Day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club fishing the Spalding party and what another great day. Mildrid, Charlie and James were my anglers for the day and we tackled some more Homosassa trout. I for the most part, did the same plan as yesterday's successful trip and it worked out beautifully. We flew down the Little Homosassa River, reached our location and began the day. DOA jerk baits around the kelp grass patches and rock bars were where we found the trout. The team put twelve nice keepers in the cooler before our afternoon shore lunch and a great two days are in the books. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to your next visit... Capt. Dan

A fun young group on board with me today at the Homosassa Fishing Club and we caught some really nice trout. Myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains William Toney, Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, Jonathan Hamilton, Mike Baize and Jim Long had the pleasure of fishing the Spalding party. Annie, Charlie and Bo were my group and they did great. I haven't been out of Homosassa in a while, but it didn't take long to find the trout. Kelp grass, hard bottom and DOA glow jerk baits was the recipe for success. The team caught some good ones with a couple over the 20" mark. The other guides did great as well with some very impressive pompano catches, but we had top honors in the big trout catch. A great day and fine afternoon shore lunch - it just doesn't get any better. Here's my group with a great trout catch by 12:30pm... Capt. Dan

You couldn't have ordered any better weather for us today and my good client Chuck had a great day. We shoved off from Pete's Pier Marina just before 8am and made our way out. On the way to sheepshead grounds, we made a few cast on a bar and caught a couple trout to get the day started. We left the trout and made our way offshore to the 20ft range, anchored up and began bringing in sheepshead and some short lived grouper battles. Good quality sized sheepshead were coming on board and a grouper break offs here and there, but Chuck turned a beautiful gag on 10lb test for a quick photo. The bonito were around as well and we caught a couple to give the drags on the shimano 2500 saros a work out. A picture perfect day and plenty of action - I thank you for the great time... Capt. Dan

Quite the variety today on the rocks and we kept the rods bent. Pat and Oscar were my clients for the day and what a Crystal River Charter they had. With winter time upon us, I like to really concentrate on the sheephsead fishing for my winter charters. The sheepshead migrate inshore for spawning and congregate around various structures, usually until about mid March. That was today's plan and the guys had a fantastic mixed bag. Live shrimp on the rocks was the bait of choice for the sheeps, grunts and floiunder and we ended our trip jigging up a couple trout to end the day. A beautiful, cool day offshore, and I thank you both for the great time... Capt. Dan

A steady SW wind kept me and my crew from heading offshore today, but we definitely kept the rods bent inshore. I had Tony, Roy and Chris on board and double digit red fish began our trip. Red fish after red fish were on the line and all were running in the 16" range, but fun none the same. Next up, schools of jack crevelles were coming through like packs of wolves and we had them on three at a time. With sore arms and for a change in species, we ended the trip with a nice catch of trout. DOA deadly combos and MirrOlure Lil' Johns helped the team put the trout on board and we called it a day. Thanks guys as always for the fun time and look forward to our next Crystal River Charter... Capt. Dan

I took a gamble today and made a run quite a ways offshore to see if the sheepshead are making there way inshore. Well, I'll just say this and yes they are..... I saw quite a few yesterday on some shallow locations which gave me the incentive to head West. So, for today's charter, Will and Trent were my guest visiting from the panhandle and wanted some fillets to take home. I knew I could load up on grunts and if the sheepshead were there, it would be a great bonus. Both plans came together awesome and it was truly a fish after fish day - with some catch and release grouper as well. With plenty of fish for the guys to take home, we worked up a couple trout and macks to add to the mix and what a day. I thank you both for the outstanding charter and look forward to next time... Capt. Dan

What a treat to have a great father and son team on board today. Sam and Sam Sr. were my guests and at 93 yrs old, Sam Sr. was catching them up. I wanted to check a couple areas to see if the big black sea bass have showed up, and they're there. The guys had them coming in one after the other and a couple nice grunts were mixed in with them. With a box full of sea bass, we ran back inshore and caught a handful of real nice trout. Not big numbers in the trout, but all upper to over slot fish. To end the day, I pulled up on one of my favorite oyster bars, and the team caught six red fish with two of them making it home to dinner. I thank you both for the great day and I look forward to seeing you guys again... Capt. Dan

A beautiful day out of Crystal River with Pat and Laura Lou on board and this husband and wife team did great catching some trout. I picked them up at their home on the river and headed West. We jigged some of the outer islands and though the bite wasn't fast and furious, the MirrOlure Lil' Johns and DOA soft plastics put a limit of 10 keeper trout in the box. Laura Lou had the big fish honors with a hefty trout over 20". A couple Spanish mackerel and a sheepshead were added to our day and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan

The fog was offshore today folks and it was here to stay. From just West of Shell Island on out, we were in it. However, I had the Buttermore family on board and it didn't slow us down (just the boat ride). Today's charter began jigging up an excellent limit of trout on MirrOlure Lil' Johns and the action was steady. The guys reached their fifteen fish limit and we were off to the grouper grounds. The grouper bite took a little while to get going, but we rotated several locations and six beautiful gags eventually came on board. The silver mullet color was the magic plug for us today and I can't thank you all enough for the great time. Congratulations on a terrific catch and I look forward to our next charter... Capt. Dan

Finally, a decent weather day to get a day of work in. I've cancelled almost a week of charters due to the conditions, but today we were able to get a good one in. I had the pleasure of having the Worthington family on board and the guys did great on the trout. We were loaded with glow DOA cal shad tail jigs and bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns and the trout were on. The team put 18 keepers on ice and we also caught and released over 20 red fish. All the reds were small, but fun none the same. A keeper grouper made it's way in to the box for the ride home and we called it a day. Thank you all for the great day and congratulations on a fine catch... Capt. Dan