It's not to often I get a cancellation, but I did for today's charter and I had the chance to fish with some good friends and do some grouper digging. You would think I would have a bunch of fish in the freezer being a full time guide, but believe it or not - I was down to two fillets. So, for a fun day, I was able to do a grocery run with my great long time friends Randy and Gary and catch some goodies. For today's trip, we fished some shallow rocks for mangrove snapper and also ran to the 30ft range for the grouper. Both locations fished very well and we did encounter many more short red grouper today, but still several nice keepers to go along with them. It was a fun day with some good laughs and bent rods - I thank you both again for the great day... Capt. Dan

Not a ripple on the gulf today and it made for a smooth ride running offshore. Rick, Tim and Mario were with me for another Crystal River charter and we headed to the grouper grounds. A quick stop on the flats to fill the well with pin fish and our next stop was anchoring down on the grouper. The team sent down a combination of pin fish and cut thread fin herring and the bite was on. Doubles and triples, and in just an hour, the guys had their limit. I looked at my watch and it was 10:30am. Wow, what a bite and what a day! Thank you all for a fun couple of days and congratulations on two great days of fishing... Capt. Dan

Excellent grouper action just a ways offshore and once again, I had the weather to head West. Bob, Nancy, Bill and David joined me for the day and after a quick stop to catch a red fish, we ran offshore. The mangrove snapper and grunts started our day and the bite was quite good with some fine snapper bending the rods. Live shrimp on Hank Brown jig heads were the baits of choice and they always produce well. The seas were calming and we headed to some low profile rocks I haven't been to in a while and did great. The bite started out slow, but as the tide picked up the gags lit up. The team caught a fine catch of grouper and what a great day. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you next time... Capt. Dan

Wow ... What a day! The winds calmed down and we were able to make it offshore and find the grouper. As bad as I wanted to make it offshore yesterday, it was just to rough and today the weather was in our favor. Rick, Blake and Mario were with me for the day and we hit it out of the park. After a bait stop inshore, we headed west to the grouper grounds and it was awesome. Gags and red grouper were on the same structures and the bite was on. The team caught an awesome limit and I was glad to be a part of the day. Thank you all for the fun time and I look forward to our next Crystal River charter... Capt. Dan

A little bumpy out there today on the big pond, but we made a good day of it and had a fine catch. William, John and Cooter were on board with me for the day and we were set to tackle some gag grouper. The winds were up for the morning and after a bait stop on the flats, we hit one of my favorite ledges. The gags were on the feed with the out going tide and we turned one real nice keeper - but a handful of break offs got the best of us on that spot. The rest of the shallow water grouper day was a bit slow with short gags coming aboard and the big ones just didn't want play. The team did catch a nice box full of mangrove snapper and grunts to ensure a fine fish fry for the evening. I thank you guys for the fun time as always and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

A big mix today in Homosassa and we had a slam and then some... I had the pleasure of having Tony, Donna, Chris and Beth on board and we caught the whole spectrum. Trout on DOA deadly combos began our trip just off the keys, but I'll tell you the water is extremely dirty from the high winds from the previous days. With a couple trout in the box, we made a run to the rocks and the water clarity was even worse. I had to fish off my numbers, mark the rocks and fish accordingly. The snapper and grunt bite was great though and a couple grouper kept us busy as well. To end the day on the incoming tide, we hit the outer keys and caught some fine red fish to top off the day. A great day and it was good to see some nice weather again. Thank you all for the great time and here's Chris and Beth with a Homosassa snook... Capt. Dan

Another good day on the grouper grounds with the Stribling party and we found the red grouper again. For those of you that don't know, we've had a red tide offshore this year in the deeper region and it has pushed the red grouper in shallow. I've been targeting the 25ft range and the red grouper action has been unbelievable. Cut thread fin herring and live pin fish have been the baits and they have worked fantastic. On today's trip we had a 1pm shore lunch on schedule, so we made a quick run offshore and caught some fine grouper. The shore lunch was awesome with fried grouper, red fish, grunts and snapper. Two great days of fishing and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

Wow!!! A big haul today offshore Homosassa and the grouper bite was on. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club fishing the Stribling party with my great friends Capt. Mark Zorn, William Toney and Rick Sprat and we all had an awesome day. I took my crew offshore to the 30ft range and the red grouper bite was unbelievable. We caught close to twenty keeper sized red grouper and some fine gags for the day. A combination of live pin fish and cut thread fin herring were the baits of the day. Slick cam conditions made for an easy ride offshore and I thank you all for the great day. Here's Yancey, Keith and David with a fine catch of grouper... Capt. Dan

A good day on the shallow rocks, but those big grouper whipped us today. I had Joe and Casey on board for the day and the guys did great. Catching pin fish began our trip and with a live well full of goodies, we headed west. I stopped on a ledge that's been covered over with mangrove snapper and once again they were there. Live shrimp kept the rods bent with snapper, grunts, lady fish, jacks and small gags. The team caught their limit of mango's and we headed to a couple grouper spots. We were able to turn a nice keeper, lots of shorts and numerous big dogs broke us off. That's grouper fihsing in shallow water and hopefully we'll turn them next time. Thank you both for the great day and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

An unbelievable day at the Homosassa Fishing Club with some huge catches back at the dock. Myself and fellow Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, William Toney, Jim Long and Jonathan Hamilton had the pleasure of having the Smith party and the group loaded up. Ed and Von were with me for the day and we had an excellent catch. Limits of Gag and Red grouper, several grunts and snapper, Spanish mackerel and a couple trout topped off our big haul. The other boats had some excellent catches as well and this team is definitely taking back home for fine fillets. I thank you all for the excellent day and here's my team with today's excellent catch... Capt. Dan