It sure was good to be back offshore and thank you all for hanging in there with the lack of reports. The last two weeks weather wise has been terrible for the grouper season and the inshore has been fair with the cold water. I did fish the Homosassa Fishing Club the last two days and I'm sorry, but didn't have anything to report. Myself and several other guides caught fish, but everything was on the short side; except for Capt. Z and he found a pair of nice keeper red fish in the river. Today however, was absolutely perfect and I was able to make the run offshore and troll up some gags. I had the Russell family on board and in a matter of seconds, we had a grouper on. The rest of the day was just as good and in two locations, we had our six fish limit. I anchored and added some grunts to the mix and the team had an awesome day. Thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan

I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the day with your family, friends and I look forward to seeing you on the water soon. Here's a close up of a male hog fish, we caught offshore Homosassa... Capt. Dan

Hello everyone, not to much to report over the last couple of days with the current weather conditions. I've had several grouper charters scheduled, but I just can't make it offshore and had to cancel them. I did however, fish inshore last Friday and we found some red fish; but only the shorts would cooperate. We sight fished a couple schools of really nice sized reds, but the chilly gulf water temperature had them locked up and would not eat a perfectly placed shrimp. More bad weather is on the horizon until Thanksgiving, but hopefully Friday; I'll be back on the water.... Capt. Dan

Baby it's cold outside "ice on the boat until 9am". Well, this is the cold front we did not need. The gulf has plummeted into the low 50's and not being on the water the last three days; it is the game changer. The winds are forecast to be up for the long range forecast and I personally only have done well on grouper when the gulf is above the 58 degree mark. I hope for warmer weather before the December 3rd season closure, but there's plenty of other species to target; which leads me to today. On today's charter I had Allen and Mike on board and we stayed inshore for the incoming tide and found some fine red fish. The bite was slow to be expected, but we caught several shorts, an over slot and some keepers to make the day. Free lined live shrimp and DOA jerk-baits were the baits of the day. Thank you both for the good time and great job on a chilly day... Capt. Dan

This grouper season has been incredible and today was one of the best yet. Larry, Ben and Kenny joined me for a Crystal River Grouper Charter and the bite was on. I made a run to 11ft of water and trolled over a low profile rock and "wham", first fish on. As we reeled in that fish, several others were following; so we pitched back a plug and fish number two was on. We repeated that process twice and had four fish in the boat in a matter of minutes. It was fantastic action and I didn't want to deplete the rock, so a quick run to 20ft and we were in the fish again. A couple drops, a couple more keepers and "wow" we had a day. This is going to be the last decent day for a while with some cold and gusty weather coming. Hopefully by mid week, the conditions will improve and I'll be back on the water. Thanks guys for the great day... Capt. Dan

It was day two with the West family and Tom and his dad Herbert had a ball. The weather was much more favorable today and we were able to spend more time tackling some grouper. However, I took a minute and a quick stop in the river to catch a couple snook before we headed West. After a couple small fun sized snook, we made our run to 20ft of water and put out the plugs. I stayed off Crystal River today and even though the water is dirty, we trolled up a fine limit of gags. They were wanting natural colors and only one came on a orange Rapala x-rap 20. To end our trip, I anchored up on a small rock and found some early arrival sheepshead and a few grunts to wrap up our day. I thank you both for a fun couple of days and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan

I'm not a weather man, but I believe it's going to be a chilly winter. Today was a cold one for sure, but Tom and Herbert bundled up and we went for a ride. I began the day with the father and son team and we caught a couple river snook to get the day going. We had one nice slot fish on, but chewed through the leader and the others were in the 15"-20" range. Next, we hit the gulf and in the choppy conditions; we were able to troll up a pair of gags. A hard effort to catch some, but we made it happen. Thank you both for the great time and look forward to our next trip... Capt. Dan

What a day! Calm sea's, cleaner water and the gags were feeding aggressively. I had my good friends and clients on board; Clell, Lee and Roy for the day day and it was awesome. Not a ripple on the gulf and it was smooth sailing to our destinations. The team did fantastic trolling up a beautiful limit of gags and our next step was anchoring down and catching some grunts. The grunts were hammering the shrimp and it was three on at a time. Roy had the lucky rod and landed a beautiful hog fish to add to the catch. A great day and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

Yesterday was about a tough a day as I've ever had. I tried everything I could, but just couldn't make anything happen. Dirty water and rough sea's, it was challenging. Today however, the sea's calmed and we were able to find some clean water and happy grouper. Mike and Jesse were with me for the day and we trolled up a pair of fine grouper and bottom fished some too. The bite was really good and we actually found a new spot I'm looking forward to getting back to soon. Thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you all soon... Capt. Dan

A choppy one today on the big pond, but Chick and Larry hung in there and trolled up a fine limit. I met the guys just before 8am at Pete's Pier marina and we made our way offshore. As bad as I wanted to make it out the 25ft range, it just wasn't going to happen. So, we stayed in the 10ft range and trolled over various rocks and ledges. We would catch one or two on each spot and soon enough, there was four in the box. A quick anchor on a rock to add a sheepshead and a couple grunts to the cooler; then we called it a day. Thank you both for the great time and congratulations on your first groupers... Capt. Dan