Hello everyone, I know it's been a while but I'm back up and running and it sure was good to be back out today. The Young Boats restoration team did a tremendous job fixing my boat from the accident, and it looks good as new. For today's trip, I had Jason and Frank on board and we did something a little bit different. I took the guys down South in the 30ft range and we targeted mangrove snapper. I have to have the right conditions to do this and today is was perfect. Calm sea's and free lined live shrimp on a 1/8th oz jig head did the trick for us. We boated some beautiful snapper, released numerous gags and so many grunts I lost count. I thank you both and great job.... Capt. Dan
Happy New Year everyone and I wish you all a great and prosperous upcoming year. I'm looking forward to it for sure and personally hoping for a healthy year and able to put all the health set backs I've had in the past. I'll be off the water for a bit, as I'm getting some work done on the boat, so it will be a week or so until I'm back on the big pond - looking forward to targeting some trout and sheepshead for the winter months. Once again I thank you all for following my posts and I'll see you on the water soon. Let's go fishing... Capt. Dan
All good things must come to an end and today was the last day of the 2019 gag grouper season. It has been a tremendous year and I thank you all that have fished with me. As many of you know shallow water grouper fishing is my passion and especially for the months of September - December, this is my main targeted species. Dennis was my guest today to wrap up the season and unfortunately the weather was not very favorable. Dennis is my bass fishing guide I use and he is one of the best in the area; also he was awarded in the top 5 in trophy catches in the state. Back to today, a cold front came through last night and turned the seas up pretty good. However, I still had a little ledge I keep in my hip pocket and we secured his grouper dinners. Rapala F-18's in the fire-tiger color was the deal, trolled behind the boat. Great job Dennis and WHAT A SEASON.!!!... Capt. Dan
Today I was fortunate to spend the day with "my coach," Matt Fleming. Matt is the original commander of Yankeetown and was on the Marine Patrol in our area for decades. Matt was instrumental to me years ago in showing me the ins and outs of tarpon fishing and other tricks of the trade. Well, today it was my treat for him to be on the bow and we stayed real shallow and hit some of my shallow honey holes I pretty much leave alone most of the year. The grouper didn't disappoint us and in basically five feet of water, we had double digit gags and all casting Rapala plugs. A couple whopper sea bass also hit the plugs and we called it a day. I thank you buddy for everything and great job today... Capt. Dan