Saturday, Feb 20 2016

Hot Trout & Sheepshead...

What a fantastic trip today with the Yoho family and the bite was on. Kaye, Dan and Tommy were my guests and they had a really good day. We ran to some hard bottom breaks and dropped down our knocker rigs for the sheepshead. The sheepshead action was superb and we kept our 5 fish per person limit that I encourage and we then made our way to target trout. We targeted some submerged rock bars and found several nice trout - jigging MirrOlure Lil Johns. The team had an excellent day and a catch to be proud of. I look forward to our future charters and thank you all for the fun day... Capt. Dan

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A little breezy today out of the NE, but we eventually made our way out to sheepshead land. Dan, Ringo and Bob were on board with me for the day and we did a little mix of trout and sheepshead fishing. The trout bite was a little slow for us, but it was due to the stiff NE wind and made maneuvering around the rock bars challenging. Eventually though, the wind calmed enough to make it offshore and the sheespshead bite was fantastic. The guys caught their 15 sheepshead on one stop and had a fantastic day. I thank you all for the fun time and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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An incredible day out of Crystal River with Bill, Jerry and Roland and the team had quite the day. I made a run out to 20ft and the sheepshead bite was on. I anchored on one of my favorite sheepshead breaks and we caught some whoppers. Bill had big fish honors with one at 11lbs and it was a true trophy. The guys caught their 15 sheepshead, and we began targeting some trout for the afternoon. Jigging MirrOlure Lil Johns in the bourbon color was the trout ticket and we caught a couple keepers each drift. A beautiful day and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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Monday, Feb 15 2016

Big Crystal River Sheeps...

A great weather day finally, and Bob and Nancy caught some fine Crystal River heavy weight sheepshead. We left the Plantation on Crystal River at 8:30 am and began the day red fishing. We caught one under slot fish and saw some good ones; but that was all we could come up with for the red fish. Next up though, we hammered down and made our way West. I anchored on some good sheepshead bottom and the bite was on. The team brought in some of the largest ones of the year and they did a great job. I thank you both as always and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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Saturday, Feb 13 2016

Choppy Sheeps...

Not to sound like a broken record but yes folks, the wind was up again today. I had Pat and Matt on board and we started the day off back in Salt River targeting red fish. I located a beautiful school of fish with all of them in access of 30", "really big fish". We staked out, let the fish calm down and present some free lined live shrimp to them perfectly. We hooked up on a pair, fought them for a minute or so, and both the hooks pulled out. I couldn't believe it, but it does happen. We were loosing tide, so I eased to some shallow rock piles and we picked up 8 nice sheepshead to fill out the afternoon. The wind started howling around 1:30pm and we took our time getting home. A good time and I look forward to next time. Here's Matt with one of today's sheepshead... Capt. Dan

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Friday, Feb 12 2016

Rough & Tough...

Definitely good to be back at the office, but a tough one for us today. The gulf water temp has dropped considerably and it was around the 52 degree mark for the near shore waters. Also, the recent winds have muddied up the water, which is an added challenge as well. I had Wes and JP on board for the day and we gave it a try. We picked up a couple sheepshead, a trout and a red fish for our efforts. It was just a slow bite, but we had a good time and caught a few fish. I thank you both for hanging in there and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, Feb 03 2016

Crystal River Inshore...

A very fun day with Nick and Mary out of Crystal River and today's plan was staying inshore due to the wind being up a bit. The incoming tide was perfect this morning for both targeting trout and red fish and the action was good. DOA glow jerk baits over the rock bars produced the trout and free lined live shrimp in the mullet schools put us on the red fish. We kept ten trout and released all the slot red fish, just taking pictures of them. The wind eventually calmed enough to make it offshore some, but the big sheepshead did not want to play for us in the afternoon. However, the small gag grouper were on the feed and we caught plenty. A great day and I look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

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Tuesday, Feb 02 2016

Fantastic February...

The day of all days to be on the water and it was AWESOME... I had Lauren, Gary and Dan on board for the day and these gentlemen hit it out of the park. The fog was a bit of an issue for the morning hours, but soon lifted and it was gorgeous. We did a combination trip of inshore trout on the kelp grass patches and dropping down shrimp for sheepsehad. Both target species bit very well and I can't thank you all enough for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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Just about a perfect day as one could ask for and the Gartman family was on board to experience it. I met the couple at the Plantation on Crystal River and we made our way to some kelp grass patches, where I thought there would be some trout. Well, the trout bite was really good and in just over an hour, the couple had a great catch of trout. Bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil Johns were the ticket and then we ran to sheepshead land. Flat calm conditions and a slow out going tide made it quite easy to anchor on the rocks today and we did very well on a couple locations dropping down for the sheep's. A beautiful day and a fantastic catch- I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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What a gorgeous day to be offshore and Don and Cindy were on board to experience it. I met the couple at 9am at the Plantation on Crystal River and we made our way offshore. I targeted a couple different high profile rocks and ledges and we did well. The bite was a little slow for the start, but as the tide turned; it really picked up. Several grouper, grunts and sheepshead were our species and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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