Another good trip out of Crystal River and some more quality shallow water grouper. Rob and Tom were on board with me today and we began with some inshore fishing, before we ran a little ways offshore. The trout action was steady in kelp grass patches just outside the salt river, but mostly shorts with a keeper here and there to get our day going. While the guys were catching the trout, I was filling the live well with pin fish getting ready to run down a grouper. With a couple dozen frisky baits, we made our run, anchored down and fish on. A couple real nice gags came aboard and yes, a few got the best of us again. The team did great and with the skies turing dark and thunder in the distance, we called it a day. Thank you both for a fun trip and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

The grouper turned on and they were much more aggressive than yesterdays trip. I had Ron and Dan on board for a fun day out of Crystal River and the guys did great. With very favorable condtions for running offshore, we stuck to the grouper plan and headed West. Filling the live well with insurance, we stopped and caught several dozen palm sized pinfish to have some grouper candy on standby. In a half hours boat ride, we arrived at our destination and in no time, we were hooked up. Live baits were the ticket and several keeper sized gags came aboard, along with cobia and a hefty nurse shark. We caught our limit on two stops and ran back inshore to the 10ft range and added a couple trout to the mix. A really good day of fishing and I thank you both for the fun time... Capt. Dan

A 1/2 day Crystal River charter with the Paul family and was it ever busy. The scallopers are here in huge numbers and this time of year just coming in and out of the river can be a chore. To try and the beat the crowds, I picked up the guys at their house on the Crystal River and we left just after 7am. Our first stop was drifting the kelp grass patches in the Salt River area and we had some action. The first cast of the day produced a hefty cobia and a couple trout and jacks soon followed. DOA deadly combos rigged with the new blood worm colored MirrOlure Lil' John was the bait of choice. The tide was running in and before our trip was over we tried a couple red fish points. The guys had them on, but the sharp oyster bars I've been fishing got the best of us again. A good morning of fishing and it was great to get one more charter in before I head out West. I thank you all for the fun time and here's John with the first cast of the days fish... Capt. Dan

Still tough fishing right now with the hot water temperatures, big tide and the bait shops out of shrimp, but we managed to catch a little variety. Today's guests were Bill, Christy and Adam and we spent most of the day jumping from grass patch to grass patch catching a few trout. We would hit a little group here and there, but we encountered mostly shorts and only a couple keepers. We left the trout grind and tried our luck on a couple rock piles and caught some beautiful sea bass, a few grouper and a grunt to add to the mix. With two hours of the tide coming in, we made a couple last minute stops on a few red fish points. We sure had them on, but the oyster bars got the best of us today. I thank you all fun time and always look forward to our charters. Here's Adam and his great grandpa Bill with a couple of today's trout... Capt. Dan

One day they are biting like crazy and the next, well I'll just say it was a bit of a slow one. Pete, Jeff and George was on board with me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and we definitely had to work for them. I made the run offshore to the trout grounds and we caught a couple, but not steady at all. We did get in to a large school of jacks and bluefish to keep the rods bent and landed well over a dozen to add to the mix. A couple more trout here and there but with the big tide rushing in, the feed was not on. Before we called it a day, I made a couple stops inshore and we found a nice red fish to end the day. Not a banner trip with big numbers of keepers, but a lot of fun and I really enjoyed having you guys on board. Here's George with the red fish that saved the day... Capt. Dan

I made the run on today's Crystal River Charter to some of the deepest trout areas I target and they sure are there. I had Lee, Clell and Aaron on board out of Pete's Pier for the day and we headed West. Hot water temperatures in the uppers 80's mean a slow presentation and really, your're dragging your baits. We loaded up with MirrOlure lil' Johns and worked various grass patches from 10ft to 17ft of water. I can't begin to tell you how many short trout we caught, but I know it was well over a hundred and more sharks than I care to mention as well. We did manage several nice keepers before the gulf slicked off and we had to cool down. I made a long run to try and find a tarpon to end the day and we found them immediately. They were happily rolling and we had one on for about 20 seconds before the hook pulled. The storms were coming, so we called it a day just before 3pm. I thank you guys as always and look forward to our next charter... Capt. Dan

A fun day out of the Plantation on Crystal River and myself and Capt. William Toney had the pleasure of hosting Sport Fishing Magazine for the day. They are featuring the Crystal River area for an upcoming story and we had a ball. My group caught several beautiful offshore trout and Stephanie caught her first tarpon. Capt. Toney did great on the trout as well and was in schools of tarpon all day; but couldn't get one to cooperate just right. This is going to be a great story and several other Homosassa Guides Association members are taking the editors fishing from inshore to offshore for additional photographs. Thank you all for a great day and here's our tarpon that got the day started... Capt. Dan

The red fish action was much better than it has been over the last few trips and today's group caught some nice ones. I had Eric, Andrew and Jim on board for the day out of Pete's Pier Marina for a full day inshore Crystal River charter. The morning began to a steady incoming tide and we found some quality red fish. We did have to move around some and they weren't on any one key. Free lined live shrimp was the bait of choice. Our next stop was trying to get a good trout bite going. (If your planning on targeting trout anytime soon, I suggest running to at least 10ft of water if the weather allows). We caught a couple keepers inshore, but the conditions were a little to bumpy to run offshore to where the action is. We had a nice catch and the gang had a great time. Here's Andrew with his big red fish of the day... Capt. Dan

A quick red fish bite this morning for John and Brian, but the keeper trout were non existent. We left from Pete's Pier Marina just before 9am, ran out to the keys and fish on! The guys caught a nice pair of slot sized red fish in a matter of minutes and I said lets go find some trout (so I thought). We tried several places inshore and caught plenty of under slot trout, but I was cursed and couldn't produce a keeper today. The winds finally calmed around noon but by then, it was time to head in from our 1/2 day charter. I thank you guys for all your hard work and we'll find those trout next time. Here's Brian with his first red fish... Capt. Dan

Some day's are better than others, but today sure was a tough one. Mark joined me today out of Pete's Pier Marina and leaving the dock, the West breeze was already greeting us. We ran out the back way down the salt river to avoid as much chop as possible. Once we reached the open gulf, I knew that running offshore to where the majority of the fish are was not going to happen. So, we made the best of it and began drifting the shallow flats picking up a handful of keeper trout. The bite was quite slow and really only a few short trout were caught as well. The few trout we did catch were on bourbon Lil Johns and glow DOA jerk baits. We had a good time even though the catch was down and I'll look forward to fishing with you again in the near future... Capt. Dan