Sorry for the delay in reports everyone, but I'm having some technical issues on the computer.... On Wednesdays charter, I had Oscar and Arno back on board for day two of their tarpon fly fishing charter. We didn't see as many numbers of fish as yesterday, but we did put a couple in the air. The guys each jumped a tarpon and we got some great shots. Dark colored flies have been the pattern color and here's Arno with a great shot of tarpon putting on a show... Capt. Dan
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We struck silver today and caught the first tarpon of the season on the fly. I had my special guests Oscar and Arno who came all the way from South Africa again to catch the mighty silver king. We staked out on the tarpon route and had some willing fish today. We had a couple followers and then we finally found a happy fish. It was an excellent battle and we got her to the boat for a leader touch and release. A great day and I can only hope for more to come. Here's a beautiful jumping shot of today's fish... Capt. Dan
A fantastic day just offshore Crystal River and Mel and Jerry hit it out of the park. I met the guys at 8am at Pete's Pier Marina and we made our way to the trout grounds. It was a little breezy to make the initial run, so we tried the shallow area's; but had very little success. The winds calmed around 10am and we made our run offshore. In two quick drifts the guys had their limit of quality sized trout and bourbon colored Lil' John's were the bait of choice. After the excellent trout bite, we anchored on one of my favorite rock piles and added a few mangrove snapper and sea bass to top off the charter. What an excellent day and i can't thank you all enough. Here's Jerry and Mel with their fine catch... Capt. Dan
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Day two with the Hansen party at the Homosassa Fishing Club and my guests today were Lee and Richard. After a banner day yesterday offshore, the guys requested trying for a red fish or two. I let them know the bites been off a little, but we'll give it a try. Well, as luck would have it, we did find a couple beautiful slot red fish and a under slot to start the day. Free lined live shrimp was the bait of choice for the red fish. We left the keys and made a short run to the grass flats and began picking up a few trout. The guys did great on the trout and caught 10 keepers up to 23" to end their fishing trip, before we fixed our famous shore lunch. Me and Capt. Z prepared all the fixings and another fine day out of Homosassa was in the books. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan