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Overnight Florida Middle Grounds

A day and a night on the Middle Grounds, up to 120 miles out, for anglers who want the most time on the fish.

Private charter $4,800 for up to 4 (4 max)
Four anglers at the Native Charters cleaning table with red snapper, lane snapper and mangrove snapper laid out
Duration
A day and a night (call for total hours)
Departs
Set with the captain, based on weather
Where
Up to 120 miles offshore — Florida Middle Grounds
Group size
Up to 4
Boat
35' Offshore Center Console

Fish a day and a night on the Florida Middle Grounds. The Overnight charter runs up to 120 miles out on the 35′ offshore center console, and you make the long run once instead of twice. It’s for serious anglers and meat runs, with more fishing time than any other trip we run.

Two crew are on board so the fishing doesn’t stop, and the boat carries conventional, spinning and electric reels for day and night work. You fish around the clock for grouper, red snapper in the federal for-hire season, mangrove snapper, hogfish and whatever else the Middle Grounds holds. Seasons and limits still apply; we confirm the current rules before every trip and fish within them.

$4,800 covers up to four anglers, and four is the maximum on this trip. Food and snacks are included, along with rods, reels, tackle, live bait, ice, water and fish cleaning. You don’t need a fishing license; our FWC charter license covers everyone on board.

This trip is booked by phone: call 352-770-2520. You and the captain set the departure time around the weather; ask us about total hours and what to pack for a night offshore. If a full day is enough, the Florida Middle Grounds day trip fishes the same grounds in 10–12 hours.

What you'll be fishing for

Trip highlights

  • Fish a day and a night on the Florida Middle Grounds, up to 120 miles offshore
  • Two crew on board for nonstop fishing
  • Conventional, spinning and electric reels available
  • Food and snacks included
  • $4,800 for up to 4 anglers, 4-person maximum; departure set with the captain around the weather

What's included

  • Two crew on board
  • Rods, reels and tackle, with conventional, spinning and electric reels available
  • Live bait
  • Food and snacks
  • Ice and water
  • Fishing licenses (our FWC charter license covers everyone on board)
  • Fish cleaning and bagging

Good for

  • Serious anglers and meat runs
  • Groups of up to 4
  • Anglers who want day and night fishing
  • Guests who have done the day trip

Questions about this trip

No. Native Charters FL is an FWC-licensed charter, and that license covers every guest on board. You do not need your own Florida saltwater fishing license or the State Reef Fish Angler designation. The same coverage applies to scalloping. Just bring a valid ID.

Everything you need to fish: rods, reels, tackle, bait, ice and water, plus fishing license coverage for everyone on board. At the dock we clean and bag your catch, and on inshore and scalloping trips we take pictures for you. Scalloping trips add snorkel, mask, fins and a cooler.

The Overnight Middle Grounds charter also includes food and snacks. On every other trip, you bring your own food, drinks and sun protection.

Grouper, snapper and hogfish, depending on how far we run and what is in season. The 30 Mile Max is hogfish, mangrove snapper and grunts; at 40 and 50 miles grouper joins the list; the 80 Mile Max and the Florida Middle Grounds add red snapper in the federal for-hire season and bigger grouper. Gag has its own short fall season. Mangrove snapper and hogfish are open year-round. Each trip page lists its targets.

Between 5 and 9 hours for a day trip, depending on how far we run. On the 35', the Beginners Bottom Fishing half day is 5 hours. The 30 and 40 Mile Max trips and the Offshore Gag Full Day are 8 hours. The 80 Mile Max and the 120 Mile Max Middle Grounds trip run 9 hours, with a 6:00 or 7:00 AM start for the 80 Mile and a 5:00 or 6:00 AM start for the Middle Grounds. The Overnight Middle Grounds charter fishes a day and a night. Most other trips start at 8:00 AM.

From our own private launch in Crystal River: no public ramp, no waiting behind trailers, no fighting for parking before sunrise. Your captain provides the location details before your trip date.

The launch has a clean guest bathroom for before and after the trip, and a proper fish cleaning station, so you leave with bagged fillets. It sits right on the river channel, which keeps the run to the fishing grounds short.

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