My plan today was to take Jim and Conner offshore jigging and have some mixed bag action. Well, we started the day doing just that, but the skies turned dark and unfortunately we had to run back inshore. However, we were able to make a couple quick drifts and we put four nice trout in the cooler in short order. The skies cleared some, so we stopped on a couple points and found a red fish or two, before our 1/2 day Crystal River charter was finished. Thanks guys for the fun morning and enjoy tonight's fresh fish dinner... Capt. Dan
Another great mixed bag out of Crystal River and I have Ryan, Shaun and Barry to thank. I met my crew at Pete's Pier this morning and we started the day targeting red fish. We stopped on a couple locations and caught a handful of red fish, but only one today made it to the slot size. With the tide topping out, we ran offshore to the spotty bottom areas and boated a plethora of species. Using a combination of DOA holographic root beer shrimp and new penny gulps, we totaled over 10 different species throughout the day. It was a hot one , but the action was steady and Ryan caught his first trout and red fish. Thank you all for the fun day and enjoy tonight's seafood platter... Capt. Dan
I had my annual long distance clients from Maine on board today and we were all set to find some trout and red fish. Janet and Brian met me at Pete's Pier this morning to an incoming tide, so we ran to the keys and picked up a couple red fish. Free lined live shrimp, presented in with the mullet schools, brought our red fish to the boat. Next, we jigged up a few keeper trout offshore, but the bite was pretty slow. The breeze stopped, the heat turned on and with enough fish for dinner, we called it a day. I always enjoy spending the day you both and have fun at Riverside Crab house dinning on your catch. Here's Janet with her first red fish... Capt. Dan
I had a one angler 1/2 day charter today out of Crystal River. Mark was on board and ready to catch a few fish. We started out the morning trying a few locations in hopes of a snook, but there were no takers today. However, we did catch a few mangrove snapper and jacks to get warmed up. Next we ran offshore to the deeper spotty bottom areas and jigged up some trout. The trout bite was pretty good and we caught several keepers and released more shorts than we could count. The DOA holographic root beer shrimp was today's bait of choice. It was just after noon, and we called it a day. Thanks Mark for the fun morning and look forward to our next trip... Capt. Dan