Another one of those days when the majority of the grouper got the best of us. I had a Kit, Brendon and Larry on board for the day and we began today's charter filling the live well with pin fish and heading to the grouper grounds. The floating grass has shown back up and makes trolling impossible and from what I've seen, it may be here for quite a while. So, we opted to bottom fish and had excellent grouper action. The bites were there, but unfortunately, we had close to fifteen break offs to go along with our keeper and a few shorts. The gang enjoyed the short lived tug of wars and to ensure some fillets for dinner, we ran inshore and caught some trout. The trout bite was good and in a couple quick drifts, we put 6 keeper trout in the box to end the day. I thank you all for you hanging in there and I look forward to our next charter... Capt. Dan

A big catch day at the Homosassa Fishing Club and myself and Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, Jim Long, Jonathan Hamilton and William Toney had  some great catches. We fished the Watson party and I had Paul, Phil and Paul on board for the day. My crew did fantastic catching lots of trout and a couple red fish, but the reds were on the short side again for me. DOA deadly combos in the kelp grass beds called up the trout and we had numerous under slot trout today. The big reds didn't want to cooperate for us, but a couple of the other guides, "Capt. Z" brought in some good ones. A fine day out on the Homosassa flats and I thank you all for the great day.. Capt. Dan

Very comfortable conditions on the flats today out of Crystal River and with out a doubt, we had a hint of fall in the air. I had Joanne and Joe on board for a 1/2 day charter and we had a good catch of trout and a hefty over slot red fish for the day. I covered some ground to find some red fish and on the last spot, we found one. I have a feeling this NE wind that's with us for the next couple days is going to change things a little bit; but the fish will get acclimated to the change soon. The trout action was good in about 3ft of water over the "yellow" bottom areas with kelp grass and bourbon MirrOlure Lil' Johns did their job once again. I thank you both as always for a great time and look forward to our next Crystal River Charter... Capt. Dan

The rain, rain has finally gone away!!! Today's Crystal River charter was a fun one with the McNamee family on board and the guys did great. We left from Pete's Pier Marina just before 8am and with the top of the tide turning to go out, we began the charter catching a couple red fish. We ran south and worked the outer keys and once again, free lined live shrimp in the mullet schools did just fine for the reds. A couple keepers and under slot reds got the day going and for the rest of the day, we tackled some trout. We made a series of long drifts off the keys and the first drift was quite good. However, after that, the bite slowed and for the afternoon there wasn't much action. Bourbon colored Lil' Johns was the top color today, but a few trout did come on the fire tiger DOA shrimp. It was a fun time with you guys and I look forward to seeing you all again in the future... Capt. Dan

What an awesome group on board today out of the Homosassa Fishing Club! I had Kim, Ashley and Kristy with me for the day and these lady anglers did fantastic. We left the club dock a little after 8am and made our way to the grass flats around the Homosassa Bird Rack. The trout action was steady with DOA deadly combos and Mirrolure Lil' Johns and the darker bourbon color was the ticket. The team put nine keepers in the box before our noon shore lunch and we missed the top boat catch to Capt. Jim Long by one fish. Myself and the other guides prepared another fine shore lunch and these last two days have been a blast. I thank you all for the fun time and here's my group with a fine catch of Homosassa trout... Capt. Dan

Great weather, great fishing and a shore lunch to remember. Today was the Smith party at the Homosassa Fishing Club and myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains William Toney, Rick Spratt, Gary Cox, Clay Shidler, Jim long and Fred Lyles did an outstanding job. We loaded up the crew and spent the morning using DOA deadly combo rigs off the keys and all the boats had good catches of trout. A noon shore lunch was on order and the hush puppies, baked beans, fried fish and Capt. Spratts famous grilled fish was spot on today. With our bellies full and a hour to fish, a couple red fish were caught to end the day and I thank you all for the fun time. Here's my crew with a few trout from today's trip.. Capt. Dan

A fine catch today out of Homosassa and we had the big three. I has Clell and Lee on board out of Macrae's and I gave them a great ride through the Little Homosassa and made our way to a couple red fish points. The guys did good on the red fish considering we had a falling tide. A couple slot red fish, and a few in the lower teen's got the day started and free lined live shrimp from Blue Water Tackle did the job. We left the inshore scene, caught a couple dozen pin fish and made our way offshore. To grassy to troll, so we bottom fished and added a couple quality sized gags to the day. We almost beat the rain in, but pulling up to Macrae's, we got poured on. A fun day and I always look forward to fishing with you guys... Capt. Dan

Just a fun day with my good friend Capt. Clay Shidler and we had our selves a Crystal River slam. My boat is getting detailed for a couple of days and Clay also had the day off; so he called me and said "lets' go fishing". I met him at his house on the river, loaded up his dog Nick and we hit the creeks. We spent the morning way back in Ozello and this young man took me to a couple places I haven't seen in many years. We targeted the various rocky shorelines and points with top water plugs and lucky enough, we caught a couple red fish, a trout and a snook. A fun time exploring, catching a few fish and we ended our day with the best chicken wings in town at Lollygaggers Sports Pub & Grill. Here's a fantastic picture of Clay and Nick with a Ozello red fish... Capt. Dan

A fantastic day out of the Plantation on Crystal River and I had some special guests on board. I had the husband and wife team of Reel Adrenaline energy drinks on board and they had a day. Steve and Amber did a great job from a variety of species on the rock piles to jigging up a fine catch of trout. The bite was great all day and even though it was a little bumpy in the morning, the afternoon calmed down nicely. Live shrimp on the rock piles brought in the snapper, grunts, jacks and grouper. While the Mirrolure Lil' Johns tackled the trout, sea bass, cobia and blue fish. On the way home, I made a quick stop in the Salt River and Steve added a fine red fish to end the day. I thank you all for great time and please give Reel Adrenaline energy drinks try. They taste great and keep you going strong through out the day... Capt. Dan

An action packed day in the creeks, flats and near shore rock piles on today's Crystal River charter. I had Kay, Bill and Tommy on board and we had a fantastic day. To start the day we had a little and "I mean a little" bit of tide to work with to find a red fish. Luckily we found the right point and each of the guys caught some beautiful slot sized reds on free lined live shrimp. The water was getting supper skinny with the NE wind, so we did a combination of drifitng the flats for trout and anchoring on a rock pile to fill out the day. The trout action was Ok with a couple keepers, shorts and a bonus pompano, but the snapper fishing was superb. An easy limit on mangos made their way in the boat and another great day in the books. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan