Saturday, Jul 27 2013

Homosassa Rocks!!!

We made the trip offshore today and the grouper are stacked in the 20ft range. David, Scott and Andrew were on board with me today at the Homosassa Fishing Club and we skipped the scalloping, and ran West. A little bit of a bumpy West wind made us take a couple stops inshore, but when we finally reached the 20ft range it was on. The shallower rocks did produce some grouper, cobia, grunts and snapper, but the grouper were on the short side. Once we anchored up, we sent down some frozen threadfin herring and in short order, the guys had their limit. Only a couple break offs and sharks to contend with today, but the surprising thing was the grouper wanted the dead bait. We tried some live pinfish and I couldn't beleive it, no takers. A great couple days and the other Capts. on the trip did outstanding as well with scallops, red fish, trout, and a couple grouper. Thank you all for the fun time and here's my crew with today's catch... Capt. Dan
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Still tough fishing right now with the hot water temperatures, big tide and the bait shops out of shrimp, but we managed to catch a little variety. Today's guests were Bill, Christy and Adam and we spent most of the day jumping from grass patch to grass patch catching a few trout. We would hit a little group here and there, but we encountered mostly shorts and only a couple keepers. We left the trout grind and tried our luck on a couple rock piles and caught some beautiful sea bass, a few grouper and a grunt to add to the mix. With two hours of the tide coming in, we made a couple last minute stops on a few red fish points. We sure had them on, but the oyster bars got the best of us today. I thank you all fun time and always look forward to our charters. Here's Adam and his great grandpa Bill with a couple of today's trout... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, May 18 2013

Homosassa Variety...

An action packed day for sure out of the Homosassa Fishing Club and I joined my good friend Capt. Mark Zorn fishing the Hansen party. I had Richard and Jerry on board for the day and the guys had the hod rods. We made our quick run offshore to about 8ft of water and the trout bite was on. We had out limit of fifteen trout by 11am and even released a few others. With red fishing really not being all that fantastic at the time and the tide running out; we opted to go rock jumping. We jigged an assortment of different rocks and had a nice variety. Sea bass, keeper sized gags, cobia, flounder etc... were keeping us busy for the afternoon. It was a perfect day and I can't thank you both enough. Here's both teams with our catches for the day... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, May 11 2013

Crystal River Offshore...

I'm telling those grouper "watch out, only two months to go" before the season opens. David and Steve joined me today out of Crystal River and they wanted to experience some hard fighting fish. I suggested cobia and grouper and the guys said "great, lets do it". Cobia was going to be our first target and once we anchored on our structure, we caught three just under keeper sized cobia to start the day. Free lined live pin fish was the bait of choice for the cobia. With some great pictures and the guys ready for some grouper; we made a couple mile run, anchored and FISH ON. We caught and released eleven keeper sized gags to 16lbs and had our lines busted a couple times as well. We called it a day a little early and the guys couldn't have been more happier. Here's David with the big grouper of the day released, to be caught again in July... Capt. Dan
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Picture perfect weather and it felt like spring again. It was back at Tarpon Key Lodge for fishing the Green party and myself, Capt. Zorn and Capt. Toney were the hosts for the days charter and afternoon shore lunch. Merritt and Jeff were on board with me today and since the gang is flying back to Atlanta tomorrow, today was just a catch and release day. There was a stiff NE breeze for the early morning hours and it was pretty "skinny" running the flats. We started the day using cork rigs off the keys and did well catching six keepers to get the day going. As the day warmed and wind calmed, we made a quick 2 mile run to about 6ft of water and made a long drift over some spotty bottom. Excellent trout action and a mixed catch of pompano, Spanish mackerel, blue fish, grouper and sea bass filled out the day nicely. We totaled 16 keeper trout "which all were safely released", before we ran back to the lodge and prepared a fantastic shore lunch. A great time today with you both and here's Merritt with a keeper trout that posed for a quick picture... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Apr 18 2013

Grouper Inventory...

A change from the inshore grind and even though gag grouper season is closed until July, we did a little grouper inventory. Mishel and Earl joined me today out of Pete's Pier Marina for a full day of trolling up some gags. We trolled the shallow ledges and caught some beautiful gag grouper. Using rapala x-rap 20's in the fire tiger and blue mackerel colors were the hot ticket. We easily would of had our limit of gags and then some and it's great to see the stocks in such good shape "as they have always been". We did catch a unique fish toady called a yellow file fish and it was really a neat looking catch. It was a picture perfect day and i can't thank you enough for the great time. Here's Earl with the big fish of the day and as always, my other pictures can been seen on my Crystal River Fishing face book page... Capt. Dan
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Hello everyone, I wanted to let you know the grouper episode of One More Cast with Shaw Grigsby I filmed is airing this week. You can see it on the Sportsman's Channel and the air times are Saturday 2/16 at 9:30pm and Sunday 2/17 at 12:30am and 8:30am. I thank everyone for your support and once this weather straightens out, I'll see you on the water... Capt. Dan
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A fine mixed bag today out of Crystal River and Jeremy and Bonnie had a wonderful time. Today's charter began leaving from Pete's Pier Marina and starting the day jerk baiting some trout. The trout bite was good considering the 60 degree gulf water temperature and with the tide coming in; the conditions were perfect. With a nice catch of trout, stop number two was to add some sheepshead to the mix. On the way offshore, we saw several school of bonito and we were lucky enough to hook into one for a great hard fighting battle. We took a couple pictures and finished up our day landing some beautiful Crystal River sheepshead, grouper and grunts. I thank you both for a fun time and congratulations on your catch... Capt. Dan
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Back at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with Captains Zorn, Spratt, Toney and Long and we fished the Stribling party. I had the pleasure of having Vivian, Lucy and Frank on board and with orders to catch enough fish for a shore lunch, we ran offshore shore to find some good eats. My crew did fine catching some nice sheepshead, sea bass and grunts; plus a couple grouper to fill out the morning. We had to be back to the club island by 1pm and our famous shore lunch was excellent. I thank you all for the fun time and here's my crew with some of their catch just before it went in the skillet... Capt. Dan
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Another perfect window in between fronts and today's conditions couldn't have been better. Skip, Dave and Chuck were on board with me today out of Crystal River and this was their yearly sheepshead extravaganza charter. I assured them with the full moon and calm seas, today was going to be great! We left from Pete's Pier just before 9am and made our way offshore. The fishing was absolutely fantastic and immediately we had two and three on at a time. Just after 10am, we had close to twenty in the cooler and then we just had some fun catching, releasing and adding one here and there to the total. We caught some beautiful keeper sized gag grouper and sea bass to add to our species list and I thank you all for the outstanding day. Here's my crew with another great Crystal River charter... Capt. Dan
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