Crystal River Fishing Reports

Cobia Invasion!!!!!! - Beautiful weather, tons of bait, and slick calm fishing days help me to realize why I love Florida fishing this time of year. There are very few places in the world where you can come into contact with all three of these scenarios and on top of that more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Pelagics on Fire along Nature Coast! - Finally!! The warm weather is here to stay. Air temps are hanging in the 80's and water temps are finally cemented in the low to mid 70's. This combination of warm air and water is a recipe for disaster along the Nature Coast of Florida. The warm more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Bull Reds and Big Macks - Spring has finally arrived and all signs are pointing to another fantastic fall fishing extravaganza. Acres of bait are covering the flats and most of the mangroves and lush turtle grass beds have already filtered the water enough to turn the local more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Red Hot Fishing Charters - WOW!!! Hopefully the up and down weather of the winter is finally over. This has definitely been one of the coolest winters in recent memories, but interestingly enough the fishing must have not known that we were being battered with near freezing more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Big Fish Loading Up!!! - Hot, Cold, Hot, Cold!! Its hard to predict the weather right now, but something that has been very predictable is the large schools of fish pushing all over our local flats. Big schools of Redfish and even Bigger schools of Giant Black Drum have be more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

What a year both Past and Present. - What a year! 2008 was definitely one for the record books. There were record amounts of Redfish, Speckled Trout, Sheephead, Spanish Mackerel, Bonita, Grouper and Sharks all roaming our local area flats. Most of these fish were larger, roamed the a more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

tons of Angling Opportunities Available - The up and down temperatures and the unpredictable weather of November can be very challenging for anglers, but for those anglers who show patience and pay attention to detail this time of year can result in some of the best and biggest catches of th more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Awesome Speckled Trout Fishing!! - October has been a great month for fishing along the Nature Coast. Light winds and cooling temperatures have not only made fishing more comfortable but they have also helped to make the inshore fishing more productive. No species of fish benefits m more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River

Winter time will heat up on the nature coast - The summer of 2008 is gone but not forgotten. The winter is just around the corner and the fishing on the Nature Coast is going to heat up like the fourth of July. Every thing from inshore grouper that invade the shallow rocks to those huge gator tro more...
Capt. Bear Smith - Crystal River

Fall Fishing Excitement - With temperatures finally beginning to cool here along the Nature Coast fall has appeared to start gaining the upper hand from the summer heat. With cooling air temperatures, falling water temperatures are not far behind. Early last week I was fish more...
Capt. Kyle Messier - Crystal River