From the weather, the water conditions and the fishing; it was as good as it gets today. For today's Crystal River charter, Jim and Ed were with me form the Villages and it was a fish on kind of day. The sheepshead bit really well, plus the water cleared and the trout action is back on track. Lots of grunts and grouper kept us busy too offshore and I thank you both for the outstanding day... Capt. Dan

A big weather change for us today with a gusty south wind and the Coleman team did great. The little bit of tide we had from the South wind allowed us to red fish some and we found a couple nice keepers. The water was dumping out fast though, so we immediately jumped in to some shallow water trout fishing. The guys were loaded with DOA jerk baits and they worked beautifully. In a couple drifts, we had a nice catch of trout and we finished up the day on the sheepshead. I thank you all for the great day and hanging in there for the choppy conditions... Capt. Dan

And the beautiful weather continues... Today's Crystal River charter was Dan, Lauren and Joe from the Villages and we had a great day. The weather was identical to yesterdays trip, but the larger sheepshead were a bit more aggressive and came out to play. I made a quick trout stop this morning on the way out, as we had a bit more tide than I've seen in a while, and did OK. The guys brought in some fine trout before we started the sheepshead plan and about 8 trout started our day. The sheepshead bite was much like it has been, and we had to move around for them. We hit one spot that had some hefty ones, and finished the day off with a couple more trout. Another beautiful January day and I thank you all for the great time... Capt. Dan

The Sugarmill gang on board today with Bill, Jerry and Roland and it's always a fun day with them. Sheepshead were are target for this trip and we did well. We moved around little by little catching a couple on each stop and today was mostly the smaller male fish. I thought that was interesting and I attribute that to the warmer weather we're having and they are usually more aggressive. The fellas put fifteen fine sheepshead on ice and we added a couple trout to wrap up our day. I thank you all and I'll see you next time... Capt. Dan

A beautiful January day with a great team on board. Ray, Tony and Rusty were my guests today out of Crystal River and we had fun. The trout bite started off our day and we had a nice bakers dozen for just an hour or so of fishing. With the last of the tide running out, we anchored on some sheepshead bottom and caught a couple good ones. The bite slowed for a bit until the tide changed as to be expected, but it eventually got right again. A great day and I thank you... Capt. Dan

What a great day to spend my birthday! Ian, Michelle and Jeff were my guests and we hit it out of the park. The sheepshead were very cooperative and sending down some live shrimp got them going. The team put fifteen nice sheepshead on ice and we filled out the afternoon targeting trout. Bourbon colored Lil' Johns were the ticket and I can't thank you all enough for the great day... Capt. Dan

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

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

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

A wind swap out of the South today which made for good red fishing and skinny water trout. Brian and Nathan were my guests and for their first time here in Crystal River, they did great. The tide was right for red fishing this morning, we hit one key and had our limit of red fish - plus a couple little guys. The shallow water trout on DOA glow jerk baits filled out the rest of the day and it was pretty good. Solid action and the guys had a great day. I thank you both and I hope to see you in the future... Capt. Dan