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I met Brian and Tom at Pete's Pier this morning, to show them how to target trout here in Citrus County. They have recently mover here from down south and I wanted to help them the best I could to find some fish. We covered a lot of techniques from running inshore through the creeks, to the deep grass patches south of Homosassa. DOA deadly combos and a DOA shrimp on a 1/8oz jig head are all thats needed to put trout in the boat. We picked up a couple keepers along the way and plenty of shorts to show the guys how it's done. I really enjoyed the day hearing all the offshore stories they have from the Miami area and talking lobster "which is still fresh in my mind from my recent vacation". Thanks guys and when it starts cooling down we will troll up some grouper. Here are a couple trout from todays trip...Capt. Dan 

Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt and myself had a full day Crystal River charter; with a mix of scalloping and fishing. We picked up the Dr. Crymes charter at the Best Western and started the day with the underwater Easter egg hunt. The scalloping is truly fantastic and all 3 boats did a superb job. For some of the group today, this was there first time scalloping and are ready to go again. After cleaning our scallop limits, we ran offshore a couple miles and caught some beautiful trout. DOA deadly combos in the holographic watermelon shrimp color on a chartreuse jig head did the trick. We had 10 keepers to finish up the afternoon and the other boats did about the same. We finished up the day cleaning the fish at Pete's Pier and fed the tarpon which is always a highlight. Thanks to everyone for a special day and look forward to seeing you all again... Capt. Dan

Wow, what a great day!  The Masi family joined me for there first Crystal River scalloping experience. We loaded up in two places off St. Martins Keys, and had our 10 gallon limit around noon. The kids enjoyed seeing all the marine life and a big thanks to mom and dad for helping with the cleaning process. Here is the family with a cooler full and thanks for a fun day...Capt. Dan

I met a great family today at the Plantation resort on the Crystal River. Tina and her son, Chase, wanted to do some inshore fishing, so I recommended targeting trout. This species is a sure bet right now, so they said "lets go". It was a little rough and there were some storms around, so we stayed in the salt river area and fished the kelp beds and oyster bars.  It was steady action all morning with my favorite go to bait, the DOA deadly combos in the glow color. Numerous shorts and a handfull of keepers made for a great busy morning. Tina has been fishing this area for many years and couln't remeber catching so many fish in such a short amount of time. That is a great complimment and I told her I was just doing my job. Thank you for a fun morning and I'll see you again on your next visit to Citrus County. Here is one of today's bigger trout... Capt. Dan 

Scallop season has been going on for several weeks now, but if you haven't gone yet, now is the time to go. The scallops have had time to grow and now the meat is much larger and less boat traffic makes for a more enjoyable day. I picked up Karen and her friend Mark from the Plantation resort on the Crystal River and off we were to the scallop grounds. We ran south of Homosassa again and it was easy pickins. The tide was out going and the low water made for perfect conditions. We kept about 4 gallons which was plenty for a meal and I gave them a memorable boat ride through the creeks on the way home. Thank you both for a great day and here is Karen with the first haul of scallops... Capt. Dan

I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today for a 1/2 day fishing and scalloping charter. Myself and Captains Mark Zorn, William Toney, Charlie Harris, and Rick Spratt enjoyed a great day with the Tom West party from Atlanta. The tide was making high mid morning, so we all caught our redfish before noon and we finished up the day chasing down the scallops. We ran south of Homosassa several miles to get away from the scallop fleet and we loaded up. Each boat did fantastic and we were the top boat with almost seven gallons in just a couple hours. The storms were around once again and we called the day a little short. We all safetly came in Mason Creek and out ran the bad weather. We are all set to do it again tomorrow and here is Justin with one of the redfish of the morning, a beautiful 26" Homosassa redfish... Capt. Dan