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Mike Ashley

Mike A.
Yankeetown, Florida
Reported 2 weeks ago

It is always a blessing to fish with Brian and Stacie. This is their third trip down from West Virginia to fish with me in the last year and every trip has been both fun and productive! They only had time for a half day Charter this time because they...
Mike Ashley
Mike A. Yankeetown, Florida Reported 2 weeks ago
It is always a blessing to fish with Brian and Stacie. This is their third trip down from West Virginia to fish with me in the last year and every trip has been both fun and productive! They only had time for a half day Charter this time because they had other commitments but we made the best of it as they started out on a nice Seatrout bite first thing in the morning. Caught about 15 to 20 trout and kept seven good ones. Then went on to catch a variety of other fish including Black Drum, Redfish, and Sheepshead. The coolest event of the day was watching two spinner sharks Circle one of our live baits on a cork. They were very cautious but one decided to dive in and got hooked up. He made a drag pulling run and then jumped fully out of the water did a 360 barrel roll, and spit the hook. What a magnificent sight! You just never know what you're going to see out here in God's Country. I'm
looking forward to the fourth trip which sounds like it is coming up soon!
Fishing in Yankeetown, Florida
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Leon Hampton

Leon H.
Hernando, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

Snook season is about to end at the end of April and right now is the best time to get on some nice snook. We are using live bait on a 4/0 circle hooks free line around the mangrove islands sight fishing most of the fish we have been catching....
Leon Hampton
Leon H. Hernando, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Snook season is about to end at the end of April and right now is the best time to get on some nice snook. We are using live bait on a 4/0 circle hooks free line around the mangrove islands sight fishing most of the fish we have been catching. The redfish is the same using live bait on a 4/0 circle hooks free line under the trees on the mangrove islands in really shallow water. There are some big schools of snook and redfish on the outside islands.
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Mike Ashley

Mike A.
Yankeetown, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

What a blessing it was for me to be able to spend the day with these two guys yesterday out in God's Country!!! I fished with Ken from Dunnellon and his buddy Jeff, who lives in Ocala. While they are both into fishing, Ken is really hooked (pun intended🤣). He...
Mike Ashley
Mike A. Yankeetown, Florida Reported 1 month ago
What a blessing it was for me to be able to spend the day with these two guys yesterday out in God's Country!!! I fished with Ken from Dunnellon and his buddy Jeff, who lives in Ocala. While they are both into fishing, Ken is really hooked (pun intended🤣). He has mainly fished fresh water, and wanted to learn and experience our fishery here in Yankeetown. He also kept us entertained with stories of fishing in the Amazon! They started off the day catching Seatrout, putting some in the cooler for dinner. Then we headed off to hunt for Redfish and Black Drum. They put some nice Redfish, Black Drum, and Mangrove Snapper in the box, on top of Trout, that ended up being a nice bag of fillets, and we made it back in safely before the crazy winds started blowing hard. From what they tell me it looks like I am going to be seeing them a lot on future charters. Long story short, another successful adventure out in the Gulf of America!
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Mike Ashley

Mike A.
Yankeetown, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

Quality fish was the theme of the day! I ran a single angler trip with Mark yesterday out in God's Country and he really put some nice Redfish and Seatrout in the boat. He started out the day with a Big Trout in the fog, then put a few Trout...
Mike Ashley
Mike A. Yankeetown, Florida Reported 1 month ago
Quality fish was the theme of the day! I ran a single angler trip with Mark yesterday out in God's Country and he really put some nice Redfish and Seatrout in the boat. He started out the day with a Big Trout in the fog, then put a few Trout in the box for dinner. After that, we moved on to catch some nice Reds. I even got to fish a little and picked up a Big Permit. Mark is a great guy and I was really blessed to be able to fish with him yesterday. He took home a nice bag of fillets for a fish fry with family and friends, including Redfish, Seatrout, Permit, and Mangrove Snapper. We threw live shrimp, mud minnows, and artificial lures, but once again, the fish were really keyed into the beautiful live shrimp from Captains Cove. Check them out for all your bait and tackle needs. Overall, it was a beautiful and productive day fishing, along with good conversation with a great guy, out of
Yankeetown Marina!!! Until next time...
Fishing in Yankeetown, Florida
Fishing in Yankeetown, Florida
Fishing in Yankeetown, Florida
Fishing in Yankeetown, Florida
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Leon Hampton

Leon H.
Hernando, Florida
Reported 1 month ago

We are targeting Trout, redfish and snook. The redfish and snook bite is going strong right now on the mangrove islands. We are fishing the points with moving water using artificial lures and live bait. When we are using live bait it has been mud minnows and pinfish and the...
Leon Hampton
Leon H. Hernando, Florida Reported 1 month ago
We are targeting Trout, redfish and snook.

The redfish and snook bite is going strong right now on the mangrove islands. We are fishing the points with moving water using artificial lures and live bait. When we are using live bait it has been mud minnows and pinfish and the
artificial lures has been z-Man prawn stars that is a shrimp style bait it has been working the best this time of the year.

Trout has been in the shallow flats with the mullet schools and on the hard bottom in under 2ft of water we have been using all artificial lures from top water plug to Z-man plastic jerk shadz in all colors rig on weedless hooks.
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Janot Vilardell

Janot V.
Dunnellon, Florida
Reported 2 months ago

Our freshwater bass trips in Dunnellon Fl are really doing great!
Janot Vilardell
Janot V. Dunnellon, Florida Reported 2 months ago
Our freshwater bass trips in Dunnellon Fl are really doing great!
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Leon Hampton

Leon H.
Hernando, Florida
Reported 4 months ago

We have been targeting redfish and trout at the creek mouths and inside the creeks our trout has been in the deeper holes and the redfish are mixed in with them to there are a lot of our redfish on the edge of the oyster bars and rocks on the...
Leon Hampton
Leon H. Hernando, Florida Reported 4 months ago
We have been targeting redfish and trout at the creek mouths and inside the creeks our trout has been in the deeper holes and the redfish are mixed in with them to there are a lot of our redfish on the edge of the oyster bars and rocks on the side of the creek banks. We have been sight casting our redfish on the side of the banks using Zman prawn star in the 3.5 inch per rig 3/16oz. The trout has been biting the same bait you do need to let it sink a little more do to it being a little bit lighter then we have been working it slow on the bottom with the cooler air temperature.
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Kevin Trahan

Kevin T.
Inverness, Florida
Reported 4 months ago

Scott Merry Christmas to all! Sheepshead fishing has been picking up on the nearshore rocks. Live shrimp and fiddler crabs will get them to eat. Black bass, grunts and Spanish mackerel are also on the rocks. Inshore, the water has cooled and the reds and trout are moving to the...
Kevin Trahan
Kevin T. Inverness, Florida Reported 4 months ago
Scott

Merry Christmas to all!


Sheepshead fishing has been picking up on the nearshore rocks. Live shrimp and fiddler crabs will get them to eat. Black bass, grunts and Spanish mackerel are also on the rocks. Inshore, the water has cooled and the reds and trout are moving to the
creeks and rivers. Some black drum and mangrove snapper are in the deeper holes of the creeks. There has been very little water due to extreme low tides and a persistent east wind, thus most of the fishing is in the main river and nearshore rocks recently.
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Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
Fishing in Crystal River, Florida
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Recent Cedar Key Reviews

  • ★★★★★
    Captain Leo is Leon’s father and was our captain for the trip. I give him a big thank you and a score of ten

    Rob &. | April 23, 2026

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    Ken H. | March 30, 2026

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    Had an amazing day on the water with Kevin. He worked hard to get us on the fish and it paid off with a monster redfish! He is great company and very entertaining as well. Taught us all along the way. Would definitely recommend and will most certainly book again! Thank you Kevin for a memorable day!

    Jeff S. | March 22, 2026

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    Jayson is top notch! Knows all the spots and a true gentleman to my boys and I!! We will be reaching back out to him in the summer for our next vacation!

    Hiler H. | March 20, 2026

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    Brad S. | March 16, 2026

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    My family had a great time fishing with Captain Kevin! He seems very knowledgeable about the area and we had some great catches! He taught my six year old how to cast and showed my two year old the bait and fish they caught. We stopped to get some shells for my little one to throw into the water too. He was awesome baiting our lines and taking fish off! We had a great time! Thank you Captain Kevin!!

    Meredith K. | February 14, 2026

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    Richard K. | January 23, 2026

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    Kevin was very knowledgeable and put us on fish right away. I caught a red drum just like I wanted. He was polite and helpful.

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