fine catch. Thank you both for a fun afternoon and enjoy all the fish... Capt. Dan
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Well, my boys on board today earned their catch, that's for sure and with out a doubt; it was the coldest trip of the year... Jay, Jim, Tim and Tommy were my guest out of Crystal River and we spent the day on the sheepshead grounds. To start the day, my boat was iced over and it took a little while for it to defrost. Around 9am, the gang loaded up and we made our way offshore. It was a cold ride to say the least, but we made it and began dropping down on some sheepshead. The action was quite slow and a couple keepers came on board, but we were working for them. We ended the day with enough fish for the guys to have a nice dinner and have their catch prepared at Oysters in Crystal River. Thank you guys for hanging in there and look forward to a future "warmer" trip... Capt. Dan
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Happy fish today folks..... Joe was my solo guest today and he had a day. Leaving from Pete's Pier Marina, we made our initial run offshore and got on the sheepshead. I knew there was a cold front on its way and our time would be limited to stay on the out side. We hit a couple rocks and caught a few keepers, before the line of rain came through. With the rain approaching, I made it safe to the Salt River bridge and we waited out the rain. The skies cleared after an hour and we were back fishing and catching some really nice trout. DOA glow jerk baits, MirrOlure MirrOdines and Unfair Lures plugs were all working very well. Joe and I finished off a limit of trout and released few over the slot, to end the day. I thank you bud for fun time and look forward to next time... Capt. Dan