Wow!!! What an honor to win the Citrus County Chronicles - Best of the Best 2018 Fishing Guide category. I've been so fortunate and blessed to win the award, and this now makes 5 years in a row. I work with so many great guides and friends and this wouldn't be possible with out all of our teamwork. I know I can't charter right now with my situation, but soon as I can - I'll be out there rearing to go. Once again I thank you all who took the time to vote and I'll check in soon... Capt. Dan
I'm overwhelmed and so blessed with all the support from family, friends and the community; from the Sodium Fishing Gear benefit yesterday. It was absolutely non stop traffic with people coming from all over to be a part of it. They estimated over 800 people there and I was able to attend for a couple hours and show my appreciation to many. I'm doing OK overall and one more chemotherapy treatment June 12th to get over the hump. Fishing wise, grouper and red snapper "red snapper only for charter vessels" season has opened and the first couple of days have been terrific. Recreational Red Snapper season opens June 11th. Nice quality gags are coming from offshore as well as red snapper, being mostly targeted in the 60ft range. Red fishing continues to be the best bet inshore and probably will remain so, as summer progresses and the gulf water continues to heat up. All the best out there and I'll check in when I can... Capt. Dan
What a great feeling to be cared about by so many. Sodium Fishing Gear is hosting and holding the event at their store on Hwy 44 Crystal River, with so many other great business participating; to raise some $$$ for me during my down time. I am over whelmed by all the love everyone has expressed and all I can say is THANK YOU!!! The event will be June 2nd 10am-5pm, with a fish fry and many silent auction items to bid on. I'm getting through this time best I can and I start round two of my chemotherapy tomorrow... Back in the fishing world, the weather has really been not the best and to be honest I'm not missing to much. Some decent red fishing has been the top of most everybody's catches lately with cut pin fish being the best bait to target them. I thank you all for your support and I'll check in soon. Good Fishing! Capt. Dan
Everything has been going as planned on my end. Some good days, some bad - but overall I'm hanging in there. I'm not quite up to taking out charters though and I truly don't quite see me being able to do so for a while yet. However on the fishing front in our area, the cobia are still the main attraction on the offshore structures, plus some nice keeper sized gags are beating them to the baits as well. "They will be open June 1st". I got a report that jigging the humps area off Crystal River has produced some Spanish Mackerel, silver and speckled trout, plus a few cobia. Have a great week... Capt. Dan