We did it all today out of Crystal River and my two wonderful lady clients, Debbie and Shelley had a great time. We left from the Plantation Resort this morning and started the day on the outgoing tide gathering our limit of scallops on just two locations. The weekend crowds were out there, but we got away from the pack and had them all to our selves. Just before 11am we had our 6 gallon limit and made our run offshore to the 12ft range and targeted the mixed variety on the rock piles. Grouper, grunts, mangrover snapper, flounder, etc... kept us busy and a simple live shrimp on a 1/8oz Hank Brown jig head was the bait of choice. I thank you both for the fun time and here's my lady anglers with a cooler full of goodies... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Aug 02 2012

On the Rocks...

The full moon in August is upon us and this is a great time to fish the shallow rocks and catch some mangrove snapper. Mike, Teddy and Spencer were on board with me today and we did just that. With a hundred live shrimp ready to go, we anchored up in the 8ft range and caught a mixed variety. Grouper, sea bass, grunts and snapper were coming in fast as we could drop our baits down. The snapper are here and every location produced several "mangos". The seas were a little rough towards noon time, so we ran inshore in hopes of some red fish. Today wasn't my day for red fishing and after stop after stop, we only came up with one just under the slot. Some days that's just how it goes, but we had a good time and covered a lot of water. Thanks guys for the fun day and here's Teddy with a gag grouper he caught on light tackle... Capt. Dan
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Monday, Jul 09 2012

Homosassa Mixed Bag...

Another trip to the grouper grounds with Skip and Steven on board out of Homosassa and we caught a little variety. We began the day trying to make our run offshore, but it was quite rough for the first couple hours. We killed a little time drifting for trout and picked up a couple keepers and a few good sized sea bass. Finally, around 11am, the seas calmed and we made our run out to 25ft of water. The guys sent down some live pin fish and the rest was history. A couple keeper grouper and a nice catch to end the day. Thank you both for the fun time and enjoy the good eats... Capt. Dan
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We made the offshore run once again today off Crystal River and we were surprised with a couple bonus red grouper added to our catch. Kendra and Clearance were on board for this full day offshore trip and this young couple did great turning some grouper. We hit the 35ft range today and sending down some live pin fish produced some nice keeper gags and a couple hefty red grouper. The red grouper are a treat and usually the keeper sized ones are found much deeper and it is a pleasant surprised to find them in the shallow water. We caught several shorts gags and broke off several brutes throughout the day and I thank you both for the great time. Here's Kendra with a beautiful red grouper from today's charter... Capt. Dan
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Saturday, Jul 07 2012

Going Deep...

We made the run offshore again today and we found some nice gags in the 30ft range. Donna and George joined me today for a full day out of Crystal River and to be honest, it was pretty much a mirror image to yesterdays charter. Loading the live well with palm sized pin fish and anchoring up on the ledges, was a winning combination for the grouper. On the way in, we set up a couple drifts on the spotty bottom areas with root beer colored Lil' Johns and added a few trout to the mix. Another fine day offshore and I thank you both for the outstanding time. Here's the crew with their great catch... Capt. Dan
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Friday, Jul 06 2012

One of Those Days...

It was one of those magical days today in the gulf where everything comes together. We were able to turn the grouper away from their homes and the keeper trout cooperated in the same location where there were mostly shorts yesterday. Alan, Ron and Zack joined me out of Crystal River for a full day of grouper and trout fishing and we filled up the gas tank and made long run offshore. With ideal conditions, we ran almost 27 miles offshore to the 38ft range and we found some hefty gags. Live pin fish was the bait of choice and the guys did great catching some beautiful grouper. On the way in, we made several drifts over the spotty bottom areas and the keeper trout came alive today. You just never know what each day will bring. Thank you all for the great day and here's the crew with their catch... Capt. Dan
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Thursday, Jul 05 2012

Homosassa Cobia & Grouper...

It was another hot one today offshore Homosassa and we caught a nice mixed bag of Cobia, grouper, sea bass and trout. Bill, Christy and Andy joined me today out of Macrae's and we were offshore bound to find some hard fighting grouper. We made a quick stop at the Bonnie the bait lady to fill the live well full of pin fish to start our day and our next stop was anchoring up on some ledges and fighting some grouper. The grouper action was good in the 17ft range and another nice cobia surprised us for an added bonus for our trip. While offshore we also tried for some deep water trout and caught quite a few, but only one keeper was added to the mix. I thank you all for the fun time and sticking it out in the hot conditions. Here's Christy with her first cobia and congratulations... Capt. Dan
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It was a great feeling to anchor up once again, send down some live pin fish and watch the rods double over. Today was my first of many upcoming charters for the gag grouper season and Bill and Sheena started it off with a bang. I picked the couple up from their home on the river and started the day filling the live well with an assortment of frisky baits. Our next stop, was anchoring up on some shallow ledges and the grouper were on location waiting. We caught several gags and lost a few heavy weights that we just couldn't turn around in time; and they broke off. Bill had a good fish on and to our surprise a beautiful keeper cobia was on board as an added bonus. The offshore bite was the best today and our couple of stops inshore produced only a few fish with the extreme high flood tide. I thank you both very much for the fun day and always look forward to our future charters... Capt. Dan
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Tuesday, May 22 2012

Team D.O.A. on Gags...

A special trip out of Homosassa today with DOA lures director Jerry Mcbride and my good friend Capt. William Toney and we were field testing/photographing some new DOA lures. As a bonus, we also filmed an upcoming episode of Capt. Toneys Nature Coast Outdoors showing how fantastic these baits are in action. Gag grouper were are target species for the day and we had some great action on the shallow rock piles in the 6ft to 10ft range. We caught an assortment of species on the 6" shrimp including grouper, sea bass, cobia and flounder to make our trip a success. I encourage any angler here off Citrus County to give these baits a try and I ensure you'll be very pleased. Thanks guys for the fun time and here's one of the grouper from today's trip... Capt. Dan
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Another request for an offshore charter and I was anxious to take Gary, John and Brad out of Crystal River. Cobia again was our offshore species for the day and after a very productive stop at the "bait bar", we were all set to target some cobia. We arrived at our destination and shortly after anchoring up and chumming, we were greeted by several large brown bombers. It was fast and furious action, with a couple fish on at a time and on today's charter; we landed 7 out of 8 cobia for our end of the day total. As an added bonus, a couple hefty gag grouper and Spanish Mackerel graced us, and I thank you all for the wonderful time. Here's the crew with a couple of the keeper cobia and enjoy the tasty fillets... Capt. Dan
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