A stressful ride on the gulf today with extremely dense sea fog to contend with, but we had a good day. David and Ron were on board for the day and I must say thank you guys, for putting up with the wet conditions. The crew and I did made it offshore with some help from my stone crab buddies running the radar and we got on the sheepshead. The incoming tide bite was great and the sheepshead were biting real well. However, when it turned to go out, it was slow. We left the sheepshead and picked up a nice trout on the inside to end the day. I had a great with you both and lets hope for "drier" weather next time... Capt. Dan

I'm so glad today's charter worked out. Ed and his daughter Emma were my guests today and after they had vehicle trouble this morning, we were able to save the afternoon. We made it off the dock at noon from Pete's Pier Marina and with a pretty good high tide, I made a quick stop to find a couple trout. The trout bite was great on DOA glow jerk baits and Ed caught a nice bonus red fish in the same area. The seas were like glass and our next stop were the sheepshead grounds. I hammered down until we hit the 20ft range and once we sent down our Blue Water Bait and Tackle live shrimp, the sheepshead were in a frenzy. They did great and ended the day with a fine catch. Thank you both for a fun afternoon and enjoy all the fish... Capt. Dan

Happy fish today folks..... Joe was my solo guest today and he had a day. Leaving from Pete's Pier Marina, we made our initial run offshore and got on the sheepshead. I knew there was a cold front on its way and our time would be limited to stay on the out side. We hit a couple rocks and caught a few keepers, before the line of rain came through. With the rain approaching, I made it safe to the Salt River bridge and we waited out the rain. The skies cleared after an hour and we were back fishing and catching some really nice trout. DOA glow jerk baits, MirrOlure MirrOdines and Unfair Lures plugs were all working very well. Joe and I finished off a limit of trout and released few over the slot, to end the day. I thank you bud for fun time and look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

It sure was good to be back on the big pond, but "wooo" it was a chilly ride. The gulf water temperature is still in the mid 50's and once you clear the river, it's cold. I had Tim and Jeanne on board and we spent the majority of the day on the sheepshead grounds. We jumped around on various rocks and ledges, but the bite wasn't to strong for us today. We did pick up a couple nice keepers, but we had to work for them. The tide was really running in hard for the afternoon and to end the day, we stopped on a shallow rock bar and caught a couple beautiful trout. DOA glow jerk baits just above the submerged rocks were the ticket. I had a great time with you both and next time I hope it's a little warmer. Here's Tim with a fine Crystal River trout... Capt. Dan

I don't know about the start of 2014, but the weather has to get better soon. On today's trip, I had the great pleasure of having the Urban family on board and we made the best of a chilly situation. I was hoping the weather man was right with diminishing winds to run offshore for sheepshead, but it didn't happen. The team and I made the best of a chilly day, and we had a little bit of action in the river. Trout, mangrove snapper and lady fish around the springs kept the rods bent for a little while. I thank you all for hanging in there and giving today a try... Capt. Dan

We wrapped up 2013 with a great Crystal River charter today and Kay, Bill and Todd loaded the boat. I picked up the gang at Pete's Pier Marina just after 8am and began the day jigging up a few trout. Very low water and a pretty steady North wind didn't allow very much tide to come in, so we made the run offshore and found the sheep's. The sheepshead action was great with several of them in all sizes and a handful of grouper caught and released too. Live shrimp on a knocker rig was the bait of choice and what a perfect day to end the year. Thank you guys for the fun time and look forward to our next trip... Capt. Dan

Hurry up and wait..... That pretty much sums up today, but we were able to finally make it out and find some fish. It was day two with the Homosassa Fishing Club and the rain kept us at the dock for quite a while. Myself and Capt. Zorn and Toney held down Macrae's for a couple hours and the weather finally cleared enough for us to cook a great shore lunch at the club house. The front was coming through and we had our chance to make it on the water. My crew did really well on some upper and over slot trout with DOA glow jerk baits to save the day. I thank you all for the great time and here's the gang with some great Homosassa trout... Capt. Dan

Definitely a fun group on board with me today and we changed it up a bit. The Homosassa Fishing Club was in town and we brought the crew up to Crystal River. Myself and Capts. Mark Zorn and William Toney had the pleasure of fishing the Wait party and we loaded up. Big tout catches and mixed bags of sheepshead, sea bass, flounder, grunts and mackerel filled the buckets. My team did great and it turned out to be a beautiful day. I thank you all for a wonderful time and I hope we can get tomorrow in, with the coming weather... Capt. Dan

A big change in the weather from yesterdays trip, but we gave it a try and did well. I had the pleasure of having the Davies family on board and they did great. NE wind, on and off showers and low water - the conditions were tough, but it was Brian's birthday present and I was determined to find some fish. We tucked back in the salt river, worked some holes with kelp grass and found some trout. Not big numbers, but a couple keepers and a few under slot red fish in the river. Live shrimp was the bait of choice and I thank you all for great morning. Here's Brian with the big trout of the day and happy birthday... Capt. Dan

A fun day with a great father and son team out of Crystal River and these guys had a good one. Todd and Tyler were the team and they definitely kept the rods bent catching trout and sheepshead. The day began throwing DOA jerk baits on a shallow oyster bar and catching and releasing some beautiful trout. With our arms warmed up, our next stop were some offshore sheepshead. The sheepshead bite was outstanding and we landed well over forty, just keeping a bakers dozen for a meal or two. Tyler brought in a beautiful, hefty sea bass that was over 16" to add to the catch. A fun, busy fish catching day and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan