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Saturday, May 31 2014

Tarpon Excellence....

Some great shots and happy groups of tarpon for my dear friends/clients Mishel and Earl. This trip was tarpon only and we put some time in and found some good ones. We spent the day cruising off the coast looking and found some rolling. We set up tide and drifted down on them. With DOA bait busters, we jumped five fish and were able to bring one boat side. The action was short lived and in six hours of fishing, it only lasts a matter of minutes ( but that's what we live for when we're chasing tarpon ). A very memorable day and I can't thank you both enough for the fun time. Here's yours truly bringing one boat side for a safe release... Capt. Dan

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A great couple days with a true master of the fly rod on board - Jim Atkins from Oregon and we did great. Jim made his way down for tarpon season and over the last three days, we had some very good success. Jim had several good shots, jumped four fish, but the hooked ones either broke the tippet or spit the fly. It's always fun to put your hands on one and especially just hooking a tarpon on the fly rod is excellent. I thank you for the last couple of days and I really enjoyed seeing those fish go in the air. Here's Jim with a fine tarpon that was jumped on one of my "black magic" fly patterns... Capt. Dan

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A fun couple on board today and Bob and Nancy had really good time. I met them at Pete's Pier Marina at 8am and we made our way offshore to jig up some trout. The trout bite was pretty good with some nice keepers, several shorts and numerous sea bass, lady fish, grouper and sharks to keep us busy. Root beer and bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns were the baits of the day for us. With a great afternoon high tide, we hit the creeks and found a bunch of red fish. They were all running on the short side, but fun all the same. I thank you both for a wonderful time and here's Bob with a Crystal River trout to be proud of... Capt. Dan

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Today we were going to give tarpon a try, but with such few numbers of fish right now; we tackled some trout and reds. Chuck and Terry were my guests for the day and we did awesome. The red fish action was great on the outer keys and free lined shrimp, they couldn't resist. With a limit of red fish, we spent the afternoon cork rigging for trout and also jigging the 7ft range. Bourbon and Root beer Lil' Johns were the baits of the day and the guys brought in a fine catch of trout. I thank you both for a fun day and great job on a great catch... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, May 21 2014

Tarpon on Fly.....

I must say, the last three days have been wonderful with my clients Oscar and Arno for their annual tarpon trip. These guys come every year and Arno comes all the way from South Africa to take the challenge of catching a tarpon on the fly. As you all know from my previous reports, the tarpon season has started off a bit slow, but is improving daily. From this past Monday to Wednesday we saw some tarpon, but not in any large numbers. Luckily, today we found a tarpon that was laid up just below the surface in between the tide change and we were able to present a fly beautifully. Oscar did an outstanding job playing the fish and we got her boat side for photos and release. Some great memories and company -  and I was glad to be apart of your great achievement. Here's Oscar with a  tarpon that taped out at 74" on was caught on a cockroach pattern fly.... Capt. Dan

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Sunday, May 18 2014

Tarpon Breaks the Ice....

Sometimes in life you get what you wish for and thankfully, it happened for me today. I generally take Sundays off the water to spend time with my family, but since there's been very little tarpon activity; my wife and I went looking. Well, as luck would have it, we saw one small group of four fish today in 5 hours and one of the four cooperated nicely. I threw the DOA bait buster ahead of the rolling fish and "wham" fish on. We got her to the boat, took some great pictures, removed the hook and watched her swim away. A real treat for me and I really hope more tarpon come boat side in the coming weeks for my clients... Capt. Dan

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Saturday, May 17 2014

Tarpon Transition....

Hello everyone, well I've been making the transition from my standard inshore charters and gearing up for tarpon season. The weather, since Wednesday, has not been conducive at all for chasing down the silver king. High winds and a very late season cold front makes it all but just about impossible to target any tarpon other than the resident river fish. We had one good showing of fish in the Bayport area and that area has turned off as well. I'm hoping for good numbers of fish to show this week and thank you all for checking in. Good luck on the water and I'll see you soon... Capt. Dan

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A really good red fish bite today with Clell, Lee and Roy and these guys had a blast. We loaded up from Pete's Pier Marina around 8:30am and started the day targeting trout. It was too rough to run offshore to where the hot action has been, but we did Ok in Crystal Bay throwing jigs around the bars. The tide was making that magical height around 11:30 to run south and find some reds. The red fish were "happy" for sure and we had a double digit day. Several under slot fish, five nice keepers and an over slot bruiser topped off the day. I thank you all for the outstanding day and I always look forward to seeing you guys on board... Capt. Dan

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Day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club with the Sheppard party and Fran, John and John were on board today. We shoved off from the club dock a little after 8am and headed to the 7ft range to jig up some trout. We picked up five keeper trout in the breezy conditions and quite a few grouper around the rocks; before we ran inshore to track down a red fish. The tide was flooding in, so we hit a couple outer keys, free lined some shrimp and landed a couple red fish. Our 1pm shore lunch was great and myself and all the other guides had a fun time with you all. Here's Fran with her red fish of the day... Capt. Dan

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Back at the Homosassa Fishing Club this Mothers Day Sunday and Happy Mothers day to my wonderful mom Janet, and all the others out there. I had the pleasure of  having Florence and Tom on board for the day and this was their first time to Homosassa. We had a 1pm shore lunch on order for the day, so we ran offshore and jigged up some trout. The team put some nice keepers in the cooler to secure plenty of fish for shore lunch, but Capt. Zorn was the top boat with almost a limit and he did awesome. We fried up some fish as we usually do and Capt. Spratt grilled some fillets as well, to give a little variety to our usual mix. A really fun day and I thank everyone for the great time... Capt. Dan

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