Crystal River Fishing Charters & Homosassa Charters

Absolutely perfect tides for targeting trout and red fish today out of Crystal River and Ed and Marty had a wonderful time. I met the guys at Pete's Pier Marina just before 8am and started the day jigging our way to a great catch of trout. With MirrOlure Lil' Johns on hand and a good incoming tide, we fished several locations and found some beautiful keeper trout at every stop. Using the root beer and watermelon colored jigs, the trout, sea bass, lady fish, grouper, mackerel etc... kept us busy through out the morning. Just before noon we had our limit of trout and hit the creeks to find some red fish. The red fish were very cooperative today and we totaled 11 reds with 9 making it to the keeper size to end our Crystal River charter. Thank you both for the great day and enjoy all the fresh fish dinners... Capt. Dan

All I can say is I wish you all could have been here for today's charter. Beautiful weather, fantastic trout and red fish action and wonderful clients; it was a great day to be a fishing guide. Clell and Lee were on board today out of Pete's Pier Marina and we started the day drifting over some spotty bottom in 8ft of water and the trout were chewing. Once again, the ever reliable MirrOlure Lil' Johns did the trick for the trout and a bonus pompano also came aboard for the day. The trout bite was great and by 11am, we had our limit. The west wind was pushing in the tide perfect, so we tried our luck for some afternoon red fish. Free lining live shrimp in the mullet schools in the back country of Ozello, we caught 1/2 a dozen healthy red fish and called it a day. Thank you guys as always for the great time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

Yes, today's that funny day April 1st and we all enjoy a good laugh for April fools day. However, it was all business today out of Homosassa with Butch and Paul on board and we were on a mission to keep on the hot trout bite. Leaving from Macrae's just before 8am, we ran out the Little Homosassa and began the day jigging our way to a cooler full of trout. It was a bit of a slow start for the first part of the day with only a couple short trout and several lady fish on the end of our lines. Not to worry though, the guys got in the rhythm and the keeper trout soon followed. Using primarily MirrOlure Lil' Johns in the root beer color, we put a great catch of trout in the boat and also had a busy day with an assortment of other species. I thank you both for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again in the future... Capt. Dan

Another outstanding day out of Crystal River and my good friend and fellow Homosassa Guides Association member, Captain Rick Spratt joined me for a full day charter fishing the Killebrew party. I had Bob, Brad and Greg on board and both our boats teamed up and had an excellent trout catch along with some Spanish mackerel and sea bass for a mix. Making long drifts over various spotty bottom areas and using root beer colored DOA shrimp and MirrOLure Lil' Johns, the trout once again couldn't resist these go to baits. We had a little bit of down time between tide changes and the slick calm conditions, but when the sea breeze kicked in, so did the trout. I want to thank everyone for a great time and job well done on the impressive catch... Capt. Dan

If you could pick a perfect day for targeting trout, today would have been the day. Mike, Vickie, Page and Lori were on board for a full day out of Crystal River and with specific orders for fish for a big family fish fry, I was on a mission to find them. We ran a little ways offshore and using a combination of DOA deadly combos when the wind was calm and MirrOLure Lil' John jigs with a chop on the water, the trout were definitely on the feed. The root beer color was the color of the day and if I remember right, we didn't catch a fish on any other color but root beer.  We had some beautiful gator trout mixed in as well, with a couple in the 22" to 24" class to really set the bar high for the day. It was some great action between the hundreds of lady fish, trout, sea bass, and a couple gag grouper; I can't thank you all enough. Here's today's crew with their awesome catch and look forward to seeing you next time your here in Florida... Capt. Dan

I had Bill and Ryan on board for this Crystal River fishing charter and Ryan requested fishing on his spring break vacation. We left from Pete's Pier Marina at 8am and spent the day offshore jumping rock pile to rock pile, catching an assortment of species. Using primarily MirrOlure Lil' John jigs  for the first part of the day, we caught numerous trout, lady fish, blue fish, sea bass, etc.... for some great action. A steady 10mph South wind made drifting just right and once the guys said they had plenty of trout, we anchored up and chummed in some macks. The mackerel bite was pretty good and Ryan definitely had the hot rod catching several mackerel. The bite was fast and furious between the lady fish and macks and it was a fun time to finish up our afternoon trip. Thank you both for the great time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

Two fun days with the Walker family out of Crystal River and this father and son team caught some great fish. Yesterday's full day charter brought a good catch of trout and Spanish mackerel down south on the rock piles. We used an assortment of jigs, but the holographic root beer DOA shrimp and watermelon colored MirrOlure Lil' Johns, were out fishing the glow and whites. On today's 1/2 day trip, we stayed North due to the breezy conditions, worked the outer bars and caught a nice assortment of species. It was choppy, but the guys had their sea legs and did very good with the conditions. I thank you both for a fun couple of days and hope you enjoy the rest of your spring break. We'll see you next time... Capt. Dan

Today is the kind of day, why I'm blessed to be a fishing guide. I had a solo charter out of Macrae's and Larry was on board to experience some of Homosassa's finest inshore fishing. We began the day running out to about 5ft of water and jiging the shallow scattered rock piles and catching an assortment of species. Numerous trout, mackerel, spinner sharks, blue fish, lady fish, grouper, and the list goes on... made for an exceptional day. The trout bite was so good for the last two hours of the incoming tide, it was fish on just about every cast. Larry was having a blast, but the tide was actually coming in very well , so we hit the creeks and spoon fed some red fish. Using Johnson's gold spoons and fishing point to point, we boated 9 beautiful red fish, kept two and released the others. I can't thank you enough for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again in the future... Capt. Dan

A fun father and son full day charter out of Crystal River today and Rick and Everett had a ball. Leaving from Pete's Pier Marina just after 8am, we made our run offshore to some scattered rock piles and see what we could find. Casting jigs, free lining live shrimp and bottom fishing with Hank Brown jigs produced a mixed bag of treats including; trout, grouper, lady fish, sea bass, mackerel, grunts and even a early arrival cobia. My young angler Everett did great and nothing brings more joy to this Captains than seeing a young fisherman catch a bunch of fish. I thank you all for the fun time and look forward to seeing you again soon... Capt. Dan

I had the pleasure of fishing the Rowe family out of Crystal River for their 1/2 day charter and this family did great. Leaving from Pete's Pier Marina at 8am, we ran out the Salt River and our next sop was anchoring up on a rock pile and chumming in some mackerel. The fish were there and everyone caught a couple drag burning mackerel, on free lined live shrimp. It was just a catch and release day and a couple pictures were taken and all the fish were released unharmed. I thank you for the fun morning and you all were such a great family. Here's Erin with one of the big macks of the day... Capt. Dan