Yes folks, there was Ice on the boat until 10am today, but we made the best of it and had a fun day. Myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association members Mark Zorn, William Toney and Gary Cox had the pleasure of fishing the Homosassa Fishing Club members out of Crystal River for this chilly December day. I had Bo, Brant and Ashley on board and we covered the all the basis from the river to the gulf. Through out the morning, we had great action in the river with mangrove snapper, trout and lady fish, but the table fair species were all on the short side. The wind was quite strong until noon time, so after noon, we made a quick dash to a shallow ledge and loaded up on the ever reliable tasty sea bass. My crew put 13 nice keepers in the cooler to secure our shore lunch for tomorrow. The other captains had a nice assortment of mangrove snapper, sheepshead and a red fish and trout to total our trip. Capt. Zorn won the prize with most keepers with 15 and yours truly just fell shy with 14 to take second place. I thank you all for the fun time and we'll see you tomorrow. Here's Ashley with one of our sea bass from today's Crystal River charter... Capt. Dan
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The Christmas Vacation I had with my wife and family is over and it was back to chartering today; with the Austin family out of Crystal River. What a great day to be on the water between cold fronts and the sea condition's counldn't have been better. Calm seas made for an easy ride jumping rock pile to rock pile and even though the gulf has cooled down to 57 degrees, the sea bass and sheepshead cooperated nicely. The sea bass were by far the most aggressive and we caught loads on several structures while simply using a live shrimp on a 1/8th oz jig head. The sheepshead are beginning to show and as winter progresses and as long as the gulf remains cool; it's only going to get better. I thanks the whole family for a great time and congratulations on a great catch... Capt. Dan
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I send all my great clients, family and friends a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and enjoy the season... Capt. Dan
I want to say thank you to my good friend and excellent column writer Matt Beck, with the Citrus County Chronicle, for another great fishing report. Matt features me from time to time in the Sports/Outdoors section and I always enjoy giving a couple pointers to help our local anglers catch some more fish. In today's feature story, we talked about the sea bass and mixed variety action on the rock piles, inshore trout and areas to begin your fishing trips on around the Holiday's. Matt also gives a radio fishing report on our local FM station 99.9 on Thursdays and I gladly share some up to date information on the what, where and when in the fishing world. "On a side note". I've been busy getting ready for Christmas with these last couple of days - just in case you've wondered where the reports have been. Sometimes you need a little break to catch up and be ready for the all family, friends and upcoming charters. I'll see you on the water soon... Capt. Dan