Friday, Nov 24 2017

Rain Delay...

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving as we did, but we had late take off today due to the rain - it was much needed. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club with fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains, Mark Zorn, Jim Long, William Toney and Johnathan Hamilton. The guys and I had the pleasure of having the Smith party on board and Cr. Coco and his wife Nancy were with me for the afternoon. As we took off and reached the mouth of the Homosassa, I took the couple South and plug cast a really nice limit of gags. The grouper were biting well and a couple trout found their way on board too. A fun time and I'll see you all tomorrow... Capt. Dan

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Monday, Nov 13 2017

Gags and Bonus Red...

The seas calmed down for us today to make it happen and with Bob and Nancy in town from Pennsylvania; the team caught some nice gags and an offshore surprise. We actually started the day inshore jerk baiting some trout and picked up a couple, as we waited for the wind to calm down a bit. Around 11am, I made the run offshore and we were able to catch some nice gags; but it was still a bit on the rough side. Four nice fish came on board, plus a huge offshore red fish which was a welcomed surprise. The team had a great day and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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Tuesday, Nov 07 2017

One Stop Gags..

One stop today and we got them. Tony and Steve were my guests today and grouper once again was on the menu. We dropped down on some scattered low profile rocks with live pin fish and did very well. We caught close to 20 grouper on one spot, while also filling out our limit. The team did really good turning the fish and we also added a couple trout before he headed home. A fun day guys and I look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, Nov 01 2017

Big Haul...

What a day!!! It was that awesome three day after a major front bite today, and the fish were in a feeding mood. I had the pleasure of having Ted, Brad and Curtis on board and the team did outstanding. They started the day jigging up a beautiful limit of trout on MirrO'lure Lil Johns and bourbon was the flavor of the day. After a fine morning of trout action, we headed to the grouper grounds and trolled up some fine gags and bottom fished our last keeper too. The weather was absolutely perfect and I can't thank you all enough for a fun day... Capt. Dan

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Tuesday, Oct 31 2017

Much Better...

A huge different in conditions and what a difference a day makes. The sea's calmed to glass and at least the trout acclimated to the temperature drop. I had the Keeler team on board and the gang jigged up some nice trout for the morning hours. The water is still quite muddy, but the fish are there. I gave the grouper a try again and I was able to make it out to the 20ft range. We trolled up several shorts and a nice keeper to wrap up the day. The conditions look to be getting better each day this week and thank you all for a fun day... Capt. Dan

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Sunday, Oct 22 2017

Jamboree Day 2...

Day two at the Homosassa Fishing Clubs Jamboree and for today's trip, we changed it up a bit. There was a 1pm shore-lunch scheduled and with the huge amount of fish brought in by everyone yesterday, we just limited our boats to 5 trout a person. My team started the day out just fine by catching our 5 keeper trout in two short drifts, plus letting a few go. With a little time to kill, I ran to some shallow rock piles and we plugged up some grouper. The guys had a couple just under the 24" mark, but John turned a dandy at over 30". We headed back inshore, prepared a fine shore lunch and I thank you all for the fun two days... Capt. Dan

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Saturday, Oct 21 2017

Homosassa Jamboree

Today was the Homosassa Fishing Clubs day one, of their annual Jamboree. 35 club members were in attendance and 12 of the Homosassa Guides Association Captains had a awesome day of fishing. My crew consisted of Butch, Ken and John and these gentlemen had some hot rods. They brought in a beautiful limit of fine trout and a bonus red fish. DOA glow jerk baits were the baits of the day and we ran way south to "Chazz". All the boats brought in very good catches and I thank you all for a great day one... Capt. Dan

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Wednesday, Oct 18 2017

Fighting the Wind..

It was blowing today folks. I had the pleasure of having the Bennett team on board and we had good time despite the wind. I made a long run south today towards "Chazz" and we used DOA glow jerk baits to tackle our trout. The fish were keying in on the kelp grass patches and we caught only 2 short trout in a couple drifts. The tide wasn't quite right for red fishing, as it's getting later and later each day; but we made a stop and Shane had a nice slot fish to round up the trip. Thank you guys for putting up with the conditions and I look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

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Monday, Oct 16 2017

The Big 3....

What a day to end Phil's last of four days of great fishing, by topping it off with the big three. Phil had quite the day catching a limit of red fish, trout and grouper. I used the tides to plan out the day and we targeted the red fish on the beginning of the incoming tide and then; headed west for the grouper. I stopped on a couple rock piles and we turned two really nice gags in short order. Two of them got the best of us breaking 100lb test line and I sure would of liked to seen them. The tide turned around 1pm and Phil and I jigged up a fine limit of trout on MirrOlure Lil' Johns to end the day. I thank you and the team for four great days of fishing and I look forward to a couple months from now... Capt. Dan

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Saturday, Oct 14 2017

Hot Gags...

What a day!!! Well, the seas where choppy and it was a rough ride, but the guys were game and the gag bite was on. Joe, Chris and Phil were with me for day two and it was another great one. The gang brought their big guns and were ready to tackle some gags. We set up on a couple rocks and they did outstanding. Some fine gags came on board and Joe had the hot rod. The guys also had a fine catch of red fish, a couple trout and once again, I thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan

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