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Another hot one but a good one with Terry and Jamie on board. These guys were ready to go and did awesome. We turned four really nice gags for a limit and released several others too Live baits on bottom rigs were the deal for us and I thank you bot

A good stringer for the Carnevale team and they sure had a good catch.. I took today's group to the same zone as yesterdays and they loaded up on the gags. In pretty short order we had a limit of quality Crystal River grouper and ran inshore and

Some nice ones today for the Surber team and they come every year around this time for their grouper goodies. Well today was on and we picked up a couple trolling and on bait. It was a bit bumpy for the morning couple hours but soon enough calmed ri

Pretty rough out there today and for the morning hours I stayed inside and hit the shallow stuff with Mike and Pat. I loaded up on bait and we set up on a couple ledges in 6ft of water. Well the action was awesome as the first three baits produced t

The end of the 2016 grouper season with the Novinger family. It looks like the weather is going to keep us off the water for the last two days but we finished the season strong. I had a fun day with the family as we bottom fished and turned some nic

We got them today but definitely noticed a bit of a slower bite with the chilly gulf conditions. We've had a series of cold fronts now and the gulf is right around 60 degrees. The shallower spots take a bit more patience but the 25ft range and d

Well vacation's over and it's back to work time. I'm easing my way back into trips and today Dan Lauren and Big Fish Bob were up first. We had a good trip caught four really nice grouper and had a couple get the best of us. Dropping live

Another good day on the shallow gags with Jim on board and grouper turned out to be our plan B. We had hoped in finding a tarpon but the stiff SE wind didn't allow us to make it happen. I made the run to a couple shallow rocks and ledges again a

A great day with the Coleman family to start off September and we found the gags. The wind was up a bit for us today so I tried some old spots I haven't been to in quite sometime. I anchored on a ledge in 7ft of water and the bite was on. A comb

We broke in the new engine today and it was a fantastic day in grouper land with Mishel and Earl. The conditions were a little bumpy in the morning but then calmed nicely. The grouper bite was really good around noon and we quickly brought in a limi

The wind was not our friend today but I had Tony on board by himself and we gave it a go. It was a bit to rough to set up on the anchor so we trolled for a bit and did well catching quite a few gags. Orange was the hot color and Tony just wanted one

Despite the current closed grouper seasons we have had a couple of great offshore trips over the last week. We have been running to the 30 mile range to target porgies that have flooded that area over the last month or so. We are also catching some

We stayed on the inside for todays trip with Melissa and Geoff on board and did ok. The bite wasn't hot and heavy but steady enough to keep us interested. Dropping down on a couple different rocks and ledges did the trick and by 1pm we had a nic

Rob of Sandbar Safari Charters reports that anglers are connecting with solid numbers of gag grouper while dropping baits to offshore structure out of Bogue Inlet. The gags will bite live dead or cut baits and they’re most populous in 80’

Always a fun day on the water when Bob from Pennsylvania is in town and we did well today. We had hopes in finding a tarpon but it was just to rough. So for my plan B we stayed shallow and bait fished a couple different rock piles and ledges for a f

Some more beautiful weather for us today with the Smith party out of the Homosassa Fishing Club with my great friends Capt. Mark Zorn William Toney and Mike Baize. My team today was fantastic and we caught some really nice grouper. I actually ran so

A super fun day with Mishel and Earl and we did something a bit different. We did some trolling and checked on the grouper population for the start of our trip. Well I assure you they are there and we caught several before we ran inshore and tackled

A couple days of down time for me as I hurt my back a bit on Wednesday. A couple days of rest I'm feeling better and had a great day with Mike on board. Today was a beautiful day out of Crystal River and the trout and grouper action was good. Th

Another beautiful day to go offshore and today's plan with Phil was to try to catch a hog fish and load up on some tasty grunts. We ran offshore to some live bottom in 25ft of water and the bite was on. Every single drop down with a shrimp produ

Our 14 hour trip on Sunday June 5th was a HUGE success. We caught our limit of 94 Red Snapper by 1 pm. We also brought back 15 Red Grouper and 20 nice Mangrove Snapper. Gag Grouper and Amberjack are out of season right now but that did not stop them