Crystal River Fishing Charters & Homosassa Charters

We put our seat-belts on today with the Platz team in town for their yearly Labor day weekend trip and we did very well. It was blowing pretty hard out of the SE, but the team was game to give it a try. We set up a couple miles offshore and even though we took some waves over the bow, the grouper bite was pretty good. Live baits were once again our producer for the gags and the guys did a great job turning them, with no break offs. I thank you all and we'll see you soon... Capt. Dan

Still a surprisingly good grouper bite going on and that's so great; as we wait for the tides to get better for red fishing next week. Tony and Tony were the team today and they did outstanding turning some beauty gags. Live pin fish continue to be the ticket as the floating grass is still pretty bad for trolling. I see the tropics are starting to heat up a bit and I hope there are no storms coming our way, as the hurricane season has been quiet. Great job fellas and I look forward to seeing you again in a couple weeks... Capt. Dan

A fun day with Jason on board and he requested grouper for dinner. The tides are running late for red fishing now and since I still have 5 weeks of radiation treatments to complete in the afternoons; targeting a couple grouper was a good choice. We set up on a couple different structures and sent down the pin fish. Jason immediately turned a couple beauty's over 15lbs and the day was made. A super job buddy and I always look forward to fishing with you... Capt. Dan

A perfect trip today with Bill, as he was my solo guest and we had a blast. I started the trip loading up the live well with pin fish and I soon after stopped on a grouper spot. The tide was just turning to come, I set up and fish on. We free lined the pin fish to the ledge and a pair of keeper gags made their way on board. For the rest of the day we red fished the mangrove islands and did very well also. A combination of live shrimp, plus live pin fish were what the red fish were caught on and we had an hour of really good action. A fun time Bill and I thank you... Capt. Dan

Some great looking red fish today with the Johnson party and they did outstanding. We hit the points with live pin fish under corks and that was the deal. The team and I found a nice school of red fish and we had pretty much non stop action for an hour. Some of the reds were over slot but most were upper slot fish. After the red fish action, I did make a stop on a shallow ledge and we turned a pair of keeper gags to wrap up the day. A super fun time and I thank you all. Here's Amanda with a beauty of a red fish... Capt. Dan

Another surprisingly good grouper bite for us today and this really isn't typical for August."But I'll take it"... For today's trip Travis and Tabitha were my guests and they did fantastic. We sent down live baits on a couple different grouper structures and the husband and wife team turned them great. We had to chum them a bit to get them going, but when they turned on it was time to hold on. A great trip and I thank you both... Capt. Dan

A really good morning on the shallow water gags with Pat solo on board and he hit it out of the park. I pulled my pin fish traps first thing this morning, ran to a shallow ledge in 8ft of water and it was hold on time. We sent down some frisky pin fish on bottom rigs and also some free lined, and both techniques worked beautifully. Pat turned a pair of double digit grouper and we pretty much wrapped up the day. A super great day buddy and I thank you... Capt. Dan

A decent weather day to finally go outside a bit and Danny, Bart and Shane did very well. I did fish yesterday, but the morning storms delayed the trip during the prime time of the tide and we had a late take off. We caught a couple trout, several bluefish and jacks; but the weather hurt us. Today though was great with some decent grouper action on the ledges with live pin fish, plus a few mangrove snapper and grunts with live shrimp. The big catch was Danny bringing up a several hundred pound Goliath grouper we fed a live jack crevalle to, and it was a great battle. We brought it boat-side, took some pics and watched her swim away. A great time and I thank you all... Capt. Dan

Happy New Year Everyone!!! I wish you all a very prosperous new year and many great days on the water. As 2017and grouper season came to a close, my wife Becky and I finished up the fantastic grouper season, good as it gets. This particular grouper year started out slow as it usually does, but as September came around; the grouper action heated up. It has taken a couple years for the new 24" size change to come into effect, but now I'm seeing the results of much larger fish. Also, the two fish per person limit, along with the six month closure are truly keeping the fishery healthy. I'm constantly learning, trying, experimenting etc... new techniques and tactics and this year; we had a good grasp on what the fish were doing. I thank you all that have fished with me throughout the 2017 year and I look forward to another fantastic year. God Bless and we'll see you on the water soon... Capt. Dan

What a fun day. I always take the last two days of grouper season off to fish with friends, family and have some goodies in the freezer for myself. Well today, it was my great friends Matt and Gail on board and we did very well. The seas calmed down considerably since yesterday and I was able to make it a ways offshore. Just two stops produced our grouper and we soon enough headed back to the dock. A special day and great job to the both of you... Capt. Dan