An absolute great final day with the Sumner team out of Crystal River and after four great days of fishing; these guys are in good shape with lots of tasty fillets. Larry and the guys have been fishing with myself and Capt. Clay Shidler and loading up on some trout and sheepshead. On today's Saturday's trip, was the same and we did very well on both species. Steady action bottom fishing for sheepshead and happy inshore trout filled out our day. I can't thank you all enough for the fun fishing, great dinner and I hope to do it again next year... Capt. Dan

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Friday, Jan 13 2017

Go CLEMSON!!!

The man of Clemson on board today. Mr. Pat Fitzpatrick had an awesome day and he's a Clemson alumni. He and I always have a blast and he had a fine day on the sheepshead and trout. Pat is a great friend of mine and having several scheduled trips throughout the year, he gets to sample everything Crystal River has to offer. Well, today was one of them and we did great. We dropped on some fine sheepshead bottom and did great on the incoming tide; plus some great trout on the inside. A picture perfect day and thank you my man for the fun day... Go Clemson............ Capt. Dan

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A fantastic trip with the Sumner party out of the Plantation on Crystal River and these gentlemen did great. Sheepshead fishing was the first order of business and the action was great. We dropped down on a couple hard bottom areas and caught a couple nice keepers on each stop. The tide was running in hard and trout was are next target. We eased along the rock bars, with MirrO'Lure Lil Johns and did well. The guys had a wonderful day and congratulations on the fine catch... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, Jan 11 2017

Crystal River Trips and Sheep...

Another beautiful January day off Crystal River with Judy, Greg and Chris on board and the Citrus fishing club team did fantastic. Sheepshead was the theme for us today and we delivered. The gulf water temperature is just right and the action is pretty good right now. You have to play the tides a bit, but when it gets right; the bite is on. We had a fine catch of sheepshead on a couple stops and we added a couple bonus triple tail to the mix for the day. I thank you all so much for the great day and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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Tuesday, Jan 10 2017

Triple Tail Surprise...

How about that last cold front folks... It was a chilly one for sure and today, the weather was back on track and it was a great one. I had the Riley team on board and Joe, Rich and Deanna did absolutely fantastic. We did some sheepshead fishing and caught a few, but the big "surprise" was the triple tail action. I truly believe the big front moved them around and we were lucky enough to find the school. We eased along and presented live shrimp and they gobbled them up. It was a special sight to see and I thank you all so much for the fun day... Capt. Dan

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Thursday, Jan 05 2017

Winter Time Special....

My favorite winter time special - trout and sheepshead and my crew of Dan, Lauren and Bob had an awesome one both inshore and offshore. The sheepshead bite started our day and it was a good as you could have hoped for. The sheepshead action was steady, plus the grunts, grouper sea bass, etc... was exciting too. The team did fantastic and then we ran back inshore to tackle some trout. The trout were much more cooperative than yesterday, and we worked for a fine limit to wrap up the day. I thank you guys and I'll see you soon... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, Jan 04 2017

The Season Begins...

Today was the "official" start of the 2017 sheepshead season for my crew and the Keeler team did fantastic. We did a little mix of trout fishing and sheepshead fishing. The trout action wasn't quite as on fire as yesterday's, but we caught a couple and numerous shorts. I left the trout grounds and made a run to some hard bottom and had some fine sheepshead action. Live shrimp on knocker rigs kept us busy and I thank you all so much for the fun day... Capt. Dan

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Thursday, Dec 22 2016

Crystal River Mix...

A nice mix on today's trip with Lee and Clell on board. We made our way down the Crystal River and began jigging up some trout. The trout action was superb and today, glow colored Lil' Johns did the trick. My original plan next was to troll for grouper, but i made a quick stop just to see if the sheepshead are around and biting. Well folks, yes they are; but not super aggressive yet. The team did catch five nice ones and we made our way to catch some grouper. Some big ones got the best of us today, but we turned a nice keeper and several shorts for the afternoon. A great time and I'll look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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It wasn't chilly on the big pond today - it was "COLD". From fog, light drizzle and overcast skies, this was a cold one on the water. Joe and Joanne were with me again and we had a nice little mix. We trolled up some grouper and had some excellent red fish action on the afternoon incoming tide. The red fish were really the stars today as the action was excellent with close to twenty slot fish in just two stops. A great day and I'll see you soon... Capt. Dan

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Thursday, Aug 11 2016

Crystal River 1/2 day Reds...

Always a fun 1/2 day charter with Gene and Lynda out of the Plantation on Crystal River. I began the day again on the morning high tide with some red fish action and did well. There wasn't as much tide as yesterday, but enough to find a couple red fish. The couple did just fine using live shrimp and we made our way to a shallow ledge to add a couple other goodies to the mix. Some grunts, snapper and sheepshead we also added to the today's total and as always; I thank you for the fun day... Capt. Dan

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