Saturday, Sep 01 2012
Crystal River "Easy Pickens"...
The 2012 scalloping year continues to shine and it's truly been a banner year. I had the pleasure of having the annual Platz family and friends on board, and the group did great. We took our time going out the river from the busy holiday weekend weekend traffic, and made our way to the scallop grounds. Calm conditions, clear water and excellent swimmers, this crew made it look easy. On just two stops we had our full limit and we even made it back to the dock in time for the Gator game. I thank you all as always and here's Piper and Josh with two hefty bags of scallops... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, Aug 11 2012
Crystal River Scallops...
A picture perfect Saturday out of Crystal River and I had the pleasure of having the Michele couple on board. We left the dock from Pete's Pier Marina at 8am, ran the back way of the Salt River and poked out just North of St. Martins Keys. We arrived at our destination in 5ft of water and it was scalloping at its finest. In just a couple hours, we had our six gallon limit and we were just enough South to avoid the big crowds. We cleaned the scallps and called it a day arouind 1pm. Thank you both for the great day and enjoy tonights meal... Capt. Dan
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Monday, Aug 06 2012
Scallops and Rocks...
Myself and Capt. Rick Spratt had wonderful time with the Crymes family today and we loaded up on the scallops and caught a nice mixed bag on the rock piles. We met the group at Pete's Pier Marina and began the day just off the keys gathering our 8 gallon limit of scallops. Crystal clear water and perfect tides made it "easy" pickin's and our crew did outstanding. Just before noon we had our limit, cleaned our catch and then made our run offshore to spend the afternoon. Anchoring in the 8ft range, we caught a nice mix of grouper, grunts, sea bass, jacks, mackerel, etc.... and the action was very good. Live shrimp on a 1/8th oz Hank Brown jig head was our bait of choice for our success. I thank you all for the great time and look forward to seeing you again next time. Here's Colt with a handsome bag of scallops... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, Aug 04 2012
Crystal River Seafood Sampler...
We did it all today out of Crystal River and my two wonderful lady clients, Debbie and Shelley had a great time. We left from the Plantation Resort this morning and started the day on the outgoing tide gathering our limit of scallops on just two locations. The weekend crowds were out there, but we got away from the pack and had them all to our selves. Just before 11am we had our 6 gallon limit and made our run offshore to the 12ft range and targeted the mixed variety on the rock piles. Grouper, grunts, mangrover snapper, flounder, etc... kept us busy and a simple live shrimp on a 1/8oz Hank Brown jig head was the bait of choice. I thank you both for the fun time and here's my lady anglers with a cooler full of goodies... Capt. Dan
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