Crystal River Fishing Charters & Homosassa Charters

A special day with a special couple. I had Bill and Nell on board out of Pete's Pier today and we caught a little variety and celebrated Bill's 86th birthday. For sure fire action and to the keep the rods bent, I ran back a little ways offshore and fished the shallow rock piles. Steady action with snapper, grunts, jacks, lady fish and grouper made up the majority of the day. We had a little birthday lunch celebration and finished out the afternoon trying to tackle a red fish. We saw a couple, but no takers for the team today. i thank you both for a wonderful day and have a very special birthday Bill... Capt. Dan

Yes folks, today was one of those days when the fish were on the feed. I had the Partain family on board and these guys hit it out of the park. I met the family at Pete's Pier Marina and we made our way offshore. Today's plan was to drop some live baits on some ledges, find a couple grouper and then hit the rocks with a mixed bag of species to keep the rods bent. Well, the grouper were hungry today and just about every stop we dropped on produced some quality gags. I was really surprised how aggressive the grouper were, and the gang turned all of them except one break off. With an outstanding limit of shallow water grouper, we ran to the snapper rocks and loaded up on mango's, grunts and a flounder. We hit it as good as it get's today and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

They weren't jumping in the boat today, but my crew hung in there and we caught a couple real nice gags. I had Laura, Gil and Gil on board today for a full day grouper charter and what a beautiful day. We left from Pete's Pier Marina and made our way to the grouper grounds. We trolled up a pair keepers, a few shorts and had two really good ones get the best of us. The bottom fishing was a bit slow, but a couple hard fighting rays bent the rods for some excitement and another keeper gag came aboard. There's huge schools of Spanish Mackerel offshore too, and they will me making their way inshore soon. I really enjoyed the day with you all and look forward to seeing you again. Here's today's team with their grouper dinners... Capt. Dan

A fine catch today out of Homosassa and we had the big three. I has Clell and Lee on board out of Macrae's and I gave them a great ride through the Little Homosassa and made our way to a couple red fish points. The guys did good on the red fish considering we had a falling tide. A couple slot red fish, and a few in the lower teen's got the day started and free lined live shrimp from Blue Water Tackle did the job. We left the inshore scene, caught a couple dozen pin fish and made our way offshore. To grassy to troll, so we bottom fished and added a couple quality sized gags to the day. We almost beat the rain in, but pulling up to Macrae's, we got poured on. A fun day and I always look forward to fishing with you guys... Capt. Dan

Just a fun day with my good friend Capt. Clay Shidler and we had our selves a Crystal River slam. My boat is getting detailed for a couple of days and Clay also had the day off; so he called me and said "lets' go fishing". I met him at his house on the river, loaded up his dog Nick and we hit the creeks. We spent the morning way back in Ozello and this young man took me to a couple places I haven't seen in many years. We targeted the various rocky shorelines and points with top water plugs and lucky enough, we caught a couple red fish, a trout and a snook. A fun time exploring, catching a few fish and we ended our day with the best chicken wings in town at Lollygaggers Sports Pub & Grill. Here's a fantastic picture of Clay and Nick with a Ozello red fish... Capt. Dan

Not a fast and furious grouper bite today, but once tide started rolling in, it picked right up. I had Jad and Ray on board for a day of trolling up some gags and the guys had a beautiful day to do it. A very pleasant NE breeze was with us and around noon when the incoming tide started coming, the grouper action was good. Natural colored plugs and the old stand by, the red head and white combination, were the top producers. We fished a couple ledges and scatterd rock piles and they all had fish on them. A first for me today was when Ray caught a very large flounder trolling a Rapala X-rap 20 to bring a welcomed surprise. We had our limit of gags by 1pm and we called it a day. I thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

A fantastic day out of the Plantation on Crystal River and I had some special guests on board. I had the husband and wife team of Reel Adrenaline energy drinks on board and they had a day. Steve and Amber did a great job from a variety of species on the rock piles to jigging up a fine catch of trout. The bite was great all day and even though it was a little bumpy in the morning, the afternoon calmed down nicely. Live shrimp on the rock piles brought in the snapper, grunts, jacks and grouper. While the Mirrolure Lil' Johns tackled the trout, sea bass, cobia and blue fish. On the way home, I made a quick stop in the Salt River and Steve added a fine red fish to end the day. I thank you all for great time and please give Reel Adrenaline energy drinks try. They taste great and keep you going strong through out the day... Capt. Dan

What a hot one on the big pond today.... I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club with my great friend Capt. Mark Zorn and we fished the Maddox party out of Homosassa. I had Dr. Coco and Mr. Maddox for the day the day and we made our run west to the rock piles to get the day going. Steady action with snapper, grunts, grouper and mackerel filled the cooler and the Hank Brown jig heads with a live shrimp did the trick. The guys had a cooler full of assorted goodies, so we made our way back inshore with the incoming tide and found a couple nice red fish. Back inshore, it was a hot one with hardly any breeze, but we toughed it out and had a wonderful day. Here's our end of the day shot and I thank you all for the fun day... Capt. Dan

A special day with old time clients and excellent fishing. On today's charter myself and Capt. Mark Zorn fished the Homosassa Fishing Club, but we brought the guys up to Crystal River for a change of scenery. I had John and Carter on board and Carter is a legend in his own right and has been fishing these water for over 70 years (you should here how the fishing in this area used to be). It was a treat for me to show him the Crystal River area and we had a ball. To start the day, I made a run offshore to some of my favorite rocks and the grunts, mackerel and snapper fishing was non stop. John caught a surprise catch I don't see everyday and actually brought aboard two trigger fish to add to the species list. With a cooler "full" of fish, we spent the afternoon working the creeks and landing some really hefty back country red fish. Free lining live shrimp around the rocky points did the trick and the guys had a wonderful day. Here's Carter with today's big red fish and I thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan

A couple over slot reds were the stars for today's Crystal River charter and we had a some keepers to along with them as well. I had Mario, Richard and Rick on board today and the red fish were on the feed. We caught fish on various points, sight fished a couple and even pick a 30" beauty out of a school. Free lined live shrimp was the bait of choice for the majority of the fish, but the sight fished reds we caught were on jigs. After the red fish action, I took the guys to some of the shallow water rocks to try their luck at spearfishing a grouper. We saw a couple small ones, but the visibility wasn't the best so we called it a day. I thank you all for good time and here's Richard with one of today's big reds... Capt. Dan