The fire tiger color worked its magic for us today on the flats South of Homosassa. Dr. Coco and John were on board for the day and once again, the speckeled trout bite was great. Working the shallow yellow hard bottom areas with good stands of kelp grass was our pattern and the trout were very cooperative. For close to an hour stretch, we had fish on three at a time and we all agreed it was at least a one hundred fish day. The redfish fishing was a bit of a challenge and just like yesterday, we could only find one keeper to add to our catch. It was very good day on the water and I thank all you guys for the last couple of days. I look forward to our charters next year and here's my crew with today's fine spread... Capt. Dan

Carter and John joined me today for day two of our three day group charter and the trout bite today was hot. We got our start just after 8am and made a run south to some shallow kelp beds and the trout were in a feeding mood. It was very good action and we used a different colored DOA shrimp, the fire tiger color and with the water off color, it worked great. We had our trout limit, but red fishing was a little tough and only could find one keeper to add to the mix. It was a fantastic day and beautiful weather to top it off. I thank you guys for the fun time and we'll see you tomorrow... Capt. Dan

A very memorable day out of Homosassa and I had two long time Citus County anglers on board to share some stories. John and Carter were on board with me for the day and these two gentlemen have been fishing these waters since the 40's. I've always enjoyed history and especially hearing about the old days here on my home waters - and so much has changed. The fishing was good today with a nice mix of trout and red fish, and the usual assorted species to make the day interesting. I thank you both for the history lesson and look forward to our next charter... Capt. Dan

We could feel it in the air today.  Just a hint of coolness running down the river this morning and a very pleasant NE breeze, gave us a taste of hopefully an early fall. I had Clell and Lee on board today for a full day charter out of Crystal River and the day started off well targeting some red fish. We had some good action to the North of the channel and also the south, and we used a combination of live shrimp and cut baits for the red fish. The trout bite was outstanding again today on the shallow hard bottom areas and once again the DOA deadly combo/MIrrOlure Lil' John combination was the ticket. Good quality keeper sized trout and steady action made for a great afternoon. I thank you both for the fun time and congratulation's on a fine catch... Capt. Dan

After being rained out and blown off the water for a couple of days, today's trip felt great. Myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, Rick Spratt, William Toney, Gary Cox, and Mike Baize fished the Livsey party to a good catch of trout and red fish. I had the pleasure of having Taylor and John on board and we began the day to an excellent red fish bite. Using fresh cut mullet, the guys caught some beautiful upper slot red fish and quickly had their limit. We left the reds and made a couple drifts inshore and picked up 1/2 a dozen trout. DOA deadly combos and MirrOlure Lil' Johns were what the trout wanted and we wrapped up our trip by noon. We prepared a shore lunch and another fine day was had here on the Nature Coast. I thank everyone for the fun time and here's my crew with their catch... Capt. Dan

A tricky start to this mornings charter and the Peregrine family was very patient with me as we dodged some storms. We left from Macrae's on the Homosassa river just after 7am and unfortunately, we really couldn't get where we wanted to until after 11am. Two big storm cells slowed us down and with all the down time, we lost the red fishing tide. However, the trout bite was pretty decent off St. Martins Keys. Lots of action with primarily under slot trout, but we managed several keepers through out the mix to end our day strong. I thank you guys for all your patience and enjoy tomorrows nights fish fry... Capt. Dan

A fine day out of Crystal River with the Platz family and friends again and the group did great. We spent most of the day using MirrOLure Lil' John jigs on the spotty bottom areas in 10ft of water for our mixed bag of species. Numerous trout, lady fish, sharks, sea bass, silver trout, mackerel, etc... kept our rods bent and it's always a fun time with all the different kinds of species. Around 1pm the tide was getting right to target red fish, so we hit the creeks. Free lined live shrimp around the rocky points produced for us today, and the red fish ended the day with a bang. I thank you all for the great day and enjoy all the fillets... Capt. Dan

Day two today at the Homosassa Fishing Club and I had the pleasure of having Josh and Kevin on board. We had a full day charter and began our trip just off the keys targeting speckled trout. It was a windy one and we also had to dodge several rain storms throughout our trip. The trout action was fair with mostly shorts on the end of our lines, but we did mange a couple keepers before we hit the creeks and found some red fish. Using a combination of live pin fish and free lined live shrimp, we caught a couple red fish to end our day. Thank you all for the great weekend and here's Kevin with a beautiful Homosassa red fish... Capt. Dan

A busy day at the Homosassa Fishing Club and myself and fellow Homosassa Guides Association Captains Mark Zorn, William Toney, Rick Spratt, Fred Lyles, Mike Baize, Jody Johnson, Eric Tony and Don Chancey had the pleasure of fishing the Dobson party. We all began the day catching trout to secure our shore lunch orders and all the boats did a fine job doing so. My boat had five keepers before the approaching storms and then the group rushed in to the Suarez island to prepare a fine shore lunch. The Suarez island is a private residence that gives the Homosassa Guides Association permission to use when the weather is bad and allows us a safe place to cater our clients for our lunches. Our lunch was great and with an hour to spare, we ran to the keys before the top on the incoming tide and found a couple red fish to end the day. I thank everyone for the fun day and here's John and Kyle with a couple Homosassa red fish... Capt. Dan

From the inshore species to the shallow rock piile residents, Donna, Tony and Merrick caught them all. What a fun day out of Homosassa and this great family sampled pretty much everything. We began the day on the outgoing tide redfishing and worked our way offshore. Every species we wanted to catch we encountered and the group had a fine catch to show for it. Action was steady on the rock piles and live shrimp on a 1/8oz Hank Brown jig head was our bait of choice for the day. I thank you all for the fun time and enjoy all the good fillets... Capt. Dan