NCCHARTERFISHING-Capt.'s Jeff Cronk and MIke Taylor-Crystal Coast, Swansboro, Emerald Isle

FIRST, SORRY FOLKS FOR THE LACK OF PICS.... CAMERA TROUBLES... HAD TO USE MY CELL PHONE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SHOTS LAST TWO TRIPS.... got the camera taken care of and ready for more...
10/7/06 Well, the weather started out ugly and slowy got better. We left the dock around 6:45 not sure what to expect but we found a few speckled trout up to 2lbs before the crew decided they'd like to take advantage of the calming wind and look for flounder in the ocean. We found some flatties along with lots of seabass and a few small grouper. We wound up boating about 11 flounder and kept 9 with the largest at 3lbs and kept a few seabass to clean too. Back at the dock around 12:45. Decided to hit a hole and check out the trout situation before heading to the Oberta Redfish Cup Weigh-in. Had a friend onboard and worked a favorite hole for just over an hour to land 9 speckled trout up to 2+lbs and missed several more. All of the trout hit the 5in. pink Berkley Jerk Shad on 1.8oz jigheads. MAN THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE! Almost every trout came to the top of the water thrashing and jumping. I LOVE TROUT FISHING! The new Berkley Crystal Fireline is definately producing good catches of trout (which can be the pickiest of all species) and we've had no break-offs like we would if we were fishing monofilament. Dudley's Marina (252-393-2204) is now stocking the Crystal Fireline.

10/8/06 Well, the weather didn't look the best today and my clients apparantly didn't feel like fishing so, with morning rain, thunder, and 20mph winds from the NNE I figured, "why don't I go fishing." So, Off I ran about 7:00am and fished alone until 11:00am when I got tired of fighting the wind. I found a bunch of speckled trout from 1.5 to 2lbs and kept 7 for myself to eat. Lots of bluefish mixed in and even boated a 2.5lb bluefish that went to tailwalking on a sand flat. Wasn't trying for reds today but did manage 2 23 to 24in reds while trout fishing. Pretty good morning on the water and found a load of live shrimp too. I TRULY LOVE THE CHANGE OF SEASONS AND THE VARIETY OF SALTWATER FISHING! Capt. Jeff Cronk- FISH'N4LIFE CHARTERS- 910-326-7512 or jcronk@ec.rr.com