All I can say is Congratulations!!!! I had the Reed family on board today form California and for their first time fishing in the gulf, they did great. Today's plan was to run offshore and chum in some macks. We arrived to an area with some scattered rock piles in 8ft of water, began chumming and found some hard fighting Spanish mackerel. The mackerel bite was fast and we encountered the first sharks of the year as well. We made some great memories today and I thank you all for the great day. Here's Katelyn on her first fishing experience and her first fish. "Way to go".. Capt. Dan
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It was a kind of hurry up and wait situation for my crew and I today. I had the Sweeney family on board and we killed some time inshore while we waited for the winds to calm some, so we could run offshore. Today's charter began to a breezy NE wind and we caught some trout on the first couple of drifts, but mostly shorts with a handful of keepers for the first few hours. I was chomping at the bit to make a run to some hard bottom area's that have been very productive lately. Finally after 1pm, the conditions were favorable to run West and I said "here we go". Once at the location, it was some great trout action. Bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns were the hot color and trout after trout came aboard; with a few macks mixed it. The day finished strong and I thank you all for the great time. Here's my crew with an outstanding catch... Capt. Dan
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A little breezy out of the SE today, but it's exactly what we needed to cover some ground inshore. I had my great annual Maine clients, the Lewis family, on board for another wonderful day on the water. Capt. Dan here put his shorts on for the first time this year and it felt great to finally be warm. We began our day a little North of the river working some oyster bars with MirrOlure Lil' Johns in the very "hot" bourbon color and caught several nice trout on the first couple drifts. It was mostly keepers to shorts average and that is always a welcomed surprise. For a change of scenery, I took the group down south and worked the shallow flats off the keys and did just as well in the clear shallow water. The crew did outstanding and I thank you all for the fun time. The weather doesn't look favorable for the next couple days, but we'll be back soon as this front passes. Here's the Lewis family with their fine catch... Capt. Dan
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Spring has sprung folks! Yes, the Spanish mackerel have arrived in full force and they are here is big numbers. On today's Crystal River charter, I had the Lent family on board and these ladies did oustanding. We made our run offshore to about 8ft of water and jigged some hard bottom area's with bourbon and watermelon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns. The spanish mackerel were in a frenzy and in between being cut off by the macks, we squeezed several nice trout in as well. Our condtions were beautiful and the gulf warmed to almost 70 degrees today. I can't thank you all enough for the great day and always look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan
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