Captain
Daniel Zier

Member since November 2022 Stock Island, United States
Background
I grew up fishing the Florida keys for over 40 years. Fishing is second nature to me. What I enjoy most is watching people catch big trophy fish. I love fishing so much I even go on my days off.
Techniques
Definitely my favorite type of fishing is going for big sharks. Its a guarantee!! Drop anchor put out 4 or 5 big baits out and wait for the drag to start screaming. Also in the summer time I enjoy snorkeling the reefs spearfishing hog fish, grouper, snapper and looking for lobster. Tarpon fishing right at dark is also super fun with live bait.

Hey, I'm Captain Daniel Zier

Stock Island, United States
Background
I grew up fishing the Florida keys for over 40 years. Fishing is second nature to me. What I enjoy most is watching people catch big trophy fish. I love fishing so much I even go on my days off.
Techniques
Definitely my favorite type of fishing is going for big sharks. Its a guarantee!! Drop anchor put out 4 or 5 big baits out and wait for the drag to start screaming. Also in the summer time I enjoy snorkeling the reefs spearfishing hog fish, grouper, snapper and looking for lobster. Tarpon fishing right at dark is also super fun with live bait.
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Key West Fishing Connection

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Black tip shark on light tackle
Black tip shark on light tackle
Dec 26, 2025 Stock Island
This morning the shark fishing was very good. We caught and released 4 black tips and fought a monster Hammerhead for close to 2hrs.
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1/2 of a grouper
1/2 of a grouper
Dec 24, 2025 Stock Island
The last few days the sharks and Goliath grouper have been very good. Today we released 3 grouper, 4 big lemon sharks up to 200lbs,1 black tip and a 6ft bull shark.
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Trophy bull shark
Trophy bull shark
Dec 21, 2025 Stock Island
Today we fished 2 trips. The morning trip was a little slower than usual but we did catch and release what we were looking for. A monster 8ft bull shark. The evening trip we caught a variety of smaller fish on light tackle. Mangrove snapper , mutton snapper, yellow tail snapper, lane snapper, laddy fish and cat fish we used for bait. And released a few small sharks and red grouper.
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8ft lemon shark
8ft lemon shark
Dec 19, 2025 Stock Island
Today we released a big 8ft lemon shark, about 14 smaller sharp nose sharks, mutton snapper, mangrove snapper and lane snapper. The action was non stop!
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Giant black tip
Giant black tip
Dec 15, 2025 Stock Island
The shark fishing the last few days have been very good. Yesterday we released 2 black tips, 1 bull shark, 1 sand shark and 4 lemon sharks up to 200lbs.
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More big Goliath grouper!!
More big Goliath grouper!!
Dec 13, 2025 Stock Island
This morning was a little slower than usual. But patience paid off. We caught and released a big 100lb Goliath grouper. It may not always be non stop but I always find something big to pull on. Lets go fishing!!!
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Family shark fishing for Christmas
Family shark fishing for Christmas
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Kerry S.
Tuttle, Oklahoma
Excellent
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Fishing Trips with Capt. Dan!

4 Hr Trip โ€“ Kids Inshore Fishing on April 8, 2022
We have been on numerous trips fishing with Capt. Dan.ย  We have always caught something, whether it is a shark, tarpon fishing...
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Laurie A.
Kenosha, WI
Excellent
4.7 / 5
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Very good
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Night fishing

VERIFIED   4 Hr Trip โ€“ Evening Shark & Tarpon on April 12, 2023
Captain Dan was great!ย  We thoroughly enjoyed our trip.ย  It was amazing seeing the tarpon jumping to feed at night.ย  I would...
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Full day

November 2, 2022
Morning was an incredible shark fishing experience came back in met back up for the evening and completed the trip with an...
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Stephen B.
Key West, Florida
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Captain Steve full day

4 Hr Trip โ€“ Evening Shark & Tarpon on June 9, 2022
Had a fantastic trip with captain Steve! We caught sharks from the beach in the afternoon then went evening tarpon fishing!...
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Doug H.
Excellent
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Excellent
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October fishing trip

VERIFIED   6 Hr Trip โ€“ Tarpon, Shark, Snapper on October 9, 2023
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