They weren't jumping in the boat today, but my crew hung in there and we caught a couple real nice gags. I had Laura, Gil and Gil on board today for a full day grouper charter and what a beautiful day. We left from Pete's Pier Marina and made our way to the grouper grounds. We trolled up a pair keepers, a few shorts and had two really good ones get the best of us. The bottom fishing was a bit slow, but a couple hard fighting rays bent the rods for some excitement and another keeper gag came aboard. There's huge schools of Spanish Mackerel offshore too, and they will me making their way inshore soon. I really enjoyed the day with you all and look forward to seeing you again. Here's today's team with their grouper dinners... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Sep 12 2013

Homosassa Reds, Gags & Trout...

A fine catch today out of Homosassa and we had the big three. I has Clell and Lee on board out of Macrae's and I gave them a great ride through the Little Homosassa and made our way to a couple red fish points. The guys did good on the red fish considering we had a falling tide. A couple slot red fish, and a few in the lower teen's got the day started and free lined live shrimp from Blue Water Tackle did the job. We left the inshore scene, caught a couple dozen pin fish and made our way offshore. To grassy to troll, so we bottom fished and added a couple quality sized gags to the day. We almost beat the rain in, but pulling up to Macrae's, we got poured on. A fun day and I always look forward to fishing with you guys... Capt. Dan
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Not a fast and furious grouper bite today, but once tide started rolling in, it picked right up. I had Jad and Ray on board for a day of trolling up some gags and the guys had a beautiful day to do it. A very pleasant NE breeze was with us and around noon when the incoming tide started coming, the grouper action was good. Natural colored plugs and the old stand by, the red head and white combination, were the top producers. We fished a couple ledges and scatterd rock piles and they all had fish on them. A first for me today was when Ray caught a very large flounder trolling a Rapala X-rap 20 to bring a welcomed surprise. We had our limit of gags by 1pm and we called it a day. I thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Sep 05 2013

Homosassa Variety & Hot....

What a hot one on the big pond today.... I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club with my great friend Capt. Mark Zorn and we fished the Maddox party out of Homosassa. I had Dr. Coco and Mr. Maddox for the day the day and we made our run west to the rock piles to get the day going. Steady action with snapper, grunts, grouper and mackerel filled the cooler and the Hank Brown jig heads with a live shrimp did the trick. The guys had a cooler full of assorted goodies, so we made our way back inshore with the incoming tide and found a couple nice red fish. Back inshore, it was a hot one with hardly any breeze, but we toughed it out and had a wonderful day. Here's our end of the day shot and I thank you all for the fun day... Capt. Dan
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A special day with old time clients and excellent fishing. On today's charter myself and Capt. Mark Zorn fished the Homosassa Fishing Club, but we brought the guys up to Crystal River for a change of scenery. I had John and Carter on board and Carter is a legend in his own right and has been fishing these water for over 70 years (you should here how the fishing in this area used to be). It was a treat for me to show him the Crystal River area and we had a ball. To start the day, I made a run offshore to some of my favorite rocks and the grunts, mackerel and snapper fishing was non stop. John caught a surprise catch I don't see everyday and actually brought aboard two trigger fish to add to the species list. With a cooler "full" of fish, we spent the afternoon working the creeks and landing some really hefty back country red fish. Free lining live shrimp around the rocky points did the trick and the guys had a wonderful day. Here's Carter with today's big red fish and I thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan
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Friday, Aug 30 2013

Grouper Friday!!!

Another really good day trolling some shallow water grouper. Jim, John and William were on board with me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and the gang requested a grouper day. The marine forecast called for a little bit better conditions then what we experienced, but we delt with the chop and had an awesome day. We made our way offshore, picked up some live baits for insurance and took our time until we reached our destination. To start off, we began trolling the area and that's all I needed to see. The guys caught four beautiful keeper gags on Rapala X-rap 20's. The bite slowed for an hour or so, but we made a couple mile run and finished off our limit. For a finishing touch, we stopped in the 10ft range and added a couple quality mangrove snapper to the mix. I had a great time with you guys and thanks again for the fun time... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Aug 29 2013

Inside & Out....

The best of both worlds today out of Crystal River and Tony and Donna had a ball. Tony and Donna live in California, but when they are in town, we always have a couple great days on the water. Today's charter began running a little bit south and hoping to get a quick jump on the red fish. The school wasn't nearly as large as yesterday, but they were there and we did catch a few. You could see the push of fish, so we made a long cast with MirrOlure provoker jerk baits and hooked up. A couple over slot reds, one just under the 27" mark and our next stop was to find a grouper. We reached the 20ft range, sent down some plugs and the drag was pulling off the reel. Donna and Tony did great and in a couple passes they had their limit. A picture perfect day and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan
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A bit of a bumpy ride today out of Crystal River and it's definitly been a while since we've had a NE wind blowing. I had Ken and Jenny on board for a Crystal River grouper trip and once again, we trolled up a great catch of keeper gags. The seas were definilty a bit bumpy and I almost didn't try to make it out; but we took our time and eased our way west. We sent down the Rapal x-raps in the blue mackerel color and they did their job. The couple had their grouper limit by 11am and the big grouper today went 19lbs. Some added excitment for the trip was the big grouper today actually stripped out the gears in my shimano spheros 8000 and we had to hand line the fish in. I put on my tarpon gloves and eventually brought the fish to the boat. A really fun morning of fishing and I thank you both for a great time. Here's Ken and Jenny with their Crystal River gag groupers... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, Aug 24 2013

On the Plugs...

I dusted off the trolling plugs today and they called up the grouper. I had the Lent family on board out of Crystal River and they did great. After seeing yesterday's conditons with less and less floating grass, I had a feeling we could troll up a grouper. I did make a stop and fill the live well with pin fish, but for today's Crystal River Charter, we didn't need them. We approached the first spot, sent down a Rapala x-rap and fish on! We caught several hefty grouper and even had a couple take us back to their house. The bite slowed on the low tide and nothing much happned for the afternoon hours. We wrapped it up around 2pm and I thank you all for the really fun day. Here's the Lent family with some beautiful Crystal River grouper... Capt. Dan
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Friday, Aug 23 2013

Crystal River Grouper....

Another good trip out of Crystal River and some more quality shallow water grouper. Rob and Tom were on board with me today and we began with some inshore fishing, before we ran a little ways offshore. The trout action was steady in kelp grass patches just outside the salt river, but mostly shorts with a keeper here and there to get our day going. While the guys were catching the trout, I was filling the live well with pin fish getting ready to run down a grouper. With a couple dozen frisky baits, we made our run, anchored down and fish on. A couple real nice gags came aboard and yes, a few got the best of us again. The team did great and with the skies turing dark and thunder in the distance, we called it a day. Thank you both for a fun trip and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan
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