What a day! Calm sea's, cleaner water and the gags were feeding aggressively. I had my good friends and clients on board; Clell, Lee and Roy for the day day and it was awesome. Not a ripple on the gulf and it was smooth sailing to our destinations. The team did fantastic trolling up a beautiful limit of gags and our next step was anchoring down and catching some grunts. The grunts were hammering the shrimp and it was three on at a time. Roy had the lucky rod and landed a beautiful hog fish to add to the catch. A great day and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

Yesterday was about a tough a day as I've ever had. I tried everything I could, but just couldn't make anything happen. Dirty water and rough sea's, it was challenging. Today however, the sea's calmed and we were able to find some clean water and happy grouper. Mike and Jesse were with me for the day and we trolled up a pair of fine grouper and bottom fished some too. The bite was really good and we actually found a new spot I'm looking forward to getting back to soon. Thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you all soon... Capt. Dan

A choppy one today on the big pond, but Chick and Larry hung in there and trolled up a fine limit. I met the guys just before 8am at Pete's Pier marina and we made our way offshore. As bad as I wanted to make it out the 25ft range, it just wasn't going to happen. So, we stayed in the 10ft range and trolled over various rocks and ledges. We would catch one or two on each spot and soon enough, there was four in the box. A quick anchor on a rock to add a sheepshead and a couple grunts to the cooler; then we called it a day. Thank you both for the great time and congratulations on your first groupers... Capt. Dan

Cold and overcast was the weather for the day and the gags were hungry. I had Mishel, Earl and Dan on board for the day and we made our way to about 15ft of water and put out the plugs. I had to cancel yesterdays trip from the high winds of the cold front coming through, but today was much better. The gulf water clarity is still extremely dirty off Crystal River, so you have to do a bit of running to find some cleaner water. When you hit the color change, the fishing has been excellent. Orange Rapala CD plugs were the baits of the day and I can't thank you all enough for the fun time...

Today was the old saying "you could have taken a canoe offshore" kind of day; and I was very pleased to have Joe and Joanne experience it. We left from Pete's Pier just before 9am and made or way offshore. We reached the 25ft range after about a 45 minute run and quickly trolled up a limit of quality sized gag grouper. Rapala x-rap 20's were the plugs of the day and our next target was bottom fishing for a mix of species. Grunts, mango snapper, trigger fish and a hog fish kept us busy and we had a smooth ride home back to the dock. Thank you both for the great time and I'll see you soon... Capt. Dan

A long time in the making, but I was able to take my good friend Capt. Matt Flemming out today. We left the dock after 8am and made our way south off Crystal River. We fished the 25ft range and though it was a little bit choppy during the morning hours, the seas calmed later in the afternoon. The grouper bite was a slow one with not much happening until the latter part of the day, but they eventually turned on "full moon blues". In between grouper bites, we added a mix of grunts and a couple bonus hog fish to the mix to fill out the day. The water continues to be extremely dirty and trolling isn't all that productive. Bottom fishing is going to be your best bet in the shallow water, until the water clears. Thanks Matt again for a fun day... Capt. Dan

An incredible day again offshore Crystal River and we hit the 20lb mark today. Matt and Phil were with me for their final day and they guys hit it out of the park. I ran to one of my favorite grouper ledges, sent down the tread fin herring and "WHAM", it was on. We actually missed the first couple of fish and the hook pulled; but thankfully no break offs to shut the bite down. Matt had big fish honors with a 20lb trophy he turned bottom fishing, which was no easy task and I must say I was thoroughly impressed. The team reached their limit and added a load of grunts to take back to Pennsylvania. Thank you both for a very fun couple of days and always look forward to our charters... Capt. Dan

The gulf may look like chocolate milk from the high seas/winds from Sunday, but the grouper still have to eat. My favorite way to catch grouper as you know is trolling, but with the recent conditions; it was back to bottom fishing. Phil and Matt joined me for the day and we anchored up on a couple breaks and turned some really large gags. Thread fin herring was the bait of the day and no shorts or break offs; just fine quality grouper. We did add a couple sea bass to the mix and an early arrival sheepshead. A fun day and great catch, thank you both once again... Capt. Dan

An awesome bite offshore today and the grouper were running down the plugs. I had Gary, Ron and Josh on board for the day and we made the run to the 25ft range and trolled up a beautiful limit of hefty gags. The grouper were biting well and four of the keepers today were over the 12lb mark up to 17lbs. The team finished up their limit by noon; and we anchored down and filled the cooler with some grunts to add some more tasty fillets to the mix. I'm not sure how the next couple of days will play out with the strong cold front coming, but we'll keep our fingers crossed and hope the fishing stays good... Capt. Dan

A great day with an old friend. Bo joined me for the day and I haven't fished with him for close to 15yrs. I went to school with Bo throughout the years, played all the sports together and it sure was a fun to be on the boat together again. Today we ran way south to put some time on the new engine and break her in right. We trolled up a limit of gags up to 17lbs and only took one fish on each rock we trolled over. I've been dying to catch a hog fish on hook and line and I've spear fished several, but never on rod and reel. Well, I stopped on a high profile rock in 23ft of water and finally did it. We had to cull through lots of grunts, but mission accomplished "and we actually caught two". I thank you Bo for the fun day and please check out my Crystal River Fishing Facebook page for additional pictures as always.