Items filtered by date: September 2013
Thursday, Oct 31 2013

Homosassa Trout & Reds...

Day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club and today Duke and Gail were my guests. We loaded up just after 8am and made our way Homosassa-South. We worked the shallow kelp grass beds again and caught some really large trout. We boated five, but three of them were over 20". DOA glow shrimp deadly combos were the baits of choice. The tide started rolling in and we made our way North to fish some of the outer keys for red fish. Duke caught a real nice keeper, but the other six were all a little short on one end. A fun day and I thank you all for the great couple of days. Here's Gail with a fine Homosassa trout... Capt. Dan
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Wednesday, Oct 30 2013

Chazz Trout....

A picture perfect day out of Homosassa and I had the pleasure of having Georgia and Allen on board for a great day of trout fishing. I was at the the Homosassa Fishing Club with my best friends Capts. Mark Zorn, William Toney, Rick Spratt, Jonathan Hamilton and Jody Johnson. My crew had the hot rods and we caught some beautiful trout. We drifted the shallow kelp grass beds and DOA glow shrimp and bourbon colored Lil' Johns were the bait of choice. We were top boat today with 12 keeper trout before shore lunch, then finished off our limit with a quick 30 minute drift to end the day. I can't thank you all enough for the great day and congratulations on a fine catch... Capt. Dan
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Tuesday, Oct 29 2013

Crystal River Bumpy Gags....

Definitely a bumpy ride to catch those grouper today, but it was well worth it. Today was a fun day with Virginia and Doug and they have been some great friends and clients. We left from Pete's Pier Marina and we were only able to make it out a mile or so, but we hit some of my old stand by trolling holes and found some nice quality gags. Fire tiger was the color plug for the day and we also picked up a nice pair of keepers casting on the shallow rocks. We had our limit by noon and we called it a day. Thank you both for a fun time and letting me catch a couple too... Capt. Dan
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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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Saturday, Oct 26 2013

Crystal River Chilly Trout...

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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Friday, Oct 25 2013

In the Woods....

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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Wednesday, Oct 23 2013

Cold Front Blues....

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
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This will probably be the last offshore trip for a couple days with a gusty cold front approaching. I was so glad to get in today's trip with my great returning clients Doug, Aaron and Jake. Grouper was on the menu and we made our run to some shallow ledges and when the tide got right, we had our limit in a matter of minutes. Trolling Rapala X-raps did their job once again and the sweet spot for trolling has been 4.2mph lately. The guys did great catching a fine limit of grouper and we even released a few on a new honey hole I stumbled on. We ran back inshore, added a couple trout to the mix and called it a day. Great action and a great time - I look forward to seeing you all again soon... Capt. Dan
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Another outstanding day with Phil on board and I don't believe you could have asked for a more perfect day. We started today's Crystal River charter making our way to the grouper grounds and trolling up some gags. The action was great and would have been even better, but we had to battle the floating grass for a little while. Phil had his limit and we ran to one of my favorite rocks and the Spanish mackerel were eating the bottom out of the boat. As we hooked the mackerel, the mangrove snapper came off the bottom and were in a frenzy. I was catching the snapper and Phil was taking care of business on the macks. With our arms sore and catching and releasing several others, we called it a day. Today was definitely one to remember and I can't thank you enough for such a great time. Here's Phil with another outstanding catch to take back to Pennsylvania... Capt. Dan
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A foggy start to this mornings Crystal River Charter and Phil was back in town from Pennsylvania, ready to catch some fish. We began today's trip casting plugs on the shallow ledges and in just a matter of minutes, Phil had his limit of beautiful grouper. On our next stop, we anchored on the rocks and filled the cooler with a mixed bag of groceries for a few fish fry's for Phil to take home. The action was great and to top off the day, we drifted the shallow "yellow" hard bottom areas off the keys and topped off a fine limit of trout. It was as good as it gets today and I can't thank you enough for an excellent day. Here's Phil with quite the catch... Capt. Dan
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