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Friday, Jun 28 2013

Tarpon, On & Off...

Some exciting tarpon charters to end the week, but they were on and off so fast I couldn't get a picture. This week I had the Brue couple on board and the next day the Short family, and both days we had some great tarpon action. Tarpon were rolling all around us and on a few occasions all we had was a quick take or jump and the DOA bait busters came sailing back to us. As many of you know the tarpon mouth is extremely hard and the hook has to set just right. One large tarpon in the 150lb range with the Brue family was on for about 5 minutes, but came unbuttoned as it was coming towards the boat. Just seeing the fish and having some shots sometimes makes the day for a tarpon charter. I thank both families for a fun and very memorable couple of days and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan
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Tuesday, Jun 25 2013

Tarpon Tuesday!!!

Today was the weekly trip with my bride and with tarpon season winding down, we had to give it at least one more try. We covered a lot of ground and saw a few tarpon rolling first thing this morning, but they didn't really get active until the tide turned to come in. Once the tide began rolling, we found a pod of happy fish and I was able to put one in the air. A couple jumps and the DOA bait buster was sent flying back to me. Becky did great getting the action shot and  hopefully we can find one more before the seasons over... Capt. Dan
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Still tough fishing right now with the hot water temperatures, big tide and the bait shops out of shrimp, but we managed to catch a little variety. Today's guests were Bill, Christy and Adam and we spent most of the day jumping from grass patch to grass patch catching a few trout. We would hit a little group here and there, but we encountered mostly shorts and only a couple keepers. We left the trout grind and tried our luck on a couple rock piles and caught some beautiful sea bass, a few grouper and a grunt to add to the mix. With two hours of the tide coming in, we made a couple last minute stops on a few red fish points. We sure had them on, but the oyster bars got the best of us today. I thank you all fun time and always look forward to our charters. Here's Adam and his great grandpa Bill with a couple of today's trout... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, Jun 22 2013

Crystal River, Slow Bite...

One day they are biting like crazy and the next, well I'll just say it was a bit of a slow one. Pete, Jeff and George was on board with me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and we definitely had to work for them. I made the run offshore to the trout grounds and we caught a couple, but not steady at all. We did get in to a large school of jacks and bluefish to keep the rods bent and landed well over a dozen to add to the mix. A couple more trout here and there but with the big tide rushing in, the feed was not on. Before we called it a day, I made a couple stops inshore and we found a nice red fish to end the day. Not a banner trip with big numbers of keepers, but a lot of fun and I really enjoyed having you guys on board. Here's George with the red fish that saved the day... Capt. Dan
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I made the run on today's Crystal River Charter to some of the deepest trout areas I target and they sure are there. I had Lee, Clell and Aaron on board out of Pete's Pier for the day and we headed West. Hot water temperatures in the uppers 80's mean a slow presentation and really, your're dragging your baits. We loaded up with MirrOlure lil' Johns and worked various grass patches from 10ft to 17ft of water. I can't begin to tell you how many short trout we caught, but I know it was well over a hundred and more sharks than I care to mention as well. We did manage several nice keepers before the gulf slicked off and we had to cool down. I made a long run to try and find a tarpon to end the day and we found them immediately. They were happily rolling and we had one on for about 20 seconds before the hook pulled. The storms were coming, so we called it a day just before 3pm. I thank you guys as always and look forward to our next charter... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Jun 20 2013

Sport Fishing Magazine....

A fun day out of the Plantation on Crystal River and myself and Capt. William Toney had the pleasure of hosting Sport Fishing Magazine for the day. They are featuring the Crystal River area for an upcoming story and we had a ball. My group caught several beautiful offshore trout and Stephanie caught her first tarpon. Capt. Toney did great on the trout as well and was in schools of tarpon all day; but couldn't get one to cooperate just right. This is going to be a great story and several other Homosassa Guides Association members are taking the editors fishing from inshore to offshore for additional photographs. Thank you all for a great day and here's our tarpon that got the day started... Capt. Dan
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The red fish action was much better than it has been over the last few trips and today's group caught some nice ones. I had Eric, Andrew and Jim on board for the day out of Pete's Pier Marina for a full day inshore Crystal River charter. The morning began to a steady incoming tide and we found some quality red fish. We did have to move around some and they weren't on any one key. Free lined live shrimp was the bait of choice. Our next stop was trying to get a good trout bite going. (If your planning on targeting trout anytime soon, I suggest running to at least 10ft of water if the weather allows). We caught a couple keepers inshore, but the conditions were a little to bumpy to run offshore to where the action is. We had a nice catch and the gang had a great time. Here's Andrew with his big red fish of the day... Capt. Dan
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Tuesday, Jun 18 2013

Striking Silver....

Another fun day with my bride and we worked hard to chase down a tarpon. For those of you that don't know, my wife's a school teacher and when summers here, she wants to go fishing. Today was one of our scheduled days to fish and we did some running around. We checked the usual locations and saw a couple, but my good friend Capt. Clay Shidler gave me a hot lead on an approaching school. We set up the drift, lead the fish and the DOA bait buster did the rest. A great fight, we took some fantasitc pictures and watched her swim away... Capt. Dan
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A quick red fish bite this morning for John and Brian, but the keeper trout were non existent. We left from Pete's Pier Marina just before 9am, ran out to the keys and fish on! The guys caught a nice pair of slot sized red fish in a matter of minutes and I said lets go find some trout (so I thought). We tried several places inshore and caught plenty of under slot trout, but I was cursed and couldn't produce a keeper today. The winds finally calmed around noon but by then, it was time to head in from our 1/2 day charter. I thank you guys for all your hard work and we'll find those trout next time. Here's Brian with his first red fish... Capt. Dan
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Some day's are better than others, but today sure was a tough one. Mark joined me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and leaving the dock, the West breeze was already greeting us. We ran out the back way down the salt river to avoid as much chop as possible. Once we reached the open gulf, I knew that running offshore to where the majority of the fish are was not going to happen. So, we made the best of it and began drifting the shallow flats picking up a handful of keeper trout. The bite was quite slow and really only a few short trout were caught as well. The few trout we did catch were on bourbon Lil Johns and glow DOA jerk baits. We had a good time even though the catch was down and I'll look forward to fishing with you again in the near future... Capt. Dan
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