A beautiful day offshore Crystal River and what an excellent charter. Skip, Chuck and David were back for their annual fall grouper trip and the grouper were in the mood for Rapala x-raps. The guys trolled up a quick limit of grouper and by 11am, we were heading to the rocks to catch a bunch of grunts for their church fish fry. The action was non-stop with grunts, snapper and a bonus pompano to add to their catch. With a cooler full of fish, we called it a day; but not before we picked up a hefty triple-tail on a crab buoy to end our trip. A fantastic day and I can't thank you all enough. Here's the gang with a fine mixed catch... Capt. Dan
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Three layers deep this morning going out the river this morning and it was a chilly ride. Tom was with me for the day in the Silver King and we found some skinny water trout. The action wasn't fast, but we picked up a couple here and there. Glow DOA jerk baits over the shallow hard bottom areas was the bait of the day. Once the tide dropped out, we poled the flats and saw a couple red fish, but they were few and far between. A great time and I enjoyed spending the day with you. Here's Tom with the first keeper of the day on a DOA glow jerk bait... Capt. Dan
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A great couple hour trip with my good friend Capt. Randy Hodges and we were deep in the "woods", looking for some red fish. I haven't ran my skiff in some time due to the fantastic grouper action, but it was great to be back in it. We poled the far East side of Ozello and went three for six on red fish. Baby bass colored jerk bats were the baits of choice, we took a few pictures and released them. Thanks bud for a fun morning and look forward to doing it again soon... Capt. Dan
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A slow one today and we kind of expected it with the big weather change and high winds. Phil was with me for his final day of a couple day fishing trip and I'm glad the conditions were much better on the first two trips. Today, for the most part, we tucked up in the river, caught a few small snook, lady fish, mangrove snapper and jacks. We made a drift out side the river for a couple trout and that was about it for the fishing action. I showed Phil the rest of the river and springs before we called it a day. A fun few days and I thank you for the great time. Enjoy all the fish and we'll see you next time... Capt. Dan