The scalloping off Homosassa continues to be outstanding. There are fair numbers in the shallow water, but for those who don't mind the deeper 5ft to 7ft depths, the picking is excellent. Myself and Captains Rick Spratt and William Toney over the last couple days, have put our clients on their 10 gallon limits in just a couple hours. This season is exceptionally good, so grab the family and have a great day on the water. Thanks to everyone over past few days and here is Janice with her first bag of the day... Capt. Dan
We hit the mother-load today out of Crystal River and Chris, Jake, Jason and Eric had their hands full. We met at Pete's Pier this morning and made our run offshore. Jumping from rock pile to rock pile we caught grouper, grunts, snapper, sea bass, mackerel, etc... The bite was steady all day considering the long outgoing tide and calm seas made for a picture perfect day.. The mackerel bite was the main attraction and it was one after another, while we were watching them attack our shrimp right next to the boat. The snapper didn't cooperate as well as they did yesterday, but we did pick up a few. After an hour at the cleaning table and feeding the tarpon " I actually think I finally made them full" the day was complete. Thanks guys for the outstanding day, enjoy the fish and look forward to seeing you again soon...
Wow! What an awesome day and for today's clients first time saltwater fishing, they got to see it all. Mark and Mary Beth met me at Pete's Pier and once again, I ran offshore to the rocks and ledges for some outstanding bottom fishing action. We fished a little deeper today and caught a great variety of grouper, cobia, grunts, snapper, flounder, sea bass, mackerel and sharks. Just a live shrimp on a jig head was the bait of choice. After a cooler full of groceries off the rocks, we ran a bit farther offshore and picked up a couple keeper trout. While we were jigging for trout a large school of jack crevelle came through and it was three on at a time. It was total chaos, and it even got crazier when the sharks came through and bit our jacks in half. It really makes you appreciate how awesome large sharks are especially when they get in to a feeding frenzy. It was a day to remember and thank you both for a fun time. Here is Mark and Mary Beth with a cobia from today's trip... Capt. Dan
I had a fun afternoon 1/2 day Crystal River Charter today with Gene, Linda and Michael on board. For some guaranteed action, we ran offshore with perfect conditions and fished some hard bottom structures for a mixed bag variety. Grouper, mackerel, snapper, sea bass, grunts, cobia and a special catch, a lookdown filled out our afternoon. We released most of the catch, except for a handful of grunts and sea bass for tonight's dinner. The water was crystal clear, like looking into an aquarium and watching the fish eat our shrimp. Thank you all for a fun afternoon and look forward to our next charter. Here is Michael with the unique catch, a lookdown... Capt. Dan