This year we’ve seen both low and high water levels in local lakes. For fish-catching this natural fluctuation is preferable to constant unchanging levels. And over the last few weeks the ‘new’ water seems to have trumped the summer heat … Continue reading → The post Wet Summer Brings Good Fishing appeared first on Gary's Tackle Box.

A great time in the Rocky Mountains with Becky and some great friends. We caught some really nice trout and saw some new beautiful country. We've been going out there now for 12 years and this trip we even did some more exploring. Some of the new streams paid off great and some not so much but they will definitely produce in the future when they h...

The couple-month spell of very rainy weather has freshwaters in North Florida pretty much full. This is generally a good thing ensuring that our lakes will remain high in the foreseeable future but it also brings a touch of trepidation. … Continue reading → The post Strong Rains Bring Strong Fishing appeared first on Gary's Tackle Box.

Hello everyone just wanted to check in and give a quick out West report. The trip so far has been excellent in both Wyoming and Idaho. We've caught cutthroat's brown trout rainbows and saw but didn't hook up chinook salmon and bull trout. We're using mostly dry flies and a few streamers. It is a hot one out here and the water on the Idaho side is...

The 2021 Bay Scallop Season had gotten off to a strong start in the Steinhatchee area before Elsa rolled through as a tropical storm. Chances are the scalloping will still be just fine once the sun peeks out again. In … Continue reading → The post Elsa Brings Mixed Blessings to Anglers appeared first on Gary's Tackle Box.

A fun one today as I wrapped up my tarpon season and I was able to put my brother Jeff on his first tarpon. Jeff and I Don't get to spend to much time together and he's been asking me forever to experience a tarpon fight. Well today was his day and he did great. He made a perfect presentation and soon enough launched one in the air. He had about a...

One of fishing’s best loved and most important pioneers has passed away. Enshrined in the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Ocala’s Glenn Lau was an incomparable legend of early bass research — a videographer/cinematographer and lifelong outdoorsman. When interest in … Continue reading → The post Remembering Glenn Lau appeared first on Gary's Tackle Box.

Another successful day with the tarpon and Jim and I had our good friend Chris from down South join us for the day. We set up again and patiently waited for the fish to come through. Soon enough we had a little window of activity and we were in fish. Chris was up and he did a terrific job feeding a whopper of a tarpon. He hooked up and about 40 mi...

Jim and I found some happy tarpon today and we were blessed to bring one boatside. The fish were migrating through as we waited off a point and the DOA baitbuster got us the bite. Lead the fish by a couple feet and a slow roll usually will get a hook up. They don't always stay connected but wen they do it sure is fun.... Capt. Dan

Jim and I got a super early start today and we had some luck on some river tarpon at daylight. Him and I found some rolling fish and we each jumped on on fly and spin tackle. That was short lived though as the sun came up and we soon enough ran back in the creeks for some snook action. The snook were biting well and we had a double digit day on gl...

A fun day with my buddy Jim as he's here for a few days and we're doing a little bit of everything. For today's adventure we found some fun size tarpon in some back creeks and were able to seal the deal on one. In my opinion other than the few permit we have here small tarpon are a tough tough game. This guy fell for a DOA bait buster and we had a...

Doug Johnson’s eighteenth Reeling for Kids Saltwater Challenge is in the books and as usual the salty shootout produced lots of great catches. Young Tipton LaPerle led the Junior Angler Offshore winners with his 30.30-pound kingfish. Dillon Moss secured second … Continue reading → The post Reeling for Kids in the Books appeared first on Gary's Tac...

Today was day three of our three day Homosassa Tarpon trip and unfortunately the weather just wasn't letting us make it happen. We tried to get to the flats but soon as me made it out there we were taking waves over the bow. I had Tom along for this trip and I said lets get back in the woods to save the day and catch a few. Well we did just that a...

Doug Johnson’s 18th Annual Reeling for Kids Saltwater Challenge is in progress having commenced at daylight Friday. It is expected that when the smoke clears the field of accomplished competitors will have pulled some fabulous catches from the gulf’s Big … Continue reading → The post Opening Weekend Delivers for Snapper and Grouper appeared first...

The Short team was with me today and we pretty much did the same routine as yesterdays trip. I did push put a little bit deeper and we did well in that range too. The floating grass is awful so if your planning a trip it's a bait fishing game right now. I thank you both and I'll see you next time... Capt. Dan

A good grouper trip down South with Nancy and Bob and the husband and wife team did well. We stayed pretty shallow and fished the 8ft to 12ft range. Live pin fish was the bait of choice and fishing the clear water was fun. I thank you both as always and great job... Capt. Dan

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 and it worked out for us. Jim turned some real nice fish and secured and fine limit of Crystal River grou...

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 fine catch of gags. Bob did great and secured a fine couple of grouper dinners.... Capt. Dan

A great day on the tarpon flats and I was able to put my good friend Socrates on his first big tarpon on the fly. We worked a couple areas down South and he put the fly in a group of happy fish perfectly. A couple strips and he was hooked up. He fought the fish beautifully and she came boat side in less than 30 minutes. A couple pic's we revived h...

A quick break in the tarpon action and I had Jason on board as he requested tackling some grouper. I had a great Memorial Day weekend on the tarpon as we boated 2 real nice fish and jumped 5 on the fly; but for today we changed it up. I took Jason to a couple different ledges and we brought in a fine limit of gag grouper and a 35" cobia for the da...