What a great day on the water and we caught some beautiful Crystal River trout. I had Amanda and Jimmy on board for the day, to take some pictures for some various magazines and calenders. Speckled trout was our species and even though the wind was up and a slight cold front came through the area, the bite was on. We fished a variety of areas and used several D.O.A. cal shad tails and jerk baits to catch our fish. The morning started out good with lots of action, but no real big fish. However, when the sun warmed the water a degree or two, the big trout turned on. We caught some gator trout over 20", with the largest being 25". It was a perfect photo shoot and the pictures will look fantastic. I'll keep you all posted on the when and where and here's Amanda and Jimmy with a couple beautiful Crystal River trout... Capt. Dan
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You could have taken a canoe offshore Crystal River today. Rob and Keith we on board and these gentlemen had a great Crystal River fishing charter. We began the day jigging up some trout on the bars with new penny MirrOlure Lil' Johns and the trout bite was pretty good. As a pleasant surprise, we caught a hard fighting bonito to add some excitement to the mix. The gulf calmed to a mirror flat surface around noon, so we made our run offshore and caught the usual mixed bag of goodies. it was a picture perfect day and I thank you both for the fun time. Here's the guys with a fine mixed bag... Capt. Dan
We changed it up today and had a great Crystal River charter targeting the shallow water rocks while catching a mixed bag. Nancy, Scott and Mike were on board and we let the sun come up a little, especially since there was ice on the boat this morning. Leaving the dock at 9am, we reached the gulf to a chilly 59 degree water temperature and continued our run offshore. We primarily stayed in the 10ft range and had some great action including sheepshead, grunts, sea bass and grouper. Live shrimp on a 1/8thoz Hank Brown jig head was our bait of choice and makes for fun easy fishing. After we had a cooler full of goodies, I just had to check on the grouper inventory to see how they were doing. We made a couple passes over some holes and caught some hefty gags. We took a few pictures, released them and called it a day. I thank you all for the great day and here's Scott from Ohio with a beautiful Crystal River grouper... Capt. Dan
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I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with my great friends and fellow Homosassa Guides Association members Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt and William Toney and we had the pleasure of fishing the Smith party. It was quite a chilly start to the day and when starting my truck up this morning, there was a little ice on the windshield. That sums up how the boat ride was (cold), but the day turned out to be beautiful and warmed nicely. We kept it simple free lining shrimp in the pockets and points in the creeks and caught some beautiful red fish and trout. The water has cleared nicely and we actually sight casted to a few red fish to top off the day. All the boats did equally well and our afternoon shore lunch was great. I want to thank Betsy, Brooke and Kyle for joining me today and congratulations on a wonderful catch... Capt. Dan