Wow!  Great weather, perfect tides and hungry trout... its been a great couple of days. I had a wonderful full day Crystal River charter with Kit, Dave and Matt on board and we hit the hot trout bite. Once again, we were loaded with MirrOlure Lil' john's, worked the outer bars and it was some truly fantastic action. The guys caught their limit and some beautiful Crystal River trout were brought in. We had a few mixed species as well, including some mackerel, red fish and black drum. A great day on the water and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

The Courter family was on board today and these guys put up with the elements and had a great catch. I met the guys at 8am at Pete's Pier Marina and looking over at the Power Plant, we saw that the stacks were laid over. It was a steady 15 to 20 mph NE wind, so we used the islands to block as much of the wind as we could to make the day comfortable. The trout and red fish cooperated fairly well and despite all the chop, the action stayed steady. I thank you all for the good time and coming back time and time again to experience some great fishing... Capt. Dan

A Chilly start to this mornings half day charter and with the gusty conditions, we stayed inshore. Mishel and Earl were on board for day three of their three day fishing adventure and the early morning red fish bite was pretty good. As of late, the red fish bite has been a little hit and miss, but we found six nice red fish to make our trip a success. Simply free lining live shrimp in the mullet schools was our tactic of the day. It was a wonderful couple of days with you both and always look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

A late afternoon trip today at the Homosassa Fishing Club with fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, Fred Lyles and William Toney. I had the pleasure of fishing Janice and Watt for the afternoon and this couple did fantastic. We reached the shallow flats to the North towards Crystal River and with the slightly cooler water from the earlier rains, the trout bite was on. We made four drifts over the spotty bottom areas with MirrOlure Lil' John cork rigs and had our limit. The tide was running in hard, so our next stop, we hit the creeks and free lined a combination of live shrimp and live pin fish to entice some red fish. My crew caught four beautiful upper slot red fish to end our trip and just after 5pm, we called it a day. I thank you both for a magnificent afternoon and look forward to your next visit... Capt. Dan

It was day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club and my lucky anglers today were Dennis, Carson and Peter. We began the trip drifting the flats off St. Martins Keys and it was a slow start to the morning. The trout bite was fair at best, and between the four other boats; only 10 keeper trout were brought in before our noon shore lunch. Today's shore luch was great with the added grouper from yesterday's big haul and everyone had a great fried fish feast. We finished up from the island and caught a few red fish with the afternoon incoming tide to end our day. Thanks to everyone for a great two days and here's my crew with their catch... Capt. Dan

I've been very blessed as a fishing guide to have some great days on the water and once in a while you have one of those days that make you say - "WOW" what a day. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with Captains Mark Zorn, Jim Long and William Toney and I had the pleasure of having Yancey, Mark and Keith on board for the day. With the inshore trout bite a little slow on low water, I said hold on guys, we're going offshore to troll up some grouper. It was rough with the 3ft swells, but the bite was well worth it. We trolled in the 25ft range and had a easy limit of gags. The only problem was, the slow 10mph ride in from 16 miles which was a bumpy ride. Once inshore, we made a couple drifts for trout off the "Keys", and picked up some keepers to add to the mix. For the final touch of the day, we free lined some shrimp on the rocky points and put a couple beautiful Homosassa red fish to end the day. All I can say is thank you guys and congratulations on a fine day of fishing... Capt. Dan

A perfect morning red fish tide and Bill, Joe and Mel experienced some fine red fishing. I picked the guys up from Pete's Pier Marina at 8am and we made our run North to get an early jump on the incoming tide. We targeted the rocky points with mullet activity and presented live shrimp to find our red fish. We caught several under slot red fish throughout the charter and I always enjoy seeing a good crop of upcoming red fish for the coming years; to go along with the keepers. Following the tide South, we caught a couple more nice red fish until the tide topped out. The trout bite was slow once again, but once the sea breeze kicked in and the tide turned, we had some action. Only one keeper made its way to the cooler, but several shorts kept us busy to end our afternoon. A couple mixed catches of mackerel, snapper and black drum were added to the cooler and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

Yesterday it was fish after fish and today, we worked hard for every bite we got. It was day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club and I had the pleasure of having Gordon and Kirt on board. We had a 1/2 day charter scheduled and we stuck to red fishing for today's trip. We hit a variety of points from North to South, but only came up with four red fish, and only two in the slot. The other boats experienced the same situation with their anglers as well. The wind really came up on us today around 10am and it was quite rough for the duration of our charter. I thank you guys for working hard and here's Kirt with one of today's red fish... Capt. Dan

A great morning red fish bite with Jane, Carrie and Francis and these lady anglers did outstanding. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with fellow Homosassa Guides Assication Captains Rick Spratt, William Toney and Gary Cox, and we had the pleasure of fishing the Smith party. I chose to run North towards Crystal River and it paid off. Free lining good size live shrimp from Blue Water Tackle in Homosassa was the bait of choice. We left the red fish after landing ten, up to 29" and began drifting for trout. The trout bite was slow once again, but they eventually turned on and my gang put seven keepers in the cooler. My self and the other Captains prepared a fine shore lunch to end our trip and I thank every one for the great day. Here's my Lady anglers with their fine catch... Capt. Dan

Day two of the Homosassa Fishing Clubs Watson party and I had the Calhoun family on board for our 1/2 day charter. Leaving the club dock at 8am, we began the day with a couple nice slot red fish that fell to some free lined live shrimp. Not much of a tide today, but enough to cover the rocks and allow a little time red fishing. Our next stop was the "Chazz" kelp beds and the trout bite was slow, due to no wind and absolute slick calm conditions. When the breeze kicked in, so did the trout bite and a few keepers made their way in to the cooler. For today's surprise, Wade caught a nice cobia on a cork rig, which gave a hard fight to end our morning. I thank the entire group for a fun couple of days and we'll see you on your next visit... Capt. Dan