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To finish out this outstanding week, I  had John on board out of Pete's Pier for a full day Crystal River charter. We spent the morning catching our trout limit and just having some good fishing fun. We ran to the 10ft grass patches and it was steady action all morning. Using a combination of DOA shrimp and CAL jigs we had our trout by noon. After our trout limit we ran to a rock pile in 15ft of water to find a grouper. Well, we did and we actually ran out of live bait. The only problem was they all averaged 20" to 21 1/2" and with the minimum size having to be 22" John wasn't able to add a grouper to this trout catch. We did have a great time catching the shorts and a 20" grouper pulls plenty hard and makes for a great fight. Thanks for the great day and hope you enjoy tonight's trout dinner... Capt. Dan

The trout were in a feeding mood today. I had a 1/2 day charter out of Pete's Pier and Dave, Bill, John and Larry joined me for an outstanding morning. The river was crazy with the scalloping bunch, so we ran out salt river to avoid the mess. Our first stop offshore produced 5 keepers and plenty of shorts to keep us on our toes. The bite slowed a little and we ran quite a bit south to a new area I have been wanting to try. Well, I'm glad I did. It was steady keepers and very few shorts. The 1/8 oz chartreuse jig head on a DOA shrimp continues to be the top producer. The guys said they had plenty for dinner so we called it a day. I thank you all for the great time and here's today trout haul... Capt. Dan

With a steady 10 mph SE breeze blowing today, the bite was on. I had Dan on board out of Pete's Pier for a 1/2 day of inshore action. We did a little bit of everything from chasing tarpon, catching trout and ending the day with a red fish. The tarpon were in the river and saw several rolling, but once again no takers, so we ran off shore and had no problem catching several trout, flounder, sea bass and a variety of other species. The tide was rushing in, so we ran to the keys and our first cast we had our red fish. It was a perfect morning and thanks Dan for all the good fishing information from up around the great lakes area. Look forward to your next visit to Florida and thanks for a great day... Capt. Dan

The last couple of days have been a little tough. I had a grouper charter yesterday and the seas for the majority of the day made it difficult to run offshore. We did have a great day catching fish. Numerous short grouper, grunts and sea bass kept us busy, but only one keeper grouper made its way into the cooler (forgot my camera). The crew was feeling a little sick due to the conditions, so we called it a day, and we will give it another try when it cools down a little. Today I had Ron. Bruce and Gordon out of Pete's Pier for a fun day of catching trout. We left the marina at 8am and ran offshore to the deep grass patches and the bite was on. We caught short after short trout, but the keepers were a little hard to come by. We did manage 9 keepers today and I thank you guys for all your hard work. The DOA holographic root beer shrimp was the color of choice today. With no breeze and a slow incoming tide makes fishing a little tough this time of year. Here are the guys with there well deserved catch and thanks again... Capt. Dan

The bite was on today! I had Sarah and Jeremy on board out of Pete's Pier on the Crystal River for a great full day charter. The tides were perfect for redfishing this morning, so we ran to the out side keys and had our limit in no time. A live Pete's Pier shrimp on a DOA cal jig head was the ticket to catching our reds. After our red fish, we ran offshore to the deep grass for non stop action all day. The mixed bag of species tugged on our lines and we boated our angler limit of trout with ease. The DOA holographic watermelon on a chartreuse jig head put them in the boat. It was a fantastic day and I thank you both for a great time. Here is today's great catch... Capt. Dan

The trout bite continues to be as hot as weather. I had Jim and Meao on board today out of Pete's Pier and the fishing was fantastic. We ran to the deeper grass patches and it was non stop action all day. Trout, grouper, lady fish, sea bass etc... were today's mixed bag. The combination of DOA holographic root beer shrimp and a camo gulps were the baits of the day. There were storms to the east and west, but none of them made it our way. Thank you both for a great charter and look forward to this fall when we will go troll up a grouper or two. Here is today's catch... Capt. Dan