Great offshore conditions and the grouper and trout were today's plan. I had the father and son team, Pat and Brad on board and these gentlemen did fine. We ran a little deeper than I have been fishing, checked out the 27ft range and the grouper were there. The tide turned to come in and the grouper were on fire. Every pass produced a fish and we topped off our limit. On the way home, we made a couple stops to jig up some trout and the team put nine beautiful trout in the cooler to end our charter. A great day guys and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan

The sun finally came out today and it was a beautiful day. Mark and Mark Jr. were along with me for the day and we stayed on the shallow rocks and had a fine mixed catch. Grouper was our first order of business and we jumped rock to rock casting plugs and catching an outstanding limit of quality gag grouper. With plenty of time to kill, we took it easy and worked some more shallow rock piles and caught an assortment of species. There wasn't fast and furious action, but enough to keep the rods bent from time to time. A great day on the Nature Coast and I thank you guys for the fun time... Capt. Dan

One more great day on the trout and grouper and I just love November. This is probably my favorite month to fish and as long as the fronts don't keep us off the water; the fishing is fantastic. Mike, John and Mike were my guests today and this group of gentlemen did outstanding. Today's charter started off trolling up a fine catch of gag grouper and the 18ft range was the hot bite. We had to wait on the tide to get rolling with the slick calm conditions, but when it turned; so did the grouper. The gang put six beautiful gags in the cooler and we were off the jig up some trout. Blue fish, mackerel and all keeper sized trout kept our rods bent for the afternoon. It's so great to see the trout action to be back on and MirrOlure Lil' Johns were the baits of choice. A truly fun day and I thank you all for great time... Capt. Dan

Hey Folks, we hit another one out of the park today and it was definitely quite the day. Pete, Chris and Ed were my guests and these guys were a blast. Today's Crystal River Charter began trolling up a fine catch of quality gag grouper. We trolled a couple ledges and it was on. Bunker and Hot Head Rapala's and Green Mackerel MirrOlures were "the" plugs. I hated to leave the grouper action, but I don't catch and release grouper, so we ran back inshore and tackled some trout. The trout bite was fantastic on MirrOlure Lil' Johns and the guys had a mixed bag of trout, pompano, red fish and Spanish mackerel. The day was beautiful on the outside, but back inshore; we got poured on. This was another one to remember and I can't thank you all enough for such a great day... Capt. Dan

Today was it..... Probably the biggest catch I've had on board and such a variety of species. Judge O'Kelly and Bill were my guest and we brought the Homosassa Fishing Club up to crystal River. The action in Homosassa has been a bit off, so we changed it up and brought the gang North. Myself and Captains Mark Zorn and Jonathan Hamilton were also on the trip and it was truly a banner day. Trout limits across the board and my team did exceptionally well. We had fantastic trout action with a few snook mixed in. A couple Spanish mackerel and a bonus pompano were also added while targeting our trout. My crew reached their limit and we trolled and cast a quick limit of beautiful gag grouper. To ensure an inshore slam, I made a stop in the Salt River and a 1/2 dozen small red fish ended our day. What a day to remember and I can't thank you all enough for such a great day... Capt. Dan

The team send down the plugs this beautiful Sunday day and the gags were on the ready. I had the Keeler family on board again for their annual November trip and after last years great trout day, it was grouper time for us today. We trolled some shallow ledges and one of my favorite "secret" wrecks and it was good. Just a couple passes on each spot and we had a fine grouper limit. The gags were a little more aggressive today and the water had cleared some from yesterdays trip. We tried our luck on a couple trout drifts and caught a few, but it was pretty slow - so we called it a day. I thank you both for a fun time and enjoy the fresh grouper fillets... Capt. Dan

The day of all days..... Finally, we had a break from the howling winds and we're able to make a run offshore. Gary, Jim and Luis were my guests today out of Pete's Pier Marina and it was a great grouper day. Calm seas, aggressive gags and beautiful weather- it felt good to be offshore after five days of windy weather. I took the guys to the 20ft range, sent down the Rapala x-raps and "wham" the grouper were on. Gary had big fish honors and raised the bar again for big gag grouper of the 2013 season. The fished weighed 22lbs on the boga grip and was in the mid 30" range. All the other grouper were of quality size as well and we caught a couple keeper trout on the flats to end the day. I can't thank you all enough for the great time and here's Gary with today's this years big grouper... Capt. Dan

Well.... Unfortunately, I had to cancel another grouper trip due to the recent windy conditions, but I was to save the day with my good friend Capt. Randy Hodges. Randy is a life long friend of mine, excellent fisherman and knows some of the deep Ozello back country like no one else. We shared some trade secrets and had a blast. He and I took turns poling the Silver King around and we found some nice trout and red fish. The wind made it a bit tough to sight fish, but one particular red fish was tailing so perfect, I wish we could have got it on video. The day ended with a pair of river snook and I'm hoping tomorrows conditions are favorable for trolling up some gags. Here's Randy with a fine Crystal River snook... Capt. Dan

I always want every trip to be a perfect day, especially with the weather; but today we definitely had less than "favorable" conditions. I had Bill and Hazel on board from New Mexico and we made the best of a windy situation. We loaded up after 8am and made our way to the flats. The tide was dumping out hard and it kept getting lower. We started picking up quite a few trout, but the wind went in to fourth gear and it was rough. White caps and frothy on top of the swells - it wasn't fun. To save the day, we found a good school of small snook in the river and we landed nine on them to bend the rod. I wish the conditions could have been better, but we hung in there and had a fun time. Here's Hazel with one of today's Crystal River snook....

Tough conditions for us today and what it ever windy. I had Sunny on board for the day and she was ready to catch a few fish. I had grouper in mind, but with the weather; it wasn't going to happen. We stayed inshore and actually caught a Crystal River slam. Snook in river and trout, red fish and a hefty sheepshead on the flats. The SW wind was gusting extremely strong, but we toughed it out and had a fun day. I thank you for the great time and look forward to next time... Capt. Dan