Captain
Daniel Smith

Member since March 2017 Englewood, United States
Background
Captain Daniel has been fishing since he was a kid and he's been fishing in Venice for over 25 years. Armed with years of knowledge, skills, and an excellent offshore sportfishing boat, Captain Daniel is bound to make your fishing dreams come true. He's got a great personality coupled with a good sense of humor and is loved by all new and returning customers.
Techniques
Most of what I do is offshore, but I do enjoy sight fishing, shark fishing and nearshore/inshore fishing as well.

Hey, I'm Captain Daniel Smith

Englewood, United States
Background
Captain Daniel has been fishing since he was a kid and he's been fishing in Venice for over 25 years. Armed with years of knowledge, skills, and an excellent offshore sportfishing boat, Captain Daniel is bound to make your fishing dreams come true. He's got a great personality coupled with a good sense of humor and is loved by all new and returning customers.
Techniques
Most of what I do is offshore, but I do enjoy sight fishing, shark fishing and nearshore/inshore fishing as well.
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Reviews
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My Charter Listing

Best Catch Fishing Charters

Federally permitted
Excellent
4.6 / 5
(38 reviews)
Englewood
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Trips from US $995

Fishing Reports

July–August Catches on 3/4, Full Day Tri
July–August Catches on 3/4, Full Day Tri
Aug 16, 2026 Englewood
July and August Catches on 3/4, Full Day, 10 and 12 hour trips
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12 hour ??Red Snapper & Grouper
12 hour ??Red Snapper & Grouper
Jun 23, 2026 Englewood
Caught a nice limit of red snapper as well as 10 big red grouper this last saturday on one of our all day trips. Most of our trips were limiting Red Grouper and Red Snapper or close to the catch limit and catching a bunch of other fish. Including blackfin tuna, kingfish and cobia
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Lots of Big Grouper+ on recent trips!
Lots of Big Grouper+ on recent trips!
May 29, 2026 Englewood
While last few months profuced many linits of fish and you can see on my business **hidden content**, coming into June and the start of Red Snapper season is going to be great! We now have an Auto-Deploy trolling motor and will soon install the Savwinch Anchor Drum winch as well so we will have the two best options for fast anchoring and moving through spotlock on minn kota instict quest 100 inch trolling motor and the drum winch which pulls the anchor line and chain up in seconds if we decide to anchor.
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RED SNAPPER in season til 12/31/25
RED SNAPPER in season til 12/31/25
Dec 14, 2025 Englewood
The powers that be opened RED SNAPPER Last minute for 2 weeks for charters. This is a great time to go get big ones and we are offereing a holiday 9 Hour special.
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Last few 6 and 8 hour trips all with Red
Last few 6 and 8 hour trips all with Red
Nov 15, 2025 Englewood
Caught a nice mutton too and some nice porgies and various other dbapper in addition to all the Big Red Grouper. Action is great in the fall. Saw a nice cobia. Now is the time they migrate!
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Pictures from last 4 trips as well as 2
Pictures from last 4 trips as well as 2
Nov 6, 2025 Englewood
The last 4 trips we limited out the boat on Red Grouper and caught lots of snapper and more. This is the time of tear to see cobia, kingfish, blackfin tuna and more. Plenty of sharks to catch too if interested. Bite has been whivk and fuerce and grouper hace been hefty.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
4.6 / 5
out of 5 stars from 38 reviews
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Boat
Excellent
4.6 / 5
Crew
Excellent
4.8 / 5
Experience
Excellent
4.6 / 5
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From the first spot we were on fish.
From the first spot we were on fish.
From the first spot we were on fish.
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Anglers claimed
Good experience
92%
Friendly captain
96%
Recommend this charter
76%
Appropriate for children
96%
Satisfied with the boat
92%
Caught fish
84%
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Perry A.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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From the first spot we were on fish.

VERIFIED   Full Day 8 hour+ Trip on August 5, 2026
captain put us on the fish as soon as we got to the first spot. catching bait and hooking up double and triple on grouper from...
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John A.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Happy Happy

VERIFIED   Full Day 8 hour+ Trip - 6:00 AM on June 21, 2026
We had a great time with Capt Dan and his first mate Bog early limit
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Daniel D.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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We caught some Groupers!!

VERIFIED   6 Hour Trip (AM) on April 4, 2026
Capt is great with kids and knows how to put you on the fish!  
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James B.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   April 3, 2026
The charter operator canceled on trip date. This is an automated posting.
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Shade Z.

The captain canceled

VERIFIED   April 1, 2026
The charter operator canceled on trip date. This is an automated posting.
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