We were off to the deep grass patches on today's charter with Chris on board, and we did fine. I picked up Chris at his home on the Crystal River and we tried a few places in hopes of finding a tarpon this morning, but no signs for us today. With no tarpon showing themselves, we throttled down and ran offshore. Loaded with bourbon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns on hand, we targeted the spotty bottom grass patches in 10ft of water to find our trout. We had a lot of variety of species including, red and gag grouper, sea bass, sheepshead, lady fish, sharks etc... to keep us busy. We called it a day just after 2pm and I thank you for the fun time... Capt. Dan

Bad weather and a couple last minute cancellations; I was worried if I was gong to be able to make it out this week. I originally had a an offshore cobia trip scheduled for today, but the conditions were not going to be favorable for doing so. However, I got a last minute call from Matt and Missy to try an squeeze a 1/2 day inshore charter in and the weather and circumstances worked out nicely. I met this great couple at Pete's Pier Marina and we had some luck finding a couple trout and red fish. We ran the backcountry and Salt River areas and with them being from New Jersey, they loved seeing the real Florida. We took a couple pictures of the fish, released them and called it a day. It was a pleasure meeting you both and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

A solo charter today with my good friend and client Chuck on board and he and I teamed up and caught our limit of trout. We left from Pete's Pier Marina and began the day trying to find a red fish or two, but only came up with a couple mangrove snapper. After numerous stops, I said "hey bud, lets go find some trout". The trout action was pretty good and really got hot, when the tide started running out. Bourbon colored Lil' Johns were the bait of the day rigged on a 1/8th oz jig head. Ten keepers made their way on board and we called it a day. I thank you for the great time and always look forward to our fishing trips... Capt. Dan

I hate to cancel charters and even though I knew today's conditions weren't going to be all that great; my guys were ready to give it a try. I had Chris, Steve and Matt on board for a 1/2 day Crystal River charter and we did fine considering the conditions. I picked the gang up from Chris's house on the Crystal River and we made our way to the flats. Offshore was not going to be an option, so we played it safe and worked some of the bars. Gusting winds to 20mph out of the East made for tough fishing, but the guys caught some nice keeper trout on DOA motor oil jerk baits to show for their favorites. We called it a day a little after noon and I thank you all for the fun time. Here's Chris with today's catch... Capt. Dan

Wow, was it ever rough out there today. A howling East wind and we definitely had to have our sea legs. Lee and Clell were on board with me for the day and we left from Pete's Pier Marina ready to tackle some trout. I made the run south to the offshore grass patches that have been holding the trout, and we found them. We had nine good keeper trout before the conditions deteriorated so much and chased us inshore. We made a quick drift in 4ft of water just outside Mangrove Pt. and picked up our other keepers to top off out limit. Motor oil DOA jerk baits and bourbon Lil' Johns were today's flavors of the day. We had a couple other species to add to the catch and we called it a day. I thank you guys for the fun time and congratulations on a great catch in "less than favorable" conditions... Capt. Dan

A busy Memorial day weekend on the river and I had the pleasure of fishing with fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, Fred Lyles, Jody Johnson, William Toney and Eric Toney at the Homosassa Fishing Club. The fishing was pretty good over the couple days, but Saturdays catch was off for me with only a couple keeper trout. The wind was up and making it offshore where the majority of the fish are, was not possible. However, Sunday was a different day and I could make it out to the 10ft depth range and find some quality trout. Peggy and Ford were on board and in just a couple hours of fishing, the crew caught their limit of ten keeper trout and a few sea bass before noon. The group returned to the club island, we prepared a fine shore lunch and then returned back to the flats for another hour of fishing. My team added another trout to the box and lost a hefty red fish to the rocky shoreline before we called it a day. A couple more trout were caught among the other guides and Capt. Zorn's team won the prize with a pair of beautiful red fish to end their day. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

A fantastic day just offshore Crystal River and Mel and Jerry hit it out of the park. I met the guys at 8am at Pete's Pier Marina and we made our way to the trout grounds. It was a little breezy to make the initial run, so we tried the shallow area's; but had very little success. The winds calmed around 10am and we made our run offshore. In two quick drifts the guys had their limit of quality sized trout and bourbon colored Lil' John's were the bait of choice. After the excellent trout bite, we anchored on one of my favorite rock piles and added a few mangrove snapper and sea bass to top off the charter. What an excellent day and i can't thank you all enough. Here's Jerry and Mel with their fine catch... Capt. Dan

Day two with the Hansen party at the Homosassa Fishing Club and my guests today were Lee and Richard. After a banner day yesterday offshore, the guys requested trying for a red fish or two. I let them know the bites been off a little, but we'll give it a try. Well, as luck would have it, we did find a couple beautiful slot red fish and a under slot to start the day. Free lined live shrimp was the bait of choice for the red fish. We left the keys and made a short run to the grass flats and began picking up a few trout. The guys did great on the trout and caught 10 keepers up to 23" to end their fishing trip, before we fixed our famous shore lunch. Me and Capt. Z prepared all the fixings and another fine day out of Homosassa was in the books. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan

An action packed day for sure out of the Homosassa Fishing Club and I joined my good friend Capt. Mark Zorn fishing the Hansen party. I had Richard and Jerry on board for the day and the guys had the hod rods. We made our quick run offshore to about 8ft of water and the trout bite was on. We had out limit of fifteen trout by 11am and even released a few others. With red fishing really not being all that fantastic at the time and the tide running out; we opted to go rock jumping. We jigged an assortment of different rocks and had a nice variety. Sea bass, keeper sized gags, cobia, flounder etc... were keeping us busy for the afternoon. It was a perfect day and I can't thank you both enough. Here's both teams with our catches for the day... Capt. Dan

Not to much different it today's report- other then the gulf slicked off and had a slow hour or so of fishing. I had the pleasure of having the Worthington family on board and we made our way offshore once again. A beautiful day working the spotty bottom grass patches and we had excellent mixed bag action. Bourbon colored Lil' Johns and motor oil colored DOAs did the trick. The trout are definitely keying in on shrimp and almost every trout we caught were spitting them up. I can't thank you all enough for such a great time and congratulations on such a fine catch... Capt. Dan