I think we had almost everything we could offer today except red fish; but I'm confident we would have had a few, if the tide was in our favor. Myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, William Toney, Rick Spratt and Jody Johnson were at the Homosassa Fishing Club and we had the Turman party on board for the next couple of days. Randy, George and Jimmy were on board with me for the day and the morning trout bite was great. We drifted the shallow hard bottom areas with kelp grass and had nine beautiful Homosassa trout to start our morning. The tide was slowing up, so my crew and I ran to the shallow rock piles and caught a mixed variety. Grouper, sea bass, grunts and mangrove snapper kept us busy throughout the afternoon and it was just a fun day to be on the water. I thank the entire group for an outstanding day and here's our end of the day shot... Capt. Dan

A late afternoon trip today at the Homosassa Fishing Club with fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, Fred Lyles and William Toney. I had the pleasure of fishing Janice and Watt for the afternoon and this couple did fantastic. We reached the shallow flats to the North towards Crystal River and with the slightly cooler water from the earlier rains, the trout bite was on. We made four drifts over the spotty bottom areas with MirrOlure Lil' John cork rigs and had our limit. The tide was running in hard, so our next stop, we hit the creeks and free lined a combination of live shrimp and live pin fish to entice some red fish. My crew caught four beautiful upper slot red fish to end our trip and just after 5pm, we called it a day. I thank you both for a magnificent afternoon and look forward to your next visit... Capt. Dan

It was day two at the Homosassa Fishing Club and my lucky anglers today were Dennis, Carson and Peter. We began the trip drifting the flats off St. Martins Keys and it was a slow start to the morning. The trout bite was fair at best, and between the four other boats; only 10 keeper trout were brought in before our noon shore lunch. Today's shore luch was great with the added grouper from yesterday's big haul and everyone had a great fried fish feast. We finished up from the island and caught a few red fish with the afternoon incoming tide to end our day. Thanks to everyone for a great two days and here's my crew with their catch... Capt. Dan

I've been very blessed as a fishing guide to have some great days on the water and once in a while you have one of those days that make you say - "WOW" what a day. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with Captains Mark Zorn, Jim Long and William Toney and I had the pleasure of having Yancey, Mark and Keith on board for the day. With the inshore trout bite a little slow on low water, I said hold on guys, we're going offshore to troll up some grouper. It was rough with the 3ft swells, but the bite was well worth it. We trolled in the 25ft range and had a easy limit of gags. The only problem was, the slow 10mph ride in from 16 miles which was a bumpy ride. Once inshore, we made a couple drifts for trout off the "Keys", and picked up some keepers to add to the mix. For the final touch of the day, we free lined some shrimp on the rocky points and put a couple beautiful Homosassa red fish to end the day. All I can say is thank you guys and congratulations on a fine day of fishing... Capt. Dan

A perfect morning red fish tide and Bill, Joe and Mel experienced some fine red fishing. I picked the guys up from Pete's Pier Marina at 8am and we made our run North to get an early jump on the incoming tide. We targeted the rocky points with mullet activity and presented live shrimp to find our red fish. We caught several under slot red fish throughout the charter and I always enjoy seeing a good crop of upcoming red fish for the coming years; to go along with the keepers. Following the tide South, we caught a couple more nice red fish until the tide topped out. The trout bite was slow once again, but once the sea breeze kicked in and the tide turned, we had some action. Only one keeper made its way to the cooler, but several shorts kept us busy to end our afternoon. A couple mixed catches of mackerel, snapper and black drum were added to the cooler and I thank you all for the fun time... Capt. Dan

A great morning red fish bite with Jane, Carrie and Francis and these lady anglers did outstanding. I was at the Homosassa Fishing Club today with fellow Homosassa Guides Assication Captains Rick Spratt, William Toney and Gary Cox, and we had the pleasure of fishing the Smith party. I chose to run North towards Crystal River and it paid off. Free lining good size live shrimp from Blue Water Tackle in Homosassa was the bait of choice. We left the red fish after landing ten, up to 29" and began drifting for trout. The trout bite was slow once again, but they eventually turned on and my gang put seven keepers in the cooler. My self and the other Captains prepared a fine shore lunch to end our trip and I thank every one for the great day. Here's my Lady anglers with their fine catch... Capt. Dan

Day two of the Homosassa Fishing Clubs Watson party and I had the Calhoun family on board for our 1/2 day charter. Leaving the club dock at 8am, we began the day with a couple nice slot red fish that fell to some free lined live shrimp. Not much of a tide today, but enough to cover the rocks and allow a little time red fishing. Our next stop was the "Chazz" kelp beds and the trout bite was slow, due to no wind and absolute slick calm conditions. When the breeze kicked in, so did the trout bite and a few keepers made their way in to the cooler. For today's surprise, Wade caught a nice cobia on a cork rig, which gave a hard fight to end our morning. I thank the entire group for a fun couple of days and we'll see you on your next visit... Capt. Dan

We got a jump on the tide leaving at 7am this morning and myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, Jim Long, Charlie Harris and Duane Tibbetts fished the Watson party, to a load of trout and red fish. We did a split double, with a morning trip, shore lunch and afternoon trip to fill out the day. I had Spain and Herbert for the morning and Zack and Tyler for the afternoon. The red fish bite was pretty good with the sun coming up and a couple keepers were coming on board.  We left the red fish and a nice catch of trout kept us busy before noon and our afternoon trout bite was outstanding. We had our limit for the day and i thank all you guys for the fun time. Here's Herbert with an early morning red fish... Capt. Dan

A great half day charter with Rod and Mike on board and today's special was trout and grouper. I picked up the guys from Rods beautiful home on the Crystal River, ran out the Salt River and were into the trout. We worked some of the outer bars with the MirrOlure Lil' John cork rigs and had great trout action. It was trout after trout with most of them being under slot, but we had a couple keepers to keep us busy. For a change of pace, we targeted some of the shallow rock piles and casted up some grouper. We had a hefty pair of gags with both of the over 10lbs to end our day. I thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you soon... Capt. Dan

The SE 15mph wind pushed the water out today and it made a bit of a challenge to stay on the hot trout bite. Doug, Aaron and Jake were on board and despite the less than favorable conditions, we caught a lot of trout. We left from Pete's Pier Marina and actually tried to make a run offshore in hopes of trolling up a grouper or two. Well, the rough seas chased us back inshore and we toughed it out and had a decent catch of trout. We had tons of action with the under slots, and seven keepers made their way to the cooler. Finally around 1pm the tide was making its way back in and we had enough water to red fish to the North. The guys found a couple nice keepers to end the day and I think they did great dealing with the choppy conditions. Here's Aaron with a beautiful Crystal River red fish... Capt. Dan