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

State licensed
Excellent
5.0 / 5
(82 reviews)
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Stock Island
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Fishing Reports

Trophy black tip shark!!
Trophy black tip shark!!
May 23, 2025 Stock Island
The shark and golith grouper action has been non-stop the last few days. With tarpon and night time, snapper biting as well. Time to book a trip and go catching!! Key west fishing connection
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Snapper for dinner
Snapper for dinner
May 8, 2025 Stock Island
The snapper fishing is red hot right now. The evening and after dark mangrove snapper and tarpon fishing has been on fire. Guaranteed fish for dinner. Book you trip now let's go get something for dinner.
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200 and a 400+ Goliath grouper
200 and a 400+ Goliath grouper
May 2, 2025 Stock Island
Some unbelievable grouper and shark fishing the last few days. Lemon sharks, bull sharks, black tips, and lots of Goliath grouper. Its time to go fishing!!!
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Sharks 100% guaranteed
Sharks 100% guaranteed
Apr 24, 2025 Stock Island
The shark fishing today was on fire. It was pretty much all you wanted to reel in. We caught and released 10nor more big lemon sharks and 2 big Goliath grouper up to 100lbs.
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Goliath grouper!!
Goliath grouper!!
Apr 15, 2025 Stock Island
The sharks and Goliath grouper have been very good the last few days. All the fish are always caught and released using bonito and barracuda chunks on big circle hooks. Book your trup today!! Lets go fishing
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Inshore shark fishing in key west!!
Inshore shark fishing in key west!!
Mar 23, 2025 Stock Island
The shark and Goliath grouper fishing has been very good the last few trips. Big sharks up to 9ft and grouper over 400lbs. Evening caught and released.
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Customer reviews

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Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 82 reviews
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Excellent
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Excellent
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Captain Dan is amazing!!
Captain Dan is amazing!!
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Dave P.
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Great captain

VERIFIED   NEW  4hr something for dinner on June 4, 2025
Captain was very personable. He went to several spots to put us on fish for supper and as an added bonus we caught a shark...
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Travis M.
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Sharks and Goliath Grouper

VERIFIED   6hr Goliath grouper and shark trip on May 2, 2025
Caught about 10 sharks and doubled up on Goliath Groupers. One of which was about 500 pounds. This day trip was loaded with...
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Don B.
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Great day on the water

VERIFIED   6hr Goliath grouper and shark trip on December 14, 2024
My wife & I had never been salt water fishing.ย  Capt Dan put us on the sharks & we hooked a 7โ€™ Lemon shark within 20 min...
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Sal M.
Excellent
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Awesome shark trip with my boys!

VERIFIED   3 Hr โ€“ close to home shark fishing on April 23, 2025
Just took captain Dans charter for a morning shark trip and it did NOT disappoint!ย  We caught a total of 4 sharks! 2 lemon-1...
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Brian W.
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Sharks, sharks, and more Sharks!

VERIFIED   4hr Goliath grouper trip on February 17, 2025
This was our second time fishing with Captain Dan and he didnโ€™t disappoint!ย  We landed 5 sharks.ย  Two Black tips and 3...
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