Yes, another cold front came through last night and we had to keep the jackets on all day today. Ron and Jack were my guests on board for today's full day Crystal River Charter and the trout bite turned on for us late in the day. During the morning hours, the action was slow with only a hand full of short trout and lady fish keeping our lines tight. Jack picked up a pompano to get the skunk off the boat and slowly keeper trout started trickling in. The sun warmed the gulf a degree or two and we worked the shallow flats with DOA jerk baits to catch our keepers. The guys finished strong with a fine catch and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan
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Wes, Nicki and Brooke joined me for a 1/2 day Crystal River Charter today and we lucked into some more healthy trout. Leaving from Pete's Pier Marina just before 9am, with caught the last of the incoming tide and fished a couple hours of the outgoing. We ran a ways south and worked some of the bays inside the keys with DOA jerk baits and my crew landed six beautiful keeper trout. A couple shorts kept us busy as well and we lost several other really nice trout at boat side. Some day's they just seem to come unbuttoned. It was a great morning and I thank you all for the great time. Here's Wes with a 24" gator that started the day... Capt. Dan
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We hit it out of the park today! Myself and Capt. Mark Zorn fished the Kilebrew party for an excellent day of Crystal River Fishing. I had Bob, Greg and Brad on board and the trout fishing couldn't have been better. From the oyster bars to the rock piles, the trout action was excellent. My team primarily used MirrOlure Lil' Johns in the new Bourbon color (I really like this color, and so do the fish) on 1/8th oz DOA cal jig heads. We had some added bonus species for the day including snook, pompano and Spanish mackerel. The entire group did oustanding with both boats bringing in their limit of trout and Capt. Z had several more macks to end the day. I thank you all for the great time and for more pictures, please visit the Crystal River Fishing facebook page... Capt. Dan
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We got rained on a little today, but it didn't slow my solo guest Fernand down from a great days fishing. I met Fernand at Pete's Pier Marina this morning and we shoved off in hopes of a limit of trout. The day began using jerk baits around the shallow oyster bars and in less the 20 minutes, we had 6 beautiful trout to show for our efforts. The quality of the trout were great and a couple were over the 20" mark. We left the shallows and worked a variety of rock piles around some spoil islands and finished up our limit. Glow and bourbon were today's hot colors and to end the day, we even released a couple more trout on DOA deadly combos. I thank you for a wonderful day and enjoy the fresh fish... Capt. Dan
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