A great day on the shallow grouper grounds with my man Pat on board again for his last grouper day of the year. Today was a fun day as we jumped rock to rock picking up some nice grouper along and along. Rapala F-18 plugs were the flavor of the day and with the water as clear as it is; we were just about sight fishing the grouper. Today was the last day for the federal waters grouper season and tomorrow will be the last for state waters. I hope the weather holds for one more day and I thank you Pat for the fun time... Capt. Dan
Today I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club for a 1/2 day of fishing and afternoon shore-lunch with the Craft party and I took my team to catch some grouper. I had Lindsey and Frank for the day and we hop scotched from rock to rock picking on some nice gag grouper. Lindsey had never caught shallow water grouper before; so he took the rod for the majority of the day and cast up several grouper. We ended up by noon with some fine keepers and quite a few fun sized one before my self and the other guides cooked up a fine shore-lunch. Always a fun time with the Craft party and here's Lindsey with his second cast and a nice Homosassa gag grouper... Capt. Dan
A really fun day with Emory on board and he had requested a grouper trip. I met him at the Plantation on Crystal River and we made our way to some trolling areas. The bite was steady throughout the day, but for some reason the short gags were the ones hitting our lines. Eventually the keepers came on board and Emory had a beautiful pair of gag grouper to take home for dinner. We added a couple grunts and sea bass to the catch and I thank you for the great time... Capt. Dan
What another blessed day offshore and wow, was it ever a beautiful one. John and Mark joined me today and with the forecast looking perfect for going offshore; we did just that. I trolled some various areas and the team brought in their four keepers, and we had a couple get the best of us too. After our great grouper catch, I anchored on some scattered rocks and we had a ball bending the rod with grunts, more grouper and sea bass. Live shrimp on knocker rigs did the trick for them. To finish up this picture perfect day, we drifted the kelp grass patches and added a couple fine trout. I thank you both again for the fun time and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan